The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-11-19
West and South.

| West and South.
A band Of vigilants hung two hofse-thieves
at Allentown, Mo-, a small town on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, sixty miles below St.
Louis, on the night of the I'd. The dispatch
adds that mob had been formed to burn the
town IN retaliation for the lyncbing.
AfayorSlsesss anita, Ga, and other
prominent citizens have been arrested for
violation of the Enforcement act
Gov. Bevcridge, Of Illinois, has issued his
proclamation setting apart Nov. % as Thanks
giving Day.
Atty-Gen. Denny reports the final settlement
of the war claims of the State Of Indiana with
the General Government, amounting to over
S3,OOOOO0. The balance due the State is
sl12, 267.5 &C. for which the State has secured IA
warrant on the United States Treasurer
Gov. Davis, of Minnesota, has designated
the Doth inst. as a day of Thanksgiving and
prayer.
| An Omaha dispatch of the 5th says: "An
officer sent from Fort Mcpherson, Neb., few
days ago, by Gen. Ord, to visit all sections of
the grasshopper district, reports that he finds
no cases of actual starvation, but much suffer-
ing, some of which has been relieved from
| various sources. Relief must be given, or
hundreds will starvc before winter is half
over. Within ten days many will be
without pound of corn or flour. The pres
cnt aid they are receiving is but drop in the
| bucket unless the Government aids them.
The alternative is fearful to contemplate"
The passenger train due at Grand Rapids,
Mich, on the morning of the 9Th was wrecked
near Moline about nine o'clock. The acct
dent was caused by the breaking of an axle
under the tender, which threw the rear pas.
senger coach and sleeper Off the track and
turned them over ON their sides. One old
gentleman was killed and about thirty more
or less injured
! riot occurred at the polls in Eufaula, Ala,
on the Sd, originating, it is said, in the at
tempt Of negro to whip another negro for
voting the Democratic ticket. The assailant
drew a pistol, and the result was three
negroes were killed and four MORALLY, seven
seriously and eight slightly wounded. One
white was MORALLY, one seriously and three
slightly wounded. Five or six hundred shots
were fired.
According to the official returns the Rcput.
lican majority in Iowa at the October election
is $4,000.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 9th says the
Committee of Seventy had adopted resolu-
ton inviting "the people of Louisiana to
meet at their respective places of worship on
Thursday, Nov. 10, 20 return thanks to AL
mighty God for their dcliverance from politi-
cal bondage"
By the destruction by fire of o. c. Parmlcy's
| livery stable in Peoria, ILL.,, on the 9th, 100
valuable horses were burned to DEATH
| The widow of Gen. Rawlins, formerly Sec
rotary of War, died at a hotel in San Fran
cisco on the 9th.
Several prominent merchants of Memphis,
Tenn, have been arrested and bound over to
the United States Circuit Court in the sum of
$1,000 each, charged with violating the En-
forcement act in discharging colorcd men
from their employ for refusing to vote the
Democratic ticket last August
The Eastern insurance companies which
withdrew their agencies from Chicago few
weeks ago are returnin" and rcsuming bust
ness in the city.
The Governor of Iowa has set apart Thurs
day. Nov. 20, as Thanksgiving Day.
1t has recently transprcd that three children
two girls aged fifteen and thirteen, and one
boy aged ten-of John Martin, residing near
Fort Wayne, Ind, were stolen on the LIST of
October and have not since been heard from
No reason for the abductions is known. The
parents have been nearly distracted over their
loss, but kept quiet in hopes Of gaining a clew
to the whereabouts Of the missing children.
Several arrests have been made in Louisiana
| for alleged violations of the Enforcement act.
| Much excitement existed in Northern Louis
lana on the 9th caused by the previous ar
rest by Lieut.. Hodson and Marshal Selye of
| parties without warrant, as is alleged, and
by force of United States bayonets. The
Lieutenant and Marshal were subsequently,
brought before Judge Trimble, at Vienna,
charged with contempt of court in disobcy-
ing writ of habeos corpus, and fined 800
ment in the parish Jail. D. NJ. Jewett, United
States Commissioner, had been indicted and
arrested upon warrant charged with kid
naping. He was bound over in the sum of
$1,000.
The Conservative Committee of Seventy at
New Orleans telesraphed to President Grant
on the Sth, stating that the Conservatives
had been entirely successful at the recent
election in Louisiana, and that thousands of
colored citizens had voted the Conservative
ticket, and protesting against the further
occupation of the State by military forces,
and requesting their withdrawal They say
that with the return Of our people to power
We assure YOU that the civil law will become
supreme, that its sacred obligations will be
recognized, both by the ruler and the ruled,
and that there will be ample protection guar
anteed to life and liberty within our borders "
| A daughter of T. c. Butcn, of Milton June
ton, Wis, was burned to death the other
evening by can exploding while she was
| building fire with kerosene oil. Mr.. Buten,
while attempting to extinguish the flames,
had his right hand SO badly burned that
fears were entertained that he would lose it.
The Chicago Journal of the Sth says Lieut.
Gen. Sheridan had returned to his headquar-
tiers from Fort Sill and the Indian country.
He reports that the Indians who had been on
the war-path were pretty thoroughly sub
dued, having surrendered their arms and
ponies to the Government troops. He antici-
patcs no further difficulty in that quarter
Prof. A. B. Smith, ex-President of the Ar
kansas Valley Collegiate Institute, publishes
in the st. Louis papers Of the 10th statement
in which he says there are fully 10000 peo-
pie in Kansas and Nebraska who are either
now or will shortly be in absolute want of
the necessaries of life.