The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-14
WEST AND SOUTH.

A FORT FETTERMAN telegram of the 3Oth
ult confirms previous reports of the fight
between Gen. Mckenzie and the Sioux.
Over 200 lodges and their contents had been
destroyed and many warriors killed. Be-
sides Lieut.. Mckinney killed, five soldiers
were killed and twenty wounded.
A FIRE on the corner of South Water street
and Michigan avenue in Chicago, on the
night of the SOth ult., destroyed property
valued at $500
THE Chicago & Erie Railroad, an inde-
pendent line to New York, made up of four
connecting roads, was abandoned as dis
tlnct organization on the 29th ult. Low
rates and intestine quarrels killed it.
THE Chicago Tribune of the 3Oth ult. says
amovement was on foot among some of the
l. aiding merchants of that city looking to
obtain the signature of every business man,
regardless of party, in Chicago, pledging
him to stand by and support whoever re-
ceives the majority of the Electoral vote
whether it be Hayes or Tlden-and that
they will use their influence to maintain
peace and quiet throughout the country.
THE New York Times of the 10Th ult. has
Inc following special:
ROCKS OF THE STATE CANvAss1NG BOARD
TALLAHASSEE, Fla Nov q, 1916.
hereby certify that the returns from all the
counties OF the State. except Dade County, were
this day o. ened by the Board OF State Canvass
ers The votes for Electors, a. officially an
nounced from the fhce Of the returns in detail az
gregate as follows: HUMPHREYS received 243 s;
Pearce received 243A Long received q, s23: Hol-
den received As9; 1ounge received q .2s4; Cali
received a.2e2. The first four names are Re-
publican and the last four Democratic candi-
dates. W. LEE APTHoRP, Clerk Of The Board
AT Columbus, Ohio, on the night of the
10Th ut, while Mrs Richard Barr was fill
ing lamp with burning-fuid poured from
a pitcher, the flame from another lamp on
the table was communicated to the fluid,
which exploded and ran over the clothing of
Mrs. Barr. A quilt was speedily thrown
over the woman, but her body was SO badly
burned that she died few hours after. -
A PRESS dispatch was received in San
Francisco on the Isl, from Victoria, stating
that fifty rounds of ammunition had been
issued to the militia of the province, in an
ticipation of Fenian raid. Torpedoes had
also been placed in the harbor.
THE telegraph line between Cheyenne and
Deadwood was completed on the LIST. ~
A FIRE in New Orleans on the LIST destroyed
1l2 houses, fifty of which were occupied by
hundred families who lost nearly all their
effects and were left in destitute condition,
many Of them losing all their wearing APP
parel. About twenty firemen were injured,
several seriously. Value of property de-
stroyed estimated at between $500 OOO and
$4O0, 600; insurance $90O, 900.
CHARLES B. WILKINSON, defaulting United
States Revenue Collector at st. Joseph, Mo-,
was sentenced, on the LIST, to two years inn
prisonment in the Missouri State Peniten-
tiary, and to pay a fine Of 5000.
The Democratic candidates for Presiden-
tial Electors in Nebraska petitioned one Of
the District Courts Of the State, on the Cd,
for an injunction restraining the Republican
Electors from meeting and casting the vote
Ut the Stats for Hsyes. The ground Of the
spplicatist 10 shat the vstss Nses illegally