The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-10
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

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CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The Russians have established their
headquarters at Adrianople
On the oath, the Austrians occupied
kogatica, i'll Bosnia, without much opposition.
Several regiments were preparing to
leave Portsmouth, Eng, on the 3Oth ult., fol-
India.
A recent earthquake ut Montefalco,
in the Province of Umbrio, Italy, DESTROYED
AS houses.
Russia has selected Sophia as the
Capital of Bulgaria, instead of Tirnova, the
ancient Capital.
The Chinese Minister was formally
received by President Hayes, on the aSth u 1t
The ceremony was private.
The Dime Savings Bank, of Hart
ford, Conn, failed, on the 30th ult. The
amount of its deposits is s4!S,9'S.
n call has been issued for State
Prohibition Convention in New Hampshire,
~ pS uctu at Na>lus, Oh lNc lOtu O OctODcr.
Mormons to the number of 500 ar
rived at New York, on the 26th. They are
mostly Danes, and started at once for the
West.
During the month of September, there
were thirty failures in New York CITY, The
liabilities were "a, 3os ,O.., and the assets 81
iu4.il..
DR.. August Heinrich Petermann, the
distinguished German yeographer, died. on
the 9th. from an apoplectic attack, suffered
on the preceding day.
Three cases of blasting-powder ex-
ploded at the mouth of the st. Gothard TIN.
iel, on the 25th. Ten workmcn were killed
ana several Others terribly injured.
The United States Treasury held, on
the asth ult., *a49,356,o5O in United States
bonds to secure National Bank circulation,
and $l3, 81, 400 to secure public deposits
The Secretary of the United States
Treasury received an anonymous communica-
ton from Boston. on the eth, inclosing
Sl.S0, to be placed to the credit of the 'con-
science fund.-
Gen. Sheridan has replied to the re-
cent request of Sitting Bull. asking upon
what terms he could make peace with the
United States, that his only terms were UNI
conditional surrender.
The released Fenian prisoners, Ed
ward O'Meagher Condor and Patrick Melody,
arrived in New York, on the .ayth, on the
steamer Moselle. They were warmly received
10y their compatriCtS.
The ironclad treasure-coach, running
between Deadwood and Cheyenne, was at
tackled by road agents, on the Goth. Two of
the messengers were badly wounded, and one
passenger killed, and the treasure box robbed
of about $4,000.
Senior Zamacona, the Mexican Min
lister at Washington, stated, on the 2Sth ult.,
that the purpose of his Government in send
ins 5000 troops to the border was to suppress
raiiing and aid the United States troops in
putting down lawlessness.
President Hayes returned to Wash
in-ton from his Western trip, on the o5th,
and was soon thereafter in sepcrate confer
To have expressed himself as being much
pleased with his reception, both public and
private, at the different points along his recent
journey to and from the Northwest
Two hat-mauufacturing firms of New
York City entered into an agreement, on the
.6th. with the Hatters' Association to have
nothing further to do with convict labor, and
that, III the event If any breach in the agree
inent on the part of the firms, they would pay
the Association $1,000 for each Infringement.
The various shops on Il strike in New Jersey
were notified at once of this compact.
DIR. Collier, the chemist Of the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington, has re.
Gently been experimenting on a large scale in
the manufacture of crystallzed sugar from
cornstalks and sorghum From IL ,.33. pounds
Of the former he secured 2, 1s3 pounds of juice,
and from 13,95S pounds of the latter, 1853
pounds of juice. Cornstalk juice to the
amount of 2,51l pounds yielded 3S2 pounds
of sirup, and 4 ,355 pounds of sorghum juice
yielded go pounds Of sirup This strip con-
tanned IS per cent. of its weight in sugar. The
mill used in these experiments was an indiffer-
ent one, and the sorghum was in small stalks.
With better mill, DIR. Collier thinks farmers
may rely upon results 80 per cent. greater
than the above. In these cases he got good
crystallizcd sugar.