The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12

strongest faith in his integrity and honesty
and believe that he will come out of the pres
ent investigation with clear record"
| General.
The, St. Petersburg (Russia) Colo.
published letter ON the I'd from the PROVING,
of Vladimir stating that an archbishop ant
two bishops of the faith, or old believers
| were confined in the fortress there on &C
count Of their creed. The archbishop ha.
been there twenty-six years and the bishop.
twenty-five and seventeen years, respectively
For suggesting in q leader that the authori
ties had probably forgotten them, the Colo
was notified by the Minister of the Interio,
that it would not be allowed to publish adver
tisements during the month of February.
ABOUT twenty colored persons, in.
Guiding four women and three infants, ar
rived at New York City on the I'd, the first
party reaching that city of colored people
leaving the South. ,,,.-, /
REV: CowLEr, the keeper Of the
New York Shepherds Fold, pleaded not guilt,
on the I'd to twenty-five indictments charging
him with starving and ill-treating the chill
dren in his care. l'tu. : 49,
DURING the ten days preceding the
I'd Mr.. aud Mrs. Yost, of Alpine Townshi !
Kent County, Mich, lost seven children from
diphtheria. Their ages ranged from three to
twenty-three years. -
A BERLIN dispatch was published in
Paris on the morning of the Sd, announcing
that the German Government was preparing
to send an army of 10000 men to the Dutch
frontier. The announcement caused great
excitement throughout Europe, it being the
general opinion that it was the first step in q
series of operations planned by Bismarck fol
the seizure of Holland and the ultimate &C.
QUESTION Of Belgium.
A DUBLIN telegram of the Sd says dis
tress and restitution were being felt in the
richest and most prosperous sections of the
country. 1t was believed that 100000 persons
in Ireland were slowly starving, or at least
suffering from hunger. The land agitation
had been suspended for the moment, the agi.
tators lending hand to compass the relief OF
the suffering. ftay,r 'h
A ST. PETERSBURG (Russia) dispatch
of the I'd says the Minister of Finance had de-
cided to redeem portion of the paper cur
rency of the Empire, the volume of which
had become enormous, and which was con.
siderably deprecated.
VIOLENT snow and wind storms pre-
vailed throughout the East on the I'd and Sd.
At New York, on the Sound and along the
Jersey coast the wind blew hurricane on the
Sd. Nearly all of the summer resorts suffered
severely. A brakeman was blown from a
Hudson River Railroad train and killed. At
Atlanticville, N. j., the Captain of brig shot
himself when he saw that his vessel must be
wrecked. -yH ,F ~.
A FIGHT occurred on the 28th ult.,
near Fort Buford, between fifty lodges of
Sioux from Spotted Tail and Pine Ridge
agencies and a party of Gros Ventres. The
latter were victorious, putting their enc
mics to rout and capturing all of their po-
MES. 'f.
By railway collision at Argenteuil,
France, on the 4th, seven persons were killed
and over forty more or less seriously in
jured. ..v,,. ..-.-~
HEAVY SHOWS have fallen in the
mountains of Afghanistan, and military oper-
ations are entirely suspended. 10
A BAND of regulators to the number
of about twenty entered the dwelling of a
family named Donnelly, at Lucan, Ont, on
the night of the Sd, and murdered the father,
mother, one son and a niece, and then set
fire to the premises. The neighborhood had
suffered severely from thieves and incen-
diaries, and as the Donnellys were supposed
to be the guilty parties, the wrath of the
mob fell on them. A boy named Connors,
belonging to the village, was staying in
the house over night. When the attack was
made he crept under the bed without being
discovered. When the murders were COM
mitted, the house fired and the gang de-
camped, the hoy emerged from his hiding
place, started for the village and informed
the authorities. Another son, residing about
three miles from the homestead, was called
to his door about the same hour and shot
dead.
The Pennsylvania State Republican
Convention met at Harrisburg on the 4th, and
selected Delegates-at-Large to the National
Republican Convention, instructing them, by
vote of 1873 to 113, to vote for U. s. Grant,
and to cast their votes as q unit. John A.
Lemon was nominated for Auditor General;
Hon. Henry Greene, fer Judge of the Supreme
Court, and E. L. Benson and Henry w. Oliver,
for Electors-at-Large. Resolutions were
adopted, deprecating further financial legisla-
ton; advocating continued adherence to the
tariff policy Of the last twenty years !;
opposing the establishment of new tariffs
through commercial treaties; reaffirming adj
herence to the following principles: the
Union of the States, protection to person and
nrnnartv in ~ no
strict performance of all obligations, security
and freedom of thought, speech and press, q
free and pure ballot, honesty in elections, and
an honest count of ballots; congratulate
ing the Maine Republicans on their late
victory: deprecating the growing tendency to
set aside elections on technicalities and in
formalities; etc., etc.
A RECEPTION was gwen to General
Grant at the Vice-Royal Palace, Havana, on
the night of the Sd, and It is said to have
been splendidly-arranged affair." The elite
of Havana society and many transient and
resident Americans were present. The palace
was elegantly decorated with flowers, and the
illuminated staircase was lined by the Captain
Generals body-guard in full uniform. Gener-
ais Grant and Callejas with their wives, re-
ceived the visitors.
The Republican State Convention of
Massachusetts, to choose Delegates-at-Large
to the National Convention will be held at
Worcester on the 18th of April.
GOVERNOR DAVIS delivered long
inaugural message before the Maine Legisla-
ture on the 5th. Referring to the action of
Ex-Governor Garcelon, he characterized it as
great public wrong, which should receive
the condemnation of all honest citizens. He
recommends thorough revision of the
methods of returning and ascertalning the
results Of elections, and congfatulates the
people on the maintenance of law and order
during the late protracted contest at the
State Capital. ..''."
Later News.
SEvENTY-TwO youths have been sem
fenced in Berlin by default to, fortnight's
imprisonment and fine of one hundred and
fifty marks each for ,epigrating without per-
mission and fins ovodiuor tho coreo~sn+:o.,