The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-03

rect supervision and control of the publ,
authorities of the nation, State, county, town
ship, or city, according to the interstate o,
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GEORGE HENRY JACOBS was hung at Joliet
Ill.,, on the 21st for the murder of his wife OF
the 26th Of last May. Marshall Grain, Z
hired assassin Of one of the parties to the
Williamson County vendetta, was also hanged
on the 2lst, at Marion, Ill.
THE Wisconsin Republican Central Com.
mittee have called State Convention to be
held at Madison on the 22d of February, to
select delegates to the National Convention
and to nominate State Electoral ticket.
| THR Ohio Republican State Convention il
| to be held at Columbus on the goth of March
The latest counterfeit circular shows tina,
there are in circulation spurious bills Of the
First National Bank of indianapolis, the
First National Bank of New Albany and the
First National and Richmond National OF
Richmond.
MAN named Edward Williams, who, to-
gether with Mrs. Melting, had been arrested
for the murder Of the latter's husband, was
taken from the Jail on the night of the 22d, at
Barboursville, W. Va, and hanged by a mob.
He confessed to the crime. Mrs. Melting was
also threatened with like fate, but finally
spared. She confessed to repeated attempts
to poison her husband. and accused herself
Nf hns,~ Ah1 of h.
liams, but begged pitifully for her life.
FREIGHT train on the Cincinnati &
Marietta Railroad went through an iron
bridge over Spring Grove avenue, in the
northern limits of Cincinnati, on the after.
noon of the 2ad, killing three men, wounding
two and totally wrecking the bridge, loco
motive and eleven freight cars.
THE jackson (Tenn.) Wing and Tribune an
nounces the recent assassination of Il Doc
Mangum, noted guerrilla on the Federal
aide during the war"
A LOUISVILLE (Ky.) telegram of the Gath
states that the town of Paris, in that State, is
just now sadly financially depressed. Anum.
Der of firms had been compelled to suspend
business, and it was thought that fifteen or
twenty prominent houses in the city and
county would be crippled by the crash.
THE house of Mr.. Alexander Ellerbe, of
Marion, 8. c.. was destroyed by fire a few
days ago, and his five children persisted in the
flames.
In Chicago, on the oath, spring wheat, No.
2, was lower, closing at $l.0O@1OO1z cash.
Cash corn quiet; closing at 431h5c for No. 2
QDA SS1/c for Tod fash 20 NJ, q
sold at 3lb@3lAc; February options were
sold at SIC. Rye, No. 2, 67@6715c. Barley,
No. Q, Sl@S4c. Cash mess pork closed at
sl9OO@1a.05. Lard, $12OO@l2O5 Good to
choice beeves brought $4.5O(@5 Is; medium
grades, $4.25@450: butchers stock, 5000
3.75; stock cattle, ETC., $3.25@3.75 Hogs
brought $69O@7.25 for good to choice;
Sheep sold at a. 75@55O for good to choice.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A RAGUsA telegram of the 10Th announces
the defeat of six Turkish battalions between
Ragusa and Trebigne by the insurgents un-
der Gen. Peko. The Turkish loss was 800
killed and wounded.
ACCORDING to Rome special of the 10Th
the Italian Government had closed the Cath.
ole seminary at Como because of it's refusal
to admit the Government Inspectors. This
was considered the strongest act yet taken by
the Government in its dealings with the Ro-
man hierarchy, and important results were
thought likely to follow. The Italian Gov.
eminent has accepted the proposal of the
United States to exchange scientific publica-
| tions.
SEVERAL important failures occurred in
England on the 10Th, notably those of Joseph
Gaury & Co. and Samuel Radford & Sons,
the extensive grain merchants.
A MADRID telegram of the 18th announces
that Gen. Tristany, the noted Carlist leader,
had notified the authorities at Bayonne of mis-
unreserved submission to Alphonso.
A VIENNA special of the 10th reports that
Ljubobracht had issued proclamation re.
signing the leadership of the Herzegovinian
insurgents. In consequence of the concen-
tration of Turkish troops on tie Montenegrin
frontier the Prince of Montenegro had sum-
moned a council of Senators and military
officers, which resolved that if such concen.
tration took such proportions as to carry
into effect the reported plan Of blockading
Montenegro on that side it should be con.
sidered casws belli, and the Prince should
summon all Montenegrins able to do military
duty and march into Herzegovina prepared
to aid the insurgents.
On the 21st R. B. Oakley, proprietor of the
Cooperative Credit Bank, of London, was ar.
rested on charge of fraud, false pretenses and
conspiracy to swindle depositors. He was
examined before the Lord Mayor and CON-
mitted without bail.
On the 2lst Victor Hugo issued an address
to the Senatorial delegates for Paris ard
France, in which he asks them to found q
democracy which shall Tend foreign war by
arbitration, civil war by amnesty, and dis.
tress by education"
On the ed collision occurred on the
Great Northern Railway, in England, which
caused the death of thirteen persons and Sc
rious injury to many others. The collision
took place in the midst of binding snow.
storm. Among those killed was the son o.
Dion Boucicault.
MOTHER STEWART, of Ohio-crus ade re.
nown, made her first appearance before 9
London audience on the evening of the 23d
RAeUsA dispatches of the 22e report con
tInued fighting between the Turks and the
insurgents, in which the advantage was gen
orally with the latter. Trebigne was threat
| ened with famine.
IT was reported in Constantinople, on the
ed, that the Porte had accepted Count An
drassy's proposal for the paci6cation of the
| disturbed provinces.
A BERLIN telegram of the sd says Ger
man squadron consisting of three iron-clads
and one tender would visit Philadelphia nex'
July.
AN Austrian army of observation number
ing $1,000 has been ordered to the Dalmatiar
frontier to await emergencies.
A MADRID dispatch of the 23d says the
Ministry had secured large majority in
the new Cortes. The minority numbered
seventy.
TIE Russian Imperial Academy has elected