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

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REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Persia has announced her intention not
to join Russia.
The Shcik u Islam has proclaimed q
holy war against Russia.
England has notified the Powers that
she will protect the Sucz Canal.
The Russian vessels at San Francisco
have been ordered to the Persian Gulf.
The Russians have closed several chan
ncls of the Danube about Matchin with tor
pcdocs.
Negotiations arc said to be pending
for triple alliance between Germany, En-.
gland and Austria.
A Mrs. Wilberg was severely burned,
in Chicago, on the 10th, by the explosion of
kerosene oil stove.
The Russian and Roumanian authori-
ties have issued decree prohibiting all
traffic ON the Danube.
The capture of the town of Arabian,
an outlying fortified point near Kars, has
been officially announced.
The Town of Creswell, N. C., was to-
tally destroyed by fire on the night Of the
18th. Great distress prevails.
1t is reported that the American officers
In the service of the Khcdivc Of Egypt have
refused to bear arms against Russia.
At Carson, New, on the 18th, ex.Judge
Chas. II. Bryan was strangled to death by
piece of meat while eating his dinner.
The greater part of the business portion
of the town of Woodstock, n. B., was con-
sumed by fire on the 18th. Loss, &SOO,OOO.
Com. Edward w. Carpenter, of the
United States Navy, died at Shrewsbury,
y. j., few days ago, aged eighty one years.
A British fleet has been stationed at
Port Said, opposite the entrance of the suez
Canal, with the ayowed intention of protect
ing that thoroughfare.
The reported capture of Sukum Kalch
and the rising of the Circassians, who massa-
cred the garrison and burned the town, has
been officially confirmed.
Five prominent candy manufacturers
of Boston have been indicted for the use of
poisonous ingrc tents, and held to bail
in the sum Of 5000 each.
A Turkish gunboat has been captured
by Roumanian bat cry below Widdin. She
was built ut Pesth and was en- route for
Rustchuk for her armament.
Ex-Gov. Tilden is said to have declined
an invitation to attend the recent New York
Chamber Of Commerce banquet, at which
President Hayes was guest.
Michael Donahue died of hydropho-
bia, in Chicago, on the evening of the 18th.
He was bitten six weeks before by a strange
dog with which he was playing.
Prince Milan has sent an autograph let
ter to the Emperor Alexander, in which he
states that Scrvia was ready to take the field
with 10000 men, provided Russia would pay
the expenses.
The manager of the Royal Aquarium
at London has learned from his correspond
ent at Oban, Scotland, that the reported
capture of the sea-scrpent at that place is a
shameful hoax.
The Secretary of the Treasury, it is
stated, has recently rendered the Solicitor
ship Of the Treasury to ex-GOv. Chamberlain,
of South Carolina. The Governor declined
the appointment.
The statement is made that the Gar
will remain at Bucharest, in Roumania, until
the war ends. Krajoca, Oltcnitza and 9TH
er Roumanian towns have been occupied by
the Russian forces.
During the Whit Monday amusements
at Hull, England, on the 2lst, a balloon,
about to ascend, was blown against gas jet
and exploded. Eighty-six Of the spectators
were injured, six dangerously.
At Cleveland, Ohio, recently, Mrs. John
Donavan quarreled with her husband and
then jumped iuto the river with her two chill
dren, aged Two years and eight months re-
spectiveiy, in her arms. All were drowned.
The collections of internal revenue dur
: 81,
ed at s103, 6OO,O9S. Commissioner Raum
thought the aggregate returns for the entire
fiscal year would be up to the estimate
Sl2O,00O,OOO.
The unwilling of the statue of Fitz-
Greene Halleck, in Central Park, New
York, occurred on the afternoon Of the 18th.
The presentation speech was made by the
President, and the speech Of acceptance by
Mayor Ely.
Another call uhe forty seventy has
been issued for the redemption of SO bonds
and consols of 1865, to the amount of *1O,-
00o,OOO, principal and accrued interest to be
paid on the 2lst Of August, interest to cease
on that day.
The South Carolina Legislature has
elected Associate Justice Willard Chief-Jus-
tice by vote Of 81 to Al for all other candi-
dates. Col. Henry McIvor, the Democratic
nominee, has been elected as Justice Will
ards successor.
During April, $34. SOC, 900 of National
Bank notes were redeemed by the Redemp-
lion Agency. Since the organization of the
agency the counterfcits rejected amountedto
$4,000, and the stolen and other notes re-
jccted to nearly $4,000.
The Acknowledgement of the United
States has decided that it is lawful for the
Secretary Of War to indorse upon officers
vouchers for pay the words: 1.-THE within
account is believed to he correct and would