The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-08

ton pronounced against him by the Rock
River (IM.) Conference. Tho principal
reason for refusing 10 entertain the appeal
was because Of DR.. Tmomas' action In re.
Stunning his functions as pastor Of the Peo.
ple's Church In Chicago after his expulsion
by the Rock River Conference.
CAPTAIN PAYNE and large body Of fol.
lowers recently crossed the Red River into
Oklahoma. Res&
Foreign Intelligence.
A COMMITTEE Of Confederate bondhold.
ers Of London has publicly disclaimed all
idea Of litigation to recover assets In Eu.
rope, but announces its intention to appeal
steadily for modification Of the Fourteenth
Amendment, to permit the Southern States
to effect "just and equitable settlement Of
their debts legally contracted"
DURING the 18th and 9th heavy gale
prevailed I'm the British Isles, which did
great damage to coast property and ship.
ping. At Folkstone, Kent, the new pier
was washed away.
THE announcement IL made that the
Roumanian Government has extended for
one year its prohibition of the importation
Of pork from the United States.
LEFRoY, the convicted murderer of Mr.
Gold ON the Brighton (Eng.) Railroad.
confessed his crime, and added to 1t the fact
that he also assassinated Lieutenant Roper,
at Chatham, some time ago. He was ex-
ecuted at London on the 18th ult.
The Supreme Tribunal OF Brazil has an
nulled u judgment given In lower court
against the claim Of some slaves working rs
such In the Morrovetho mine. BY this de-
cision the slaves will be entitled to back pay
for twenty years.
IT has transpired that the man who re.
Gently attempted the life Of General Tchere.
vine, at st. Petersburg, is named Grodno,
aged twenty -eight years. He states that he
had meditated suicide because of losing his
means by dissipation, when he was easily
induced by . comrade to attempt assassina-
ton.
DURING the recent gale in England fifty
barges were sunk in the River Thames and
many persons were injured. Several lives
were lost.
PRINCE BISMARCK declared, in recent
debate in the Reichstag, that by every JUS
tifiable means he would endeavor to con-
solidate the Empire. He expressed aston
ishment that Germany was still backward in
aspirations for unity.
THE Bank of Prince Edward Island
closed its doors on the 18th ult, because OF
unwarranted advances made by its cashier,
J. B. Brecher, who had fed to the United
States. 1t Is said that accounts had been
0verdrawn to the extent Of $3.50, 900.
ANUMBER Of armed men recently entered
the house Of woman named Henane, near
Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, for the
purpose Of shooting her because she had
given information to the police. Her chill
dren threw themselves upon their mother
in terror, and one of them received charge
Of shot in the legs. The party left the
house. after making the mother swear, un-
der threats Of death, not to divulge the o.
currence. Six persons have been arrested
ON suspicion of being concerned in the out
rage.
ON account Of his illness Boyton, one Of
the first persons arrested under the Coer-
cion act in ireland, was released from prison
on the Goth ult., and was Immediately con.
veyed to hospital. Killen, barris,er, and
an editorial writer for the Dublin Iri,hman,
was arrested on the same day.
AN attorney and ten other persons were
recently convicted Of bribery in connection
with English Parliamentary elections, and
sentenced to six months Imprisonment.
A RECENT telegram from st. Petersburg
says Jewish Nihilist had betrayed his ac-
completes to the police for 10000 roubles
and their protection, and that he is now in
New York helping the Russian Govern.
ment.
THE editor and the publisher Of Rome
Qtaly) newspaper have been convicted on
the charge of having published articles in
sulting to the Pope, and were sentenced to
two months and three months imprison-
ment, respectively. They were also fined.
the former in the sum of 500 and the latter
1000 francs.
THE British Parliament has been repro.
rogued to the It'll Of next February.
On the 10Th ult. the evictions on the Irish
estates of Lord Bantry, where the tenants
we're two years in arrears, were quietly
completed. Eight tenants were condition.
ally reinstated.
ACCORDING to Dublin telegram of the
goth ult. over 1000 tenants Of the County
of Roscommon had refused to pay any rent.
Fox-hunting was broken up In Ireland.
About . dozen new branches Of the Land
League were being organized each week in
England and Scotland, and subscriptions
to the Land-League funds were ON the in
crease.
On the estate of Lord Doneraile in Ireland
few days ago an entire flock of sheep were
battered to death. Three cows belonging to
> rent.paying farmer near Fearns, County
Cork, were found ripped open. In the
former case, the proprietor, unable to dis
cover who had perpetrated the outrage, dis
missed all the laborcrs on the estate.