The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-14

At the session Of TIE Kansas State Grange
on the s1st ult., resolutions were passed dep
recatang the promihence given to horse rSo.
ing 1t State fairs, a1d calling upon the farmers
10 move literally and support the fairs, 90
there might be no occasion for depending On
racing - means q making money; also one
demanding that farming property be taxed a.
railroad property, upon the basis Of its In
come, or that railway property, as well as farm
ing property, be taxed ON the basis Of value,
independent Of income. A resolution also
passed expressing sympathy with settlers on
the Usage coded lands.
The Secretary Of the Board Of Health Of In
dianapolis reported no cholera In that city on
the 91st ult.
The Mclean County Qn.) Changers met in
Convention at Bloomington on the LIST, and
nominated County ticket. Colonel R. P.
Morgan, whose appointment on the Board Of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners was
rejected by the State Senate, was nominal
ed for County Treasurer.
Kansas City, Mo-, special says more
bodies have recently been discovered in the
Bender grave yard, and that there was q clue
to the whereabouts of the Bender family.
The Kansas State Grange elected the follow
ing officers on the LIST: Master, T. G.. Boiling;
Overseer, NJ. E. Hudson; Lecturer, John
Boyd; Steward, A. D. Smith; Assistant Stew.
ard, j. B. Richey; Chaplain, w. 8. Hanna;
Treasurer, II. H. Angel.
Mrs. VIM. Dowds, of Lewis, Iowa, being in
something of hurry, poured kerosene oil on
the fire In the cook-stove q few days ago.
Lively times ensued, the burning oil being
thrown all over the room, and ten-months
old child was burned to death.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention, on the
LIST, adopted resolution for an adjournment
of the Convention from August 8 to Dccem-
Der 2, to meet in Cincinnati.
Portland, Oregon, has been nearly destroyed
by fire. The condagration began early on the
morning of the I'd, and before it was checked
twenty-three blocks in the city were in ruins.
Among the losses are two engine houses, two
sash factories, three foundries, four mills,
five hotels, one hundred stores and two hum
dred and fifty dwellings. One hundred and
fifty families were rendered homeless. The
estimated loss was 81, 500, 600; insurance,
100000. The churches in the city were con-
verted into dwelling houses. The Common
Council was issuing food tickets to the desti-
tute many. Calls are made for aid for the
| sufferers from other cities.
A recent Des Moines Qowa) telegram says
there was no longer any prospect of capturing
the railway bandits; as they had succeeded in
| reaching Texas aud Mexico.
st. Louis dispatch of the Sd says the
Texas cattle fever, which had been prevailing
in Dekalb, Davis, Nodaway, and other counties
in Northwestern Missouri for two weeks, had
carried of several thousand head, and was still
raging. In Nedaway County alone the loss
| already amounted to over $4,000.
fire in Chicago on the evening of the I'd
badly damaged the great Singer building, dis
troying the interior of the new and as vet un-
occupied store rooms of Field, Letter & Co.
Loss $4,000.
Two 1atal cholera cases were reported in In
dianapolis on the 4th. There were several
new cases in Columbus, Ohio. Ten deaths by
cholera, or disease closely resembling the
Asiatic cholera, have occurred recently at
Mason City, ILL.,, and vicinity.
One hundred and fifty immigrants from
Russia passed through Peoria, ILL.,, on the 4th,
bound for Omaha and the West. These are
the advance guard of 10000 Russians who are
cOmIHS 10 lnlS country.
The Utah Territorial election occurred on
the 4th. The Mormon ticket was unanimous
ly chosen, the Gentiles not participating. The
usual number of women and children voted.
In several counties in Illinois and Iowa the
farmers have made independent nominations
for county offices, and adopted resolutions
rledging themselves to vote for the tickets
thus put in the field.
The South.
Convention of delegates from portions Of
North Mississippi, West Tennessee and West
en Kentucky, was held at jackson, Tenn, on
the goth, looking to the formation of new
| State out of those fractions. After the ap-
pointment of appropriate committees, the con-
vention adjourned to meet on the 3Oth.
The Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
OF Illinois have stated, in reply to a query,
that the through lines to New York cannot
under the State law give through rates to New
York from one point in the State on the same
road, and refuse to give them from other
points, notwithstanding the articles offered for
shipment at each place are of like quantities
Of the same class.
The Grand Lodge Of Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows Of Mississippi have elected J. 8.
Cain, Of Okalona, g. NJ; R. M. Mayo, Yazoo
City, Grand Secretary; D. N. Barrows, of
jackson, Grand Representative to the Grand
Lodge Of the United States. e.
| little daughter of Col. Bibb, of Corinth,
Miss, was recently burned to death by the ex-
plosion Of can Of coal oil with which she was
trying to kindle fire in stove. Her mother
was severely burned In trying to save the
child
A recent Memphis dispatch says the move.
ment to create new State with Jackson, Tenn,
as its Capital, meets with no favor there, the
entire press Of the city being opposed to it, and
that not single delegate from the county par.
ticipated in the Convention.
The Virginia Republican State Convention,
recently in session at Lynchburg, nominated
Colonel R. II. Hughes for Governor; C. H.
Ramsdell for Lieutenant Governor; David
Fultz for Attorney General. Among others,
resolutions were adopted, indorsing the Ad-
ministration of President Grant; favoring an
ad valorem system of taxation; advocating in
ternal improvements, not only in Virginia, but
in the whole country, as means of
cheap transportation; favoring an i'm
partial administration of justice to both
races; favoring the election of President and
Vice-President, and oil officers Of the Govern
ment, by direct vote of the people; demand
| ing that the Federal courts shall he accessible
to all citizens for redress, and demanding re-
forms in the State laws in order to secure fair
elections by the abolition Of partisan SUPER
vision. A resolution denouncing the increased
aolarv hill vuae ,,o.,d ord x.4,
| drawn. . =Hrss ~rr
A Central Executive Committee to present
| the question of the formation Of new State
in the most favorable bearing in their respec-
i've sections was appointed by the Convention
at jackson, Tenn, on the 3Oth ult.
Nicholson and Hallahan, the murderers of
Mrs. Lampley, were executed at Baltimore on
the LIST. lt, ii
The Kentucky election occurred ON the 4th.
Reports from the State at large indicated that