The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-22

n NkAas~6oTA - lawsuit Whicl promises to
rival in magnitude and duration the cele-
brated suit 0stnes in New orleaus ts1
one Of the probabilities n Chicago. IA strip
ofland containing shout tSSehty- i've acres, and
worth several millions of dollaks, Oh which
stand the Illinois Central depot and a portion
Of The tracks, is in dispute, having just been
orikiaally entered by Willis Drummond, late
Commissioner of the General Land Office, at
the Land Office in Springfield, althoughit has
been occupied and presumably owned by the
railroad company for the last thirty years.
EARLY on the morning of the 9th, as the Van
dalia passenger train, bound east on the
Terre Haute, vandalia s. Indianapoliss Rail
road, stopped at Long Point, lonely sta
ton in Clark County, ILL.,, for water, four
men boarded the cars and detached the en-
CINE and express car, and two of them jumped
on the engine and ordered the engineer to 60
ahead; on his refusing they shot him through
the heart, and then ran the engine
out two miles and attempted to rob
the Adams Express car. The mcssen-
ger, Mr.. Burke, barricaded the car
and successfully resisted their efforts un-
til the fireman, who had leaped from the en-
CINE when the engineer was killed, rallied a
party and came to Burke's relief. Many
shots were fired into the express car, but
without effect. One thousand dollars reward
is Offered for the murderers. The James
brothers are suspected of being the perpe-
traitors Of the outrage The name of the muir
dered engineer was Milo Ames, and he lived
at Terre Haute.
1T is said the immediate cause of Gen.
Blair's death was an injury Received by fall
ing and striking his head against a piece of
furnitus while walking across the room. He
had been out riding, and returned feeling
much invigorated; but being seized with
dizziness he fell, and became unconscious.
He never rallied, and in few hours quietly
passed away in the presence of his family and
friends. .,..,
The daughter of Patrick Boylan, at West
Davenport, Iowa, was fatally burned the
other evening by the explosion of a can of
kerosene, while lighting the kitchen fire with
the contents. She was burned to crisp and
lived but few hours.
THE funeral Of Gen. Blair at st: Louis on
the 18th is said to have been the most i'm
posing affair of the kind ever witnessed in
that city. 10 Il "|''.
In Chicago, on the 18th, spring wheat,
No. 2, was active, closing at s1.O7(01 OK,
cash. Cash corn, No. 2, closed at 69c for No.
2 and 6614c for rejected. Cash oats, No. 2, sold
at 51@51Ac; August options were sold at
3S}fc. Rye, No. 2, brought $l.0l@1O2. Barley,
No. 2, $1.17@12O. Cash mess pork closed at
s19.35919.4O Lard, s13.05@131O. Choice to
extra bcevcs brought $6OO@6.75; medium to
b,1to tool
$3.50; scalawags, ETC., $25O@3.OO. Hogs
brought S7.1O97.2O for good to choice -
FOREIGN iNTELLIGENCE. Il
P1GEoN-sHooTING match between A. H.
Bogardus, of Illinois, and the English cham
pion, Geo. Rimmel, took place at Hendon,
England, on the 18th, and was easily won by
the former.
THE contest for the Mayor and citizens
cup, at Belfast Ireland, on the 18th, resulted
in the success of the American team.
A MADRID dispatch Of the It'll announces
the departure of the entire Carlist forces from
Valencia and Arragon. The Alphonsists were
in close pursuit. ~ -.
A DISPATCH to the London standard of the
Sth reports that an insurrection had broken
out against the Turks in Herzegovina.
THE Ministerial Commission appointed to
consider whether Italy shall participate in
the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition has
decided in the negative on account of the ex.
pense necessary. The United States Govern.
ment has been SO informed.
THE rivers Toques and Orbiquet, in France,
have overlooked their banks and inundated
the town of Lesieux and its environs. Several
lives were lost.
A TERRIFIC rain and hail storm recently
| visited Switzerland. The hail-stones were of
unusual size, killing and wounding many
persons, destroying crops and damaging
much valuable property.
LEADING Norwegian papers predict CON-
mercial crash in Norway in consequence of
the stagnation in the timber trade.
A MADRID dispatch of the Sth announces
that Carlists were continually presenting
themselves to the authorities, demanding
amnesty.
A MADRID dispatch of the 9th announces
the defeat of the Carlsts at Trevino with a
loss of 400 killed and sixty prisoners.
ALL the foreign Mayors to whom invita-
banquet at Guildhall, London, have signi-
fed their acceptance, with only two excep.
tions.
The damage caused by the food in the
Rhone Valley is estimated at about LOCO, 900
francs.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 18th says the in
surrectionin Herzegovina, along the Dalma-
tian border, has assumed large proportions.
The populace had attacked the Turkish au-
thorities in the frontier towns and raised the
Austrian flag. |
Cortina, Mayor Of Matamoras, Mexico, was
recently arrested by the. Mexican authorities
under suspicion of being concerned in the
Texas raids. A New Orleans dispatch of the
18th says orders had been given at Matamoras
that would interfere with the traffic in stolea
stock. The Mexican Government seemed to
be in a sort of a panic, said to be caused
by communications from Washington, the
tenor of which had not yet been made pub
lie. Mexican papers say that the removal Of
sCortina will permit the authorities of Mata-
moras to execute the laws; that he was the
EAlppsrtef and defender Of criminals and the
enemy Of Justice and order. -,....
MEssRs. CORNING, OF Manchester, En-
gland, failed on the 18th, with large liabili.
ties? Over 100000 is due The house Of John
Ranking & Co. alone.
THE Earl of Derby has been requested to
receive a deputation Of persons interested in
the Nova Scotia coal-felds for conference
These complain that the tariff in the United
States is SO oppressive as to prevent the ex-
| portation of coal to that country. SE
i The farewell meeting of Messrs. Moody
and sankey took place ID London on the
night of the 18th. A number Of, Easls and
Members of Parliament and 700 clersymen
were present. -, - -
| A MADRID dispatch of the 18th says mill:
| tary combinations had been made which
would force the Carlists to take refuge in
France or accept battle under circumstances
| certain To rnanlkrsSa dicosfoe u