The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19

A DISASTROUS IRE occurred IN Boston On the
4sh. Il broke out in TIE Eastern Railroad
freight sheds, and was caused by The break
ing q carboy Of vitriol. A train Of twenty
loaded freight cars was burned. A large
building Of brick and wood WAS thoroughly
Quilted. Loss between $l00, 900 and saoo. ooo.
A Worcester (afass) dispatch Of the 4th
says II had been decided to abandon Dio
Lewis plan Of operation against liquor.deal-
ers, and new and entirely original plan had
been adopted. A largo committee had been
organised, and In subcommittee Of two or
three 1t was proposed to first visit the owners
OF buildings occupied by liquos-dealers, and by
prayer and intercession induce them to sign .
builden' pledge not toilet their premises to any
one for the sale Of liquor. They would also
visit dealers At their homes. The movement
was to bNprivate, and no street work would
be done.
In New York, on the 4th, the criminal suit
for libel of Luther G. Challis against Victoria
c. Woodruff, her sister, Tennessee Claim,
and her husband, Blood, was brought to trial
in the Court Of Sessions. The defendants
were without bail, their bondsmen having sur.
rendered them into the hands Of the Sheriff.
and failing to obtain new surcties they were
taken to the Tombs on the 5th. An applica-
ton for reduction of bail was refused by the
Court.
Miss Ada M. Noyes, the actress, died In New
York on the 5th, of hydrophobia. She was
bitten by q pet poodle about two weeks be-
fore.
During the recent absence from his home
of Anthony Coggswell, Of Chapmanville, Pa,
his wife died and was buried. On returning
he had the coffin opened and it was found
that the body had turned in it's place, indicat-
ing that the woman was only in trance when
she was inferred. This discovery so affected
the husband that he is now maniac.
Ex-Presidcnt Willard Fillmore died at his
residence in Buffalo at lilo on the night of
the 7th. He was conscious to the last. At s
o'clock, In reply to . question by his physi-
clan, he said the nourishment was pala-
table. These were his last words. Death was
painless.
Gen. schenck, United States Minister to
England, and ex-senator Cattell, representing
the Treasury Department in Europe, arrived
in New York on the It'll, and Caleb Gushing
sailed for Spain the same day.
The Mayor Of Philadelphia issued procla.
nation on the Th giving notice that the Sun.
day Liquor law Of that city would be strictly
enforced. The Supreme Council of the
Liquor Dealers Association has requested all
persons connected with the Association to
close their places Of business on Sunday.
In the recent local elections throughout
Massachusetts several ladies were chosen
members of Boards Of Education.
West and South.
The ladies of Columbus, Ohio, commenced
active work in the cause of temperance on the
Sd. Prayer-meetings were held at 10 a. m,
and at 2 p. M, and about 8 p. m. 200 ladies
left the church and marched to the American
Hotel, headed by the Chief of Police and one
patrolman to keep the streets open.
leaving the church filed with people
to pray for those who went out to
work. The bells of the churches were tolled
while the procession was moving. They
called upon several saloons and hotels,
prayed, sang and appealed to their proprietors
to abandon the traffic, and then the process
sion returned to the place of starting, where
they were heartily welcomed and conpratu-
lated. Letters we're read from a prominent
saloon-keeper stating that he had stopped
selling liquor, and from brewer, saying he
would never brew another key of beer. The
ladies were greatly encouraged, and would
renew the warfare on the following day.
The movement was inaugurated also in various
other portions of the State. In Indianapolis
Women's Temperance Union was organized
and the prayer movement would soon be
started in that city. In Waukegan, ILL.,, the
temperance question was the issue in the mu-
nicipal election. The temperance candidate
received SS4 votes and the anti-temperance
S9A. A majority of the Aldermen were under.
stood to be liquor men.
The Maryland State Grange met in secret
session at Baltimore on the 4th. OF the fifty
two Oranges in the State forty-seven were rep
resented.
A call has been issued for an Independent
State Convention to meet at Salem, Oregon.
April Is.
JamesB B. Groome was inaugurated Governor
of Maryland on the 4th.
Deputy o. D. Hinckley, of Wisconsin, is en-
gagged In organizing Farmers Oranges in
Maine. Several are already organized, and it
is anticipated that State Grange will be in
operation in April.
Mrs. Madden, of Cairo, ILL.,, filed a lamp
with kerosene by the fitful glimmer of luci-
fer match. The can and lamp exploded, and
Mrs. Madden received injuries from which she
will probably die.
At Columbus, Ohio, on the 9Th, about 200
ladies, divided into four squads, visited large
number Of saloons and beer cellars. Quite q
number OF signatures were obtained to the cit
izens' pledge, but not one liquor dealer could,
by song rprayer, be induced to sign the dealers
pledge. At some of the saloons the praying
women were insulted and ridiculed by the
dealers friends of both sexes, and at one point
the disturbance became so threatening that, in
accordance with the advice of the Chief of
Police, the ladies thought best to desist.
Among the signatures to the citizens pledge
was that of James g. Ball, the Mayor Of the
city. The ladies showed no signs Of growing
weary In their work. and were in fact much
stronger in faith and numbers than before, the
insults offered them having had much to do in
bringing about that result.
AA1S AAss"s AeS1a@suIS nus PaSScU Dlu
authorizing railway companies of the State
to issue preferred stock.
Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Mich, was
nearly destroyed by fire nthe morning Of the
9th. The building was of brick, 262 feet in
length, and four stories high. The total loss
Is estimated at 81, 900, of which about $45, 600
10 covered by insurance.
In the California Assembly ON the It'll bill
to make women eligible to educational offices
passed by vote of 50 to 81.
A railroad bill was passed by
the lower house of the Iowa Legis-
laturc on the 7th. Under its provis-
ions railroads are divided into three
clasaea-A r. e. Rnada In c1ae. A arm a.