The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-03-21
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GENERAL.
The business portion of Hot Springs,
Ark, was destroyed by fire on the 5tl. About
$50 buildings were burned and 1000 people
rendered homeless. The fire originated from
the upsetting Of u kerosene lamp. The loss
Of property is estimated ut $500, 900, on which
the insurance does not exceed SALOON.
-Four persons named Grasshelm were
arrested in Cincinnati on the 5th, for co,,n.
terfeiting trade dollars, half dollars and
nickcls. Three hundred spurious trade dollars
were CAPTURED, as well as the moltls from which
they were made.
The President has appointed Hon.
J. j. Bagley and Martin Ryerson, of Michigan,
and ex-senator Poland and ex-Gov. Smith, of
Vermont, Honorary Commissioners to the
Paris Exposition.
The New Hampshire Greenback
State Convention met at Portsmouth, on the
9th, and nominated Samuel Flint for Gov
crnor.
A Parliamentary crisis prevailed in
Rome, Italy, on the 9Th, and the Ministers of
Public Works and Public Instruction had ten
dered their designations. The Premier had
undertaken to construct another Cabinet.
a Rome telegram of the 9TH says
the Swiss Guards at the Vatican had, on the
preceding day, demanded the three months
pay usual on the death of the Pope. Upon
refusal. they loaded their muskets and BRAN
dishcd their halberds, but were finally quoted
by concessions.
Judge Marks, 4 member of the Loui-
siana Electoral College. telegraphed, on the eth,
that there was no prospect of pardon for
Gen. Anderson, and that the hearing of the
motion for a new trial had been postponed for
two weeks.
A Havana (Cuba) telegram of the
9TH states that the number of insurgents who
had surrendered from Feb. % to March was
l $3.50, with $50 stand of arms.
A colliery explosion occurred near
Glasgow, on the Sth. Up to the morning of
the 9th, only two persons had been recovered.
Seventeen were still in the pit.
Gladstone, eN-Premicr of Great
Britain. has declined to stand again for Parlia-
ment.
A Constantinople dispatch of the
morning of the 18th says the steamer Sphinx
was recently burned near Cape Ella, and that
200 Circassians on board persisted.
1t was stated from London, on the
9Th, that Lord Lyons would succeed Lord
Derby AS British Minister of Foreign Affairs
\ severe snOw-storm prevailed along
the line of the Union Pacific and other rail-
roads in Nebraska and Wyoming Territory on
the 9th and 10th, blockading trains and caus-
ing the total suspension of trade and travel.
The storm at Cheyenne was severer than any
experienced during the past winter.
\ Bismarck I'd. ~ special of the
llth says a leading Sioux Chief from Sitting
Bulls camp had met and told scout named
Howard that they wanted to surrender. lie
said the Indians were literally starving, and if
they could only save their ponies would will
ingly make their submission to the United
States.
Atlanta, Ga. was visited by a violent
tornado on the morning of the 18th. The
storm struck the city about eleven a. m., at a
time when the churches were filled with
worshipers The Episcopal Church was among
the structures leveled, and here eighteen per-
sons We're more or less hurt. The City Hall
was unroofed, and many private buildings in
iured.