The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-08
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
TEE whole number of convict. received
1t the State Prison for the year ending Nov.
80, 1876, was 90; number discharged. 20:
| number ct the beginning of the year, 1l6;
number at the end, 166. The expenditures
on its account during the year were $S9, 400,
and its receipts $1s,159, leaving S21 ,247 az
the net cost Of maintaining the prison, or
about $1S8 per capita. These figures are
taken from recent report made to the Gov.
ernor by the Inspectors, who say they want
about 81, 600 to carry ON the establishment
for the ensuing year, beside an additional
appropriation Of $685. for shops and per.
manent improvements. -s.es'a-7..
THE Grand Lodge Of the Order of United
Workmen of the State Of Minnesota was or
ganized at st. Paul, on the Oath. The follow
ing are the officers: G. M. W., Monroe
Sheire, st. Paul; G. G. f., Otto w. Rimpler,
st. Paul; p. G. M. W., H. G. Young, Mime.
apolis; G. o., E. A. Keller, Hokah; G. G.,
VIM. Cheney, Minneapolis; G. sec., F. +.
Wilde. st. Paul; J. R., J.J. McCarty, st.
Paul; G. w., G. A. Gipple, Hokah.
THE Touring mill of 8. C. Barton, at Pc.
ters0n, was burned, on the morning of the
18th. Loss, about SIS, 600.
THE money received for the Haywood
fund had amounted to over $4,000, on the
oath.
THE amount expended for building pur.
poses in Minneapolis during 1876 was
81, 1O7,S5O.
Gov. PILLsBURY had received, up to the I'D,
$4,000 in cash donations for the grasshopper
sufferers and provisions amounting to nearly
$1,000.
THE following were elected officers of the
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, at the
annual meeting held in st. Paul on the 25th:
G. C.. A. Ames, Of Minneapolis; v. G. c.,
A. Frcdcricks, of Minneapolis; G. p, E. w.
Harvey, Elk River; G. NJ. E., D. c. Durham,
Anoka; g. X. r. g., X. Angst, Minneapolis;
G. l. g.. X. VIM. Christensen, Minneapolis;
G. .. g., J. Peterson, Minneapolis.
Gov. PILLsBURY's private Office at the
Capitol has been turned into a depot of sup.
plies for the grasshoppcr sufferers. Clothing
and provisions arc rcpackcd in quantities to
suit the wants Of the families whose needs
arc known, and they arc daily going forward
to gladden. the hearts of the distressed.
THE prospect for the voracious hopper for
next season in Minnesota is discouraging,
but cheering to the farmers. Experiments
ut Albert Lea with 1000 eggs showed that
but two would hatch.
REV. Ii. A. STIMsON, pastor of the Plym.
outh Church, Minneapolis, is, in length Of
settlement, the oldest pastor in Minnesota
He is now entering his eighth year. When
he went to Minneapolis the church mum.
bcrcd 24a; now it is 400 They worshipcd in
small frame cdificc; now they have u large,
elegant stone and brick church, outside Of
Chicago the finest in the Northwest, built al
q cost of $4,000, and all paid for.
BIZ the recent burning of his barn, Mr..
William Murphy, of Roscmount, Dakota
County, lost 400 bushels of oats, 500 bush.
els Of wheat and farming utensils, in all
amounting to 5000. with no insurance.
THE State Board of Equalization has beer
raising the assessment of real estate upor
the frontier thirty three and one third pei
cent, and the newspapers arc demanding ar
investigation.
IT is now generally admitted, says the St
Paul Dispatch, that every acre of our beau.
tiful Minnesota lakes, properly stocked with
the right varieties of fish, will yield as much
food as an acre of cultivated land.
THERE are eighty claimants for the reward
offered for the capture of the Mortified
bank robbers. The authorities and the bank
are ready to pay, but know not whom to re.
ward; and so the matter has been taken into
court for adjustment.
EARLY on the morning of the Goth, the
night Waterman of the st. Paul & Pacific
Railroad Depot, in Minneapolis, observed 8
man taking provisions out of freight cal
which had not yet been unloaded. The
Waterman collared him, but the thief slipped
from his grasp and ran, followed by the
former, who ordered him to halt or he would
shoot The order not being complied with,
five shots were fired at him, one entering his
shoulder and lodging near the heart. The
wounds were fatal. The thief was Fin.
lander named Samuel Knudson. It il
claimed that several articles were found al
his house which he had previously stolen.
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE-On the ED, a resolution was
introduced amending the law Furnishing murder in
the first degree, by which any o'her punishment
than death has to be prescribed in the verdict Of
the jury instead of, as now, the jury prescribing
the death penalty.
HoUsE-A resolution was offered ur.
gently requesting the Congressional delegation
from Minnesota to support the bill for the settle.
ment of the Presidential complications. -. The
cred in Committee Of the WSoie and its passage passage
recommended. The Senate joint resolution me.
mOrializing the United States Senate to pass the
Honse Silver bill was adopted under suspension
or the rules.
SENATE-On the 23d, after nine hours
debate, the resolutions instructing Senators and
Representatives in Congress to support the Com.
promise Electoral bill were adopted-a6 to 5.
HousE-The Senate resolution instruct
ing the Senators and Representatives from Mime.
sofa to support the Congressional Compromise
25th. No business Of general interest beside was
transacted
SENATE-On the oath, in Committee of
the Whole, the resolution asking for the abolition
Of the Electoral College and o direct vote for
President and Vice President was recommended
to be indefinitely postponed.
HOUsE-After q brief debate, the reso.
luton instructing for the Conference Compromise
was voted down-52 to 39-and resolution simply
declaring approval Of the measure reported by the
Congressional Joint Committee adopted-49 to Al.
SENArE-On the 25th, the memorial to
Congress for an extension of the time for com
pletng the Hastings 4 Decatur Railroad was
adopted under suspension of the rules.
HoUsE-The vote of the preceding day
upon the resolutions favoring the Presidential
Compromise bill was reconsidered, and Q concur