The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
Condensed Telegraphic News.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


CURRENT PARAGR APHs.
\ Convention of State Agricultur:
Societies will be held in Washington, ON til
third Tuesday III February.
Hon. John B. Kerr, an eX-Nfember G
congress from Maryland, died at his res
dence in Washington on the 9th.
Up to the Goth of january, the popu
lar subscription to the new 4 per cent. loa
aggregated total of about Sa,6OO,OOO.
Jacob and j. A. Huntsinger, banker
at Pottsville, Pa, have been sentenced to tw
years imprisonment. in the County Jail fo
conspiracy to defraud depositors.
During the first century of its ex
istence, the United States Government PAL
pensions to its soldiers and their widows an
orphans amounting to S4a5.G00,oOO
At the State Prohibitory Convention
held at Concord. n. H.. on the :a,3d, Asa s
Kendall was nominated for Governor, an,
strong prohihitory resolutions were adopted
\ Washington telegram of the 24tl
says the Government would not release tn,
Syndicate from its last subscription of $40,
100000 of per cent. bonds, as previously re
ported
The United States Treasury held, OF
on the Goth. S3i6. Oi5. $50 in Government bond:
to secure the National Bank circulation OF
S3309,22.4,4. and 1868, 900 in bonds to secure
public deposits.
\ cylinder containing gas for q
calcium light in Baltimore theater exploded
on the 9th, just before the beginning of the
matinee performance. and three men, attaches
Of the theater, were fatally injured.
The Supreme Court Of South Caro-.
lima has decided that Circuit Judges must be
elected by ballot instead of RIA tocs. This de-
ci>on Gusts all Circuit Judges elected prior to
Isl, by the Republican Legislature, and re.
tains the two elected last year by the Demo.
Gratis. Ch;ef-Ju>tice Willard dissented.
4 recent New York dispatch says it
had transpircd that the colorado Stone
Man" which had been claimed as pctrifac-
ton, was manufactured by the man who con
structed the Cardiff Giant some years
ago. and planted i'll Colorado, where it was
uppcstunely discovered by the fabricator
4 new iive-dollar counterfeit note
on the Farmers National Bank of Virginia
H.. was discovered at the National Bank Re-
dempton Agency. in Washington, on the
oath. The plate is evidently altered from the
one from which the five-dollar counterfeit on
the Traders National Bank Of Chicago wa;
printed. The charter number on the counter
felt discovered is l.i01, while that on the gen.
uine is 1,41l.
\ man named Fitch, said to have
been engaged with Hull in making the ..Colo
RADIO Pctrfed Man." has giving a reporter Of
the New York Times an interesting statemen,
of the construction of the fraud. He also
states that Hull made the famous stone tab
lets of the Connecticut Valley, in which were
imprinted, by artificial means. the tracks OF
prehistoric birds. Hull bought turkey and
Used the feet to make the intlentations. These
relics. it will be remembered. excited the whole
scientific world and many learned spce,,lations
as to their origin We're made in the reviews AND
monthly magazines.
In reply to a communication from
Mr.. Glover. Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment, relative to the proposed investigation
into alleged abuses in said Department, Presi-
dent Hayes stated. III writing, on the Fist, that
he should be glad to cooperate heartily with
the committee in such investigation, and to
that end would issue such proper directions to
al officers of that or any other Department as
might be required to secure prompt and effec-
tive assistance in the conduct Of the investiga.
ton. He further gave assurance to all sub
ordinate ofticels that the fact of their testify.
ing truly and fully before committee should
not be used to their prejudice.
The following was the vote on the
Matthews resolution declaring the right of the
Government to pay its bonds in silver, adopted
by the Senate, on the 25th. -iws-Allison
Anthony, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Bruce, Came
ron tPa.), Cameron (Wis), Chaffee, Coke
Conovcr, Davis Qll.), Davis CIV. Va), Dennis
Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Gordon, Grover, Here
ford, Howe, Johnston, Jones (Fla.), Kirkwood
McCreery, Mcdonald, Mcmillan, Matthews
MaSey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby
Plumb, Ransom, salisbury, Saunders
spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees,
Wallace. Withers-43. Noes-Anthony, Bar
mum. Bavard, Blaine, Burnside, Chris
tiancy, Conkling, Dawes, Eaton, Edmunds
Hamlin, Herman, Lamar Mcpherson, Mitchell
Morrill,, Paddock, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent
Wadleigh, Windom-22