The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-22
West and South.

West and South.
Unusually cold weather, with light fall of
snow, was reported throughout the central
portion of California on the 5th.
At the election in Wisconsin on the 9Th
Edward G. Ryan was chosen Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court without opposition.
The municipal election in st. Louis on the
9Th resulted in the election of the Democratic
candidate (Barrett for Mayor by plurality
of about 700. The balance of the Democratic
ticket was also elected, the majorittes rang
ing fpsm 657 to 5,79s.
A lot of giant powder stored in frame
building in San Francisco exploded on tho
It'll, blowing up q number of adjoining
buildings and causing the complete destruc-
ton of . bonded warehouse in the vicinity,
the walls Of which were crushed in and the
ruins set on fire. Several lives are reported
lost.
A destructive tornado passed over Ed
inburgh, ILL.,, on the Sth. One church
was crushed to atoms and five dwellings, were
blown down. Some twenty young ladies and
gentlemen and children were in the church
at the time the wind struck it, and all of
them were more or less injured, many IF
them quite seriously. On the same evening
similar visitation was experienced near
Little Rock, Ark, by which trees were up-
rooted and seven houses destroyed. A Mrs.
Jones was killed and her two daughters seri-
ously injured.
The officers in charge Of the approaching
reunion in Chicago ofthe Army of the Republic
have unanimously agreed to resolution ex-
tending an invitation to all the surviving SOL
diers and sailors of the late war throughout
the country who regard the flag of the United
States as the emblem of undivided and indi
visible nationality" to meet with them on that
occasion. The reunion occurs on the 18th,
18th, 18th and 18th of May.
Patrick OShea was hanged at st. Louis on
the 9th for the murder of his wife in that city
little over year ago.
Hon. Ben. Wade has written a letter de-
Ginning to be candidate for the Governor
ship of Ohio. He gives three reasons: First
His voice is SO used up that he is not able to
make speech. Second-He has recorded an
oath that he will never take the stump for,
or in favor of, an Office for which he is q can
didate, and this oath alone would bar him.
Third-He cannot we'll afford to take the DO
sition.
An official dispatch from the Cheyenne
Agency to Gen. Pope, received ut Leaven-
worth on the 10th, gives the particulars of the
revolt at that agency on April 6. While the
guards were attempting to iron one of the
Stone Calf Indians the prisoner broke away.
The guards fired and hit him. This pro-
voked several shots from the camp of
the hostile Cheyennes, causing great
CONSERVATION. The hostile Indians, men.
women and children, to the number of
two thousand, fed to the Sand Hills.
The friendly Indians stood true. Capt. Raj
ferty, In command Of sixty cavalrymen, was
sent in pursuit of the fugitives. He was
reinforced by Gen. Neill with three COM
panies. Owing to the depth Of the sand,
the troops had to dismount and charge
ON foot. The Indians held their position in
the hills until night and then retreated under
cover OF darkness. The troops were repulsed
three times, with loss of six MORALLY and
ten slightly wounded. Gen. Pope at once
started all the available troops from Hayes,
Dodge and North Fork environments to inter-
cept the fugitive Indians, mostly unarmed.
Mr.. W. H. Harper, the Chief Grain Inspector
OF Chicago, has been suspended from Office by
the Governor because Of certain alleged dis
crepancies In his fiscal accounts. He has. by
advice Of his bondsmen and lawyer, refused to
yield up his books and assets.
A Salt Lake dispatch of the 18th states that
the trial of John D. Lee and w. q. Dame for
connection with the Mountain Meadow mas.
sacre will not take place the present term Of
court They were arraigned and pleaded not
guilty, their counsel asking for immediate
trial, but the prosecution was not ready.
The United States District Court, 1t Detroit
has sentenced Daniel Pratt, convicted Of
writing obscene matter on postal cards, to
the State Prison for two and . half years.
Women are now eligible to appointment Is
Notaries-Pu in Illinois, the late state
Legislature having passed an oct to that
eject which has been signed by the Governor.
At the annual Mormon Church Conference
1t Salt Lake on the 10th Brigham Young was
reelected prophet, seer, revelator and Prssi-
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