The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-11-28

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founder and go down in a sea O.
corruption l. for one, will cling t.
the last plank Of 50 augusta wreck
We are indebted to Mr.. William
Farnham, who returned last nigh
from Vermillion, for the latest new.
from the Minnesota gold mines. HI
reports that the New York gcom
pany has been steady at work, ane
out of 800 pounds of rock crushed
the yield was at the rate of $25 pei
tom Mr.. -Mayhew is digging away
at his vein, having attained a depth
Of several feet. Experiments, thus
far have been attended with great
disadvantages, and can scarcely be
said to be satisfactory test. Snow
had fallen when Mr.. Farnham left,
to such a depth as in measure to
ouopSIlu Op0IdClOIlS.
About one year ago, on fine,
clear morning, a couple of gentle
men named Shakopee and Medicine
Bottle 1.-TWO prominent chiefs in the
massacre of 1862 set sail for the
happy hunting grounds from the
ends of couple of long ropes, at
Fort Smelling. The bodies were
carefully placed in collins and next
morning buried. That is, the collins
were buried, and it was supposed
that Messrs. Shakopee and Bottles
remains were sweetly reposing be-
meath the sands of Fort Smelling
prairie. But not so. The next
chapter in the romance was an item
in Philadelphia paper, stating that
Shakopee's body had been received
and duly dissected at medical col
lege in that city. But what of Mr..
Bottle? We suspect the Ramsey
County Medical society can tell what
became of his flesh. AS for his
skeleton. we saw it in the office of a
surgeon down the street the other
day. And a fine, stout framework
of homes he had foo
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At the Historical society meeting
last evening there were present
Capt. r. Blakeley, Rev. John Mat
tocks, DR.. McMasters, Charles E.
Mayo, A. H. Carhcart, VIM. H.
Kelley, Capt. Russell, j. D. Ludden
and A. J. Hill. Among the inter-
esting papers received were his
tory of the mining region of Lake
by H. M. Rice; some chap
tiers of the late James W. Lynd's
history of the Dakota nation; ex-
tracts from w. w. Warren's history
of the Ojibwas; a translation of
Perrot's memoirs, by A. j. Hill, and
an article on Sioux nomenclature
by Rev. G. H. Pond. The necessity
of securing the history, traditions,
etc. of our Indian tribes before they
disappear from the state was urged.
With a population of nearly 5000
people in ST. Paul, we purchase the
water we drink sometimes most
stuff in which geese,
ducks, dogs, rats and boys have
been dabbling all day and the
water we cook with from machines
called carts at SO much per bucket.
Every house is furnished with old
whisky barrels, molasses stands,
ancient coolers, around which a fire
to the flame famed by the
vestal virgins, must constantly be
kept to keep 1t from freezing. The
tax, trouble and expense of water
are enough to cause one to dispense
with the article altogether if the
cost Of all other liquids was not a
complete estoppel in that direction,
in so much so that temperance is
becoming quite common nowadays
AS midnight approached Tuesday
night thousands of persons were
watching for the famous meteoric
shower, so long predicted. A num-
Der of wags procured several dozen
large skyrockets and number of
Roman candles. Then, stationing
themselves on the Wabasha street
hill, commenced quietly sending
them up in the darkness to the
establishment of all beholders who
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