The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-02

AT Salt Lake City, on the 18th, Judge White
rendered a decision releasing Brigham Young
from Imprisonment on writ of habeas corpus,
and ordered the Marshal to pay the expenses
of the process-$4S4. The Marshal had re-
ceived notice of suit for false imprisonment.
On the 18th, at Pine House, Ca, train of
empty freight cars ran into the passenger
train going west on the Charlotte, Columbia
l. Augusta Railroad, and the engine tele-
scoped the ladies' passenger-car, throwing it
and the smoking-car from the track. OF q
number of passengers on board the cars, q
boy one year old was steamed to death and
several other persons were injured, some
quite seriously.
A YOUNG Swedish girl named Caroline
klang, of Indianapolis, Ind, was fatally
burned on the morning of the 18th by the ex-
plosion of coal oil lamp.
Two REcT1FIERs of Milwaukee, Wis, were
on the 18th found guilty of whisky revenue
frauds.
MUCH excitement was caused in st. Louis
on the 18th by the developments being made
on the trial Of ex-Supervisor Mcdonald for
conspiracy to defraud the Government reve-
nues in whisky transactions. The evidence
produced against the accused was very
strong and tended to implicate prominent
parties not previously suspected.
A MONTGOMERY (Ala.) dispatch of the 18th
says the majority for the ratification of the
new Constitution of that State would not be
less than $4,000. Only four counties gave
maiorlties against it.
A DENVER (Col.) dispatch of the 18th an.
nounces the capture of the last of the seven
men who murdered the four Italians in that
city few weeks ago.
C. G. MEGRUE, one OF the leading witnesses
| in the whisky fraud trials at St. Louis, in his
evidence in the Mcdonald case, swore that
something like $500, 900 year was collected
and distributed among the members of the
"ring" for four years, and that one of the
"ring" received $4,000. This same Megrue
published card on the 10th saying that
neither Gen. Babcock, Orville Grant, Col
Casey, Commissioner Douglass, Col. Holt,
Col. Lucky, nor any other officials or citi-
zens of Washington, with the exception OF
William o. Avery, had, to his knowledge,
either directly or indirectly, been connected
in any way with the ring.
The indianapolis Sun of the Goth contains
declaration and appeal to Congress, signed
by over 5000 voters of that city, demanding,
in view of the continued depression of bust
ness, the numerous failures consequent there.
on, ETC., the repeal of the Resumption act,
the permanent retirement of all National
Bank notes and the substitution therefor of
Government legal-tenders, and the refunding
of at least portion of the present national
bonded debt into bonds bearing a lower rate
of interest, say 365 per cent. per annum, in
terconvertible with national legal-tender pa
per money at the pleasure of the holders. A
call is also made for a mass-mceting to be
held in Indianapolis on the LIST of December
in furtherance of these demands.
A GALVESTON (Tex.) dispatch of the 10Th
states that raiding band of Mexicans had
the day before crossed the river from the
American side with a large herd of stolen
cattle. A demand was made upon the Mexi-
can authorities for the return of the cattle
and the arrest OF the robbers, which being
UNDECIDED, Col. Mentally, of the Texas State
militia, crossed the Rio Grande and attacked
the reinforced raiders. He killed four Of
them, and at last accounts was still in the
enemy's country. The United States troops
were concentrating at Brownsville, but would
not cross.
Snow was reported to be three and hall
feet deep at Evanston, Wy. T., on the 10Th, and
more falling.
On the evening of the 10th Prof Marines
dancing hall in West Chicago was burned
The burning of the supports caused the roof
to fall and eight fremen were precipitated
into the burning mass. All we're recovered
more or less burned and otherwise injured
some of them fatally, it was feared.
GEN. E. B. HARLAN, a well-known news.
paper correspondent at Springfield, Ill, aud
formerly Secretary Of Gov. Palmer, died on
the 21st.
ACCORDING to statistics furnished by the
Cincinnati Commercial there are at present q
total of forty-two State and Territorial
Oranges in the United States, and over "a ,OOO
subordinate Oranges, comprising a member
ship of ali out $50 900. This is an increase
of 1000 Oranges and about 10000 members
over 1874 The receipts of the National
Grange for 1874 were $229, 533, and the ex
penditures $lSO,995. 1t is estimated that the
Patrons have SIS, GOO, 600 cash capital invested
in their various enterprises, which include
railroad and steamboat lines, banks, fire and
life insurance companies, cotton-gins and
mills, packing houses, Touring mills, eleva
tors, grain warehouses, machinery manu-
factories, shipping associations, foundries
tanneries, cheese factories, etc.
The Alexandria Committee, appointed to
examine the books and papers, the wheels
and tickets, belonging to the so-callel
Montpelier Humane Association" lottery
report that most glazing fraud was practiced
on the ticket-holders. The committee could
not designate the guilty parties.
In the Mcdonald trial at St. Louis on the
10th several witnesses for the defense were
examined. VIM. Mckee, of the Globe. Demo
crat, and Constantine Mcguire (both undel
indictment as co-conspirators with Mcdonald
in the whisky frauds) swore to their own In
nocence and to having no knowledge of thu
guilt of Mcdonald. Other witnesses were ex
amined, among them Gen. Boynton, cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, who tes
titled that he would not believe Con. Megrue
Zone of the principal witnesses for the prose
cution, and who had confessed to his own
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he was personally interested.
As1x-DArs' walking match between Daniel
OLeary, the Chicago pedestrian, and Edward
Payson Weston was concluded at the Expo
sition building in Chicago on the night Of the
10th. In the six days OLeary walked sos
miles and Weston 45l. At the conclusion Of
the match O'Leary was presented with gold
medal as the champion walker of the world
lie accomplished 500 miles in 142 hours and
Is minutes, the fastest time on record.
In Chicago, on the 10th, spring wheat, No.
., was quiet closing 1t s1.061 .O61< cash
Cash corn frmer; closing at 5l>Sc for Ne.
and, 5Os<c for rejected. Cash oats, No. q
sold at 305f@3O1zc; December options wert
sold at 3O7<c. Rye, No. 2, 6s@6s1fc. Barley
No. 2, 87@S711c. Cash mess pork closed q
$ls90@aoOo. Lard, $121o@12.121<. Good
to choice beeves brought "a 50@625; medium
grades, $4O0@4 50; butchers stock, $275@
100; scalswags, etc., $2O00225. Hogs
a. .ls. 2SHhsza 1913. SO 7fS5!H, 7*ja' a&@
r......l. 4 80. .sEE1 -. 'Tz.zt