The Redwood gazette., 1881-09-15
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
From Washington.
DURING the month of August $3.50 i'm.
migrants arrived in this country, and dur
ing the eight months ended August 81, the
number was Sls,475. During the eight
months ended August 81. 1889, the arrivals
numbered 5000.
ACCORDING to recent report on the fab.
cries Of the great lakes it appears that the
total value Of fresh and prepared fish,
caviar, isinglass and oil forthe year 1879 was
IL, 7S4, $50.
THE heat was intense at Washington on
the Ith. At four p. IN. the thermometer
marked 102. 1t was even hotter at the
White House.
ACCORDING to Washington dispatch Of
the Sth, owing to the numbers of recruits
required to fill the army to the authorized
strength, the standard for artillery and in
fantry had been established at five feet four
upWuAus WCASut AsV " lCV
pounds; for cavalry, five feet four to five
feet ten, weight not to exceed 165 pounds.
Recruits and officers were being ordered to
Arizona.
The East.
THE extensive clothing firm of Wolfe,
Mayer & Co., of Philadelphia, has failed for
$2OO,OOO.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HANsCOM, the we'll
known naval constructor, recently died in
Boston.
ONE Ward, Of Erie, Pa, has confessed
himself the perpetrator of q crime for which
Charles Stafford has served seven years in
the Penitentiary. 1t is said that not only
has the offense become outlawed but Ward
proves to be q brother-in-law Of Stafford,
and it is thought he hoped by the confess
sion to secure q pardon for him. The au-
thorities give no credence to Wards con-
fession.
AT Paterson, n. j.. few days ago q
man named Shorroch was killed by being
struck in the stomach by baseball from
the bat. He fingered but few minutes.
JAMES AND WALTER MALLEY were ar
raigned for the murder of Jennie Cramer at
New Haven, Conn.,, on the 5th. Both plead
ed not guilty.
THE boating Cornell crew arrived in New
York on the 5th. Shinkel, who is alleged to
have received 10, 900 fiorins for causing the
defeat at Vienna, remained in London.
A STRANGE atmospheric phenomenon
manifested itself in Boston on the 9th, which
in some instances created considerable
alarm. The sun was wholly obscured, al
though there was no fog or mist: the at.
mosphere was pervaded with a strong, yell
lowish light; the grass appeared to be of a
livid green; gas jets burned with brilIian-
cy which made them look like electric lights,
and through the windows at various dis.
tances appeared star.like points of white
light resembling electric lamps. At Provi-
dence, r. l., the day was dark and sultry,
the gas being lighted in offices and facto-
ries. The same features as at Boston were
observed at Hartford, gas being burned
through the day. The same phenomenon
was also noticeable in New Hampshire and
in portions Of Maine. Prof. Emerson, of
Dartmouth College, said the phenomenon
must have been owing to something in the
atmosphere-probably pollen from the fir
tree or smoke from the forest-fires of Cana
da-which absorbed the shorter and longer
rays, leaving only those which gave the col
or of yellow and green to objects. The Sig
nal-Service observers believed that the SUMS
rays were filtered through very light fog
in the upper atmosphere.
On the 9Th the centennial anniversary of
the massacre at Groton, Coan., was cele-
brated in the presence of thirty thousand
persons. General Sherman and Chief.J JUS
tice Waite were on the grand stand. All
the incidents Of the slaughter were vividly
reproduced by Federal soldiers and sailors
and State militia. General Joseph r. Haw.
ley delivered an historical Grafton.
A FEW days ago the wife of Senator Ali.
son, of Iowa, attempted to drown herself at
Silver Lake, N. Y. She was believed to be
insane.
In Brooklyn, n. Y, aged 1O7 years.
a FEARFUL nitro -glycerine explosion oc-
Cured near Bradford, Pa, on the eth, while
an attempt was being made to torpedo an
oil.weli. Four men were instantly killed,
one fatally injured and two seriously hurt.
The report was heard for seven miles. One
of the victims was hurled three hundred
feet, and his head and limbs were torn from
the trunk. Two men standing eight feet
from the exploding glycerine were not in.
jured.
THE New York Democratic State Conven.
tion is to be held at Albany on the 18th of
October.
On the sth the Pennsylvania Republican
Convention met at Harrisburg and nomi-
mated General S. Nj. Bailey for State Treas
urer. The platform adopted indorses the
administration Of Governor Hoyt; declares
in favor of tariff which will discriminate
in favor Of American Industries, thereby
promoting "the causes which are rapidly
making America the controlling power in
finances, as it already Is an established lead.
er in political thought; expresses hearty
accord with the Administration of Presi-
dent Garfield, and deep and heartfelt SYM
pathy for him in his sufferings, and .
prayerful hope for his recovery; etc.
SHINKEL, the man who had been accused
Of selling the Cornell race at Vienna, arrived
at New York on the Sth, from Europe. He
emphatically denied the allegations of his
late comrades, and threatened to commence
legal proceedings against them.
West and South.
The officers Of the Ohio Penitentiary have
discovered that some Of the convicts in that
institution have for some time been engaged
in the manufacture Of bogus nickels.
RELIABLE reports from Fort Apache and
Fort Thomas received ON the night of the
5th left no doubt that the reports of the In.
dian massacre in the vicinity of the former
place had been greatly exaggerated. 1t ap-
pears that on the morning of the 10Th ult.
Genaral Carr, with force of 1O5 men, in.
Guiding Indian scouts and six officers, left
Fort Apache with the intention Of arresting
an Apache medicine man who had been en-.
deavoring to stir up the tribe to revolt. The
command reached Cibicu, forty five miles
west of Fort Apache, on the 3Oth ult., and
found QUO Indians there. The medicine man
was arrested without resistance, and the
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