The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-12-19
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,

The Russians claim from the Turkisl
Government 5000, QUO francs for the expens
Of occupying Bulgaria.
At the Los Angeles (Cal.) city cleo
ton, on the Sd, the Workingmen elected thci
entire ticket, except three Councilmen.
Fifty houses in the business portion
Of the Town Of Macon, Miss, were recent,
destroyed by fire. Loss, $aOO, 700; insurance
&lO3OOO.
THE Washington County Poor-House
at Washington, Iowa, WAS burned y few dsy,
ago, and five Of the twenty-six inmates per
ished in the fire.
The Sultan has declared that the re-
cent changes in the Turkish Cabinet impl,
the intention of carrying out the provisions ~
the Berlin Treaty.
The West of England and South
Wales District Bank suspended. on the 9TH
Liabilities about $aO,0O,oOO. The bank had
torty-niie agencies and branches.
During eleven months of the presen,
year the number of immigrants arriving a,
the port Of New York was Ha,14s. against 81,
COZ for the same period last year, and 65.S3(
for the same period the year before.
The seventy-fourth call for 5-2C
bonds, conscls of 1865, was made by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury, on the 9Th. The
amount was s5,OO0O0O. Principal and inter
est will be payable on the 9th Of March.
Hobart B. Bigelow (Rep.) has been
chosen Mayor Of New Haven, Conn.,, and the
Greenback candidate (Mr- Wiiliams) has been
elected Mayor of Gloucester, Mass, by ma
iority of AS over the Republican nominee.
The New York Tribune of the 9Th
announces that Orville Grant was, the day
before, released from the State Lunatic Asy-
lum at Morris Plains, n. j., and was accom-.
panied to his home, at Elizabeth, by his son.
The Caledonian Bank, of Glasgow,
has gone into liquidation. in consequence OF
its holding stock in the City of Glasgow Bank.
Its paid up capital of :.5O,OOO has been set
aside to meet its assessments on that stock.
The Director of the Mint of Bor.
deaux, France, has been arrested upon the
charge of abstracting l,30O, 600 francs worth
of silver bars belonging to the ROthschilds,
and substituting therefor galvanized copper
bars.
The Emperor of Germany promul.
gated decree, on the 5th, announcing that
he had again assumed the reins OF govern.
ment, and thanking the Crown Prince for his
devoted performance of the imperial func-
tions.
The Executive Committee of the
National party have effected permanent or.
ganization, and established headquarters al
Washington. Hon. Frank U. Devices is Pres
ident and Thomas J. Durant, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, on the
4th, while ascending the stone steps leading to
the House of Representatives, at Washington
on crutches, slipped and fell, causing pain.
full wrench of the knee, which is likely to con.
fine him to his bed for some time.
Supervising-Architect Hill, of the
Treasury Department, has been suspended
by order of the President, until his trial upon
the indietmentrecently found against him in
Chicago. A Mr.. Frazier has been directed to
take charge of the affairs of his office during
the suspension.
One hundred and eight delegates,
claiming to represent Trade Unions in all
parts Of the country, met in Philadelphia, or
the night of the 9Th, to form National polit
cal organization. They decided to call Ma
ion (oy 70 ah.,pf ho II
of January next, either in St. Louis or Chi
cago.
A Louisiana paper states that there
are now nearly, if not quite, fifty cases Of
leprosy in Lafourche, in that State, all origi
mating from one person suffering from thu
disease, who, some twenty years ago, settled
in Bayou Lafourche. A Legislative inquiry
is asked for.
The Grand Jury Of the United States
Court, at Yankton, d. T., have found twelv,
indictments against DR.. Livingston, ct all, o.
the Crow Creek Indian Agency. There ar,
said to be over 100 false vouchers by Living
ston that are outlawed, and the Government
will begin civil suits to recover the money
thus embezzled.
A young lady named Hotham,
daughter of well-known resident of Hill
side, Pc, was left at home, few nights ago
with two younger sisters, aged nine ant
twelve respectively. About half-past eigh
O'Clock her brother Joseph returned HON,
from a spelling-be and undertook to fright
en- his sisters by passing himself off for
tramp, and succeeded so we'll that his eide
sister shot him dead as he stood on the porcl
in front of the door.
The Central Executive Committee o
the National party has issued an address t,
the people of the United States, reviewing tn
rise and progress of the party, and expressin,
confidence that the party will elect its candi
date for President In 1880 The address Dc
nounces the late action of the New Yor
clearinghouse, and says the contest is b.
tween the money power and the people, bt
tween bank bills based on untaxed bonds an
Government legal tender. An appeal
ade for organization in the interest of th
National party in every school district, cit,
town and ward in the country.
At mass meeting held in Ne,
Orleans, on the night of the 5th, resolution
were adopted expressing the deepest sense
gratitude to the people Of the entire countg
for the spontaneous and generous aid e,
tended to the residents of that city during tn
recent epidemic. They declare that never b.
fore has any people been the recipients of {
grand charity, and never can its imprcssiv
lesson Of humanity be forgotten; that "n
difference Of political creed can weaken, an
no evils Of designing politicians sever, ii,
which bind us BY the most tender and sacre
memories in bonds of National brotherhoo,
one and indissoluble.''
A Constantinople dispatch of the 3
says the Bashi- Bazouks and Circassians hs
defeated the Bulgarian insurgent forces
Macedonia, and burned twenty villages. On
1000 inhabitants escaped.
A Vienna dispatch of the Sd says th
return Of the army of occupation from Bosn