The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-10
General News Summary.

General News Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE vote in the House of Representative
on the passage Of the Centennial Appropria.
ton bill was as follows: -.
TEAs.--Adams, Bagby, Baker N. r, Ballou,
Banks. Banning. Barnum, BASE. Blaine, Blair.
Bliss Bradley. Brown tKan.h Burlei a, Cason,
Crounse, Cutler, Dsnford, Dsrrall, Davy. DENIM
con, Dobbine, punneN, Eames, Egbert, lie,
Farwell, Forney, Foster, Freeman. Frost. Frye,
son, lsrdenbergh, Harris lHa..;I H..!i.
Hosr, Hose. aopk,n. Husbell. Hunter hurIsn, ,
Ketchum. King, Lamar Landers Comm Lane,
Laphsm. LAWRENCE, Leavenworth. Levy. Luttrell,
M Mssbsy 81 & hsSkey Gn .;sa
Nash, Norton, o'Brisn, liver, O'NeiIi.
Page, 'hilllg. KsnA Pierce, Piper, flais.
1s r'' R rsws f Pris Pq,%sa R.psy
Robin. a: g. Roberts, Ross IN. * T.
Ross (Pa.), sampson, schleicker, Schumsker,
Sseiye, Sin. sinnickson: slemons, smslls, smith
Thompson. Thrcckmorton. townsend IN. "
Townsend Pa.): Van Voorhees,, Waddell, Wall
lace Is G., Wallace !Ps}, Mslle; Ward, Warren,
Whiling. Virgins: williams n. =, Williams 4:
e.; va a. w. %eedSara' %esa~ss SS"
-NAIs.--Ainsworth, Anderson, A.he, Atkins,
Ragley: j. H. Bagley, G: Baker Und }. Beebe,
Ball. Black urn. Bland, Blount, Boone, Bradford
Burchard (Wis:l. Csbell, Caldwell (Alsl Caid.
esa'asld, Clark XVI cis iao.l @oehfsns
con, Davis, DeBolt, Dibrell, Douglass, Du :
ham. Eden, Evans. Faulkner, FELTON,, Fort,
Franklin. Fuller, Glover, Goode. Goodwin, Gun,er,
ridge, Hartsell, Hatcher, Raymond, Hendee, Hen
derson, Heukle, Hereford, Hewitt Gala }. Holman,
Hooker, Hoskins, House, Hunten, li1rd, Jones
F shssti S McSaho e" Meses sn1Msi ,kse
Ssln. Neal New Rv: Phelps
de Robinson, Rpss savsss ssyIsl Scales
Sheakly. Singleton. Smith (Ga.), Southland,
Sparks, Springer, stenger Stevenson, Stone, Ter
~, Thomas, Thornburg, Tucker; Tufts, Tarney,
Va.), Maling Walsh, Width m, Wike, Willard,
A. S, Williams DELI, Williams Ind.), Williams,
". B. (Mich.). Willis, Wilson wv. va) WILSON
Qowal, Yeates-130.
The Secretary of the Treasury on the 9th
directed the destruction of 1854 $50 in green
backs, that amount being eighty per cent. of
the new National Bank currency issued dur
ing the month. This will leave the outstand-
ing greenback circulation 1871 ,273, 40.
THE eighth annual convention of the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage Association began
in Washington on the 9th, Mrs. NJ. J. Gage
presiding. The proceedings we're opened
with prayer by Rev. Olympia Brown Fred
Douglass made a speech in favor of woman
suffrage.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the Goth states
that Senator Patterson, of South Carolina,
had been advised that the Secretary of State
had issued certificates to Moses and Whipper
as Circuit Judges of that State, and that the
latter would be sworn in under this certif
cate at the proper time. These are the two
men whom Gov. Chamberlain declined to
commission after their election by the State
Legislature.
AT meeting Of the National Democratic
Executive Committee in Washington on the
evening of the 2sth, Augustus Schen presid-
ing, Senator Randolph was chosen Vice
Chairman; w. H. Barnum, Of Come ctcut,
Treasurer, and A. D. Banks, of Mississippi,
Resident Secretary.
CONGRESSMAN HENRY II. STARKwEATHER,
of Connecticut died in Washington on the
morning of the 2Sth, of pneumonia. He was
about fifty years of age.
The Union Republican Congressional Com
mittee, as agreed upon in caucus on the night
OF the Goth ult., is as follows:
Alabama, Representative Chas. Hays; Arkan.
eas Senator s. W: Dorsey; California, Senator A.
A. Sargent; Florida, Senator B. Conoyer. mi.
DOiS. Senator John A IfNyap. Indiana
sentative NJ. c. Hunter; Iowa. Representative
jas. Wilson: Kansas. Representative W A. Phil.
Louisiana, Senator j R. Wesl; Maine Representa-.
tive Eugeie Hale: Mas achusetts, Represents
tive Henry L. Pierce: Michigan, Representative
J: A. Hnbbell; Minnesota, Representative H B.
reseuta,ive VIM. woodbun; New Hamp-
s sei'e' ssnat0f a; H. crasn New
York, Representative Thos. c. Plat; Nor Car.
DINA, Representative John A. Lyman: Ohio,
Kepressnta,iye Chas. Foster; Greg n, sena:or
Cameron; Rhode Island. Representative L W
Ballou; South Carolina, Representative A. s.
Wallace: Te nessee, representative Jacob N
Vermont. Representative c. H. Joyce Virginia
Representative VIM H. II. Stowell; Wisconsin
Kspn j. n Rask Idaho Dslegs!e
der; New Mexico. Delegate s. B. Elk:ns; Wash.
ington. Delegate Orange Jacobs. Connecticut
Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, West Virginia
District Of Columbia have no representation.
AMONG the nominations sent to the Senate
by the President on the 3lst ult. was that o
Charles r. Gill, of Wisconsin, to be Commits
sioner of Pensions, vice Henry NJ. Atkinson
resigned and appointed Surveyor General fol
New Mexico.
THE EAST.
A SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) dispatch of thu
2Sth says it was believed that the whole
amount of losses by the NORTHAMPTON banb
robbery would prove to be over $1,000, 600
nearly one-half of which is negotiable.
E. D. W1NsLow, the Boston forger, is sup
posed to have gone to Holland with his family
where he is probably beyond the reach of ou1
authorities, as the United States has no ex
tradition treaty with that government. Wins
lows forgeries aggregated several hundred
thousand dollars in amount, and he IL
thought to have taken a large proportion o.
the avails with him.
A HORRIBLE murder was recently com
mitted in Brooklyn, N. T., the perpetrato,
(Andreas Fuchs) deliberately cutting up tn.
body of his victim wv. w. Simmons) tn,
next morning after the murder, and dispos
ing of the pieces by packing them away in
tin pail, wooden chest, leather travelling
trunk, etc.
THE residence of David W. skidmore, uea,
Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y, was de
stroyed by fire on the night of the 3Oth ult.
and all the occupants-Mr. Skidmore, Fleet
weeks, an old man who had lived with Skid
more many years, Mrs. Titus, the house
keeper, and her husband-were burned K
death. sSidmore was an old man, almos
constantly in litigation with his neighbo-s
and had, it is alleged, great many enemies
The superstition is that he was murdered
and then the premises were fired, the occu
pants being unable to escape. .s.a
? IT is now stated that the Centennial Expo
eitiOn at p0iladelphia will 0neo Nav IN IA.