The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-07-09

phoneo after two days fighting. d the aetf
Gen. Concha, in the midst Of . terrible storm
surprised three a the outlying aefenses q
Estena. The Madria dispatch states that thu
Carllst loss was very heavy, and that they
would be forced to retan into the province d
Aiava. Orders had been issued from Carlist
headquarters directing al Generals to carr,
on the war hereafter without truce or parley
Inc dissipated nephew Of the Gar Of Rus
sta, the same who stole his mothers diamond.
ana squandered them upon an American adj
Ventures, has been sentenced to deprivation
OF his military rank and decorations and t.
Punishment to Caucasus for life.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg of the eth
say there are reports from Central Asia that
the Amecr of Kashgar had seized Russian
envoy and concentrated large force ON the
frontier
Senior Avellaneda has been elected Presi
dent Of the Argentine Confederation.
Strong shocks Of earthquake were felt In
Constantinople on the eth.
From Havana, on the 9th, comes the re-
port of the capture by the Cubans, near San
tiago de Cuba, of 400 Spaniards and forty car
loads of provisions, and that the prisoner
were shot in retaliation for similar executions
by Spanish troops.
The East.
According to the official records of the
National Grange there were in the United
States on the LIST of June 19,499 subordinate
Oranges.
At Syracuse, N. r, on the evening of the
sd, a strawberry festival was being held a,
the parlors Of the Central Baptist Church
when, without any prcmonition, the floor gave
way, precipitating the ROOM full into the story
below. The parlor was on the second floor
and the room underneath was also full of PEG
pie. Thirteen or fourteen were killed and
about two hundred injured, many of then
dangerously.
The Maine Democratic State Convention a,
Portland on the 25d nominated Joseph A. Tit
comb for Governor by reclamation. ResOlu
tions were adopted favoring the early re
sumption of specie payments; declaring fol
free trade; condemning the recent course o.
the Republican majority of the United States
Senate in attempting to establish censor
ship of the press of the country at the Ma
tional capital; denouncing the Republican
party for interference with the government o.
the several States, and the course of the Re
publican Congress on the subject of civil ser
vice reform.
A Prohibition Convention was held at Au
burn, N. Y, on the sd. Myron 8. Clark wa.
nominated for Governor, Horace V. Rowland
for Judge Of the Court of Appeals, Danie
Walford for Canal Commissioner, and Ira Bel
for State Prison Inspector. A resolution wa.
adopted hailing the uprising of the women o
the country to put away the liquor traffic, ant
promising when able to do so to put the ballo
into the hands Of women, "thus enablin,
them to vote as well as pray against the gian
curse of the world"
Theodore Tilton has recently published il
the Golden Age long article relating to tn,
Beecher scandal. He says that, having SUI
fered in silence for four years from misrepre
sensations adroitly put before the public b,
Plymouth Church, neither patience nor dut,
will permit him longer to conceal the actua
facts from the public. He then goes on t,
say that he has never slandered Henry War,
Beecher, but on the contrary has sacrifice,
his own reputation to suppress the trutl
about him, and that he never has refused I,
appear before the church and answer al
questions regarding the scandal that nigh
he put to him. Tilton gives his reason fo
severing his connection with the church a.
follows: "After had been for fifteen year.
a member of Plymouth Church, and had be
come meanwhile an intimate friend of thu
pastor, the knowledge came to me in 1870 thai
he had committed against me an offenst
which 1 fOrbear to name or characterize
Prompted by my self-respect, I immcdiatel,
and forever ceased my attendance on hi.
ministry"
The Rhode Island Legislature has adjourned
till January without choosing United States
Senator. The last ballot resulted as follows
Burnside, AZ; Dixon, Is; Barstow, 10; scat
tering, Is.
Hon. Henry l.. Dawes, of Massachusetts
has written letter declining q denomination
for Congress.
The Vermont Democratic State Convention
held at Montpelier on the 25th, nominate,
for Governor Hon. w. H. H. Bingham
Lieutenant Governor, Henry Chase; Treas
urer, Otis Chamberlin. Resolutions wer
adopted renewing devotion to the Democratic
party; favoring the repeal of the Prohibition,
law and adoption of a stringent license law
and mailing with joy the prospect of the carl
completion of the Caughnawaga Canal as ben
eficial alike to the farmer, manufacturer, pro
Queer and consumer.
A Worcester (Mass.) dispatch of the 26tl
says George F. Hoar had determined not t
run for Congress or any other office mex
fall
According to New York telegram of tn
18th Henry Ward Beecher had stated, il
answer to query as to what course he woul
pursue in view of the recent statemen
Of Mr.. Tilton, that he would NO
break the silence he had heretofor
observed. Another dispatch of tn
same date says: "Mr. Beecher, in converse
ton with reporter, said he had at presen
no intention Of saying anything in reply to tn
recent statements. He had large pastoral
under his charge and had no time for pcr
sonal controversies. II, however, the exam
liners of Plymouth Church should decide tina
it would be well for him to speak out in re
gard to the recent letter, he would do SO with
out hesitation"
Another case Of hydrophobia is reported il
New York, a butcher named Mcconnell
having died Of that disease, caused by the bit
of dog received little over month ago.
A number of Brooklyn IN. w. ladies hav
recently formed an organization for the sup
preston Of corsets and other anti-health mode
of dress. A principal article of their Consti
tuition is Us follows: mo person shall b
eligible to Office in this society who wear
corsets, or who does not wear her clothes sus
pended from her shoulders, and who does NO
live hygienically."
West and South.
The Secretary of the State Grange of Wis
consin reported on the 21st that the numbe
of Oranges in the State was 4S1, with an az
gregate membership of 25,5OO.
A few evenings ago Mr.. Largen, who re
sided near Monroeville, Ind, attempted to ri
a kerosene lamp while it was burning, whe1