The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-26

| Cutess reaInrne tue pOelClOn OF the party In
the State in respect to temperance and pro-
hibition; ETC., etc.
DURING thunderstorm on the morn
ing Of the 18th, lightning struck the pump
house of the Atlantic Refining Company in
the southern part Of Philadelphia, and set the
works on fire. The flames soon communicated
to the adjoining warehouses in which was a
large quantity of crude aud refined oil, and an
immense sea Of fame soon spread out for q
great distance along the river front. Five
ships were set on fire and destroyed, and sew
eral buildings and 10000 barrls Of oil were
burn. d, involving q total loss of about 81,
tOO,OCO.
Mas. JANE HULL, wife of DR.. A. j.
Hull, was found dead in her bed In New York
City on the morning of the 18th. Her hands
and feet we're tied, che was bllndfol,ied and q
gag was in her mouth. Her trunk was rifled
Of its contents and several articles of jewelry
| had been taken including rings torn from her
ears and stri: ped from her fingers. An en-
trance was eff cted through the front door.
JOHN LAMB, convicted of killing q
CLica o policeman aud sentenced to be hung
therefor, was granted . suptrsedeas by the
Illinois Supreme Court on the 18th.
1
ing,on on the 18th that the Treasury Depart
ment would thereafter fiji orders for the
STANDARD silver dollars as low as $50.
| A TERRIFIC storm of rain, wind and
hail visited portions of New Jersey on the
Eth. At B"rdentown and Trenton trees
were VI rooted, roofs carried away and several
| buildings blown down.
| In response to q fire alarm at Chi
cafo little after midni. ht on the morning of
the 18th, q hose cart coming from the north
| side Of the river undertook to cross State
-trcet bridge. The draw was open and the
cart end two men upon 1t plunged into the
dark river. One man and the horse were
drowned.
| The fire at Point Breeze, near Phila-
Ielphia, broke out again on the morning of
the 18th, and before it could be subdued prop
erty worth sl2).0OO wads cstroyed.
AT caucus of Republican Senators
on the l3,h after lengthy speeches by Messrs.
Conkliny, Hoar and B.aine, and briefer re-
ma KS by almost all the other Senators pres
ent, it Was agreed, with substantial unanimi-
ty, that the rassage of the Army Appro ria
ton bill as then before the SeLate should be
opposed by the Republican party in that body,
unless the majority would consent to the ad-
dition of a provso to the sixth section de-
clarlng that it should not be construed to pre-.
vent the use of troops to execute any existing
laws. 1t was also resolved to oppose the
passage of the Judicial Appropriation bill, un-
less modified in some particulars.
AT meeting of the New York State
Committee of the Greenback party, at SYRIA
crse on the 18th, all differences between the
factions in New York City were harmonized,
and State Convention was called to meet at
Utica on the 18th of August.
| AT Salt Lake on the 14th, George r.
Reynolds, convicted of polygamy, was SEN
fenced to two years. imprisonment and to pay
iine Of $500. Reynolds is the first Mormon
convicted of polygamy since the passage of
| the act of 1872.
AT Buffalo Gap, Dakota, on the 18th,
by the sudden rise and overflow Of Beaver
Creek, in consequence of clou '-burst, eleven
persons we're drowned. All the victims were
emigrants Oh the way to the Black Hills.
The total subscriptions to the four
percent refunding certificates up to the
evening of the 18th was e39, 875, 620.
A POLICEMAN named Nugent has
been arrested in New York upon the charge
of completely in the Manhattan Bank rob-
berry.
REV. SAMUEL S. HARRIS, of Chicago,
has formally siguiied his acceptance of the
Bishopric of Michigan
| A WASHINGTON telegram of the 18th
says the Department of Agriculture had re-
ceived returns indicating that the area of cot
ton was two per cent. greater this year than
last The condition of the staple was ninety
six. 1t was ninety-nine last year. The aver
age condition of winter wheat on the LIST of
Juuo was ninety, against ninety-eight last
year. The acreage of spring wheat was about
four per cent. greater than that of last year.
AT Boswell, Ind, on the 18th, about
one hundred and fifty persons took shelter,
during severe thunderstorm, in low lum-
Der shed. While huddled together bolt of
lightning struck the building and killed two
persons, fatally injured three aud seriously
injured three others.
The testimony before the United
States Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections in the Spofford Kellogg (Louisiana)
Senatorial contest closed on the 14th, for the
present.
AMELIA A. YOUNG made application,
at Salt Lake, Utah, on the 14th, for the APP
pointment of receiver and for an injunction
to restrain the executors of the estate of
Brigham Young from the further performance
of that duty, claiming that they had improp
erly made way with about $1,oOO,NO of the
estate, the total value of which was estimat
at 81, 100000.
ACCORDING to q Washington telegram
of the 18th, the Committee OF Three, appoint
ed by the Democratic Senatorial caucus to
confer with MIR. Bayard concerning his resig-
nation of the Craftsmanship of the Senate
Finance Committee, had waited upon the
Senator and arranged with him to withdraw
his resignation, and on their part promised
that the Warner Silver bill should remain un-
reported, and no further action be had upon it
this session.
AT Kansas City, Mo-, early on the
morning of the 18th, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Noon
an were awakened by a noise which they
attributed to burglars being in the house.
Mr.. Noonan took revolver and went into
the front room in the dark, followed by his
vie. She became frightened and threw her
arms around her husbands neck, when he,
supposing himself assailed by burglar, fired,
killing her instantly.
HE Committee on Elections of the
National House of Representatives formally
decided ON the 10th, by vote Of ten to two,
that the Congressional elections in Iowa last
October were legal, and that the present
Con.ressmen were entitled to their seats.
Mr.. Weaver, who is q member of the commit
tee. declined to vote from motives of delicacy.
Four reports would be made in the case.
| A WASHINGTON telegram of the 10th
says the Labor Committee of the lower house
Of Congress had agreed to visit San Francisco
and other leading Western cities after the
adjournment of Congress, for the pur pose of
taking further testimony.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.-The House Legislative
and Executive Appropriation bill and the reso-
luton for final adjournment ON the 18th were