The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-10-05
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE trial at Beaver, Utah, of John D. Lee
for completely in the Mountain Meadows
massacre ended on the Goth in yerdic: of
guilty of murder in the first degree. The
jury were out a.little less than four hours.
NEWS was received at st. Paul, Mimi, on
the 21st, from Madelia, Watonwon County,
to the effect that four of the Mortified rob-
bers had been captured six miles west of
that place, in swamp, where they had been
surrounded by party of $50 men. One of
them was killed and three wounded quite
seriously. Two of the wounded were
thought to be the James brothers, and the
other wounded and the killed the Younger
brothers. They fought desperately to the
last Two of the citizens were slightly
wounded.
On the morning of the ed, about twelve
miles south OF Columbus, Ohio, the four
rear cars of passenger train on the Pan
Handle Railroad, running at the rate of
forty miles an hour, either jumped the track
while rounding curve, or were thrown off
by broken rail, and rolled down an en-
bankment about thirty feet high. The cars
were badly broken and four men and two
children were killed and forty others
more or less seriously hurt. One of the chill
dren killed was the son of s. p. Bennett, of
Cairo, ILL.,, and the other, a three. year-old
girl, named Lizzie Bancroft, of Philadelphia.
Two of the men killed were William Kench-
ling, of Cincinnati, and Isaac Thornton, of
Iowa. The names of the others are not
given. OF the injured Mrs. c. Brazelton, of
Iowa, has since died.
RED CLOUD Agency telegram of the ed
announces that the Indian Commissioners
had succeeded in effecting treaty with the
principal Sioux Chiefs in regard to the Black
Hills, by the terms of which they agree to
yield up all claims to the country and move
further south, in consideration of certain
supplies provided for in the treaty.
Gov. GROVER has been elected United
States Senator from Oregon to succeed SEN
ator Kelly whose term expires on the Sd of
March next. '~E
"A. C.. HEsISe, G. T. Burroughs, o. B.
Dickinson, jonathan Abel and Simon Powell,
who were serving out their sentences for
being concerned in the whisky frauds in
Chicago. were released from Jail on the Esd,
on payment of fines amounting to little
over 81 600 each. Ex-Alderman Hildreth. who
had returned from Canada with the under.
standing that on the payment of fine of
5000 and costs as penalty for his crooked
transactions as gauger, his case would be
moNe pressed by the Government, paid such
fine and costs on the 23d.
THERE were said to be 600 cases of yellow
fever at Brunswick, Ga, on the 23d, and tie
Mayor telegraphed to New Orleans for
aid. Thepopulation Of the place is z, 500
Three Of the. five physicians of the town
were among the sick. .a .gealaa
FIRE in Baltimore on the 2sd caused
loss in buildings and contents Of nearly
100000. ,.s.-- -. t.. ''tS
THERE were eighteen yellow-fever inter-
ments at Savannah, Ca, on the 25th. Ply
sicians, nurses and pecuniary assistance had
been sent to Brunswick, from New Orleans
and Atlanta. '. s- ,..
A 81. PAUL Mimi telegram of the 25th
says the Chief Of Police Of st. Louis and
other parties from that city had examined
the dead body Of the Mortified robber,