The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-05
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,

EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has ad
journed sine die.
Walter Bagehot, the distinguished En-.
glish writer on political economy, is dead.
The arm,stlce between the Porte and
Montenegro has been officially prolonged until
the first of April.
Callaghan & Lynch, he avy stock brokers
in San Francisco, have failed, with liabilities
reaching S9OO.OOO.
The trial of Peter 3. sweeney, the
brains of the New York Tweed Ring, has been
fixed for the first Monday in June.
The Indianapolis Typographical Union
No. l recently passed a resolution to disband
and return its charter to the National Union.
The late John u. Lee. the Mormon re
ain Meadows massacre" left eighteen widows and
slxty-four children.
The Chicago Republicans have nomi-
mated Hon. Monroe Heath. the present incum-
bent. for Mayor. The Democratic candidate is
Hon. Perry II. Smith.
In Joint session. on the 21st, the Ohio
Legislature elected Hon. Stanley Matthews United
States Senator to succeed Hon. John Sherman,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Rhode Island House of Representa-
tives have defeated the proposition to amend the
Constitution SO as to allow women to vote when
taxed. by 4 vote of 26 to 25.
The New England Glass Company, of
East Cambridge. Mass. has decided to wind up
Its business. being unable to compete with
Southern and Western concerns.
\ resolution has passed the Massachu.
sets State Senate submitting to the people a
proposed amendment to the Constitution giving
10 women the right to vote at all elections.
The fast-mail train from Scotland,
known the Flving Scotchman," ran off the
track at Morpeth. England. on the 9th. The
train was thoroughly wrecked. and five persons
killed and many wounded.
An Amsterdam banker recently offered
Russia loan of q, DOC, 900 roubles. at eight per
cent but the negotiation fell through because the
banker insisted or disarmament and an engage
nlert to raise no other loan for five years.
\ London correspondent of the Edin-
burgh .Scotsmaa says Mr.. Eugene Schuyler,
United States Consul-General at Constantinople
of his published communications in reference to
Turkish outrages.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has elect
ed ex-Secretary-of-War Cameron to the United
States Senate. to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Simon Cameron. his father. The
vote i'll joint convention stood Cameron, 147;
Dill (Dem.). 50: scattering, 3.
According to late Washington tele.
gram the roll of the House of Representatives of
the Forty-ifth Congress. as prepared by Clerk
Adams. shows 1873 Republicans and 1873 Demo-
Gratis. two cases in Louisiana being doubtful.
Eight seats are contested by Republicans and
three by Democrats.
The Special Committee of the Ohio
Legislature to investigate into the circumstances
attending the Ashtabula disaster submitted THEN
report on the 22d. They conclude that from 81
to 100 persons lost their lives; that the bridge
failed because of faulty construction and that
such defects could have been discovered at any
time by careful inspection.
The Secretary of War has ISSUED a cir.
cular informing the civil employees of the War De-
psrtment that removals will be made for cause
only. and promotions ordered upon the sole
ground of merit. No political test would. Pre-
quired. Industry and faithfulness in the dis
charge of duty, good morals and strictly tenn.
rerate habits would be required and enforced.
Joseph Lewis. of HOboken, n. j., who
died lately and willed his property, valued a,
s1.0O0.000. to the United States, was supposed
t. be a bachelor. On the 18th, however, a rich
addressed woman appeared in the Surrogate.
Office claiming to he his wife, and stating thai
she married him year before. Another woman
claiming to be his niece. has also laid claim Il
the estate.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has is
sued a circular, in which he indicates the rule
regulating the employment Of persons in his de
parment. This states: First, that no NOR
persons will be employed than are actually de
manded BIZ the wants of the service. serOnCl
that those employed will receive the same pa,
as those in ordinary employment; third, tina
the heads of bureaus must look after their sub
orlinates and report from time to time as t,
the needs and efficiency of their charges; fourth
in regard to extra clerk-hire, it must be regu
lated by the necessities Of the case and tn
term of the appointment must be stated in TIN
contract.
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