The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-24

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the opinion that Mulbrandon's case was . spo
radio one.
AT Ellington, Rock Island County,
H., on the 9Th, Lee Robbins, aged twenty
three years, shot and instantly killed his sister
Matilda. aged twenty years, and then shot
himself, dying in half an hour after the trag-
edy. It seems the sister was engaged to be
married, and was at the time she was shot
getting ready for the ceremony, to young
| man named Richards, and that her brother
had several times tried to induce her to break
| the engagement, which she persistently re-
fused to do. The murderer and suicide was
. very pleasant and respectable young man.
MANToN MARBLE, of New York, was
married to Mrs. A. w. Lombard, . wealthy
widow of that city, on the morning of the 9th.
JOSEPH A. BUzzELL was hanged at
Concord, N. H., on the 10th, for the murder
of his aifianced wife or the I'd Of November,
1874.
JUDGE REUBEN NOBLE, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Judge of the Iowa Su-
preme Court, has declined the nomination.
A WASHINGTON telegram of the 10th
says DR.. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon Cen
eral of the Marine Hospital Service, did not
apprehend . repetition of the yellow-fever
epidemic of last year in the South. He
thought there might be sporadic cases, but
considered that the precautions taken would
prevent any spread of the disease.
By the explosion of powder mag
azine near the Standard mine at Bodie, CAL,
on the 10th, the Incline works were blown to
atoms, and everything near them was leveled
to the ground. The Summit works, q short
distance Oh, were shattered to pieces, and
many men were killed, and . number OF 9TH
ers wounded.
FIVE new cases of yellow fever and
one death were reported in Memphis on the
morning of the 10th, but later in the day it
was stated that there were only two persons
in the whole city FRUSTRATED by the disease
Judge Ray and his son. Two deaths had oc-
curred-Frank Mulbrandon and q son of
Judge Ray. A panic prevailed among the
citizens, who were leaving - fast as possible.
The Board of Health had issued an official
order advising the people of the city who
could do so to "quietly remove your fami-
lies to place of safety until we can at
least tell whether the few cases of
fever will assume an epidemic" The
people along the lines Of the different routes
of travel were assured by the Board that
"there can be no possible danger of infection
for many days to Gomez
HANLAN, the champion oarsman,
reached New York from Europe on the morn
ing of the 18th.
A TERRIFIC boiler explosion occurred
on the morning Of the 18th, in the factory of
Adams & Seller, in East Baltimore, Nd,
which caused the death of several persons,
and serious injury to sixteen others. Among
the killed were Mr.. Seller, one of the proprie-
tors, and John Ulrich, the engineer.
No NEW yellow-fever cases or deaths
excitement had considerably abated, and
many citizens who had made preparations to
leave the city had concluded to remain and
await further developments. It was estimated
that fully 5000 people left the day before.
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Little Rock, Pine
Bluff, Norfolk, Oxford, Holly Springs and
Cairo had quarantined against Memphis. A
telegram was received in Chicago from DR..
Saunders, q skillful physician of Memphis,
stating that only four cases and two deaths
had SO far occurred, and an epidemic was not
expected.
A CIRCULAR has been prepared and
issued by the Attorney General of the United
States setting forth that the Judicial Appro-
priation act for the present fiscal year item
ICES all Court expenditures The different
items are quoted and directions given to
Marshals to make their acquisitions in &C
cordance Herewith. The circular cautions
the Marshals against applying money received
f<Npn IA Nf 90 bad
grade. A Washington dispatch Of the 18th
says that, judging from Information received
at the Department Of Justice, United States
Marshals intended to proceed with the duties
of their Offices, and undoubtedly anticipated
reimbursement BY Congress.
WHAT are claimed to be the fossil re-
mains of human being of large dimensions
have recently been exhumed near Taghanic
Falls, n. Y.
PORTIONS of Michigan and Ohio were
visited by severe and destructive wind and
rain storms on the 18th.
Ex-Governor WILLIAM ALLEN, of
Ohio, died very suddenly at his home near
Chillicothe, on the morning Of the 18th. His
first mention of illness was on the morning
of the 10th, and he had symptoms of chill
on the afternoon of that day. At l 80 the
next morning he arose suddenly from his
bed, staggered to chair, fell into it, and died
without word.
A STATEMENT has just been issued by
the War Department giving the number of
men furnished the Union Army by each State
and Territory and the District of Columbia
from April Is, 1861, to the close of the war of
the rebellion. 1t shows that the total number
Of volunteers was 2,67S, 967, distributed as fol-
lows: