The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-09-30

JESSE D. GRANT, the third son of Gen
eral Grant, was married in San Francisco
on the 2lst to Miss Lizzie Chapman, daughter
of a merchant Of that city.
Il THE Democrats of the Third Illinois Dis
trict have nominated Perry H. Smith, Jr.,
for Congress.
On the 29d the twelfth reunion OF the Army
of the Cumberland commenced I'm Toledo,
: Ohio, with some $40 members of the society
present, among others Generals Garfield and
Sheridan, General Prouty, General Cist and
General Meissncr, of the United States army.
/ Letters of regret were received from Generals
|. Grant and Hancock.
DENIS KEARNEY has sent q dispatch from
San Francisco to Scion Chase congratulating
him on his recent bolt, and urging straight
fight and no fusion with the Democracy.
THE following Congressional nominations
were made on the I'D: Second Missouri
District NJ. A. Rosenblatt, Republican; Sew
enth Alabama, Arthur Bingham, Republic
an; Second Wisconsin, j. c. Gregory, DEM
crat.
ACCORDING to Des Moines Uowa) tele-
gram of the 2Sd Levi johnson, of Norton
County, Kansas, was there soliciting aid for
the people in Phillips, Sherman, Decatur,
Sheridan, Rawlins and other counties. In
Norton County 1900 people are said to be in
absolute want of food. The wheat crop in all
these counties failed, and In June the land
was plowed up and planted with corn, which,
when it came up, was destroyed by the Oeb
| worm. He gives q sad story Of want and
suffering. One family had no food for
eleven weeks but wheat bran. Another fam
lily had nothing for three weeks but corn
meal.
The Republicans OF the Second Maryland
District have nominated E. Il. Webster for
Congress, and the Greenbackers of the First
Wisconsin District, E. H. Craig.
AT the late reunion of the Army OF the
Cumberland in Toledo Lieutenant General
P. H. Sheridan was elected President; Gen.
eral H. NJ. Cist Corresponding Secretary;
Colonel John w. Steele, Recording Secretary;
| General j. 8. Fullerton, Treasurer. Several
| Vice-Presidents were also chosen. Memorials
were read in commemoration of the life and
services of General Hooker, General A. c.
Williams, (Michigan), General JEFF c. Davis
and Colonel W. H. Greenwood.
| On the 23d the Supreme Court of Indiana
overruled the petition for q re-hearing in the
case involving the validity of the Constitu-
tional amendments The State election will
be held in October.
Foreign Intelligence.
! A LONDON dispatch of the 21st says the
| English Government had issued letters of
instruction to the Irish constabulary author.
| izing them to send in the names of all persons
found obstructing legal processes, preventing
| sales of farm produce, sale and transfer of
land, and otherwise lettering owners in the
enjoyment of their legal rights. The con-
stabulary are also required to state whether
such persons are or are not members of the
Land League.
FEW days ago a landslide occurred
at Naini Tai, in Bengal, which killed thirty
seven persons, and seriously injured four
others.
OFFICIAL intelligence has been received
that the Tambookes have combined with
the Basutos against the British in South
Africa.
PRINCE NIKATA, of Montenegro, issued
proclamation to his troops on the21st inform.
ing them that Montenegro must fight for its
rights.
ACCORDING to q recent Havana dispatch
there was not one armed insurgent in the
whole island.
THREE British men-of-war have been or
where an American vessel was not long ago
attacked by the resident fishermen.
A FEW days since a ferry-boat capsized at
Bordeaux, France, while crossing the Garonne,
and six persons were drowned.
FLORENCE TILToN, daughter of Theodore
Tilton, was recently married to Mr.. Pelton,
of Louisiana, in London.
THE steamer Teutonia, which recently left
London for New York, took out $50 British
agriculturists for Texas.
THE Turkish troops near Scutari are re-
ported to be dying of fever at the rate of 200
per day.
ACCORDING to late dispatches serious dis
turbances had occurred in Canton, China.
Europeans had been threatened, and the
Catholic missions attacked. In suppressing
a riot the military had killed several of the
participants and wounded many Others
THE following is the composition of the
French Cabinet as reconstructed: Jules Fer
ry, President of the Council and Minister of
Public Instruction; Barthelemy st. Hilaire,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. Constans,
Minister of the Interior and Worship; NJ.
Cazot, Minister Of Justice; NJ. Magnin, Min
lister of Finance; General Fare, Minister of
War; Admiral Clouet, Minister of Marine;
NJ. Carnot, Minister of Public Works; NJ.
Tirard, Minister of Commerce; NJ. Cookery,
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs.
A FEW days ago three thousand workmen
in the factories at Jargevo, Russia, Struck
against a reduction of wages and have since
committed great excuses.
THE Porte has issued another note, pro-
testin. against the naval demonstration, and
again declaring 1t to be armed pressure
against the Sultan.
The rebellion in Cuba having been subdued
Il, 600 Spanish troops have been ordered to be
withdrawn from the island.
LATER,
DURING the vr"r rrdea Ju~e 81, last,
1S5 persons lost their lives through steamboat
accidents in the United States. The number
for the preceding twelve months was 17o.
The official returns of the Vermont cleo
Ttion give: Total vote, 70,709; Farnham,
1854; Phelps, 81, 1928; Heath, ISIS; scatter
ing IA. Farnham's majority, 25,O79.
BRISTOL, r. l., celebrated its two hundredth
anniversary on the oath, with appropriate ex-
ercises.
The Democrats of the Third Michigan Dis
trict have nominated Eugene Prindle for Con-
gress, vice j. B. Sheldon, declined.
The Republicans of the Fourth Maryland |
District have nominated George Mounds for
Congress, and the Democrats of the Four
teenth Pennsylvania have nominated Grant
Weidman.
A GLOUCESTER Mass dispatch of the oath
says Captain Charles Martin, master of the |
fishing schooner Martha c., from Grand |
Bank codishing voyage, reported that his !
vessel was recently twice boarded by hostile
parties Of Newfoundlanders while the crew |
were rigging for squid, and fishing operations
were forbidden. The invaders threats on
the latter occasion to drive the vessel from
the grounds. Captain Martin dared them to