The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-25

The delegates are said to stand ON the Presi.
dental question as follows: For Bristow, z;
Blaine, IL; Morton, 1; Hayes. Q; non-com-
initial, 1.
The Mountain Meadow massacre case has
been continued by Judge Boreman, at Beaver,
Utah, to the first Monday in August, the
prisoner Lee being admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000 and Dame in the sum of
$4,000.
GEO. Won HoLLEN, City Collector Of Chi
cago, is said to be defaulter to the amount
of over 100000. Gambling and unlucky
private speculations with the city's money
are said to have been the cause of his down.
fall. He has left the country.
THE South Carolina Diocese of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church has rejected the ap-
plication Of colored church for admission
to representation in the Diocese. A majority
of tie clergy favored the application, but
it was rejected by the vote of the lay dele
gates.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL B. H. CAMPBELL
has refunded to Miss Sweet, of Chicago,
81, los, being the amount paid to him by her
on Mr.. Blakely's account. Mr.. c. asserts
that at the time the payments were made to
him by Miss Sweet for Mr.. Rlakely he was
ignorant of the fact that they were made in
consideration of her receiving the appoint
ment of Pension Agent as Mr.. Blakely's sue
cessor, but supposed that Miss 8. was acting
as BIS business agent in paying the latter's
debt to him (CampbelD.
By the explosion of coal-oil lamp, while
starting fire at Dayton, Ohio, on the morn
ing Of the 18th, Mrs. Matthias Glazer and her
child we've terribly burned, the child fatally.
NEW counterfeit tens on the State Bank Of
Tcrre Haute, Ind, and flves of the First Ma
tional Bank of Louisville, KY, are reported to
be in circulation.
NEARLY the whole business portion of the
town of Darlington, 8. C., was burned on the
morning of the 18th, an entire block being de-
stroyed. Loss over 500, OOO-partially in
sured.
A SIOUX CITY Qowa) special telegram of
the 18th, to the Chicago Inter- Ocean says:
"From letters received here to-day from the
Trudell brothers and others who went from
here to the Black Hills two months ago, it
appears that the situation there at the
present time is anything but encourag-
ing. AS warm weather approaches, the
Indians become more troublesome, and
those who could not do prospecting on
account of the frost before. and have been
waiting for the season to advance to give the
country a thorough test, are prevented from
going rod from their camps on account of
hostile Indians who hover around at all hours,
and kill all who venture out. Letters also re-
port great scarcity of provisions, and say as
yet no quantity of gold has been obtained.
They doubt the existence of gold there in
paying quantities"
In Chicago, on the 18th, spring wheat, No.
2 closed at S1O6@lO7 cash. Cash corn
closed at47c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2, sold
at 3O1a@3O&c; June options were sold
at Sic. Rye No. 2, 64@65c. Barley, No. 2,
67@6S]sc. Cash mess pork closed at SOL 90
gallo. Lard, $l240@125O. Good to
choice beeves brought $4.3O@5.25; medium
grades, $4.25@4.75; butchers stock, $500
400; stock cattle, ETC., $S5O@4OO. Hogs
brought $6.SO@76O for good to choice.
Sheep (shorn) sold at $4.5O@5.5O for good
to choice.