The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-07-23

According to the London zsaes' special
from Madrid Of the 18th the Carlists were
trying to drive away foreign correspondents.
Some had already been shot rs spies. The
Republicans, according to the same authority,
had recently defeated Carlist column near
Bilboa.
According to late Panama advices the Pres
ident of Venezuela had decreed the expulsion
from the Republic of the Bishop of Merida
for opposing the establishment of civic mar
riages, but the Bishop had died before he
could embark. A successor was appointed,
but he refused to obey other orders than
those of the Holy See of Rome, and he too
and several priests had been sent out Of the
country.
The East.
The Rt Rev. Richard " Whclan, Catholic
Bishop Of the Diocese of Wheeling, w. w.,
died at Baltimore ON the 7th.
A New York dispatch of the Sth says the
Golden Age of that date contained an editorial
haunting Plymouth Church with its continued
ShVANV !" ACcPNNg W viz DCCCuCI SSNue
dial. 1t concludes rs follows: 1.-THE fact ad-
mits of only one construction, and whoever
thinks draws the inevitable conclusion. There
is a silence more oppressive and ominous than
that Of death. The American people now
know what that silence is"
The great single scull race of five miles at
Springfield, Mass, between Brown, of Halifax,
and Scharff, of Pittsburgh, Pa, was rowed on
the sth, in presence Of a large and excited
assemblagc. The Canadian won the race.
The Treasury gold sold in New York on the
9th at 1O9sl@ lO9.S9 on total bidding of 81
100000.
On the afternoon of the 9th the mail and ex-
press car attached to an eastward bound train
on the Atlantic, Mississippi 4 Ohio Railway
was entirely destroyed by fire, about nine
miles west Of Petersburg. The mail car con-
tanned an unusually heavy Northern and
Southern mail, which, together with express
matter in the adjoining apartment, was en-
tirely consumed.
According to a New York dispatch
of the 10th, Miss Fannie Shortwell,
who some time ago claimed to have been
robbed of $4,000 in railway bonds in
Chicago, had been indicted for larceny and
perjury.
An Atlantic City N. J.) dispatch of the 10th
says that the capsizing of yacht off the
harbor on the afternoon Of that day had
caused the drowning of six prominent citi-
zens of Philadelphia.
A Brooklyn dispatch of the 10th says that
Mr.. Beccher had demanded an investigation
by Plymouth Church of the charges made
against him by Mr.. Tilton, and that the in.
vestigatiOn had been pending since June %.
A New York dispatch of the morning Of the
18th says that on the preceding evening, dur
ing violent thunderstorm, an oil tank on
the Erie Railroad oil docks ut Hoboken, N. j.,
had been set on fire by lightning stroke At
two o'clock a. m. the fire was raging with un-
abated fury. At that time over 800, 900 worth
of oil had been consumed. The storm was
widely extended and great damage was occa-
stoned by it. At two o'clock a. M. it was still
raining furiously.
New York dispatch of the 18th says the
Governor Of New York had called upon Mayor
Havcmeyer to reply to the charges preferred
against him.
The fire which broke out ut wechawken
on the evening of the 10th ragged during the
18th with undated fury, and was only
checked ut seven o'clock on the evening of
that day. The total loss was estimated at
s7OO,OOO
The 12th was celebrated by the Orange
men of New York and vicinity without inter-
ference.
The New York bank statement of the 18th
shows a gain Of $5,5OO,OOO in specie, 100000
in deposits, and decrease of 100000 in
grccnbacks.
On the 18th Mr.. Theodore Triton addressed
letter to Mr.. Beechers committee engaged
in investigating the charges preferred by him,
stating that he should prepare full and de-
tailed statement of such facts as are within
promise the character Of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher"
ASpringfield (Mass.) dispatch of the 18th
says that on the afternoon of that day the
train of the Fitchburg Railroad,
Of an engine and one passenger
car, had been thrown from an cmbankment
near shelburne Falls, Mass, fifteen feet high.
There were nine persons on board, all of whom
were more or less hurt.
On the 18th two reservoirs in the town of
Chester, Hampden County, Mass, gave way
and swept the valley below of bridges, mills
and dwellings, causing loss of about $780,
900. No lives were lost.
West and South.
An Augusta (Ga.) dispatch of the It'll says
that, in response to letter from a number of
citizens, Alex. H. Stephens had announced his
not to be a candidate for re
election to Congress, on account of failing
health.
The Land Office heretofore kept at Lincoln,
Neb., has, by direction of the President, been
removed to Bloomington, in the same State.
After two days session, on the Sth the DEM
ocratic Congressional Convention at Bucyrus,
Ohio, nominated John Cowan, of Ashland
County, for Congress, on the 25Oth ballot.
A Madison (Wis.) dispatch of the sth says
that on that morning the Attorney General
had filed in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin
bill in equity, complaining Of violation of
the laws Of the State regulating railroads by
the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroads, and a petit
ton that they be enjoined by the court to
obey said law so far as it had been held valid
by the late decision of the United States Cir
cult Court. An appeal from that decision had
been effected.
The financial statement of the Illinois State
Treasurer shows that during the month of