The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-25

Five dead bodies had also been recovered u,
to the Sth. -4s"7- - L. ~.
THE new Minnesota Legislature will b
composed as follows: senate-Republicans
"a; Opposition, II. neutrality-suspicious.
IS; Opposition, Al.
MILWAUKEE telegram of the 18th place
Ludington's CRep) majority for Governor o
Wisconsin at about 900. The balance of tn,
Democratic State ticket is elected by MAORI
ties ranging from $50 to 800, except Kuehn
for Treasurer, who would have from $500 t.
5000.
THE Chicago papers of the 18th state tina
an arrangement for the pooling OF all earn
ings had been entered into by the Lake
Shore, the Michigan Central and the Fort
Wayne Railroads, and all the other trunk
lines to the West had consented to it, anG
would act in concert with the new combina
ton in the matter of rates.
A SINGULAR accident occurred at the De
troit, Mich, Pullman car-works on the at
ternoon of the 10th. A large air-tube, six
feet square, extends from the basement te
the roof to carry up the dust of the planning
machine to the cupo!a. While twelve OF
fifteen men were sweeping dust from the
cupola down the tube to be carried away the
fine particles took fire from smoldering en-
bers near the foot OF the tiue and exploded
with q burst of flame, which burned several
of the men fearfully, some of them danger
ously.
The vessel which collided with the steame,
Pacific proves to have been the bark Orpheus
which was afterward wrecked on the rocks
and went to pieces, her crew escaping. Nc
more survivors of those on board the Pacific
at the time of the disaster had been found ur
to the 18th.
A DoNKEY-BoAT belonging to the burned
steamer Waco has been found out in the gulf
bottom up; it had not been scorched. Nc
signs OF any of those on board the vessel al
the time of its destruction had been found uI
to the 18th, and all hope that any had sur
vived the disaster was abandoned. A New
York dispatch of the 18th says the Waco had
on board 800 cases of petroleum, which she
had no right to carry, being without the nee.
essary certificate, and her owners would be
prosecuted.
Col. JOYCE, ex.Supervisor of Internal Rev.
defraud the Government revenues, asked
leave on the 18th to withdraw his motion
for a new trial and demanded tina! sentence
be passed in his case. c. j. Moeller, an ex
Gauger of Milwaukee,, was found guilty On
the 18th of making false returns to the Gov
eminent.
AT Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 18th, Col
Joyce was sentenced to imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for term of three aud hal
years, and to pay fine Of $500. Before
sentence was passed he addressed the court
in his own behalf, pleading for mitigation
Of sentence, and declaring himself the victim
of self-convicted perjurers and thieves. 1t is
said Joyce's motive in demanding sentence
was to avoid being called upon to answer q
number of indictments pending against him
at st. Louis. Another reason given is that he
was prompted by desire to protect Others
from the effect of any testimony he might
otherwise have been called upon to give.
A Mr.. NICHOLAS THOMAS, of Chicago, has
perfected new motor similar in general
way to the so-called Keely invention, but diff
fering in application and effect. The Chicago
Tribune of the 18th says: "The Chicago
motor, like the other, derives its power from
water and air, and is conceived on the seem.
ingly contradictory principle of multiplying
force without the aid of force to begin with
From the practical tests made by Mr.. Thomas,
the inventor, it has been shown that an ex.
apparent pressure can be produced
by his apparatus, though it has not yet been
demonstrated that motive power can be OBJ.
tanned in proportion to the amount of this
pressure.
THE body of Capt Wolfe, the Galveston
pilot who went out on board the City OF
Waco, has been found near where the steamer
went down. His remains bear several marks
which appear to be burns.
The official canvass of the vote in Mary
land gives Carroll, Democratic candidate for
Governor, 1891 majority. Total vote of the
State 15S, IN. The Democrats have MAORI
ty of twelve in the State Senate and thirty in
the House.
The jury in the celebrated Ward will case,
on trial at Detroit, failed to agree and have
been discharged. 1t has been ascertaincd
that eight were in favor of breaking the will
and that four believed the first will and codi.
Gil should be sustained. All but one of the
jurors agreed that Capt. Ward was competent
to execute will.
THE United States Grand Jury at Browns.
vile, Tex, have found eighty indictments
against Mexican banditti charged with the
preparation of thefts and outrages on the
Texas border. The jury say that 1O0, 900 head
of stolen cattle are annually driven to Mexico
by Mexican marauders, and that American
ranchers along the border in Texas have been
ordered by the raiders to leave their homes
on pain of death.
In Chicago, on the 18th, spring wheat, No
2, was quiet. closing at $10611@LO6M cash,
Cash corn dull; closing at 5lIc for No.
and SOC for rejected. Cash oats, No. 2, sold
at so5s@3OXc; December options were sold
at 311sc. Rye, No. 2, 66]5@67c. Barley, No
2, S211@S3c. Cash mess pork closed al
s2O40@2O.50. Lard, s11.9O@11 .9211. Good to
choice beeves brought $4.5O@6.OO; medium
grades, $4.OO@4.5O; butchers stock, $25O@
3.75; scalawags, ETC., $2.0O@2.25. Hogs
brought $7.25@7. Is for good to extra. Sheep
sold at 81 .OO@45O for good to choice.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A LONDON dispatch of the 18th says heavy
storms had prevailed in France and England
during the week preceding, and vast tracts
Of country were threatened by rising floods.
AN explosion of fre-damp occurred ir
Marialiaye colliery, in Belgium, on the 18th
which resulted in the death of ten persons ant
the serious injury of 100.
A CoNsTANTINopLE dispatch of the It'll
says the Sublime Porte had ordered the dis
tricts of Trebigno, Biletz and Piva to be de
tached from Herzegovina and organized as {
separate department, to be placed under al
Arminian Greek Governor.
The large cotton.mills at Glasgow, Scot
land, belonging to Robertson & Co. and
a r.