The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-09

morning Of The SAth. Every part Of the boss
was blown into atoms and 10 sunk In three
minutes. Tho TOW, consisting OF seven
barges, was utterly consumed. The lost were:
Capt James Dawson, 1ate Henry 0essler,
Eliot John OstEander and wife, Pilot William
Nundy, Watchnan Dan Matte, Obin-bey TN
known and three cologed Aremen.
For several days previous to the 94th there
had been fiotous demonstrations on the Grand
Flat and Rogue Rivers, Michigan, on the part
Of the employees Of rival boom companies,
and several dams had been destroyed. The
Governor, ct the solicitation Of interested
parties. ordered coaApaay Of troops to the
region Of the disturbance, and on tho cath
concluded to withdraw them, leaving the
parties to fight 1t out between themselves.
The printers strike continued In New
Orleans On the cath, and had assumed very
stubborn character. No papers wefe issued
from the ofilces Of the Times and Picayssse,
and those from the Offices Of the Be- and Re-
psblicas appeared in an emaciated condition.
In recent fight with the Missouri outlaws,
John W. Whicher, detective who had traced
the James brothers 70 their hiding place In
Clay County, was led into the public highway
and brutally murdered. On the same day
three detectives encountered the Younger
brother, In ct. Clair County, and . shooting
match followed, In which John Younger was
killed and Jim Younger badly wounded in the
breast. The casualties on the part Of the de-
tectives were, one man killed, one seriously
wounded and one escaped. On the 28d Gov.
Woodson sent message to the egislature de-
failing the facts In relation to the outlaws, 20
far - known, and calling upon that body to
appropriate money to enable him to extermi-
nate them.
The Indians made an attack On . rancho at
SCOTS Bluffs, Neb., ON the oath, killing one
man and running OF horses. The Sioux at
Fort Laramie, and the various Sioux agencies
are reported very sullen and discontinued. It
was thought they meditated immediate hos
tilities. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail were
among those declared unffiendly.
The printen' strike at New Orleans ended
on the 25th, the union men resuming work on
the Pieayvae, Rspubsicaa, and Times at sixty
cents per 1000. The Be- had . full compile
ment Of non-union men, and would probably
retain them.
The second Indictment for perjury against
David A. Gage, ex-Treasurer Of Chicago, has
been quashed.
The Senatorial Bribery Investigation Com.
mittee Of the California State Senate has re.
ported that no improper influences were used
to secure the election Of Messrs. Booth and
Hagar to the United States Senate, but that
improper advances had been made to the leg
islators BY certain persons, who acted wholly
on their own authority, and with NO other re-
sponsibility. The report acquits Boruck, who
made the charges, Of malice In the matter.
A dispatch from Marion, N. c., says the
shocks on Bald Mountain were more violent
on the night Of the 25th than at any previous
time since the commencement of the volcanic
disturbance.
A . member Of the praying league at Rich.
mond, Ind, was about to engage in prayer on
the s6th, at saloon, the proprietor presented
bill against her son for forty drinks. She
paid the bill-t4-took . receipt, and said:
snow, friend, shall indict thee ON forty
charges Of selling to my son, who is minor. !"
The Mayor of Cincinnati has been unani-
mously directed by the Common Council of
that city to prohibit the women from con-
tinuing their crusades against the saloon
keepers.
The Illinois Legislature on the 9th voted
to adjourn sine die March 81.
The Ohio Senate on the 9th considered the
Treasurer contested election case, and voted
unanimously that George Weimerwas not, and
that Isaac Welsh was, elected to the office Of
State Treasurer.
Two colored men were hanged in Sumter,
9. c., on the 9th, and white man in Abbeys.
vile, al for murder.
The advance sheets Of Gould's new direct
ory OF st. Louis give ia, 4S6 names, and
estimate the population Of the city at As, 500
The Missouri Legislature adjourned sine dS
on the s0th ult.
The new directory Ct Omaha shows 600
names. Counting ~ IS the ratio, this shows
the population Of the cityt to be q, 400.
The Twenty-eighth General Assembly o.
Illinois was In session 20S days. The number
Of bills introduced was 2,16s, of which 25l
were passed. The amount Of appropriation
was $5,ess, 2so.
The steamboat J. Hale, from Cincinnati K
New Orleans, when Us miles above Memphis
ON the night OF the 10Th ult., burst her steam
pipe, causing the death Of three members o.
the crew and severely injuring several others
Hon. Harvey Meyers, Of Covington, KY.
law partner Of Senator Stevenson, was muir
dered recently by Col. W. G. Tyrrell, . news
paper reporter OF that city. Mr.. Meyers va
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suit.