The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-13
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acceptance should not take effect until the
qualification of a successor.
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THE Vermont State Republican Conven-
ion met at Montpelier on the eth and nom.
mated Hon. Horace Fairbanks, for Governoy.
Col. Redtcld Proctor, for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, and John o. Page for State Treasurer.
Presidential Electors at Large were also
nominated. Resolutions were adopted, en-
dorsingth action of the Cincinnati Convcn-
ton.
Mrs. WIN. HoYLEHoUsE, of Springfield,
Mass, was fatally burned ON the eth by the
explosion of can of kerosene oil with
which she was kindling the kitchen fire.
The decision given by Judge Dykman in
the cas-. of Moulton Us. Beecher, argued at
Poughkeepsic, has been reversed by the
New York Supreme Court, thus giving Mr.
Moulton the right to bring action. An APP
peal can be taken by Mr.. Beccher to the
Court of Appeals. A New York dispatch
of the eth says the Committee APP
pointed by the late Advisory Council of
Plymouth Church to select. a commission
for the investigation of the charges or evil
dence in the case of Mr.. Bee her, had chosen
as such commission, Judge Nathaniel Ship
man, of Connecticut; Hon. Asahel Finch, of
Wisconsin,; Judge S. B. Gookins, of Indiana;
Hon. Jonathan E. Sargent, of New Hamp-
shire, and Judge Joseph c. Knapp, of Iowa
AT New York on the 2sth Mr.. Samuel Sloan
was elected President of the Michigan Gen.
trail Railroad Company.
SEVEN States will hold elections before the
Presidential election in November. Maine,
Vermont and Kansas will vote in Septen-
Der, and Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and
Georgia in October.
AUGUSTA (Me) dispatches of the 29th ult.
Say Mr.. Blainc's family physician considered
his nervous prostration greater than had
been supposed. He prescribed absolute
rest, entire abstinence from correspondence,
and says Mr.. Blaine will be unable to take
any part in the Presidential political cam
paign.
THE Centennial celebration of the Fourth
began at Philadelphia on the 1st There
was grand demonstration in Independence
Square. Several patriotic addresses were
delivered and Centennial odes were sung.
A TERRIBLE domestic tragedy is reported
from Trenton, n. J. Orson A. House, a
noted divorce lawyer, residing near Law
renee Station, quarreled with his step-son on
the evening of the 3Oth ult. The wife inter-
fcred to save the boy, when House beat and
kicked her, and threatened to shoot the boy
if he interfered. Mrs. House broke away,
and getting revolver shot her husband
dead, as he was, as she supposed, about to
shoot the boy.
elected A. s. Hewitt, of New York, Chair
man, and F. o. Prince, of Massachusetts,
Secretary. The Executive Committee is
composed of John G. Priest, of Missouri; NJ.
NJ. Ham, of Iowa; George L. Miller, of Ne
braska; VIM. H. Barnum, of Connecticut;
Miles Ross, of New Jersey; NJ. w. Ransom,
of North Carolina; John G. Thompson, of
Ohio; VIM. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, and
VIM. B. Bates, of Tennessee.
GOLD closed in New York on the 1st, at
1925 The following were the closing quo
tations for produce: No. Chicago Spring
Wheat, s1.12(01.14; No. 2 Milwaukee, s115
Gilt; Oats, Western Mixed, 33@36c;
Corn, Western Mixed, 57@6Oc; Pork,
Mess, s19s5; Lard, 1l%c; Flour, good
to choice, $5.OO@5.5O; White Wheat Extra,
s5.5o@7.75. Cattle, s@lO1c for good to
extra. Sheep (shorn), 4@6c.
AT East Liberty, Pa, on the LIST, cattle
brought: Best, s5.Oo@525; medium, $500
s4.75; common, s375@4.25. Hogs sold
Workers, s6.40@6.5O; Philadelphia, $1,000
60 Sheep (shorn) brought $3.5O@525, &C.
cording to quality.
WEST AND SOUTH.
REPORTS from various points in Iowa, H.
linois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, received
on the 9th, show quite discouraging pros
poets in regard to the crops. Wheat and
other grains were said to be greatly dam
aged by the frequent rains, and in some To-
calities the Hessian fly and chinch bug were
vigorously at work.
The Right Rev. George d. Cummings,
Senoir Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, died at his residence, in Luther
vile, Md, on the 26th, of Inflammation of
the bowels.
A CHEYENNE telegram of the 9th an
nounces the arrival at Fort Fetterman of a
wagon-train from Gen. Crooks camp, bring
ing the wounded in the late engagement.
They endured the trip well, and all were
likely to recover. Capt. Henry, whose
wound was in the face, would be able to
leave for Fort Russell in few days. Gen.
Crook, it is stated, would make short ex-
cursions with the cavalry until the return of
the train and infantry, when he would en-
deavor to strike the Sioux hard.
THE Michigan State Prohibition Con-
vention met at Lansing on the 2Sth and
placed the following ticket in nomination:
Governor, Hon. Albert Williams; Lieuten-
ant Governor, Rev. E. Curtis; Secretary of
State, Merritt Moore; State Treasurer, A. L.
Chubb; Attorney General, D. P. Sagendorf;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. w.
McKiver; Commissioner of Land Office, E.
L. Brewer; Auditor General, D. J. Smith;
Member of State Board of Education, L. r
Damon. The action of the Cleveland Ma
tional Convention was endorsed.
LOUISE HAWTHORNE MRS. Morton, of New
York;, q well-known actress, accidentally
fell out of sixth-story window of the Ire
mont House, Chicago, early on the morning
of the 18th, striking ON the stone pavement
below. Her body was terribly mangled, and
her death was instantaneous. No one saw
her fall, and the cause of the accident is un.
known. .
THE Michigan Democratic State Conven-
tion for the nomination of candidates for
State officers and for Presidential electors is
to be held at Detroit on the 9th of August
next,