The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-14

REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA.
General News Summary.
THE GENERAL ELECTION,
Tilden's official majority In New York
State is 81 $50. In Georgia, S5,1S5. In thu
former STATE Peter Cooper hadl, 9S7 and G
G. Smith s,35p.
JACOBS, the Republican candidate for Del
cgate to Congress from Washington Terri
tory, has majority of about 800. The Ter
rltor'al Council IS composed of six Republi
cans and three Democrats, and the lower
house of eighteen Republicans and twelve
Democrats.
A Greensboro IN. c. special to the New
York Times of the 9th, says the return:
show that the vote for Hayes and Settle in
North Carolina would reach and probably
exceed loS,0OO. Tilden's majority would
reach 1000, and Vance would run some
400 or 5000 behind him. The Demo.
discovery of the fact that one of Tllden's
electors-William B. Glenn-is Ineligible
he Is one of the commissioners appointed
by the Southern Claims Commission to take
testimony.
The following is the result of the official
count of the Votes for President in Michigan:
Hayes, 166,5s4; Tilden, 14l,O95; Cooper,
a.a9. Hayes over Tilden, IS ,43S9.
The official returns give Hayes 2,767 major
ity in California.
Iilden's majority in New Jersey, accord.
ing to the official count, is 1875.
The total vote in Kansas for President
was: Hayes, 1882; Tilden, $1,000; Temper.
ancc, no; American Alliance, IL.
A special to the New York Herald of the
sth says Col. Tuomas B. Keogh, the Chair
man of the Republican State Committee,
had filed protest with Gov. Broden against
an announcement of the vote of North Caro-
lima for Presidential Electors. He euumer-
ated twenty-three counties to which he OBJ
jectcd on the ground of illegal returns He
claimed that the throwing out of these
counties would, with the omission of eight
counties not heard from, give the State to
Hayes.
Sa'em (Ore.) dispatch of the 4th says
the official vote had been canvassed by the
Secretary OF State, in the presence of num-
Der of prom nent Republicans and
Dem Gratis. The Republican majority is
l,l65 protest was filed, signed by
Senator Kelly and eight other Dem
cert tcate to Watts, and in favor of giving
it to the next highest on tue list The Gov
ernor gave notice that he would hear argu-
ments on the subject on the 5th. The Re-
publicans would not argue the matter before
the Governor, claimi that he has no juris.
diction The decision Of the Governor would
be given on the 9TH.
LOUISIANA,
After some preliminary proceedings on the
2Sth, the Parish Of Ouachita was taken up,
and four negro witnesses were introduced in
behalf f the Republic ms, and were ex-
amincd by the Board. Their testimony was
as to alleged intimidation and outrages. One
of the witnesses, named Eliza Pinkston,
told fearful tale of cruelty. She recited
murdered and little girl seven years
Ar the same time and had not
bee seen since. The witness herse f
had been victim of extreme crue ty, and
was 'nablc to walk without help into the
the witnesses, had been also terribly
wounded.
One Of the parties mentioned as engaged
in the murder of Henry Pinkston was ar
rested in New Orleans on the 2Sth, after the
IT. Va A'iA" inno'ou' LID naAno 10
p"xa n o.,
oeioie .ue heturnius ooaru on &he S9th
ult., Gov. Wells stated that the testimony in
the contested cases must be closed ty four
o'clock on the afternoon of Dec. l He said
,ba n.r,oorots oo,,la ,,,,s,,,t 49, ,:.
in tho case of Ouach;1s Tbn non"nrat;o
counsel said they ought to be allowed three
witnesses, the number permitted to the
other side, but Gov Wells liuited them to
Cd -, ~" n,r"t;n o aIo S"aiu tesu-
+ vu En Ine Deh1c,a'l: siue, sS!hg TeouttinS
i've ,;tnoss tn't;tsd .h ~ ia, rnhston.
after the mnrder Eliza had d" stated to h;n,
that 'I Ibe linz Ins H" dn uu s Ia 20 na
people e. Returns S. from vernon, Franklin
laid n,ar P .tm frnn Me,e oHeheu anu
,'r ~; hetuins .,oia othe1 parlsnes were
~, a., ~ e %utinS .nG gay IN ner tesumo.
~ VI ,,. 80 "a "a llhhs.on "ilegeu thas
~ IT.. h. ~ nei nusuanu anu emu, anu
t he othei noilio outrases Whieh she swore
h o "ru n ue'n'ieu, "erG 1~lus 70 her husband
having neen fepuohc"n; The perpetra-
legged as the cause of the killing the fact that
rink was Republican and voted the
haolcai ticket.
On the 3Oth ult,, a second Witness named
j. s. Swan. was offered nv the Dem.
ocrats. who swore that he was farmer and
knew Henry PlnkStun: PinkStOn was not
much engaged in politics, and witness never
heard HIM talk much about pc itical mat
ttrs; knew ne ad hight with another negro
nameo back BROOKS, ABOUT two months be-
l1'e ms s., aeath' heard BROOKS say he intend
eo 10 Mn rlhkstoh; BROOKS was bad, angry,
guaileisoh'e mn on tne nlght OF the muir
uer, witness haa seen party OF coiored
men pass ms mouse gong down the road
t tinn d from Uoacnita ne thought the cleo
~. .ioi d. Ouachita was as 1lr one as tn
nau wi Iau, uiu MOI see any wrong going
~ W., ne e., ?e'ongeu 70 tne Democratlc party
6a. 'his "i.hess haa conclude', The East
th a.on poa n1usS GasS was ca'leo up, ana
.''e 0oasu oeefueu not 10 open the
81 ron seven polls IN which
nc oonlIissIners returns ana tally.
s n LAO oeen iockeo up, AID the
tatlsn supervisor naa omlIted TO mention
ia nen ant III us e1nsonoatea statement SINH
. lar actlon was taken In Tue case of Tangi-
retuned hy the snOsTv Ea one NJ oi h was no.
the D moc:ats lose ,1w votes n Eat Raton
Rouge.