The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-30

cree pardOning 1,SOO Communists.
Touchard, tho distinguished French
Admiral, died at Paris on the 10th.
BY the late snOw-stOrm, the sheep
farmers of Scotland lost over 1O0, 900 head o
sheep.
Eben +. Stone has been elected Chair
man of the Massachusetts Republican Stat
Central Committee.
The North Wales Miners Union ha!
voted 81 to every member cmigrating t
America, and ETA to emigrants to Australia
Hon. Daniel Voorhees, was nomi
mated for United States Senator by the Demo
Gratis of the Indiana Legislature, on the Goth
The Lower House of the LOuiSians
Legislature has repealed the charter of tn
Louisiana Lottery Company, by vote of 6
to 20.
A Rome dispatch of the 18th say
the Vatican was about to establish severa
new Bishoprics in the United States, and in
stitute new Hierarchy.
The trial of the City of GlasgoY
p.-.s,a>pAiosn: Il hey are charged with fraud
theft and cmbezzlement
A collision recently occurred on til,
Warsaw Railroad, near st. Petersburg, il
which twenty persons were killed and thirty
two injured, twenty-one dangerously. :.
The Democrats in the Pennsylvania
Legislature have nominated Hon. Heiste
Clymer as their candidate for United States
Senator. Senator Cameron is the Republican
candidate.
The New York Republican Legisla
tive caucus nominated Hon. Roscoe Conklne
for United States Senator, on the Goth. Lieut.
Gov. Doreheimer received the Democrat,
nomination.
Thomas w. Rocker Il Co., of ella.
morganshire, in Wales, iron-masters, have
failed for large amount. They owe the
Bristol and West of England Bank, which
lately suspended, S3,OOO,OOO.
At the New York fire, on the night
of the 18th, fireman named Reilly was killed.
When his body was brought home next morn
ing, his wife gazcd moment at it and then
dropped dead upon the floor.
The Republican caucus of the Hi
nois Legislature, on the evening of the 18th,
nominated Gen. John A. Logan for Uuited
States Senator. The vote on the first ballot
was: Logan, so; Oglesby, 26.
Martin Bergan, an alleged ''Mollie
Mcguire" was hung at Pottsville, Pa, on the
10th, for murder committed eight years ago
He exhibited great bravery on the scaffold.
Bergan is the nineteenth "Mollie" hanged.
The Secretary of the Treasury, on
the 18th, issued another call for the redemp
ton of $50 bonds. The call is for $4,000,
oVO-$l0,OOO,OO0 coupon and $4,000, 900 regis
tered-interest to cease on the 18th of April
John p. Jones has been reelected
United States Senator by the Nevada Legis
lature, the vote standing Jones, 60; Hill
mouse (Dem.), IA. The Colorado Legislature
mas elected N. P. Hill (Rep.) to the United
States Senate.
According to the annual circular OF
Dun Il Co., the total number of failures in
the United States for 1878 were 1O,47S, with
it"oni.rcs amounting TO S2;4, OOO,0OO. This
shows an increase over 1877 of 1,57l in mum.
Der, and SAC, 1000, 700 in amount.
Lieut.. Gov. Hull, of Florida, late
Democratic candidate for Congress from the
Second District, has been indicted by United
States Grand Jury upon the charge of con
spring, with Others, in obtaining false re-
turns OF elections in Brevard County.
A dispatch from Philipopolis, re-
ceived in London on the 18th, states that, on
the 18th, railway train fell into the River
Arda, in consequence of the breaking of a
bridge, and that Russian General, several
other officers and 200 men were drowned.
A few mornings ago, young lady,
named Miss Walker, residing at Brecon Mills,
Ont, suddenly expired. Her betrothed, Ed
win Cousins, hearing of her death, cut his
throat, and the young lady's mother, on see
ing the corpse Of her daughter, dropped dead.
A dispute about cab-fare in front of
the London and County Banking Company's
building in London, on the 18th, caused a
crowd to gather. Seeing the gathering and
thinking the bank was in trouble, depositors
began to withdraw their funds, and by the
time the bank closed for the day, a decided
and persistent run was in progress.
The New York San of the 10th said
that it was stated, upon authority so trust
worthy as to leave but little doubt of the cor
rectness of the report, that Mrs. A. T. Stewart
had told at least two persons that the remains
OF her husband had been recovered. Fifty
thousand dollars is the amount said to have
been paid for the return of the body.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has lately decided that polygamy is a
crime against the laws of the United States.
and that the law prohibiting bigamy and
polygamy Is Constitutional. Cannon, the
Utah Delegate, hopes to get bill, it is stated.
through the present Congress, providing that
the decision shall not be retroactive, and says
the practice will be abandoned.
The Eleventh Annual Convention OF
the Woman Suffrage Association recently
met in Washington. Addresses were made.
papers read and a committee appointed to
wait upon the President and inform him that
there are 100000 women in the United
stetes, and rnat, having ignored them in his
late message, it would be wise for him to
make some mention of them in future mes
ssgcs.
A few nights ago, Leonidas Grover,
who lived in the vicinity of Newtown, in
Fountain County, Ind, was, according to q
special to the Indianapolis Journal, instantly
killed by meteoric stone. Mr.. Grover was
s'ceping upon a bed directly beneath the
point where the celestial missile struck, and
it passed through his body and continued its
way to the cellar where it was imbedded five
feet deep in the ground, and whence it was
recovered on the following day.
The regular yearly meeting of the
Board of Indian Commissioners has recent,
been held in Washington. The report pre-
pared to be submitted to the President give.
statement showing the condition of the