The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-25

A Bucharest dispatch of the 18th 70
ports the discomfort in Roumania ~ vcrygrcat
1t had TRANSFERRED that onc-third Of the Rou
manian contingent had been placed hors d,
combat.
A London telegram of the 10Th say,
both belligerents In Bulgaria were busily en-
gagged in caring for the sick. Typhus fcvc
prevailed in all the camps, aud was doing NOR,
to weaken forces than heavy battles.
GENERAL.
Gen. Terry received dispatch from
Gen. Miles, ON the 9th,. announcing the sur
render If the Nex Peces under Chief Joseph
on the 5th, after an engagement lasting three
days. Gen. Miles also reported that he hat
heard there was trouble between Sitting Bull
and the Canadian authorities.
The Frankling Savings Bank, of Al.
lcgheny City, Pa, and the German American
Savings Bank, Of Quincy, ILL.,, suspended OF
the 10th. 1t was believed that the deposition.
I'm each would lose little or nothing.
The Ohio Democrats, on the 10th
claimed a plurality Of 5000 for Bishop fol
Governor, and a majority Of forty in the Legis
lature on joint ballot, as follows: Senate
Democrats, 25; Republicans 10; Housc-Dcm
ocrats, 61: Republicans, 50; Workingmen, 8.
The lowa State Register of the It'll
estimates the total vote Of Iowa in the recent
election at go, 900, divided thus: Gear (Rep.)
for Governor, 10000; Irish Dem, $1,000
Stubs (Grecnback), $4,000; Jcssup Prohi
bition), 5000. The Republican majority IN
the Legislature, on joint ballot, would be
about 50.
The fifth annual session of the
Woman's Congress of the United States began
at Cleveland, Ohio, on the morning of tho
10th.
The following has been issued by
the United States Postofiice Department:
Postmasters are required to keep a COM
plaint-book, i'm which all letters reported ia
them as lost are entered; and, after making
examination of their offices, they are required
to report the loss, with all particulars, without
delay. The public are also invited to report
promptly all losses or irregularities to the
Chief Special Agent, at Washington, D. c.,
and an investigation will follow. If all losses
should be promptly reported, it will be the
means of correcting Irregularities, and the in
terests of the public, as well as the efficiency
of the Postal Service, will he enhanced in a
most important degree. The omission of the
county in the address of letters is one of the
great causes of delay and mis-sending''
The Convention of the Bread-Win-
ners' League was held at Albany, N. Y, on
the 10th. A platform was adopted reaffirm-
ing the Indianapolis platform of 1876, and that
of the Bread Winners League of 1877. A
State ticket was nominated, as follows:
Secretary of State, j. j. JUNO; Comptroller,
F. P. Elliott; Acknowledgement, E. Sharpe;
Treasurer, Julius kearns; State Engineer,
Horatio Seymour, Jr.
A terrible explosion occurred in a
colliery at Pcmberton, Eng, on the 18th.
Forty persons persisted by the accident, and
five of the rescuers suffocated.
The announcement was made from
New York, on the 18th, that Henry Meiggs,
the great South American railway builder, had
died at Lima, Peru, on the 10th of September
last, from softening Of the brain.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cloud Agency, that the Sioux, since the return
of the Indian delegation from Washington, had
expressed willingness to go the Missouri
River.
President Hayes, attended, by invi-
tation, the Frederick (Md.) Fair, on the 18th.
He was accompanied by Sec'y McCrary, Atty
Gen. Dcvens and w. W. Corcoran. John
Ao1, l,1s,
which the President briefly responded. Messrs.
Dcvens and McCrary also made short speeches.
Gilman, the New York insurance
forger, was indicted, on the 18th. On the
18th, he came into court, pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced to five years. imprisonment in
the State Prison.
In Washington, on the 18th, Hon.
Columbus Delano, Secretary Of the Interior
under President Grant, was assaulted by OK
Judge Wright, of Indiana, and quite seriously
injured. The assault arose out of some pro-
ceedings taken by Mr.. DelanO when he was
which led to Wright's prosecution.
Niles G. Parker, ex-State Treasurer
Of South Carolina, was arrested i'm Jersey City,
N. j., on the 18th, on requisition from Gov.
Hampton, charging him with plundering the
State of South Carolina. He was lodged in
jail To reporter he stated that he was will
ing to turn States evidence.
Advices received from Ell Paso, Tex,
on the 18th, indicate serious condition Of af-
fairs in that region. The entire lower portion
of Ell PasO County was In possession of a mob,
and the Americans were reported to have
their ranches and fed to Ell Paso
for safety. It was estimated that four com
panies of troops would be needed to suppress
the disorders. A large number of outlaws
were encamped near the county scat, and had
declared that they would fight the troops II
they attempted to make any arrests.
The French elections, on the 14th,
passed of quietly. The election of 32S Re-
publicans and 19l Conservatives is claimed,
showing a Government gain of about forty
seats.
A heavy gale prevailed along the
British coast, on the 14th and 18th, causing
great loss Of life and property.
1t is estimated that the famine will
cost the Indian Government e15,OOO,OO be.
side the loss Of revenue.
The Chicago Times Of the 14th con-
tains an ''interview y with Messrs. Guild and
Buckley, Cashier and Assistant Cashier of the
defunct Chicago State Savings Institution
who are domiciled at Windsor, Can, in which
they deny that they carried OF or concealed
any Of the funds belonging to the bank, and
announce their intention of returning tc
Chicago to aid in the settlement of the affair
of the institution.
About 600 cigar-makers in New York
City struck for higher wages, on the 18th.
CONGRBSO,
MONDAY, Oct. 15.-The Senate was
called to order At twelve o'clock ON the 18th
with very few absentees. After the calling Of
the roll, Messrs. Stanley Matthews, Dor