The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-06-11
General News Summary,


The public debt statement for the mont
of May lie a. follows:
Six per cent bonds. ............... 81, 90
Five per cent bonds. ............... 503s0,6O
Total coin bonds. ............. $l,7sa,a46.s 81
lawful money debt. ....... :. SlA67x, q
Matured debt. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. A.S3l.2o
Lesal-tender notes. SNO76,s
Certificates Of deposit. .............. bi0e"y0 90
Fractional currency. l6,6S "a
Coin certinca:ee.. ............ $A1W.to
Interest. ......................... 0S64t0S
Total debt .................. -. aa,soA.4 81. II
Cash in Treasury
Currency: .:............... ii,lT;.7u
ed BY lav....... =. ............ ss.oso.oe
Total in Treasury. .............. sl4s,ls@sl
Debt less cash in Treasury. .s1i1asse4.
Decrease during the month. ....... el.4ss,s
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad
Companies. interest payable in law
full money, principal outstanding. ~, 60, s.
Interest accrued and not yet paid..... 1,615,56
Interest paid by United States. q SSS, on
Interest repaid By transportation OF
BsI.nc ss Of interest paid ); Uni;sd
States. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. I.3N. ~
The President having accepted the resigns
ton of Secretary Richardson, previously ten
dered, on the Let nominated Gen. Benjamin +
Brisfow, of Kentucky. to that position. Al
Associated Press dispatch says this nomination
was favorahly received by both parties in Con
gress. Mr.. Banaeld, Solicitor Of the Treasury
had also resigned. Mr.. Richardson, late Ser
Rotary of the Treasury, has been nominated +
ill q vacancy ON the bench of the Court o
Claims.
Foreign Intellgenco.
A London dispatch of the 9th says tina
Prince Nicholas, who was recently arrested .
St. Petersburg, Russia, for stealing his moth
er's diamonds, was thought to be insane.
Late dispatches from Calcutta Say the fam
inc in India va. increasing. Nearly 5000, OOl
people were dependent upon the Government
for food.
A London dispatch Of the Goth says tn,
British Foreign Office, as late - the It'll o.
May, had pressed its demand upon the Spanish
Government for an explanation of the virginiul
outrage and indemnity to the heirs of British
victims.
The Catholic pilgrims from the United
States reached Paris on the 18th. They left
for Rome on the Goth.
United States Minister Gushing was form.
ally received by the Spanish President on the
slst. The Spanish Ministry had forbidden
the press from attacking the financial schemes
of the Government. Hermann had been in.
vested by the Carlists.
A serious riot occurred in Limerick, Ireland,
on the 3lst, . mob of . thousand persons
attacking q party of militia. The riot was
finally suppressed after considerable number
had been injured.
AS Prince Saxe-Weimar was leaving his
residence in London on the evening of
the 1st he was fred at by an unknown
assassin, who escaped. The Prince was un.
hurt. He had previously received threatening
letters, as had also the Duke of Cambridge
and Disraeli.
A Melbourne (Australia) dispatch of the
S1st says the ship British Admiral, from
Liverpool 10 that port, had gone ashore on
Kings Island, in Bass Strait, and become .
total wreck. She had on board eighty.three
persons, passengers and crew, all of whom
were lost except four passengers and i've
seamen.
The East.
The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good
Templars have chosen the following officers
for the current year: Right Worthy OR md
Templar, Col. John J. Hickman, of Kentucky:
Right Worthy Grand Counselor, joseph
Molius, Of England; Right Worthy Grand
Vice Templar, Mrs. Matte Mcclellan Brown,
of Ohio; Right Worthy Grand Secretary, W.
8. Williams, Of Canada; Right Worthy Grand
Treasurer. J. K. Van Doom, of Illinois.
John Edgar Thomson, President of the
Pennsylvania Central Railway Company, died
at his residence in Philadelphia on the 18th,
aged sixty'six years.
The Ellsworth monument at Mechanicsville,
N. T., was unveiled on the 9th, in the presence
of large number Of people.
The New York Supreme Court has rendered
decision denying the motion. for man.
damus to compel Chief Justice Davis to sign
the bill Of exceptions taken In the trial Of
William NJ. Tweed.
A New York State Temperance Convention
has been called to meet at Auburn June q.
Henri Rochefort, accompanied by two fel.
low'refugees. arrived at New York on the
night of the 3Oth. They declined oil formal
receptions rendered by the representatives Of
the French revolutionary societies. r,
A painter named McCallaugh, while work.
ing on the bridge on Three Sisters island.
Niagara Falls, on the LIST, fell OF the scaffold
and was carried by the current to the brink Of
the falls, where he lodged against rock. He
was rescued BY John Conroy, who tied rope
to his body and was let down by persons on
he bridge to where McCullaugh was clinging.
West and South.
Atty. Gen. Sloan, Of Wisconsin, on the 96th
furnished Gov. Taylor with an elaborate opin-
ion viudicating the constitutionality Of tho
law regulating railways passed at the last
session Of the Legislature.
A call has been issued BY Democratic and
Reform member Of the late Michigan Legis.
lature for mass convention, to be held 1t
Lansing ON the 9th Of August. ito take such
steps - may be deemed advisable to secure
the organization Of party On basis Of live
Issues, and for . restoration OF purity and
stateemanship to Tie high places Of our eta&s
and National Governmental"
A recent DIRE in Central City, COL, DESTROYED
LIS buildings, mostly Of wood, and occupied
Tor mercantile and other business purpoees.
The burnt district covers about eirht acres.
The total loss 10 estimated at about half q
million OF dollars. one-third covered BY In.
surance.
At the recent meeting In Chicago Of the mi.
nois Prees Association the following.nansd