The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-11

ere In liquor and tobacco seKansU& CNy;
failed with liabilities amouhtiGg To $4,000.
On the I'd the Executive elhmijss Of
the National Soldiers leunip4 met Gin
cfnnatf to arrange for the foFtHcomir9 Re.
union. Private Dalzell asked that special
invitation be extended to Boston Cofbett,
the slayer Of Wilkes Booth, and that trans
portatiou be furnished him, a. he is living
b posetV In Philadelphia.
The general election In Utah occurred on
the LIST. There was little excitement, the
county in which Sait Lake is situated only
casting 1877 votes, Of which the IDENTITIES
cast III. 1 N@ Il - /
THE Colorado iron.works at Denver,
worth $lso, 600, wore recently destroyed BY
fire, ~ ~ ~ ~ u Z.
AMBROSE LOMpRAx reached SAN Fran.
cisco from chihuahua on the I'd and report
ed himself Is the sole survivor ofthe survey
ing party OF fourteen At work south of Ell
Paso, who were recently attacked by party
OF forty five Apaches, six Of whom were
killed and nine wounded in the fight. Lom-
pax was held for ransom, and taken down 10
the Gulf Of California, whence he escaped to
Guaymas. .+;.lFTt.
A FIRE at Truckee, CAL, ON the Sd de.
stroyed property to the value Of $3.50, 900.
At Deadwoods D. T., twenty-five buildings
were burned on the same day. involving a
loss Of $4,000. .>.,,..
THE first three bales Of new cotton were
received at Mobile, Ala, on the Sd, and
were sold at auction for twenty two cents
per pound. /. .Es{alW6r wy3Egg4.Ts
BISHOP T.. O. HAVEN, Of the Methodist
Church, died at Salem, Ore, . few days ago.
He was sixty years old.
THK Conservative Democrats OF Virginia
held State Convention at Richmond on the
4th, and adopted . platform declaring for
equality of right and exact justice to all
men, special privileges to none, freedom Of
religion, freedom Of the press, and freedom
Of person under the pf0tection Is ha6eas
corpus, q trial by jpfies impartially selspt
ed, and Of pure, upright and non.partisan
Judiciary; eleekiol BY n people ffse iron
force or fraud Of citizens or Of military. and
civil officers of the Government, and
selection for public Offices Of those who
are honest and best fitted to fill them;
the support of State Governments
in all their rights rs the most competent ad.
illustrators of our domestic concerns, and
the surest bulwarks against antisrepub lican
tendencies, and the preservation of the
General Government IN Its swhcle constitu.
tionsl vigor IS the sheet-anchor Of our peace
at home and our safety abroad;" condemn
ing reputation in every shape and form,
and declaring that the maintenance of tho
public credit Of Virginia b. IN essential
means to the pronotion of her prosperity;
etc. A IesolutioH WAS also Adopted de-
nouncing the attempt upon the life of Pres
ident Garfield, and rendering sympathy and
respect to him and his family, and express
ing "hearty desire for his restoration to
health and return to the discharge Of his
important duties for the welfare and honor
was nominated for Governor.
IT has been decided by syndicate Of
American and foreign bankers to construct
q canal from Baltimore to the Atlantic, which
will, 1t Is estimated, cost about s., 900, 900.
The cut will be 40 feet wide, twenty.six
feet deep, and require eighteen months TO
complete.
THE remains of the late Ex-Governor
Bagley, Of Michigan, who died recently in
California, were accompanied from Chicago
to Detroit on the evening Of the 4th by .
delegation Of the prominent citizens of
Michigan. 'f* -'" - rt'4
Prohibitory Constitutional amendment was
defeated in North Carolina by an over.
whelmiug majority. The Prohibitionists
did not carry single county in the State.
The colored voters generally voted against
Prohibition.
A PROHIBITION STATE CONVENTION was
held at Columbus, o., on the 4th. The ticket
nominated at the Loveland Convention was
endorsed. Henry Kemp Wassnominated for
Attorney General, to al avacanoy' on that
ticket caused by the declination Of the
nominee. The platform adopted declares
for absolute prohibition of liquor traffic; alb
clifton of executive and Legislative patron
age, and election of all civil officers as far as
practicable by direct vote of the people;
fayors compulsory education the prohibi.
tion Of gambling in gold, stocks or produce;
against grants of public lands to CORPORA.
tions. It also declares, in favor of equal
rights to ell people, including the right Of
suffrage, irrespective Of race, sex or color;
the protection by law of laborers against the
oppression Of unjust capital, and lien on
property and earnings Of corporations for
wages; itks reduction Of public salaries and
taxea; etc. etc So 800
IT has Been decided to Establish the
quarantine station at Vicksburg, Miss.
THERE was sham battle between some
California militia at Grass Valley on the
4th, during which the participants lost con.
troll Of themselves in 'bayonet charge, sew.
eral officers and no less than twenty men
being wounded by bayonets and butts of
guns. .efY