The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-07-26


nrmed both by dispatches from CONSTANT.
nople and st. Petersburg.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 10th
says all available troops had been sent to
Adrianople, to oppose the anticipated Rus
sian advance TO the Bosphorus. The Moham-
medan civil population were panic stricken
and were abandoning the country. It was
reported that the RUSSIANS he'd besn defeat
ed north of TrnOvG i; s&Is; {
The Russians have established / mini.
tary tribunal at Telvi, to try Mussulmeu &C.
cused Of completely in the Bulgarian msssa-
ores. Several have alreadY,Sesn exeepts&
The capture Of Nikopolis, with 1000
men, forty cannon and two monitors was
reported on the 10th.
The monument to p. p. Bliss was dedi.
Gated, at Rome, Pa, ON the 10th, in the pres.
ence of large number Of people. Messrs
Moody and Sankey participated in the cere-
monies. DR.. Picrson, of Detroit, delivered
the dedicatory address.
A witness named Straight testified be-
fore the Grover Investigating Committee, at
Portland, Ore, on the 10th, to the effect that,
from the circumstances of the case, he did
not believe that any-of those who, like him.
self. changed from Nesmith to Grover for
United States Senator, received q cent for 80
doing.
The Constitutional Convention of Geor-
gia assembled, ON the 18th, at Atlanta, and
chose 1 has. j. Jenkins President The Pres
ident said, in his address, that 1t was unnec-
essary to caution the Convention against
doing anything to infringe upon the rights of
the colorcd race.
On the 18th, at the BrookAeld coal.
mine, near Wheatland, Pa. . locomotive
burning anthracite coal for the first time,
entered the tunnel to the mine, and, after
being in short time, the men became sud-
denly affected by the gas and fell to the
ground seuseless. The engineer gave the
alarm, and large number Of men rushed in
to rescue them. As they passed In they were
overcome by the gas, and also fell insensi.
BILE. Finally, a gang was organized which,
by the exercise of extraordinary precau-
tions, was enabled to bring out thirty six
men, of whom six were either dead before
the outside was reached, or died Immediate
ly after.
The Western session of the National
Christian Temperance Camp. Meeting As
sociation began at Lake Bluff, near Chicago,
on the nth, under the leadership OF DR.. Rey-
nolds, the "Red Ribbon reformer.
The intended resignation of Disraeli,
the British Premier, was announced in q
London telegram Of the 18th.
The steamer Fletcher arrived at Bis.
marck, ON the 18th, from Little Big Horn,
bringing the remains of Gen. Custer and
other officers massacred with him by the
Indians, June g, 1876. 1t was stated that
they would be deposited at Fort Lincoln for
the present
Ex-President Grant and party reached
Frankfort-on- the Main, on the 18th, and were
received by the American Consul General
and q reception committee.
A telegram was received at Portland,
Ore, on the 18th, which stated that Joseph's
Band Of hostiles had crossed the Clear
Water, and we're supposed to be heading for
the Bitter Root country, and that cavalry
would be required to effect their dislodg.
ment.
The parade of the Orangemen of Mon
treal, which usually occurs on the 18th of
July, was abandoned this year to avoid
threatened hostile demonstrations. Not
withstanding, there were outbreaks in Mon.
treal, which threatened to be serious for
time. One man, who sought to defend and
protect an Orangeman pursued by mob,
and whose name was Thomas L. Hackett,
was shot and killed. Before he died, he fred
several shots into the crowd, one of which
hit a man named Boone, who has since
died
At a meeting, on the 18th, of white and
black citizens Of the region in South Caro-
lima known as the scene of the Ellenton riot
last fall, with view to the restoration of
peace and harmony, resolutions were unani-
mously adopted looking to a cessation of
race trouble and to a dropping of pending
prosecutions in the Stare and Federal Courts.
In q letter to Capt. Howgate, the orig
inator of plan to establish a colony for
Arctic exploration, the Secretary of the Navy
declines to detail civil officer to accompany
the expedition, on the ground that he does
not consider himself authorized to do SO,
and for the same reason he regrets that he
cannot comply with the request for loan of
Instruments belonging to the navy for use on
the expedition.
At the Cabinet meeting, on the 18th, it
was decided to call upon the Governor of
Washington Territory for volunteers to assist
in the suppression of the Indian troubles in
the Northwest. Nine companies ut Atlanta
had been ordered to Idaho.
Poindexter Edmondson was hanged at
Bloomfield, Mo-, on the 18th, for the murder
Of VIM. Shaw last October. On his trial
his mother and two sisters swore that
he was in bed and asleep at the time of the
homicide, but the jury gave no credence to
the story and convicted him. Subsequently
an idiotic brother died and the family swore
that, on his death-bed, he had confessed that
he himself murdered Shaw. On this teeti-
mony q reprieve was granted, but the DEATH
bed statement could not be eubstantiated to
the satisfaction of the authorities, and he
was hung as above stated. He died protest
ing his innocence.
The Galveston Neps of the 18th has y
special from Brownsville, In which it is
stated that Gen. Canales and Gen. Devin had
had . conference. at which they had no DIM
Guilty in coming to an agreement In relation
70 suppressing raids. They were of opinion
that they could render the passage of troops
from one side to the other unnecessary, by
discharging their respective duties. Gen.
Canales thought the publication of IN order
of such importance as that Of the Secretary
War to Gen. Ord. without notice to Mexico,
was disrespectful 70 the Dias Government,
but he waived that, and would cooperate
with our authorities In any measures neces-
sary to insure peace and ~ secure the pres
ervation Of order ON both banks Of the Rio
Grande.
Application was made, On the 18th, by
the Insurance Commissioner Of Connecticut
for the appointment Of Z receiver for the
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company.
A San Francisco dispatch Of the 18th
announces that Chief joaeuh arnd Ma hand