The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

ON the 18th the Wisconsin Assembly,
by a vote Of 80 to 6, adopted resolution to
amend the Constitution so as to provide fol
biennial sessions.
THE total expenses and loss of re-
sources to France from the Franco-German
war is officially stated to have been 1883,
OO0, 900 francs.
= The Directors and Manager of the
West Of England Bank, which suspended
some months ago, have been indicted for
fraud and conspiracy.
BONDS to the amount of over SILL
100000 were purchased in New York on the
1lth.. by the Assistant Treasurer. of the United
States, on sinking fund account. -
THE report that the Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts had given 8, 100000 to relieve
the suffering in Ireland was telegraphic
error. The amount was $4,000.
The Irish National Land League has
passed resolution thanking the United
States Congress for according the privileges
OF the floor of the House to Parnell.
The Wisconsin State Republican
Convention for the election of delegates to
the National Republican Convention has been
called to meet at Madison on the 4th of NAV.
On the 10th the lower house of the
Iowa Legislature adopted proposed amend
ment to the Constitution prohibiting the man.
ufacture and sale of intoxicating LIQUOR in
the State.
A MADRID dispatch of the 9th saws
the trial of Gonzales, the would-be regicide,
had resulted in a verdict of guilty and a
sentence of death, the court declining to ad-
NIT the plea of lunacy.
SOME of the managers of the Patty
House lottery at Fond du Lac, Wis, have
been arrested by United States Marshal for
using the mails to advertise their enterprise,
and held to bail in 1000 each.
BURGLARS blew open the vault in the
National Bank building at Westport, Conn,
few nights ago, but the conclusion was so
great as to arouse the villagers, and the
craftsmen secured only $500 in money.
The City Hall at Albany, N. Y, was
destroyed by fire on the morning of the
10th. When the dome fell several men were
crushed, one or two of them seriously. 1t
was limited that the blaze was of incendiary
origin.
PRESIDENT HAYES issued a proclama-
ton on the 18th, notifying all persons intend
ing to settle in Indian Territory, in violation
la hot hav will ho p<o.If
so doing by the military forces of the United
States.
On the 9th General w. T. Sherman
addressed q note to the Associated Press
Agent at Washington denying that General
H. V. Boynton had commenced any sort of
proceedings against him in civil or military
court for SANDER.
In an editorial on the morning of the
American man-of-war carrying food for the
starving population Of Ireland would be re-
ceived as being also a message Of goodwill
from America to England.
COwLEY, the ex-Superintendent of
the Shepherds Fold in New York, lately
indicted for maltreating and starving the
children under his charge, has been admitted
to bail. Rev. Drs. Dix and Rowland assumed
the responsibility of his appearance for trial.
A ST. LOUIS telegram Of the 18th
/. says that J. P. Kruger, President of the
Broadway Savings Bank Of that city, which
failed year ago, had been found guilty of
swearing falsely to statements of the condi-
ton of the bank, and sentenced to three
months imprisonment and a fine of $500.
FIVE prisoners, two white and three
colored, convicted of petty offenses were pub
lcly whipped in the jsil-yard at New Castle,
Delaware, few days ago, in the presence Of
90 spectators. The lash was not severely ap-
piled, and blood was drawn in only one in
stance.
The Theater Royal in Dublin, Ire
land, was destroyed by fire on the 9th. It
had seating capacity of 1900, and was
modelled after the London Drury Lane Thea
ter. Six lives were lost in the burning, and
several persons were seriously hurt by falling
A JUDGE at Charlottesville, Ind, has
lately decided, in accordance with a recent
ruling OF the Supreme Court, that no prosecu-
ton could be maintained against licensed
saloon-keepers for selling liquor to minors, or
for keeping open on Sundays or after eleven
O'Clock at night.
AT conference of ministers with Mr..
Moody in St. Louis ON the 9th it was decide ed
to hold convention Of Christian workers in
that city, commencing Tuesday, February "a,
and . cordial invitation was extended to min
listers and laymen interested in the cause
throughout the West to attend and take
part J tjGs -
THERE arrived at the port of New
York during January 1912 passengers from
foreign parts, Of whom $3.50 were immi-
grants. For the twelve months ending Janua-
ry 81, 1880, the arrivals we're 9,S55, of whom
A2,45 were immigrants During the pre-
,ceding twelve months the immigrants num-
bered 81, 125. Il"
A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the
18th says fears felt by the Car for his per-
sonal safety, and for the security of his
crown, were reported to be more manifest
from day to day. He distrusted his nearest
attendants, and was constantly ordering
changes to be made in the number of those
who were about his person. -.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS GARvEY, u. S.
A.. who has Just returned from ireland, de-
scribes the sufferings and destitution as even
exceeding the published accounts, and says
that Irslspd hjn . very unsettled state. He
predicts that the suffering must last at least
SIX months longer, until the, next crops, and
says that every cent which can be raised is
needed. He also states that, when the land
lords commence . general eviction, the peo-
pie will resist, and general trouble will en-
sue. .r
The Senate, in executive session on
the 18th, rejected, by strict party vote, all
the Presidents nominations for Census Super
visors for the eight districts in Ohio, the
Democrats claiming that the President, I'm
nominating eight Republicans and not . SIN