The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-17

| SAuu0u III an oAuucSGy OAl1s ma 6QOS: VleWet
in the abstract, or Is a general question,
would be glad to see the repeal of all laws in
tiicting the penalty Of political disabilities on
classes Of people; that it might, as prescribed
by the Constitution, be left to the courts t.
hear and decide the cause, and to afix the
penalties according to pre-existing legislar
| tion." ...,.--sf, ....,-.,.
A SHOCKING calamity occurred in q
crowded opera-house in Cincinnati on the
| afternoon Of the 9Th, caused BY false alarm
Of fire. An immense throng of ladies and
children had gathered in the Robinson Opera
House to witness an entertainment called the
Ancgory Of the Great Republic" given by
j. NJ. Hagar, assisted by a large number OF
public school children. just as the perform
| ancc was about to begin some one in the bal
cony. raised the cry of "hre," when the
crowd in the gallery rushed for the doors.
Four women and five children lost their lives
in the scramble for exit, by being either
trampled to death or injured in some other
manner, and several others were seriously
hurt. -5.IE1 li6E
CHIEs-JUsTIcE WHITE, of Utah Territory, in
charging the Grand Jury at Salt Lake City, On
the 7th, concerning polygamy, said: We had
better look 1t squarely in the face, distasteful
as it may be to some, and govern ourselves
by the light of reason and manly discretion
iu dealing with it. Polygamy must be sup
pressed in this Territory. Mormonism may
survive it, and, relieved from it. would
stand unshackled and free as every other
creed or mode of religious worship, shielded
and protected by the Constitution of our
common country; but if Mormoaism cannot
sever itself from poiygamy, it will beto it
the bridal of DEATH" --..-s
THE trial of Gen. Babcock, on the charge
of completely with the whisky frauds in St.
Louis, was begun in that city on the 7th.
He pleaded "not guilty." and the court ad-
journed to the Sth. A motion for new trial
in the case Of Mr.. Mckee was made on
the 5th.
Two FEMALE pcdestrians-Miss Won Hill
ern "a German woman), and Mrs. Marshall, of
Chicago-fnished six-days' walkins ma Oh
at an armory building in Chicago, on the
evening of the 5th, the latter winning the
contest by about two miles. Tie distance
accomplished by the winner was 233 9-1O
miles to 2Sl1< by her opponent. Both women
were well exhausted by their lengthy tramp,
the winner being, if anything, the more used
up of the two. -- r~'
In Chicago, on the It'll, spring wheat, No.
,, was higher, closing at $1O0N@102 cash.
Cash corn higher; closing at 4OKc for No. 2
and 301<c for new rejected. Cash oats, No. 2,
sold at 31@3lAc; March options were
sold at 3l11c. Rye, No. 2. 661S@671lc. Barley,
No. 2, 75<@76c. Cash mess pork closed at
2O25@2O.3O. Lard, e12OO@l2.25. Good to
choice beeves brought $45O@5. so; medium
grades, $425@4.4s; butchers stock, 5000
3.75; stock cattle, ETC., $S.25@s75. Hogs
brought s7.5O@s.2O for good to choice;
Sheep sold at g. 75@550 for good to choice.
FOREIGN lNTELLIGENCE.
A LONDON dispatch Of the 4th says the
curate of the noted High Church of st. AL
bans had sent to the newspapers protest
signed by 100 prominent ritualist clergymen,
disclaiming all connection or sympathy with
any movement having for it's object the sub
ordination of the Anglican Ritualists to the
Papacy, apd declaring that negotiations to
that end must be preceded by the retraction
and repeal Of the Vatican DEGREES.
A CoNsTANTlNoPLE telegram OF the 9Th
says the Porte had that day dispatched to his
ambassadors at the courts of the six gtiaran-
teeing powers reply to Count Andrassy's
resolved to apply to the insurgent districts
the five leading points of Andrassy's scheme,
namely, religious liberty, modification of the
system of tithes, granting of facilities to sgri-
culturists, application of a portion of the
revenues of the insurgent provinces to local
improvements, and the appointment of a
mixed commission of Mussulmans and
Christians to watch the executions of these
reforms.
AN explosion of fire-damp occurred in the
Jabin coal-mines in Belgium, on the 4tb.
Up to the morning of the 9Th only fifty of
the ZIG men known to have been in the mine
had been rescued alive, and it was feared
that all the rest had persisted.
AN Antwerp dispatch of the 5th says seven
packages of gunpowder had been discovered
among the Goals Of an Antwerp steamer, hay-
ing on board $50 persons.
A VIENNA special of the 9Th says Roumania
had threatened to renounce her allegiance to
Turkey.
"A AONDON GCAcSIAiu VI tIlC TN says C8f0lN0
Manning had denied that he had made over
lures to the Vatican in behalf of English
Ritualists.
A SEVILLE (spain) letter to the London
Times, published on the 7th, says the recent
elections in Spain were carried by shameless
frauds on the part of the Ministry.
THERE was heavy snowfall in the Span
ish provinces, Navarro and Guipuzcoa, on
the 9Th. 5000 :" -G-
BRUSSELS dispatch of the 7th says the
Common Council of Antwerp had invited Mr.
Motley, the historian of the Dutch Republic,
to grand historical .tete in honor Of the
patriots Of the sixteenth century. ..,..:..
sa= CONGREsSlONAL.s 50 -, go
i In the Senate, on the LIST, an adverse
report was made from the Finance Committee on
Mr.. Bogy's bill, authorizing the payment of du-
tics on imports in legal-tender and Nationr Bank
notes: petition was presented from citizens
Illinois asking for the repeal of the Specie Re-
sumption act and Substitute legal-tcndcr for Ma
tiOnal Bank circulation, etc. Bills were passed.!