The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-10

tional Bank OF Newark loses by Ito Cashier
about $e.o0o,0oo Tho alleged use made Of
the money BY him is even moro amazing
than the amount taken, and there IL reason
for doubling whether the true explanation
Of the disposition Of the funds has yet been
made. At the same time, nothing has yet
come to light In Wall street which showa
that the money was lost in Stock Exchange
speculation.
On the LIST Nehemiah Perry, member Of
the Thirty.seventh and Thirty eighth Cons
crosses, died at Newark, N. j., aged sixty.
three years. His wife also died ON the same
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LARGE purchases of Confederate bonds
for English customers were made In Phila.
delphia on the LIST. the price being two dol.
lars per thousand. The securities came
from Virginia, North Carolina and Mary.
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ACCORDING too recent issue Of the New
York Graphic Baldwin, the Cashier of
the Mechanics National Bank Of Newark,
lost great deal Of money in coal shares
about the time Of the coal war, and he had
been dabbler in Wall street for great
many years. Sometimes he made money,
but he was oftener loser, and was frequently
robbed by professional pointers and black.
mailers.
SEVERAL years ago Bryant 4 King, Of
Clinton, Mass, had their tannery destroyed
by q flood resulting from the giving away of
. dam above them. The firm was forced
into bankruptcy, and paid seventy three
per cent. to their creditors. Some days
ago the insolvents secured sos, 900 dam.
ages for the loss Of their building, and at
once forwarded to their creditors drafts to
make good the principal and interest.
THE American Home Missionary Society,
at its anniversary held In Chicago last June,
appointed q committee of fifteen to suggest
changes In the constitution and administra.
ton of the society. The committee has
lately presented report recommending the
deposition Of Rev. DR.. II. NJ. Storrs as its
Chief Executive, and suggesting material
changes in the constitution and manage
ment of the society.
IN Boston on the Sd, ut the Home for
Aged Women, Mrs. Emma W. SHELTON died
at the advanced ago Of 104 years. r
Anew days ago s. L. Bogart, an old Nom.
Der of the New York Stock Exchange,
was expelled for splitting commissions with
. friend who furnished him with business.
ADELINA PATTI and Niccolini reached
New York from Europe on the Sd.
DURING October. at Castle Garden, N. Y,
81, 264 immigrants arrived, an increase of
1862 over the arrivals Of the preceding
month.
THE Harrisburg (Pa.) Conference Of tbs
Lutheran Church, at It's recent session in
that city, adopted a resolution denouncing
graveyard insurance" and suggesting
that the community should be enlightened
by the CLERGY as to the nefarious business.
West and South.
On the LIST an advance in freights equal to
five cents per hundred pounds on provis-
ions, from Chicago to the seaports. was or
dered by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
Railroads.
Mrs. ADA ROBERT, who, some months
ago, killed +. B. Weber, . Chicago boot and
shoe dealer, has been ordered by Chicago
Judge to be discharged from the Elgin
Asylum, as no longer insane. When tried
for the homicide Mrs. Robert pleaded in
sanity and was sent to the insane asylum.
The fall of an elevator at the Vulcan
Steel. Works in St. Louis on the 31st ult.
crushed James McGrail to jelly. fractured
Pat Dally's skull, and broke three of James
Marrion's ribs. An hour before Hugh
Hogan had been burned to death with
molten metal.
THE situation along the Mississippi was
distressing ON the 3lst ult. The high water
had altogether stagnated business, Of course.
At Keokuk the water had receded one inch.
Alexandria, Mo-, was still from one to ten
feet under water, and some families were
prisoners in their own houses, surrounded
by dreary waste o: waters, with nothing
but distress and starvation staring them in
the face. The Sny Levee had broken again,
and the waters were running riot over all
the lands protected by that famous embanl.
ment.
SOME months ago DR.. William NJ. Taylor,
of Chicago. was divorced from his wife and
married Kentucky belle. His first wife
then filed bill to set aside the divorce on
the ground that 1t was fraudulently obtain.
ed, and, after lengthy bearing, the court
decided on the 3lst ult. to grant her prayer.
THE official returns of the recent cleo
ton in Iowa have been published. They give
Sherman (Rep.), 1895; Kline (Dem.),
70. 397; Clark (Greenbacker), q, 1913; scat
tering, 19l. Sherman's plurality, 59,929;
majority over all, 31.615.
A PARTY of officers and posse of sixteen
well-armed men recently made o raid on
house near Adairsville, KY, to capture
the James brothers, but found they had
fled.
THE descendants Of Baron Steuben, who
came to this country as the National guests
on the occasion of the Yorktown celebra.
ton, were cordially received and Hospitality
entertained by the German citizens Of Chi
cago and the Mayor and Common Council
on the evening Of the 3lst ult
CROW Docs counsel entered . demurrer
on the LIST to the indictment found at Dead
wood for the murder Of Spotted Tail, claim.
ing that under section 2, 146 of the Revised
Statutes an Indian can not be tried for an
ofense against another Indian. Judge
Moody held that this section had heen abro.
gated by treaty, and the chief will be tried
in January.
THE Governor of Illinois has issued
proclamation announcing the existence OF
pleuro pneumonia in the Middle States, and
prohibiting the importation Of cattle into
Illinois from the infected region, under
heavy penalties, except on certificate from
the State Veterinary Inspector.
A CLERK in q Cincinnati hat store went
to the door on the evening of the 1st with
brass rod to take in some buffalo robes. The
metal touched the iron frame Of the electric
light, and he was knocked through the
plate-glass show window, from which he
rolled to the sidewalk, remaining uncon.
scious for several hours.
FIVE years ago JEFF. Davids, anegro sew.
enty years Of age, living near Abbeville,
s. c., was convicted of numbering his for.
mer master. Five times the prisoner has
been placed ON the scaffold for execution,
and as many times respited through distrust
of the circumstantial testimony. A second
trial closed . few days ago with his being set
At liberty.
THE Minnesota House Of Representatives
has passed the Senate bill for the readjust.
ment OF the old bonded debt Of the State, by
. vote Of u to q, with an amendment max.
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