The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-24
General News Summary,
FROM WASHINGTON.

General News Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.
HcLBRooK, former special agent of tn,
Postofiice Department, was before the Hous,
Committee, in Washington, on the 9th, art
gave testimony showing a collision of con
tractors with clerks for the purpose of pro
curing fraudulent contracts, abiding to par
ticular cases in that connection.
w. R. MORRISON, Chairman of the House
Committee on WAYS and Means, has sent 8
note to DR.. J. P. Hsmbleton, Clerk of eucf
Committee, in which he said he had until re
Gently wholly disbelieved the charge that h
(Hambleton) had named son after J. Wilke,
Booth; but that recent developments, which
show such son to have been named or recop
n'zed by the name of John w. B. Hambleton
gave at least semhlance of truth to thu
charge; and with but the slightest appear
ance OF the truth of such a charge, it was his
(M"rrison's) duty to accept Hambleton's res
igaation rendered some time before.
TIE vote in the Senate on the passage Of
the Centennial Appropriation bill was as fol
lows:
Ntas-Allison. Anthony, Bayard. Boutwell,
Conover. Csagin. Dawes. Dennis, Dorsey. Ed
m nos, Ferry, Frelin yhuysen. Hamlin. Harvey
kt hSsan ns' 'Sas s S1e' Ss
Mitchell, Morrill, tMe.l Morrill, vl0 Morton
osleshv. Paddock. Patterson, Randolph. Ran.
don,--i1.
Noys-Alcorn, Cooper, Eaton. Go,d,hwaite
Hamilton, Howe, Herman. Key. McCreery, Merri.
mon, Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh, Why,e
Messrs. English. Christiancy. Sherman. Gordon
and Cameron (Wisconsin) who would have voted
DAVIS, Norwood and salisbury, who would have
voted against it. Mr.: Wright, who absent,
would have voted for the bill had he been
present.
WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th says:
During January the demand for postage
stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes
reached the unprecedented amount of IS, 500,
600 worth. This figure is considered indica.
tive OF the rapid revival of business through.
out the country"
In introducing his bill in the Senate on
the l4;h for the protection of agriculture
against injurious insects, Mr.. Ingalls, stated
that during the last year the actual loss from
the ravaces If the locusts, chinch bugs, army
and cotton worms and Hessian flies exceeded
S2OO,OOO,UO0, and from the locusts alone the
amount exceeded Sc, 5000 Inseven coun-
ties of Minnesota nearly $1,000 bushels of To-
Gusts were destroyed, at cost of $4,000
He believed the subject was worthy the at.
tention Of Congress.
THR EAST.
HENRY c. Bowen appeared before the Ex-
aminins Committee of Plymouth Church, on
the evening Of the 10th, and read statement
in which he alluded to unfairness and irregu-
larities of procedure, but said, as he wished to
aid the committee to make the examination
thorough and conclusive, he would propose
the selection of three men within the Congre-
gational body, in whose decision the world
could have confidence, before whom only
Mr.. Beecher and himself, with their wit
nesses, should appear, when he (Bowep) would
unreservedly give in the evidence which
has led him to believe in the guilt Of Mr..
Beecher; the parties hearing the evidence to
be pledged to keep it profound secret. The
committee decided not TO accept Mr.. Bowen's
proposition, because it was not case be-.
tween Beecher and Bowen, but a case
between Plymouth Church and Bowen, and
should not be Withdrawn from the church
and taken before strangers. They then adopted
resolution calling upon Mr.. Bowen to
state any facts in his possession in support of
the allegations that he had made as to Mr..
Beecher. Mr.. Bowen then said that as the
committee refused to give him the necessary
time to prepare reply he must withdraw.
He then read PAPER, concluding with the
statement that he was now ready when prop.
erly put on trial before any proper tribunal, or
before the committee but he must decline a,
this notice and in this irregular way to
answer questions on this occasion. He again
appealed to them while leaving the room to
give him time to prepare reply.
THE Bank Of Commerce at New London,
Conn.,, was robbed on the night of the Sth.
On the 9th the bank officers were unable to
open the vault, and an expert was called in,
VINO finally succeeded in effecting an en-
trace, when it was discovered that the bur-
glars had captured and carried off $3l,5
The secoud trial of Piper, the Boston belfry
murderer, was concluded, on the 10th, by a
verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-.
gree"
THE burglar who robbed the National
Bank of Commerce at New London, Conn.,,
has been discovered in the person of George
{. Packer, one Of the tellers of that institu-
ton, who has made a confession. All the
missing funds were recovered.
OWEN LINDSAY, con, icted of the murder
of Ffahcis A. Colvin, was hanged at Syracuse,
n Y, On tn e 1ith.- He persisted to the last
in declaring his innocence.
ATthe meetingof Plymouth Church, on the
evening of the 1l,h, resolution was adopted
referring he whole matter OF the insinuations
or accusations Of MIR. Bowen against Mr..
Beecher back to the Examining Committee,
with instructions to continue the investiga-
ton, and to summon Mr.. Bowen before
them. The committee decided to cite him to
appear before them on the evening Of the 23d.
PETER BLACKINToN q Co., wooden manu.
facturers at South Adams, Mass, have failed
for large amount. Announcement was made
on the 18th of tle suspension Of r. s. J.
White, lumber merchants, of Pembroke,
Can; liabilities 200.
In his remarks at the Plymouth Church
meeting on the 11th, Mr.. Beecher pronounced
the allegations OF Mr.. Bowen false and
added: land with Almighty God before
me, and the judgment day, / arraign him
(Bowen) as Islander er and a liar.
AN explosion occurred in the Exeter coal.
mine, i'll West Pittson, Pa, on the afternoon
of the 18th. Four men were killed outright
and six or eight others were badly injured
The explosion was probably caused by the
accumulation Of gas in one of the chambers
of the mine, which it is thought was ignited
by lighted lamp in the hands of miner.
GOLD closed in New YORK. on the 14th, at
113H. The following were the closing quo
tations for produce: No. . Chicago Spring
Wheat, $l.25@l.27; No. 2 Milwaukee, $3.50
i.2s: Barley, 7S@sOc; Oats, Western Mixed,
46@47c; Corn, Western Mixed, 63@64c;
Pork, Mess, $3.50; Dressed Hogs, Western,