The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-31
CONDENSED TElEeRAPAlc NEWS.

A Jackson (Miss.) telegram of the 18th
says Miss Chisolm, who was wounded while
defending her father In the Kempcr County
affair, had died that day.
A special London telegram of the 18th
says that extraordinary preparations in the
armament Of the land and naval forces were
reported In all parts Of the Kingdom, and
England's participation In the Russo Turkey
war was considered, in diplomatic circles, .
forcgone conclusion. 1t was believed that
England's interests and the first Russian sue
cess of any masnitude would be made the
prctext and period for British Intervention.
On the 10th, the proclamation of Rou.
manian independence was definitely fixed for
May -. The Chamber of Deputies voted
credit of $1,000, 600 for the maintenance of
the army.
On the 10Th, forest fires were reported
to be making terrible havoc in New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Northern New York and por.
tions Of anada, destroying villages, bridges,
etc. In many portions of Clinton County,
N. Y, the people were fleeing for their lives.
hundreds being rendered homeless. AtCen.
ter Valley, twenty seven dwellings, six saw.
mills, two stores and one church were de-
stroyed. At Clinton Mills, property valued
at $75O,OO0 was burned. Nearly the whole
side of the White Mountains, in New Hamp-
shire, from Lancaster to the Crawford and
Fabyan Houses, was ON fire.
The entire French Cabinet resigned on
the 18th, and the resignation of each men,
Der was accepted, with the exception of those
-, .SaAc I'm A.
Foreign Affairs. A new Cabinet was an.
nounced, under the leadership of Due de
Broglie, and drawn from the Royalist and
Imperial factions. Great excitement pre-
vailed in Paris, aud the action of the Presi.
dent was looked upon as a veritable coup
detat. In the Chamber of Deputies reso-
luton of want of confidence in the Cabinet
was adopted by a vote of SIS to 15A
The General Assembly of the Presby-
tcrian Church of the United States opened
its sessions in Chicago, on the morning Of
the 18th. Rev. Henry J. vanDyke, d. D., of
Brooklyn, N. Y, Moderator, presiding and de-
livering the opening sermon. Rev. DR.. james
Eclls, of San Francisco, was elected Moder-
ator for the ensuing year.
A Bucharest telegram of the 18th says
the Turks of Tourtokai made o general at
tack on the Christians of that village on the
night of the 10th. The males and many of
the elder women were put to the sword and
the younger ones brutally maltreated.
A London telegram of the. 18th says the
latest dispatches received indicated that the
Russians were falling back from Kars.
The French Legislative Assembly has
been prorogued for one month.
d. H. Chamberlain, Ex-Governor of
South Carolina, was recently admitted to
practice at the New York bar.
The Russians attempted to retake Su.
KUN Kalch on the Goth, but were rcpulsed
with heavy loss.
According to New York dispatch of
the Goth, the Custom House Investigating
Commission had recommended the dismissal
of fifty clerks, and requested the heads of
bureaus to report how many could be dis
penscd with in their several departments.
The Turkish men of. war are bombarding
and burning the towns ON the Black Sea and
landing Circassian emigrants ut various
points, who seek to excite the Abchasians to
rebellion. Troops have been dispatched to
suppress the risings.
Kars was again attacked on the 21st, and
the Russians were again driven back, with
loss of 800 killed and as many wounded.
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the 21st
says the bodies of 500 Turks had already
been buried at Abraham.
A Constantinople telegram of the 2lst
says the Russians were committing frightful
massacres in the Caucasus.
The railway bridge over the Aluta, near
Sestina, fell on the 2lst. A train of wagons
carrying ammunition to Little Wallachia was
engulfed with its attendants.
A little boy, named Willie Dean, aged
between five aud six years, mysteriously dis
in Chicago on the 18th, and no
trace of him had been discovered up to the
morning of the ed. 1t was thought he had
been kidnapped by some italian musicians,
in whose company he was seen late on the
afternoon of the 18th, and reward of $500
was offered for his recovery, and several ar
rests were made of suspicious parties. The
father of the lost boy is a depot baggage
man in the employ Of the illinois Central