The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-08


poisoned her stcpmother and brother. Mr..
Van Kirk has heretofore occupied a hiv
social position. The stomachs of the d,
ceased are undergoing the process Of ar
alysis.
Foreign Intelligence.
The one-hundredth anniversary of tn,
founding Of Sabbath-schools in England wa
celebrated in London on the 18th. Rev. d.
Punobon delivered glowing eulogy on Rober
Raikes. the founder, and DR.. Vincent, of tn
United States, followed in an appropriate ad
dress.
THE spinners and winders of Moss
ley, England, struck on the 2Sth because tn
master spinners would not grant them fiv
per cent advance in wages.
THE lower house of the Prussian DIE
on the 18th passed the Government Churcl
bill-aO6 to zoe.
A LONDON dispatch of the morning
of the Goth states that diplomatic relations
had finally been broken off between Brussels
and the Vatican.
AN immense volume of locusts has
recently invaded the valley of the Don il
Russia. Every green thing disappeared be
fore them.
The exercise of entire religious free.
dom has been secured in Morocco.
CARL PETERSEN, the celebrated Dan.
sh explorer Of Arctic regions, died recently
at Copenhagen.
THE members of the bar of several
leading French towns have protested against
the enforcement of the DEGREES respecting the
Jesuits.
IT was stated on the 2Sth that, in
consequence of the disturbed condition OF
affairs in Albania, Austria was making ex-
tensive preparations for war.
GREAT uneasiness prevailed at Simla
on the 2Sth in regard to Afghan affairs.
SERIOUS disturbances have recently
occurred between the Christians and Mussel-
men in Haifa, near Mount Carmel, Asia
Minor, and dispatch of the Goth ult. states
that the English gunboat Bittern had been
sent for the protection of the Christians.
The rifle-match at Dollymount on the
Goth ult., between the American and Irish
Teams, was won by the former, by total
score of !, 292 to 1850. At eight hundred yards
the contestants tied, with 1876 each. At nine
hundred yards the Americans scored 1876 to
their opponents 42S, and at one thousand
yards the former made 40, and the latter 4l6
The Lord Lieutenant and the Lord Mayor of
Dublin were among the spectators.
In the French Chambers on the goth
ult. test vote was taken on the Govern
mental Amnesty bill, favoring the return and
restoration of the Communists. One hundred
and nineteen Senators voted for the measure,
s. against; 20 members were absent and II
cast blank ballots.
The insurgents at Buenos Ayres made
Of Ieace to the Government forces
on the 9th ult., which were accepted on the
2Sth.
ADvICEs from Cabul state that the
Russian forces recently suffered two defeats
in engagements with the Chinese, one at
Terk Pass and another at Kisselhurghan.
ACCORDING to a Constantinople dis
patch of the Goth ult the Porte had ordered
that a state of siege be proclaimed on the
Greek frontier.
- On the evening of the 3Oth ult. the
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, gave ba
quet to the American Rifle Team.
LATE dispatches from Mexico an
nounce that Victoria and his Apaches were
herders and stealing cattle in
Chihuahua.
On the 3Oth ult. process-server was
and shot by party of unknown
tenants in County Mayo, Ireland.
The DEGREES relating to irregular
religious establishments in France were en-
bo To. ;%, ho ,,l<
The latter quilted their establishments
under protest and declared tina, they yielded
only to force. There was some disorder at
Avignon, Marseilles and other places on the
part of their sympathizers and troops had to
be called out to suppress it.
The entire revenue of Great Britain
during the year ended June 30. 1880, was
eS4, 962, 063, an increase of little more
than G1,0OO,0O0 over the revenue of the
year preceding.
ACCORDING to Constantinople dis.
patch OF the 3Oth ult. the representatives of
The foreign powers in that city had informed
the Porte that, if it accepted the suggestion
in regard to the surrender of Dulcigno to
Montenegro, it must execute it without de-
ay. The Porte was reported to have sent
troops for the defense of Dulcigno.
The Bulgarian Government has issued
orders for the immediate demolition of the
fortresses.
On the 3Oth ult. an English court
decided that a merchant who had received
e., SO4 as compensation for merchandise de-
,troyed by the pirate Alabama must hand the
amount to an underwater, the plaintiff in
The case, with whom the goods had been
insured and who had paid upon them as a
,otal loss.
On the 3Oth ult. Russian war vessel
eft Cronstadt for Vladivostock, with 1876
men on board, q number of torpedo boats
md large quantity of munitions of war.
ATDR.
THE public-debt statement for June
makes the following exhibit: Total debt lin
GLIDING interest), 214a,26O,9l7. Cash in
Treasury, SOL ,0SS ,622. Debt, less amount in
Treasury, 1892, IT, 95. Decrease during
the month, $40, 2l4, 4A. Decrease since June
30, 1879. SIS, 0s4, 1851.
On the LIST General Walker, Super
of the Census, made an estimate of
The population of the United States from the
lights before him (which were as yet very
and he thought there would be
in the neighborhood of 4, oOo,o 600 people.
The boat race between the Harvard
and Yale crews at New London on the LIST re-
suited in an easy victory for the latter by ten
lengths.
THERE were two hundred deaths
from sunstroke in New York, during the six
days ending on the LIST. The heat had been
Intense.
AT the recent le-Harvard boat
race F. W. Lincoln, President of the Boston
s. Albany Railroad, and Mrs. DR.. William
Appleton, of Boston, who were viewing the
contest from railroad car, were accidentally
thrown from the platform and almost Instant
y killed.
IT was estimated on the LIST that the
damage already done to property in Illinois
by the breaking of the Sny Carte levee would
exceed 81, O0o,000. Thousands of acres of
rich farming lands were under water, many
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