The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-04-03
THE NEW WUEILD.
The National House of Representa-


ton Of Mr.. Randall as Speaker; Mr.. Adams
as Clerk; Mr.. Thompson as sergeant-at-Arms;
Mr.. Field as Doorkceper; Mr.. Stewart as Post
These were the officers of the last House. Mr..
Randall received IA votes.
A SCIENTIFIC examination Of the sui
shur, which fell in the shower over the Le-
high Valley, the other day, proves it to be the
pollen from species of pine, caught up on
the wind and carried from'the Jersey forests.
HE President sent in the following
message to Congress on the 10th:
OF REPRESENTATIVES,: The failure of the last
for Legislative and judicial purposes, for the
partments of the Government and for the
sary to call session Of the Forty"s1th
Congress. The estimates Of the appropriations
secded which !, ;ho we're sent to Congress by the
mitted to both the Senate and House
:nce p hs WITCH the
special session of Congress at a time whe a it is
the general Judgment of the country that pub
in our legislation, and by peace and rest, COM
mend these few necessary measures to your con-
siderate attention.
WASHINGTON. March 10. 1879.
A HAVANA (Cuba) dispatch of the
18th says the British steamer Bolivar had
collided with the Haytien steamer Michael, in
West Indian waters, and that the latter sank,
and sixty persons were drowned.
Two MEN were instantly killed and
four seriously injured by premature explo-
sion of dynamite in the Pottsville (Pa.) Col
licry, on the afternoon of the 10Th.
A TRIANGULAR shooting ARRAY oc-
Cured at Vicksburg, Miss, on the night of
the 18th, which resulted in the instant killing
OF Capt W. II. Andrews and w. L. Greene,
and the fatal wounding of Capt. w. F. Fitz-
gerald. The trouble arose over an election of
officers in the Hiternian Society.
Rev. DIR. DEKOvEN, of Racine, q
distinguished Episcopal divine, died on the
10Th, from apoplexy Of the heart. DR.. De-
Koven was once elected, by the Diocesan Con-
vention, Bishop of the Diocese of Illinois, but
the Standing Committees refused to confirm
the choice.
On the 10Th, Surrogate Colvin rem
dered decision affirming the validity of the
late Com. Vanderbilt's will It was stated
that the contestant would appeal.
A HOUSE a few miles from Ponca,
Nebraska, was burned a few days ago, and Mrs.
Bigley. ninety years old, perishe1 in the
flames.
ON the goth, the Republicans of Rhode
Island met in State Convention and renomi-
mated the present State officers. The State
Convention of the Democracy was also in
session and nominated Thomas w. Logan for
Governor; j. D. Bailey for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor; David 8. Baker, Jr., for Secretary Of
State, and Charles H. Page for Attorney Gen
eral.
AGENERAL COURT-MARTIALh has been
ordered for the trial of Col. Stanley, of the
Twenty Second Infantry and Col. Hazen, Of
the Sixth Infantry.
The Southern Bank of New Orleans,
the oldest bank in the city, failed few days
ago, and was placed in the hands Of receivers.
The amount of loss involved Is stated to be
$4,000. The Mechanics' and Traders Bank
followed suit, and, Is soon Is the facts be-.
came known, panic ensued, and . run was
precipitated, the objective points being the
Canal Louisiana State, Germania, Union and
Peoples Banks. On the goth, the Clearing
House, as q measure tending to allay the ex-
element, passed resolution declaring until
March % no depositor should draw out
more than 500 in one day, aud that all other
drafts should be paid in certified checks. The
following is list OF banks whose temporary
suspension was announced on the Goth: Ger
mania National; Hibernian National; Louis
lana National; Mutual National; New Or
leans National; State National; Union Ma.
ti"nal; Bank Of La Fsyette; Citixens' Bank
Of Louisiana: Citizens Savings Bank; Lon