The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-30
BY AIKEN & SCHMAHL.
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts From St. Paul Papers of Sep
TENDER, 10, 1858.

Murray has given out as a reason
for his withdrawal from the SEN
atorial canvass, we are informed,
the fact that there are between
300 and 400 democrats in the city
whose names are not on the en-
rollment list, and nothing short oil
$500 each will induce these men to
render themselves liable to the
draft by voting, either under their
own names or under cognomens OF
the 300 dead and drowned who
have regularly voted the copper
head ticket since their demise.
Orders have been issued chang
ing the position of troops in this
state, with view of concentrating
the Seventh, Ninth and Tenth
regiments at Fort Smelling, pre-
paratory to their being sent South.
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A new locomotive for the St. Paul
& Pacific, manufactured by Norris
& Co., Philadelphia, and seven
platform cars, manufactured at Gin
ton, Iowa, came up yesterday on
the Chippewa Falls.
Mr.. George G. Strong, of the
Second Minnesota, and son of G. D.
Strong, ESQ.,, of this city, has ar
rived home on a thirty day furlough.
Mr.. Strong has been superintendent
of the army mails at Nashville for
the past eighteen months.
Quite train of Red river carts
wendell it's way through our streets
yesterday, all loaded up with neces-
saries of life preparatory to their
long journey north ward.
Ten months a captive with Little
Crow s warriors and twice wounded,
were among the thrilling expert
ences of 17-year-old Swiss boy
named John Euni, who came TO the
city last Thursday with the Red
River train. All his relatives we're
killed in the Indian outbreak last
fall. He spent the winter at Devils
Lake and was we'll treated by his
captors. There we're two other
white boys at this camp, and the
priests at St. Joseph, learning of
this, made arrangements with the
traders to buy them. The two
other boys were purchased a couple
of months ago and forwarded to ST.
Paul, where they were cared for by
Bishop Grace. The Indian with
whom Euni lived would not sell
him at that time. but he finally
acceded to the overtures of the good
fathers of St. Joseph.
The discounted rebels are aban-
doning many important points and |
concentrating their armies at few
places in hope Of being able to gain
a decided victory.
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A number of the boys of the Sixth |
Minnesota were in town yesterday. |
They dislike the idea of having to
stay on the frontier. this winter,
Having been on the march all sum-
mer, they have become so attached
to that mode of life that they are
highly disappointed because they
have not been ordered South.
The leaders of the Copperhead
party are making arrangements for
starting a paper that will support
their state ticket.
The iron has been laid down on
the ST. Paul & Pacific railroad about
six miles beyond St. Anthony. AS
soon as the iron is received and the
track put down for a mile further,
the passenger trains will run to
Manomin, at which point they will
connect with the St. Cloud stage.
Gen. Sibley and portion of his
staff left last evening for Milwaukee
to consult with Gen. Pope in refer
ence to the disposition of our state
troops and the further prosecution !
of the campaign against the Indians.
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