The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-12-12

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REDWOOD FALLS. MINNESOTA.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
CuRiUr rAmAaRAru..
The Russian Council of State is con-
sidering = PROJECT TOT taxing American cotton
imports.
Prince .Gortschakoff, the Russian
Prime Minister, has rendered his resignation
to the Car.
j. & j. Fenton, bankers, of Roch-
dale and Haywood. Eng, have failed for
*2,5Ol,OOO.
A Chinaman was naturalized in the
Court OF Common Pleas, New York City, a
few days ago.
Robert Heller, the magician, died in
Philadelphia, on the night of the 27th, after a
very brief illness.
Henry Taylor Il Sons. -four and grain
merchants, of London and Glasgow, have
failed for $500, 600.
The Wyoming Thread Company Fact
CRY, at Fall River. Macs, was burned on the
18th ult. Loss, 100000.
The Supreme Tribunal at Madrid has
condemned Moncasi, the would be assassin Of
King Alphonso, to DEATH.
The Council of Ministers has decided
to excl all foreigners belonging to the Inter-
national Society from Spain. J.
The Porte has directed the suppress
sion OF the Turkish Legation at Washington
and many of the minor Consulates.
Com. William F. Spicer died at the
Boston Navy-fxrd, on the LIST, and was
buried at Winchester, Mass, on the ID.
Russia; and Rouin ania have arrived
at an understanding in regard to the passage
OF troops through territory belonging to the
latter Power.
Since the cessation of hostilities with
Russia, Turkey has received twenty nine YES
eel loads of rifles and cannon, mostly from the
United States.
Suleiman Pasha has been degraded
and sentenced to confinement in Turkish
fortress ~ a Punishment for his conduct dur
ing the war with Russia.
The Alabama Legislature, IN joint
convention, on the eth, elected Gov. George
5. Houston United States Senator. There
were only two negative votes.
On the evening of the I'd, 1t. Rev.
J. z. B. Wilmer, Episcopal Bishop of Louis
lana, was striker with an apoplectic hit, at
New Orleans, and almost Immediately ex.
pired.
Lady Annie Louisa Gooch. who had
been arrested'in London on a charge of at
tempting to pass off a spurious child as the
heir of her husband, was, on the 2Sth, COM
United for trial.
The public-debt statement for No.
vember shows q total of debt and interest of
ss,Soa, 'aS,sOs. Cash in Treasury, s275 ,3l4,-
5>S Debt. less cash in Treasury, s2,O27 ,4l4,-
~, Increase during the month, 1924, 242.
The official returns of the recent
election in Kansas foot up as followe, for Gov
Dem), 1900; Mitchell (Greenback), q, O57.
The vote on the remainder of the State ticket
aggregates about the same
A Washington telegram of the LIST
Gays the annual report of Census Superin-
tendent Walker states that since the census
OF $50 the increased population of the North.
western States is enormous, while the South
and East rpmaiD unchanrod
The National Grange of the Patrons
OF Husbandry, in session a. Richmond, Va,
adjourned Oh the Both ult., after character.
ling the Internal Revenue tax upon tobacco
as unequal and unjust, and providing for
memorial to Congress praying its re peal.
New York telegram of the I'd saws
J. K keene, of that city, had bought on the
Chicago market 1000, 900 bushels of December
wheat. at prices ranging from eighty to eighty
five cents. which he would store until he
found Il suttable market to unload upon.
The New York Tribune of the 9th
says no trace had yet been discovered of the
robber, OF the Stewart tomb A wel-known
police official had stated that both the mem.
hers OF the police force and the detectives
were growing weary of the fruitless search.
Clerks in the Superior Court of New
York City say that certainly twelve or fifteen |
On namen have been made citizens i'm that
city within the last twenty years. Three who
were ndulraizei last year could read and |
write aud said they believed in the Christians |
The number of failures in New York |
City during November was tifty-six-uine
more than in October. The liabilities
amounted to s1,579994, and the assets to
s4O6 952; the liabilities being sl,75O, 600 less
than in October. In November of last year
there were seventy-seven failures, with liza
biittes amounting to o., 100000.
The Marquis and Marchioness of
Lorne have reached Montreal, where they
were most en- husi 4stically received. The CITY
WAS sorseOuslv decorated and the popular
outburst Of welcUie unprecedented. An adj
dress was presented by the municipality, to
which the Marquis made suitable reply. Dur
ing the evening of the goth ult., the city was
spleudidly Illuminated. "|
The total number of standard silver
dollars coined since their reconciliation, up
to md including Nov 23d, was 19,s14,55l. OF
this number about 10,50lGOO were in the
United states Treasury, some ,.OO, 900 were
IN the mint,vaults, and the balance, little
over 5,0OO.OOO, was in general circulation.
The total was about 800 900 In excess of the
minimum required by law.
A few days ago. young man named
Frank Turner, aged twenty years, called at
the house of Samuel Judd, about six miles
from Willamstown, KY, and invited Judd to
drink from bottle, but the latter declined,
whereupen he was ordered upon his knees, at
the muzzle of a revolver, and while in that
position, Turner deliberately cut Judd S throat
with knife, killing him instantly.
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The Commissioner of Pensions has
ise,,od u Il da,nuior <haco onoo<.