The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-20

and ]. A. n. PAsemOre for Auditor General.
The platform adopted declares that while
We recognise and respect the difference Of
opinion - to the course Of the President TO-
ward the South. We arc heartily in accord In
IGNORING tho patriotic motives which have
guided him;" that the assaults Of the Do
mocracy on the decisaon Of the Electoral
Commlsiou are childisA and foolish; cabs
upon tie members Of Tie State and NationaI
Legislstures to ADOPT measures which
shall assist in the return Of prosperity 70 the
country; opposes the grantof more than 100
acres Of land to any one person or corpora
ton; dcprecates the reissue OF patents; de-
mands the repeal Of the act demonetixing
silver and the restoration Of the double
standard; indorses the administration of
Gov. Hartranft; opposes anarchy and in
dOrses the recent efforts to suppress the
lawless disturbances in the State, ETC., etc.
The Massachusetts, reenback State Con-
vention met at Boston, on the 5th, and nom
mated the following State ticket: Governor,
Wendell Phillips; Lieutenant-0o Governor, D. d.
Lum; Secretary OF State, Nathaniel Clark, Jr.
Auditor, h. N. Bears; Treasurer, W. +.
whitney; Attorney. General, Israel w.
Andrews. The resolutions declare that
Grcenbacks are the only desirable currency;
that they should be interconvertible with
Sos bonds; that the interest on private
capital should be kept at the minimum by
competition; that savings banks should be
supcrsedea; that the Resumption act should
be repealed, etc., etc.
A Cheyenne telegram of the 5th states
that In the election In Wyoming on that day
the Democrats had secured . majority In
both the Council and House Of Represents
tives Of the Territorial Legislature.
A Camp Robinson dispatch of the 9Th
announces the death Of the Indian Chief
Crazy Horse, from the wounds received in
the encounter Of the dav previous.
In New York City, on the 9th. VIM. NJ.
Tweed appeared before the Aldermanic Com.
nittcc ON the Investigation Of Ring Frauds,
aud gave testimony In relation to his con-
nection with the frauds of 1866-7O. He inn.
plicated A. Oakley Hail, Comptroller Connolly
and Street COMMISSIONS Mclean, and said
that they, with himself, constituted the
Ring.
The reunion of the Army of the Ten.
nessce occurred at st. Paul, Mimi, on the
5th and 9Th. It was decided to hold the next
reunion at Indianapolis. Gen. VIM. T.
Sherman was elected President; Col. Dayton,
Secretary; Gen. Force, Treasurer, and Col.
Villas, Orator. The attendance was good.
Louis Meyers, the outgoing Treasurer
Of Auglaizc County, Ohio, when on his way
home, at Wapakonetta, on the evening of the
5th. was seized and gagged and taken to his
office by four masked men, who compelled
him to surrender the keys of his safe which
they robbed of eS7,0o0. Meyers was left
securely bound and gagged, and was found
next morning nearly dead from exhaustion
and fright.
The State Central Committee of the In.
dependent Grccnback party of Minnesota
met at st. Paul, on the 5th, and nominated
the following State ticket: Governor, VIM.
L. Banning; Lieutenant Governor, VIM.
Meighan; Treasurer, Isaac Staples; Secrc-
tary Of State, A. E. Rice; Attorney General,
4. L. Pierce. This ticket was adopted also
by the Peoples State Convention, represent
ing the farmers and workingmcn.
It was estimated by leading economists,
on the 7th, that this years wheat crop of tho
United States would aggregate Ss5, 100000
bushels, being <urplus Of about III, O00, 600
bushels for export.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 9TH
says the latest election returns indicate that
the Democrats have elected ten Senators
and ffty-scvcn Assemblymen, and the Re-
publfcans ten Senators aud twenty three As
semblymen. Including those who hold over,
the Democratic majority on joint-ballot is
thirty-eight.
The President and his Cabinet have de-
cided that the good of the service requires q
thorough change in the management of the
New York Custom-House, and propose to
make that change after Congress shall have
assembled.
Ex-President Theirs was buried, on the
Sth, In Paris, with imposing ceremonies.
All the diplomatic corps were present, in
Guiding U. 8. Minister Noycs and his prede-
cessor, Hon. E. B. Washburne. The obsc-
quies were attended by $1,000 persons.
The caisson containing Cleopatra's
Needle, the Egyptian obelisk, was afloat in
deep water on the Sth, and would be lowed
to London at once.
Rev. A. Rope, who was consecrated
Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland;
Ohio, in 1S47, and resigned in 1870, died at
st. Adams, w., ON the 9th. He was seventy
seven years old.
DR.. Orion, the Milwaukee physician,
who was indicted some months ago upon the
charge of c0unterfeiting, was arrested at
Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 9th. He had been
practicing Is physician there, assuming the
name of Chambers.
A London dispatch of the 10th discred-
its the reported capture of Plevna by the Rus
slams. The latest intelligence was to the
evening Of the 9th, at which time the fight
ing had been in progress for period of
nearly ten days. The Turks still held Plevna,
but the Russians had secured line of Turk
ish red0ubts, and the retreat of the latter
was thought inevitable. The Roumanian
forces led the storming column, and had
their numbers depleted one-quarter.
A battle was fought with the right
wing Of the Rasgrad Army, ON the 9Th,
which continued all day without substantial
advantage to either side. Each army lost
heavily. The Turkish commander tele
graphed, ON the 9th, that the Russians had
setreated.
A Constantinople telegram of the 1O'h
Gays the whole Ut Sulefman Pasha's army
had passed north of the Balkans.
An Athens telegram Of the 10Th says q
definite agreement had been arrived at be-
tween Greece and Russia, and that the for.
mer would shortly declare war.
An earthquake shock was felt in the
vicinity Of Mount Holly, N. j., ON the morn
ing Of tho 10Th. Houses were shaken and
crockery broken.
The Slate Labor Convention met al
Harrisburg, Pa, ON the 10th, aud nominated
Vim. L. Ewell, for Supreme Judge; John n
Davis for Auditor. General, and James L.
Wright for State Treasurer. The platform
calls for the abolition Of the National bank.
ing system; the unconditional repeal Of the
specie Resumption aca: demands that eight
hours be conaidesed days work and favora
legal punishment for violations; favors sani-