The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
West and South,


ent of the Louisville Coarier-Jou,nal the
recent tornado which passed over portions of
Georgia and South Carolina was the most
destructive ever experienced in the United
States. The number killed in Georgia will
not fall below 800 and the wounded reach
1,5OO. The casualties in South Carolina are
reported to be equally as great.
The bursting of kerosene lamp recently
set on fire the home of farmer named Col
son, twenty five miles from Wadena, Mimi,
and the flames spread so rapidly that in a
moment the night-clothes of the father,
mother and five children were on fire. Col
son finally dashed out of window and res
cued his family, but in sad condition. They
all dragged themselves to the nearest neigh
boris, mile distant, barefooted and naked,
leaving tracks of their progress on the snow
all the way. The father and two children have
since died of their injuries, and it was thought
the mother and remaining son could not long
survive.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die on
the 3Oth ult.
At st. Louis on the 10Th ult., in the case of
A. c. Buell., charged with libeling ex-senator
Chandler, of Michigan, in the Detroit Free
Press, year ago, and which case was ap-
pealed by the Government from the
United States District to the United States
Circuit Court, March 8, Judge Dillon, of the
latter court, rendered decision affirming that
of the lower court, and Mr.. Buell. was dis.
charged.
The trustees of the Lick fund in San Fran
cisco have held a meeting to discuss Mr..
Licks revocation of his will, and express a
determination not to resign their trust.
The Postoffice at Neuces, Tex, was robbed
and burned by band of armed Mexicans
during the recent raids from over the border.
The Postmaster himself barely escaped with
his life, the robbers believing that he had
persisted in the flames of the burning build
ing. A man named Smith was murdered, and
several Americans we're taken prisoners and
subjected to the most cruel treatment. One
Of the leaders of the murderous gang was
subsequently captured and taken to Corpus
Christi, where he was summarily tried by a
peoples court and speedily sentenced to
death and hanged.
On the 31st ult. Gen. Sheridan issued a
general order in relation to the policy of the
Government in reference to the Black Hills
region. The order covers q recent letter
from the Department of the Interior to the
Secretary Of War, in which it is stated that a
competent geologist would be sent to explore
that region, and If it be found that the precious
metals exist in large quantities efforts would be
made to extinguish the Indian title guar.
anteed by the treaty of 1868 Negotiations
had already commenced to this end, but the
presence of trespassers in that section was
likely to endanger their success, and the Inte-
rier Department therefore called upon the
War Department to remove interlopers and
furnish military escort for the geological
party.
Recent accounts state that the ice at Bay
de Noquet, en- the upper Michigan shore Of
Lake Michigan, was five feet and one inch
thick, by actual measurement.
George Reynolds, a Mormon, on trial at
Salt Lake City for poiygamy, was found guilty
on the LIST BY jury composed of both Nor.
mons and non-Mormons. A motion to set
aside the verdict for the reason that the de.
PENDANT had never been arraigned and asked
to plead, and never had the Indictment read
to him, was granted, sitter which the
defense waived . new trial with view Of tax
ing the case to the Supreme Court In the
case of George Q. Cannon, on the same
charge, the defendant plead the statute Of
limitation, demurrer to which was over
ruled, and the defendant was discharged.
Ex-State Senator Robert McKenna, Of
Tennessee, was recently tried for marrying
the granddaughter Of his former wife and
sentenced to the Penitentiary for i've years.
He has been pardoued by the Governos. !
According to New Orleans dispaaeh Of the
4th the Senatorial excursion to Mexico had
broken up, several OF the party having
decided at New Orleans to 60 no further,
while few would proceed to Vera
Cruz by the regular msil steamer
and - private travellers. Advices
Rom Washington, fear Of the yellow fever,
and the Illness u Mrs. Morton ars among
the causes alleged for . change of pro.
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