The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-22

agony, ana with every eympt0m OF hydro
phobis.
The Pennsylvania Senate, on the
9Th. by party vote, adopted the House reso-
luton to appoint committee to receive ex-
| President Grant at San Francisco. upon his
| return home.
IN the National Colored Convention,
At Nashville, ON the Sth, .. resolution was
adopted declaring that the migration Of col
ored people to those States and Territories
where they can all enjoy all the rights which
are guaranteed by the Constitution Of the
| United States should be encouraged, and
asking Congress for an appropriation Of
100000 to aid In the removal Of colored peo-
pie from the South.
In the Brooklyn Presbytery, on the
9Th, foal vote was taken on the charges
against DR.. Talmage. and he was acquitted
The Secretary announced that forty-6v votes
had been cast, twenty-five Of which were
| against the charges and specifications, and
sixteen in favor Of sustaining them rs they
| stood, and four for sustaining them in part.
The lay elders voted nine to four for convic-
| ton. After the announcement of the result,
Mr.. Talmage made some characteristic re-
marks, rejecting severely upon the action of
his prosecutors. DR.. Van Dyke presented q
motion of appeal to the Synod Of Long Island,
| signed by eight members of the minority.
ADvICEs received at the Indian
Bureau, in Washington, on the Sth, indicated
that the threatened raid into the Indian Ter
ritDry had come nearly to an end.
The number Of immigrants arriving
at the port of New York during the month of
April of this year, was 11,601; during the
same month last gear the number was $500.
During the year ending on the 3Oth ult. there
were n, 905 immigrants landed at said port;
during the previous year the number was
6S,994.
RETURNS, received up to the morning
of the 9th, indicated the adoption of the new
Constitution in California by from 5000 to
10000 majority.
THE Pope has named Very Rev.
Lawrence 8. Mcmahon, V. G. of Providence,
r. l., to be Bishop Of Hartford, Conn.,, and
Rev. John Vertin, of Neaaunee, Mich, to be
Bishop of Marquette.
The fifty-fifth anniversary of the
American day-School Union was cele-
brated in New York City, few evenings ago.
The annual report shows that there had been
organized in 1873 1,067 new schools, with L.
915 teachers and 80, 769 scholars, and there
had been S,SO5 Bibles and Testaments distrib-
uted, and IA, 40 families visited.
AT Angola, N. Y, on the 9th, the
house of DR.. Delos w. Southworth was con-
sumed by fire. The doctor persisted in the
flames, and his wife was fatally burned.
The sixty-third anniversary of the
American Bible Society was held in New
York City, on the night of the Sth. The an
nual report shows that the society's receipts
last year were &462, 274-an excess of S15,32O
over those of the previous year. During the
year there were 1,266,95S Bibles made, of
which 949, sl4 were issued at home, and 23s. 04O
abroad. .
A PRIzE-FIGHr was fought on Long
Point, a portion of the Canadian Dominion,
opposite Erie, Pa, on the Sth, between Dwyer
and Elliott. Tho fight lasted about fourteen
minutes, and resulted in victory for Dryer.
AT the session in St. Louis, on the
9th, of the National Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation platform was adopted, which de-
clares, among other things, that 1t is the duty
of Congress to adopt the Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, giving women the
right to vote, and that all State Legislatures
should request Congress to submit such an
amendment to them; that the lower House of
Congress should pass resolution authorizing
the appointment of . Committee on the
Rights Of Women Citizens; that it is the duty
Of every woman to demand registration as q
voter, and present her ballot at elections, and
to sue every official who refuses them the
citizens right to vote; that while women are
not permitted to vote, the legislation of the
country is defrauded Of oue-half of the IN
telligence, virtue and practical wisdom of the
Nation; requests Congress to provide for the
appointment Of q fair proportion of intelligent
women to gather vital statistics concerning
women and children for the next census, etc,
etc.
The United States Senate, on the
9th, passed the House bill prohibiting mill
tary interference at elections, by a vote of
thirty-three yeas to twenty-three nays. Nine
pairs were announced, and two Senators were
absent. .a-- :r''rE
HENRY MCSEED, q white man, and
Tom Jones, colored, were hung for murder,
at Appling, Ga, ON the 9th. Richard Henry
Lee, colored, was also hung at Fayetteville,
N. C., for burglary.
A LARGE and brilliant meteor ex-
ploded near Washington, MIMI, on the after
noon of the 18th, with . report equal to q
300.pounder. The conclusion shook the
town. The meteor was plainly visible dur
ing its passage through the air, and was sp-
rarentlY about the size of an ordinary foot
ball.
A PARTY of men crossing the Mis-
sissippi at St. Louis, in . skiff, on the 18th,
were drawn under the bow of q steamer, and
four of them were drowned.
Ex-CoNaREssMAN JOHN RoGERs, of
Moreau, N. Y, died on the morning of the
18th.
At Sidney, Neb., on the 10th, man
named Henry Loomis was MORALLY wounded
by Charles Reed. LOOMS died in the after
noon, and Reed escaped to the bluffs north
of the town, where he was captured by a
posse of officers and put in Jail. About elev-
en- O'Clock at night a crowd Of about 400 peo-
pie surrounded the jail, overpowered the
guards. and compelled the Sheriff to give up
the keys. Reed was then taken and hanged
to telegraph pole. The lynching is said to
have been generally commended by the citi
zeus Of Sydney, Reed having been guilty OF
a former murder In Texas.
On the afternoon of the 10th, q
special train containing the Directors of the
Credit Valley (Can.) Railroad and their
friends. which was standing ON side track at
Carlton Station, was run into by an engine
under Roadway, and the tender of the engine
was driven deeply into the body Of the passen-
ger coach. Eleven Of the occupants were
more or less seriously injured. The engineer
says he was proceeding over the road under
orders, when, the switch being open, he ran
into the train. The switchman says the en-
gtneer gave the signal for him to open the
switch. and, thinking the engine to b. in
tended for the waiting cars, he lid so.
MARK GRAY. who recently attempted
the assassination of the tragedian, Edwin
Booth, while the latter was acting Richard IT.
on the stage Of McVicker's Theatre, Chicago.
has been adjudged insane and sent to the
Asylum at Elgin.
A FIRE in Chicaun nm %ha of4orcoo,,