The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-09-04

spstained BY some persons on the passeqgei
| tam. CTles Nther, the fireman, remalned
onhis eng witt his father, Rlwood Rother,
fre-box and DE tender, and The father escaped
withoutapparSA&ly serious bodily injurysH Hut
he appeared oNApved by the exlitcmeriA.sof
tho disaseer that he c6Qle fromsthe wick
Twin dSsordercd mind. brakeman James
Gcrriogo had, in response to the signal ''down
brakes, wound up his brake, and was assist
who is also a brakeman, when the shock came.
Both were Immediately crushed to- death.
Both resided at Hnlsboro, Ohio. Walter
Rhodes, the express messenger, of this city,
brother of j. H. Rhodes, of Adams Express
Companys.seesived injNuiss from, which ha
morning, making fobr Deaths All the other
injuries received were of no consequence. 1t
appears clear that the men who bravely re-
manned ut their posts and lost their lives,
saved the passengers from Il fearful casualty.
The officials of the road acted with prompt
ness. Physicians were taken from this city,
and determination Is apparent on the part Of
engineer Of the freight train responsible be-
fore the Criminal Court. 49,
The inquest was held at Montgomery, the
scene of the accident, in the Afternoon to-day,
and the verdict of the jury was that those
killed came to their death by the criminal
neglect of Conductor Pewett and Engineer
Smith, OF the freight train, in running out of
their time. The jury recommended prose-
cutting them for manslaughter.
"A fire in Belfast, Maine, on the oath de-
stroyed over one hundred and twenty five
buildings Loss nearly $4,000. One hum
drcd and thirty families were rendered home
less.
The Rev. John Todd, D. D., long a pastor
of the First Congregational Church in Pitts
field, Mass, and author of ''The Students
Manual" and numerous other books for the
young, died ON the oath, in his seventy-third
year.
A special telegram from the camp on the
Big Bend of Muscle Shell River, of Au-
gust Goth, says that General Custar's cavalry
expedition had an engagement on August 4th
at the mouth of Tongue River, with 400
Indians. The fight lasted three hours, re-
sulting in a loss of ten to the Indians, killed
and wounded. Our loss was four men killed.
of the Big Horn, the same command was at
tackled by near 1000 Indians. They were re-
pulsed with loss of fifty killed and wounded
Our loss was ono man killed and three
wounded. .,,,,...
A st. Louis telegram of the 23d says the
statement purporting to give an account of an
attempt to throw a train on the Missouri
Pacific Railway from the track, four miles
east of Holden, Mo-, and the boarding of the
train by band of ruffians, with the evident
intention of robbing the passengers, and the
subsequent killing of one and wounding of
another of the desperadoes at Holden, is
pronounced by the officers of the railway COM
pany to be utterly false, and the entire story
made out of whole cloth.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, and Governor
Noyes, of Ohio, opened the Republican State
campaign at Athens, Ohio, on the 23d. A
Cincinnati dispatch of the oath says Mr.. Nor
ton was then suffering from considerable
hoarseness, incident to his effort the day be-
fore, and in consequence had recalled his ap-
pointments at Dayton, Cleveland, Norwalk
and Toledo.
A man calling himself Baker, was arrested
at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 23d, for passing
a counterfeit $500 greenback. The paper of
the counterfeit is much heavier and coarser
than the genuine, the vignette of John @.
Adams is little darker, the upper lip being
somewhat blurred. The ink on the back is q
shade darker. The lathe work is not so dis
tinct. The numbers, which are generally q
pale red on counterfeits, are perfect. 1t is
also perfect imitation of the silk mixed
paper now being used by the Govern
ment, and is well calculated to deceive.
An Indianapolis dispatch of the oath says
the cholera had entirely disappeared from that
city.
Mr.. T. R. Allen, Master of the State Grange
of Missouri, recently reported that there were
500 Oranges in the State, with an average men,
bership of seventy-five.
The State authorities of California have ask.
ed that the Modocs who are charged with grave
ofenses committed prior to their capture,
other than those sentenced to be hanged, be
delivered to them.
Mrs. James Cook, wife of a coal miner at
Hewlett, ILL.,, was fatally burned few days
ago, by endeavoring to kindle fire by pour
ing coal oil on it.
An engine on the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway exploded near Atlantic, Iowa,
on the 25th, instantly killing j. Dyson, head
brakemanf and severely scalding the engineer,
George Crane, and the fireman, Henry Nor
gan. Some pieces of the boiler were thrown
a fourth of amile. 80
An erroneous statement has been published
regarding the forthcoming Michigan State
Fair. 1t is to be held at Grand Rapids on the
18th, 10th, 18th, 18th, 10th and 10th of Sep
TENDER.
Tho Soufh-
In response to communication from citi-
zens of Monroe as to the proper course to be
pursued regarding Louisiana affairs, John
McEnery has written letter advising q
State Convention in December, and the ap-
pointment of committee to appeal to
Congress-.
Fannie Bush (colored), convicted of the
murder of an infant child in Harrison county,
Kentucky, has been sentenced to be banged on
the 18th of November. 1t is stated that the
mother and her children were starving, and
the mother, half crazed, drowned one that she
might provide for the rest. go g, ~
Jefferson Davis addressed the Southern His
torical Convention, at White Sulphur Springs,
Va, a few days ago. In speaking of the late
war he said: eve have been more cheated than
conquered by the declarations of the Federal
President, Congress and Generals, for there
never could have been surrender had we an
ticipated what followed, and we would to-day
have been free" A resolution was adopted
that President Grant be requested to permit
the Secretary of this Society to examine all
papers and archives Of the Government cap
tured by the Federal forces from the Confed-
crates during the war and tn mako coniea of