The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-02-13

States Treasury, during January, was 500, 743
The French Ambassadors at St. Pc
tcrsburg and Vienna have rendered their res
ignations.
The business portion of the Town Of
Lee, Mass, was destroyed by fire, on the 3D.
Loss, 100000.
Gambetta has been elected President
of the French Chamber of Deputies by vote
of 3l4 ayes to 81 noes.
A Paris dispatch of the goth says
passports are no longer needed by Frenchmer
leaving for the United States.
Henry M. Stanley, the African ex-
rlcrcr, it is announced, is preparing for an
other visit to the interior of Africa.
There were several heavy failures in
different parts of Great Britain, on the 30tl
ult. with liabilities aggrcgating $2,Sl5,OO0.
The City of Glasgow Bank Directors
have been sentenced to terms of imprison
mcnt ranging from eight to eighteen months
Richard Henry Dana, the Boston
poet and essayist, died at his residence in
Boston, on the I'd. He was niDety-three years
old.
The British troops have been forced
to abandon the Fort of Khost, in Afghanistan,
--~~~1------ - .,.~ f..>csSauJ ATTACKS OF the
hill tribes.
Subscriptions to the 4-pcr-cent. loan
no Of
Sl5l,S5l, $50. Calls during the same period,
Sl5O,OOO,OOO
A large quarry i'll the suburbs of
Oporto, Portugal, recently caved in, burying
persons persisted.
A recent Washington telegram says
the excess of exports over imports for De-
cember, 1878, were S35, l2S, 600; for the year
1878, 1904 $4,000.
Sec'y Sherman, on the 1st, issued
another call for the redemption of so, OOO, 600
so bonds registered and coupon), interest
to cease on the LIST of May.
The United States storeship Supply
Gently, and so badly injured her that she had
to be abandoned. The passengers and crew
of the bark were saved.
President Hayes, on the 29th, ten
dered the Peruvian Mission to Senator Chris
tiancy, of Michigan. The latter accepted,
and the nomination was Immediately and
unanimously confirmed by the Senate.
The public-debt statement for JAN
uary shows total of debt and interest of
sa,40S, 3i6,Sa5. Cash in Treasury, $751;, $780,
G95. Debt, less cash in Treasury, s., OPS $685.
100. Decrease during the month, 81, Isl, $50.
The Brooklyn Presbytery has APP
pointed committee to investigate Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage. The resolutions declare
that he is charged with falsehood and deceit
and with using improper methods in preach
ing.
Hon. JohnJ. ingalls, was, on the SIS
ult., reelected United States Senator from
Kansas On the same day the Louisiana Leg
islaturc elected B. F. Jonas United States
Senator to succeed Mr.. Eustis, whose term
expires on the 4th of March.
In February, 1878, the savings bank
at Dexter. Me-, was robbed, and F. W. Bar
ron, the Cashier, was, as was supposed,
shockingly murdered. Later investigations
have shown that Barron was defaulter in
large amount, and that he undoubtedly com
mitted suicide.
The Town of 1uka, Miss, was visited
by a severe wind storm, on the afternoon of
the 3Oth ult. Four houses and one church
were blown down, and one colored woman
and five children were killed outright, two of
the latter being found quarter of mile
from their home.
1t is estimated that the Arrears-of-
Pensions law will require the payment Of
large sum from the public Treasury-how
large is not known. The estimates range from
sl9,OOOOO to $50, 0O0, OOO-the first the esti
mate of Senator ingalls, and the last that OF
Sccrctary-of-the-Treasu Sherman.
Upon the request of Sec'y Schurz,
the Secretary of War has directed Gen. Sher-
ldan to issue the necessary orders for the re-
lease, at Fort Robinson, of the widows and
orphans of the Cheyennes, and to deliver
them to the care of the Ogallalla Sioux their
relatives, as requested by Red Cloud.
Chief Joseph and the Interior De-
partment have arranged fer the cession bv the
Ncz Pcrces of about 1850 squsre miles in
Idaho. The terms are six townships in the
Indian Territory, and s25O,OoO in United
States per cents, to be held by the Treasury
Department in trust, and the interest to be
distributed quarterly.
In the United States Court, at Balti-
more, Nd, on the Sd, the case of policeman
indicted for stufiing ballot-box at the late
election was called. Defendant entered a
general demurrer, declaring that stufiing
ballot-box was not, under the United States,
an indictable offense. The Court sustained
the demurrer and discharged the prisoner.
The Russian Government has de-
cided to proceed to extreme measures to stop
the ravages of the plague. Orders have been
issued for the destruction of all buildings
wherein the disease appears, and to burn all
lothlng, bedding and furniture belonging to
infected persons. Roumania also has decided
to establish quarantine and military Gordon
on the frontier to prevent the advent of per
sons likely to bring the disease. Great Brit
ain, Austria, Germany and Fran &C have been
invited to send physicians.
In message to the Senate, on the
3lst ult., President Hayes firmly maintains his
position with regard to the New York Custom
House officers, and says it is his pur-
pose to do all in his power to introduce into
that important Office the reforms which the
country desires. He concludes: "With NV
information of facts in the case and with
sense OF the responsible obligation imposed
upon me by the Constitution, to take care
that the laws be faithfully executed re-
garded it as my plain duty to suspend the Off
GERS in question, and to make the nominations
now before the Senate in order that this i'm
portant office may he honestly and efficiently
administcred.''
The Board of Experts for investiga-
ting the yellOw-fever epidemic of 1873 have
submitted long report to the Joint Congress