The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-21
THE EAST.

lHE process Ol CEeLuatluS tuc DOuy VI Tue
late Baron De Palm, at DR.. LIE Moyne's Gre
matory, at Washington, Pa, was successful
ly accomplished on the 9Th. A Pittsburgh
dispatch says: 1.-THE body was on
wire cradle, which, when in the re-
tort, raised it about two inches from
the bottom of the retort. The door
was opened, and, as the body slid in, a fume
of smoke from the burnt evergreens
rose from the body. A fainter odor of burn
ing flesh pervaded the building, but no un-
pleasant feature appeared, and the process
was pronounced a success in every particu-
lar. Observations every ten minutes dis
closed the fact that the remains rapidly
shrunk in size and passed away in vapor and
gases. At the end of the first hour the bones
crumbled, and the outline of the form was
lost. At the end of the second hour, the
body was greatly reduced in size, the larger
bones and ribs only being visible, and they
would apparently crumble at the slightest
touch. At 10: IS the crib was moved back
in the retort two inches, and the whole mass
crumbled. Col. Olcott then pronounced
the incineration ended and complete, in two
hours and twenty minutes"
OohN 1lonhlS las uSC1Ai Gu VII POUlS
sold in his house on the direct result of the
Presidential election.
A PORTLAND (Me.) dispatch of the 18th
says foolish lad, residing in the family of
John Mouitop, butcher, at Gorham, was
left in charge of an infant, and, initiating
what he had seen, he killed the child, skin
ned the body, and cut and hung it ur.
r,,b1;o fuNorol <bo \
and destitute dead, to the number of over
100, of the Brooklyn calamity took place on
the 9th. Notwithstanding the weather was
| extremely cold, large numbers of the people
turned out to the solemn ceremonies, and
the entire community exhibited signs of
deep mourning. The funeral of the young
actors, Murdoch and Burroughs, took place
on the 10th, and was largely attended, the
| ceremonies being of very impressive char
acter. Several private obsequies also &C.
Cured on that day.
FIRE in Burlington, n j., on the morn
| ing of the 10th, destroyed twenty six houses
! and rendered forty families homeless, many
| of whom are in destitute condition. Loss
| of property, about $4,000.
On the afternoon of the 10th, 600 pounds of
glyccrine On board of a wagon near Petrolia,
| Pa, exploded with terrific force, tearing
| wagon and horses to shreds, and instantly
| killing Daniel Garth and Mr.. Humphreys, of
that place. The bodies were blown to atoms,
| and, with the exception of portion of one
fjot and some pieces of charred flesh, had
| not been found. The men were unloading
| the wagon, and it is supposed that one of
| them slipped and dropped a can.
IT was officially announced on the 18th
that the number of persons who lost their
| lives in the burned Brooklyn Theater is 295,
of whom 100 had been identified. All but
forty-two of the victims were males. Eleven
were from New York city. Fifty-three were
between fifteen and twenty years of age.
| ffty-one between twenty and twenty-five
years; twenty between twenty-five and thirty
years; fifteen between thirty and thirty-five
years, and twelve were over fifty years
of age.
GOLD closed in New York on the 18th, at
l.074. The following were the closing quo
tations for produce: No 2 Chicago Spring
Wheat, New $1.31@132; No. milwaukee
New $1.34@1.S5; Oats, Western Mixed
and State, 34@49c; Corn, Western Mixed,
54H@55c; Pork, Mess, $500; Lard, 1oMc;
Flour, good to choice, $5.7O@5.75; White
Wheat Extra, s5.so@6so. Cattle, s1l@1o1lc
for good to extra. Hogs, live, $6.OO@6.25
Sheep, 4<@6Hc.
AT East Liberty, Pa, on the 18th, cattle
brought: Best, s5.25@5.5O; medium, SAFE
@5.oO; common, $4.25@4.5o. Hogs Sold
Workers, $5S5@5.5O; Philadelphia, $500
$50. Sheep brought a. OO{05OO. according
to quality. ia, D.. ..o. /