The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-26
THE NEWS,
Compiled from Latest Dispatches,
From Washington.

From Washington.
The attorney of Cadet Whitaker
called on Secretary Ramsey on the 18th. and
urged him to grant him a court-martial.
The attorney declared the Court of Inquiry
to be partial, unjust in its findings and illegal
in its constitution. The Secretary took the
matter under adv.sement
A RECENT statement places the re-
ceipts of the United States Treasury from
customs dues during the fiscal year ended
June 81, 1880. at $3.50 So, O6a, an increase
over the receipts of the previous year of $49,
272,Ol6. The internal revenue receipts for
1850 were $l2a, O09, 273, an increase Of &lO.-
473, 763 over the preceding year. The net
revenue Of the Government from all sources
for 1850 was 1885. 5o6,6lO, gain over 1879 of
$59,69S, 4s6. Tho Government expenditures
were 1861, 81, 81, an increas. over the pre-
ceding year of $685. ga. The Indian expenses
for the year were $a9i5,45s, against IS, aO6, :
100 in 1879
On the 18th the United States Treas
urer issued, under the act of Congress passed
last June, $a42 900 in regstered 365 bonds.
This is the first issue of this class Of securi-
ties.
BREADsrCFFs to the value of $751;
All. +63 were exported from this country dur
ing the seven months ended August l, 1881;
during the same period In 1879 the amount
was $l09, 33l. lisa
The East.
On the 18th DR.. John Buchanan,
Dean of the Eclectic Medical College of
Philadelphia, jumped from ferry-boat ply
ing between that city aud Camden and dis
appeared. 1t is thought he was drowned.
He was under heavy bail to answer charges
of issuing diplomas to would-be doctors in
all parts of the world, and was to have been
tired on the 18th.
On the 18th the Republicans of the
Eighteenth Pennsylvania District renomi-
mated II. Il. Fisher for Congress, and the
Democrats of the Twenty. seventh District
nominated Alfred Short.
THE Connecticut Democrats have
nominated James f. English for Governor,
c. NJ. Pond for Lieutenant-GOvernor and s.
s Blake Cor Secretary Of State.
In Massachusetts the Greenback-
Labor party have nomin ,tel Walter Raynor
for Congress from the Sixth and L. II. Whit
THE New Jersey Republicans met
in State Convention on the 18th, and unan-
imously nominated Fred A. Potts for Gov
ernor. The platform indorses the Chicago
nominations and resolutions.
THE New York Greenback-Labor
State Convention was held at Syracuse on the
18th. Thomas C. Armstrong was nominated
for Judge of the Court of Appeals. The
Chicago Greenback-Labor platform was re-
affirmed.
The body of a ten-year-old child
named Mary Cassidy was found in a brush
heap in the woods near Barnstable, Mass, on
the 18th. The head was nearly severed from
the body, and sticking in the child's side was
a large butcher-knife, showing how she came
to her death. There were indications that
desperate struggle had taken place, but no
clue to the murderer was found.
The Maine Prohibitionists have nomi-
mated Joshua N. Osgood for Governor.
A FEW days ago Robert Donaldson,
q young Scotchman, jumped from High
Bridge into Harlem River, distance of 1l6
feet, and then swan to a craft near by, being
uninjured by his fearful leap.
On the 10Th the Democrats of the
Third Vermont District nominated John w.
Currier for Congress.
In the recent trot at Springfield,
Mass, Maud s. made her fastest mile in 2;19
and St. Julien hers in gals. The Spirit Of the
Times says the owner had offered to match
St. Julien against any trotter or PAGER in the
world, mile heats. best three in five, for from
g. ZOO to $50, 900 race.