The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

the stupidity Of the driver. The arrange
ments were stupidity defective. There was no
no system. Most of teams were
unused to work, and gave a good deal of
trouble. America was unreprcscntcd on the
awarding jury, which was composed entirely
OF foreigners. 1t was reported that all the
American mowers ana rcapels that took part
in the trial will get medals; some for progress,
and others for merit.
1t was reported at Bayonne, France, on the
18th, that severe engagement had taken
place near Pampeluna, Spain, between the Re-
publicans and Carlists, in which the latter were
successful, capturing two guns and three hun
drcd prisoners. A Madrid dispatch of the
2sth says the Republican artillery-men in Val
encia had joined the Insurgents.
The East.
Gold closed in New York on the 2Sth at
115%.
Ex-Governor Colby, of New Hampshire,
died in Concord on the 2lst.
recent New York dispatch says the state
ment that there is to be no investigation by
the Deacons and Trustees of Plymouth Church
relative to the Bowen Tilton scandal is untrue.
The trial has only been postponed on account
of the absence Of Mr.. Beccher and a number
of the committee. In the fall charges will be
filed against Bowen and Tilton, and be fully
investigated. The sessions will probably be
held with closed doors.
The American Cheap Transportation Asso-
citation of New York City perfected its organ
ization on the evening of the 2lst, and adopt
cd resolutions setting forth that the unjust
and extortionate rates charged by the various
railroads of the country are detrimental to the
industries and interests of the nation, and con-
demning the action of the railroad companies
in bribing Legislatures, and defying Judges
and Executives.
The Hon. John p. Hale broke his hip bone
by fall at Dover on the ed, and his case was
considered critical on the ed.
An Italian named Glione has been examined
at New Haven, on a charge Of keeping Italian
boys in condition of servitude, to profit by
their earnings. He was held in bonds of
$4,000 for trial in october, and was committed
to Jail for want of bail.
A called meeting of the members of the Re-
publican party opposed to the nomination of
Gen. Butler for Governor was held in Boston
on the 25th. Among those present were H. L.
Dawes, E. R. Hoar, George T. Hoar, Speaker
Sanford, Fl. H. Coolidge, Ex-Speaker Jewell,
Adm Thayer, J. NJ. Forbes, and others. The
meeting was called to order by Judge Hoar,
who denounced in unqualified terms the salary
grab, and pronounced himself as willing to do
all in his power to prevent the State from
being carried for the author of that measure.
A committee of three was appointed to draw
up an address to the people of the State.
Recent fires on Long Island burned over an
area of at least fifty square miles. The Ger
man settlement, called Bohemianville was
swept entirely away, and three young children
unable to escape persisted in the flames.
An application has been made to Governor
Dix, and petition signed by some of the most
prominent men in the State Of New York to
grant young Walworth a pardon.
The managers of trunk lines to the West
have made the following reductions in freight
charges on first-class merchandise, which in.
cludes dry goods, boots and shoes, clothing,
etc: From New York to Chicago, per cwt.,
Is cents; formerly 81. Cleveland, 40 cents;
formerly Is cents. Cincinnati, 20 cents;
formerly 90 cents. st. Louis, 81 cents;
formerly S1.2S. Louisville, Sc cents; former.
ly $l.2S. Memphis, $l.35; formerly s162.
The following are the rates from Lake Erie
ports, wcstward: To Cleveland, Toledo, and
Detroit, 45c. To Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Green Bay, sic.
The Peruvian Government has commenced
suits against several dealers in guano in New
York CITY whn cold to oA,,1t IN
article and sell it as guano.
The West.
A st. Louis dispatch of the 22d says the
cholera had abated at Louisiana, Mo-, but
some fifty persons altogether had died of il
since it first broke out, including some of the
most prominent citizens. In Prairieville and
Troy the scourge ragged fearfully, the towns
being almost depopulated either by disease OF
the people fleeing from their homes. Out OF
one family of nine persons, in the former
place, all of whom were well on the 18th, only
two remained. The disease also prevailed al
other towns near by. Business was
almost suspended and most of those
who were able were fleeing from the
infected places. A reporter Of the
Evansville Qnd.) Journal of the ed says there
were then only about 1900 people in Mount
Vernon, and that the surrounding towns were
full of Mount Vernon citizens, who had fled
from the city. The Board of Health had re.
quested all persons not to visit the place fol-
the present.
The value of the booty secured by the rob-
bers of the express train near Casey, Iowa, on
fha 81 CT did l.
express matter usually sent by this train on
Mondays was forwarded the night before.
At their session at Springfield on the 2ed,
the Illinois Board of Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners received a number of com.
plants of extortion by railroads. These com.
plants were against the Illinois Central,
Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville and the Toledo,
Wabash d Western Railroads. It was not
improbable that the members of the Board
would visit some of the points where the most
fragrant extortions are charged to be made, to
investigate the truth, and if possible devise a
remedy for them.
The Manitoban Court, before which certain
citizens of Minneapolis (Messrs. Fletcher,
Bentley, Hoy and Keegon) have been undergo.
ing an examination on q charge of attempting
to kidnap the bogus Lord Gordon, rendered its
decision on the sd, committing the prisoners
for trial.
The Chicago Tribune of the oath says the
Chicago & Alton Railroad had decided not to
prosecute the suits which it instituted some
time since against q number of farmers in Nc
Lean and Livingston Counties, who delayed
the business Of the road by refusing to pay
more than the legal fare, and also by declining
to be elected from the train. In conference
held at Springfield on the 23d, between the
representatives of the Road and the Railroad
Commissioners, the former stated that its tar
III would be rearranged within the ensuing
four weeks SO as to remove all cause for the
complaints Of extortion evoked by the present
rates.
Governor Carpenter, of Iowa, has offered
q reward Of $500 each for the apprehension
and delivery Of the Rock Island train rob-
bers. A st. Joseph (Mo.) telegram of the
23d says 1t was known there that the robbers