The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-04-19

REDWOOD FALLS. MINNESOTA
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Caleb Cushing, United States Minister
Mt Madrid. has had a farewell audience with the
King.
A school.house in the Norwegian village
of Eilcngoa has been burned, and sixteen chill
dren perishcd.
Finzel & Sons. of Bristol, England, pro.
prieton of the largest sugar refinery i'm the
world, have failed. with liabilities aggregatine
s2,50O.0o0.
John P. Hoyt, of Michigan, has been
appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, and
Alfred Z. Lee. Of Ohio, to be Consul General Al
Frankfort, Germany.
Alonzo Bell has been appointed Assist.
ant-Secrctary Of the Interior being promoted
from the Chief-Clerkship, in accordance with
the Clvll-Service rules.
The American pedestrians, O'Leary and
Weston, recently engaged in a walking-matcha at
London, the former winning, Weston being
Twenty-Five miles behind at the end of the con-
test.
The New York papers of the 9Th say
the only difficulty then in the way Of the re-
lease of Tweed was his unwillingness to divulge
the names Of those who are said to have been
bribed by him.
Peter B. Sweeney, in card recently
published, denies that he has any revelations to
make concerning ex-Mayor Hail. or any other
person. and he says none can truthfully be made
regarding himself.
The Spanish General commanding in
Cuba has promised pardon to every person in
rebellion who surrenders before the first of next
May. provided such person has not committed
an extraordinary offense.
A family. named Kcafer, were recently
arrested by Kansas detectives, at Alma, Ark,
on suspicion of being the notorious Bender
tribe of murderous fame in Kansas. The de-
tectivee had been shadowing the Keafers for
some time and are confident they have captured
the right parties.
Gov. Packard addressed letter to Presi.
dent Hayes. on the 5th. in which he excerpts to
the instructions issued to the Louisiana Commits
sioners, in that they exclude or do not direct in
quiry upon the three essential questions, namely
Which is the legal government entitled to recog-
milton: which is the legal Judiciary? and does
domestic violence and instruction prevail with
in the meaning of Sec. 4, Art. 4, of the Constitu-
tion Of the United States?
At a late session of the New England
that the freedmen of the South should have Sc
cured to them the rights and privileges that
their changed relation to the country and their
increased responsibility demand for them; rec
ognizins clearly-defned purpose on the
part Of the President to so administer the
Government as to secure to all classes the
full and free exercise of all their rights and
privileges. and pledging to him, in the
execution of this purpose, hearty sympathy and
support. The New York Methodist Conference,
in session at Rondout. on the 9th adopted reso-
buttons approving the conciliatory policy of
President Hayes.
John P. Phair, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. Annie Freize. was to have been hung at
Windsor. VT, the 9Th. The evidence was
circumstantial, but deemed conclusive, and all
efforts for pardon or reprieve had failed. On the
morning of the 9Th the Boston papers published
a statement from Phair that, if given time, he
could establish an abb and prove his limo
cence. This statement attracted the attention
of a gentleman, who remembered to have seen
Phair at one of the places mentioned, and where
he could not have been had he been guilty of
the murder. He telegraphed the Governor of
Vermont, and, on the strength of the story, a
reprieve was telegraphed, delaying the execution
until May l. that the new aspect Of the case may
be investigated.
CONDENSED TElE6RAPhIC NEWS.