The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA.
General News Summary.
Washington News.
The representatives of the express com.
panies having made strenuous objection 10
the transmission of merchandise In the mails,
the Superintendent of the United States
Railway Postal Service has complied eta.
tistics showing that the buraen 81
which the express companies COM
plain forms less than 2 per cent Of the weight
Of the whole mstl-matter, and but 4S-lOO Of l
per cent OF the number Of pieces. The in.
vestigation also shows the fact that news.
papers constitute 70 per cent Of the mail.
matter originating in the postoffices Of large
cities.
On the 18th Judge Macarthur dismissed the
writ Of hobeas corpus in the case Of Irwin, and
remanded him to the custody of the Sergeant
alarms of the House Of Representatives.
The three Republican members of the
House Committee on Louisiana Affairs left
Washington for New Orleans on the morning
et the 18th, and were followed BY Mr.. Mar
shall, one Of the Democratic members, in the
evening.
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tri6-
uue, was before the Pacific Mail Investigating
Committee in Washington on the 18th, and
was subsequently arrested for libel at the
suit of ex-Gov. Alex. r. Shepherd, for having
charged him (Shepherd) with bringing bank
ruptcy upon the District of Columbia by
fraudulent practices, etc.
Foreign Intelligence.
The British cutter Lapwing was recently
attacked by natives of Santa Cruz Island, her
crew ovcrpowered and massacred, and the
vessel burned.
A London dispatch of the 18th reports the
loss at sea of the steamship Alice, from Car.
diff for Constantinople. Twenty persons
were drowned.
A Berlin dispatch of the 10th says Germany
would soon have fifty guns on the northern
coast OF Spain to sustain any demand she
may make for indemnity for the past and Sc
curity for the future.
The first and second Kings of Siam, father
and son, have quarreled, and the latter has
disbanded his forces and taken refuge in the
English consulate at Bangkok.
The English astronomers at Greenwich
have given to the public the results of their
first tentative computations from the data
obtained through observations of the recent
transit Of Venus. Remarking upon these re.
suits, an American astronomer states the
suns distance from the earth to be s., AS, 726
miles-6,926,274 miles less than the
distance as computed by Encke from obeerva-
tions of the last transit. He says at this rate
ofprogress the earth will fall into the sun in
about 1,4o years. But as the earth's motion
will be greatly accelerated through the
increased influence of the suns attrac-
ton as the two bodies approach each
other, the catastrophe may, and in fact must,
inevitably occur much sooner, unless the
suns force should be proportionately de-
creased or its volume reduced.
A Madrid dispatch of the 18th saws Cas-
telar had declared that he would not take his
seat in the Cortes if he is required to swear
allegiance to the Monarchy. The Spanish
squadron had arrived at Zaranz. Its com.
manders had been instructed to exact from
the Carlists indemnity for the owners and
crew of the German brig Gustav and the pun.
ishment of her assailants.
A Berlin dispatch of the 18th saws the
Prussian authorities had closed the Catholic
seminary at Fulda, expelled the head priest
from German territory and sequestrated all
the property of the Bishop of the diocese.
Th0 E~.%
The New Hampshire Republican State Con.
vention was held at Concord on the 18th, and
nominated Person G. Cheney, of Manchester,
for Governor and Charles F. Powers for Rail
road Commissioner.
The National Council of sovereigns of In
dustry opened its second annual session in
Philadelphia on the 18th. The Presidents
report shows that the order is located in
twenty States, with membership of 1OO, 1000
The cashier of the First National Bank of
Carbonate, Pa, was, at noon on the 18th,
bound and gagged by two men, who succeeded
In making off with $40, OOO in currency.
Lewis Jarvis and Ebert Jackson were
hanged in New York, on the 18th, for the
murder in June, 1879, OF Samuel Jones. Jack
son made full confession. The hanging of
Jarvis was bungling and horrible affair, the
rope breaking the first time, and the second
time slipping out Of the latch-ring. The
poor wretch then exclaimed, For Gods sake,
make 1t sure this time" and the Sheriff's as
sistants seized the rope and hauled him ND
by hand, when he was strangled to death.
At Norwich, Conn.,, on the 18th, by order of
the Mayor, national salute was fred in
honor OF the President because of his action
on the Louisiana question. At the
annual meeting of the Union League Club In
New York, on the evening of the 14th, short
and spirited discussion of the Louisiana
trouble followed, the tenor of which was an
approval of the Presidents course. A large
meeting was held in Albany on the evening
OF the l4th to express indignation at the re-
cent action OF the soldiery in New Orleans.
Charles A. Stevens has been elected to Con.
gress from the Tenth Massachusetts, District
for the unexpired term of the late Alyah
Croker.
West and South.
The Legislature Of Mississippi has adopted
resolutions indorsing the course of Gen,
Sheridan in New Orleans.
King kalakaua arrived in Chicago on the
18th, on his return from the East He met
with public reception.
The Louisiana Legislature (Kellogg) Oh the
18th adopted resolution to 60 Immediately
into the reelection of Lieut. Gov. Pinchback
as United States Senator, in order to silence
all doubt and questioning as to his title to q
seat in that body, and the vote stood: Sen.
ate, IL to S; House, IS TOT.
The Nevada Legislature has elected William
Sharon (Republican) to the United States Sen
te.
Charles H. Hardin, Governor-elect of Mis-.
souri,, was inaugurated at Jefferson City on
the 18th.
The Illinois State Granoo mot In .oc~o% M.