The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16

the town. The trees, houses and fences
which stood in its path were leveled with thu
ground. Several persons were killed.
The large Gotten press warehouse o
the Union Cotton Press Company, at Charles
ton, 8. C., was burned on the morning of tn
Let. With the building were destroyed lO.19
bales of cotton. Loss, e575. 900. The Dir
was the work of an incendiary.
The amount of interest paid at tn,
Treasury in Washington, on the I'd, was Gao,
OOO, all of, which was paid in legal-tende
notes, except $2,S6l, for which the holders o
coupons asked and received coin checks OF
New York. The holders Of coupons had pre-
vi0usly received coin for them, but on the I'd
for the first time, they had to take legal-ten
der or coin checks on New York. Many &C
cepted legal tender, though not without som,
growing, and others demanded the COLI
checks. Sec'y Sherman is represented q,
being in excellent spirits because of tn,
swooth working OF affairs under the Resump
ton act. A number Of kilograms re
ceived by him from different part
of the country were sent over t.
the President, among them one from Assist
ant-Treasurer Hillhouse, at New York, re
ceived early in the day, to the effect that tn,
amount of gold demanded for United State,
notes was insignificant Just before the clos.
of the Office another dispatch from Hillhouse
giving the amount discussed as $4,000
and the receipts 900, 900, was received ant
read with much qualification. Orders for 81,
600 standard silver dollars were received q,
the Treasury Department, on the I'd.
A Vienna telegram of the Sd says the
leading inhabitants of Podgoritza had telc
| graphed to the Sultan their determination moi
to submit to those terms of the Treaty of Der
lin which provided for the cession of the
Province to Montenegro.
The Porte has advised the Bey of Tu.
mis- to come to an amicable arrangement with
France.
A correspondent with the Quettah
column reports that the Afghans have flooded
the country around Candahar, and that all
non-combatants have been ordered to leave
the city.
A strike among the freight-train
guards of the Midland (England) Railway &C
CURED, on the Sd, against the prolongation Of
the hours of labor.
Some twenty persons, sent by Com.
missioner Lane before the United States Cir
cult Court in New Orleans, charged with
frauds in the recent election, were, on the
Sd, held to bail in the sum of $1,000 each.
Fifteen persons, arrested in Natchitochcs
Parish, by Deputy United States Marshal.
were brought to New Orleans. They are par
ties against whom one Hornsby gave evil
dence for, as he alleged, running him out OF
the parish during the late campaign.
The cold weather extended generally
throughout the East on the Sd. The Their.
mometer ranged in different localities
at from deg above to Is and 20 below
zero. The thermometer at Cairo, ILL.,, marked
8 deg below zero; at st. Louis Is below; at
Richmond, Va. above, and the James River
was frozen over; at Bismarck, ID. T., the
mercury indicated 80 deg. below zero, and q
correspondingly low temperature prevailed
throughout the West and South. Many cases
of death by freezing were reported.
The Second Baptist Church, the
finest church edifice in st. Louis, was entirely
destroyed by fire, on the morning of the Sd.
The loss was e125,OOO. On the preceding
night the new Presbyterian Church in Quincy,
ILL.,, was also burned. Loss, 5000
A London telegram of the 5th says
report had been received from Gen. Roberts
that he had reached point eight miles from
the residence of the Governor of Khost, in
Afghanistan, and that the latter official had
sent in his submission to the British authori-
ty. 1t was also reported from Jelalabad that
Yakoob Khan was preparing to leave Canda-
har and Cabul, for Herat.
The Senatorial elections which took
which took place in France on the 5th result.
ed in Republican victory.
The Cornish Bank, at Truro, Corn
wall, in England, failed, on the 4th. The
liabilities are stated to be not far from $780,.
600. The bank was ITO years old, and did q
large business In mining and other securities
snow was reported, at vlcKsDurg,
Miss, and Shreveport, La, on the 5th. The
weather was unusually severe throughout al.
most the entire South One man was frozen
to death near New Orleans. The sidewalks
in that city were covered with ice and the
streets were frozen hard. Ice being cut in
the Potomac River, at Washington, D. c., was
from eight to twelve inches thick. In Florida
it was feared that ice and frost had done con.
siderable damage to the orange and othe,
fruit trees.
The Honore Block, in Chicago, was
very badly damaged by fire on the afternoon
of the 4th. The Postoffice occupied portion
of the building, and was, with other occu.
pants, hastily driven out, though all mail
9TH
eral narrow escapes from the upper stories OF
the building are reported. The damage sus.
tanned is something more than 100000 The
Postoffice has been temporarily located in the
Singer Building, corner Washington and
State streets.
A London telegram of the 9Th says
the distress increased daily throughout the
entire country. At Manchester, ON the Sd,
there were 5000 applications from heads OF
families, representing 1850 persons, to the
Relief Committee for aid, and, on the 5tb,
1000 fresh applications. During the week
1900 families had been relieved in Wolver.
hampton, and considerable distress was re.
ported from Sheffield.
On the 9th, the strikers on the Mid.
''NA'A A Hu1uuClcu I,sUU
Over 500 coacl-builders had struck in Liver
pool, and 500 shipwrigh Is in Middleboro.
A Vienna telegram of the 9Th says
Russia had promised to evacuatc Bulgaria and
Rumelia on the LIST of April
1t was reported from Tashkend, in
dispatch published on the 9Th, that the
British Commanders were distributing large
sums OF money among the people of the dis
tricts in Afghanistan already subiugated. The
sum was stated to be six dollars in gold to
every male and female.
The Louisiana Legislature convened
on the 9Th. j. G. Moucure was elected
Speaker of the House. The Senate reelected
the old officers.
The Tennessee Legislature organ.
lied, on the 9Th, by clecting John r. Nca
Speaker of the Senate and H. p EowILo.