The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-25

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filed declaration of his intention to become
citizen of the United States.
I "A Mrs. FAY, Of Albany, N. Y, while in
the yard attached to her residence the other
day, saw what appeared to be garment
! floating in duck-pond. She attempted to
pick the cloth up, ana was Mortified on pull
ing the dead forhrof her little two-year-6ld
daughter from the water.
West and South.
| ACONSOLLDATION between. the two chief
barge lines on the lower Mississippi has been
effected. The capital Of the consolidated
concern amounts to -, O00y GOO. ,-..s...: ..
IT was recently stated that there were
twenty .velledsiaed cases. Of typAOid lever
among the four hundred English eolosltsts
! at Rugby, TeunSeee. Bad drinking water
t Is the supposed cSuse; of the epidemic.
4nE murder 81 Spotted Tan n reported
! by Indian. Agent Cook to have been the re.
suit of a conspiracy OF which: Black Grow
! was the leader, and that chieftain has been
arrested and sent to Fort Niobrara.
THE Chicago Tribune. of the 18th contains
crop reports to the effect that great damage
had been done. to corn i'm Southern Illinois;
the outlook in Kansas was fairly satisfac-
tory; in Nebraska the corn prospect was
represented as being much better than pre-
viously reported; and in Minnesota and
Dakota the showing as to wheat was ex-
celfent.
MRS. FISCHER, of Belle River. Jefferson
County, Ill., undertook a few mornings ago
to start a -fire IN her stove by pouring on
kerosene from a can. The Oil in the can
caught fire, exploded and set fire to the
lady's clothing. She was badly, and prob-
ably fatally, burned. - wan, si.
HENRY w. HowGArE, disbursing officer
of the Signal Service. was arrested at Mount
Clemens, Mich, on the 18th, upon the
charge Of obtaining $4,000 by means of
| fraudulent vouchers. -. .-e .r,
THE Republican State Central Committee
of California have recommended Marcus D.
Boruck for Secretary of the United States
Senate.
A COLLISION of freight trains near woos-
ter, o., on the 10th caused the death Of
brakeman named Joseph Whitaker, and the
destruction Of two engines and fourteen
loaded cars.
| The janitor of the United States Court at
Little Rock has been arrested for passing
counterfeit money which he stole from pris-
| Oners.
! THE Agent at the San Carlos reservation
recently reported great uneasiness among
the Indians in his charge, and called for
! additional arms.
ARCHBISHOP SEGHRs was duly conse.
Grated at San Francisco on the 10th.
A TEMPERANCE bill reported by special
committee was defeated-2) to 19-in the
Georgia Senate on the 10Th.
A COLORED MAN named Stewart, having
killed his wife with a Ratchet at Bay St.
Louis, Miss, was recently taken from Jail
and lynched. His father-in- law prayed for
him and then helped to hang him.
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION to explore the
territory between Lake Superior and the
Pacific coast has been equipped and sent
out by the Northern Pacific Railroad and
the Oregon Navigation Company. The
leader is Prof. Raphael Pumpelly, of the
Census Office.
A. c. WENDOvER's breeding stables at
Lexington, Ky, were destroyed by fires
few days ago. Loss, 100000. >
THE cigar-makers' strike in Detroit has
been ended by the manufacturers offering
W ptay euc y HUI utH VI pTlC6Ss
IT was reported on the 18th that Mana
and his band of Indian fiends were in New
Mexico, nearly $50 miles south of the Attain
tic & Pacific Railroad. They had killed
thirteen men at Alamosa, and were evident.
ly bent on depopulating that region.
MOUNT IDA, in Idaho Territory, on the
18th exhibited decided volcanic tendencies,
sending forth columns of fire and smoke to
the heig hit Of several hundred feet.
and his party, who were reported to have
been mastered by the Apaches in the
mountains near Socorro, New Mexico, have
1 returned in safety. .,
"A BILL forbiddmg any person to encour-
aye the violation of the laws prohibiting
spolygamy on Mgamy, under penalty of hard
labor in the Penitentiary from two to four
years, has heeh passed by the State Senate
Of Georgia. The blow is aimed at the Nor.
mon elders now laborfng in that State.
THE police Of st. Louis have been in.
structed to arrest every man knownto have,
or suspected Of having, firearms IN his pos
| session.
A RICH Vein % silver has recently been
discovered near Fort Sill, IN the reservation
of the kiowa Comanches.
.THE;CIerk Of the Board of Police Com.
! inissioners of'Balrimore procured quantity
of cloth from q New, York firm, and con-
veyed the impression that the Commission.
ers had ordered it. It turned out that the
! clerk sold the cloth as it was received and
~pocketedk the proceeds soinei$4,5 800. He
has been arrested and jailed
! The Minnesota Republicans will hold
their State Convention at ST. Paul on the
18Th Of September. Z: s, y.
LIEUTENANT FLIPfER, cofored, saradu-
ate of West Point. was recently confined in
the guard house at Fort Davis, charged
with defrauding the GbSeInment Of s., 900
while acting as Commissary Of Subsistence.
"A FEW days ago a Mexican train, sent out
from Sonora to purchase supplies at Tomb
stone. was robbed by Arizona cow boys and
| two Of its men killed. In retaliation, party
Of American butchers who went to the Dor.
| der ranches 10 purchase cattle were sur.
prfsed by Mexicans, while asleep, and six
| Of the number put to death: The military
authorities at Camp Grant and the Mexican
military authorities have arranged for united
action against the border thieves.
Foreign Intelligence.
MINISTER WHITE had an interview with
Emperor William on the 15th.- presented his
letters Of recall and took his farewell.
| THE Chilians recently met with q disas-
trous defeat at 'Pisco, forty-two leagues
south Of Lima. 1t is reported that OF the
Gillian force Of 400 men only rs escaped.
A RIOT recently occurred in Sardinia, near
Caglfari. 1t seems that the newly elected
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