The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-07

place. dragged him out through an open
window and tried to carry him of. The fight
was desperate one, and would have ended
In the death OF the boy had not the bird fa.
tally injured itself by striking its neck upon
sharp stick which stood upright in the
ground. The father was attracted to the
scene by the boys cries, but, thinking the
eagle was the devil, ran away as fast as his
legs would carry him. The boy was terribly
mangled.
ACCORDING to the Inter Ocean of the 22d
some OF the leading bankers of Chicago, who
had been interviewed concerning the Fund
ing bill pending in Congress, united in de-
clarfng three per cent too low q rate Of inter-
est, but they stated that the passage Of the
bill would have no other effect upon business
than to strengthen first-class securities.
The Arkansas House of Representatives
has adopted a resolution to submit to the
people Constitutional amendment prohibit
ing the sale of liquor.
A BILL providing for the payment Of the
old railroad bonds Of the State has passed the
Minnesota Senate.
A RESOLUTION permitting female suffrage
has been defeated by the Kansas Senate.
The Coroner at Milwaukee recently found
. house in the suburbs of that city where an
infant lay dead and four children had been
without food for forty-eight hours, while the
father was lying in Jail Tor the theft of har-
mess.
A CHICAGO newspaper correspondent has
returned from the cattle ranches, whittier he
was sent to investigate the losses from the
unprecedented storms of the winter. He re-
ported on the I'D that thousands Of beeves
| lined the northern banks of the Arkansas,
and that they were dying in great numbers.
A gentleman who has recently reached Dem
yer declares that he saw fully five thousand
dead cattle lying beside the Union Pacific
| track in Nebraska.
The Republican State Convention of Mich
igan met at Lansing on the 23d and renomi-
| mated Isaac L. Marston for Judge OF the
| State Supreme Court. James F. Joy and
Ex-Governor Austin Blair were nominated for
Regents Of the State University. A resolu-
ton was adopted declaring that "when the
people by petition manifest desire to alter
or amend the Constitution they should re-
| ceive that consideration to which they are
entitled, as coming from the source of all po-
litical power.''
A FoUR-sToRY frame building at East Liv-
erpool, O., took fire early on the morning of
the 2Sd. Egress was soon cut off BY the
| flames, and the wife and six children Of Will
lam Sloan persisted in the structure.
THOMAS BLACKWELL q blaster in a mine at
Ishpeming, Mich, was blown into fragments
the other day by the explosion of one hun
dred pounds of nitro-glycerine and quantity
Of giant powder.
FEW days since the Courthouse and
County records at Greenwood, Ark, were de-
stroyed by fire.
THE parade of the Knights Of Menus at
New Orleans, on the occasion OF the opening
of the carnival season on the oath, is said to
have been very brilliant
Congressional.
SATURDAY, Feb. ia number of proposed
amendments to the River and Harbor Ap-
preparation bill were introduced and referred
in the Senate. The Cattle Disease bill,
establishing q Bureau of Animal Indus
try, was taken up and debated. The creden-
tials of Senators-elect Camden, jackson and
ment was had at two o'clock to give Senators
an opportunity to attend the funeral of the
late Representative Wood. Mr.. Carlisle,
from the Committee on Ways and Means,
reported a bill in the House repeal
ing all laws imposing taxes on bank depos-
its, checks and drafts as well as no
matches and medicinal preparations. The
Conference report on the Army Appropria-
ton bill was agreed to. In Committee of the
Whole on the Agricultural Appropriation
bill it was voted that $SO,OOO be set aside for
the purchase and distribution of seeds. An
early adjournment was effected in order that
members might attend the funeral of Fer
nando Wood.
MONDAY, Feb. 2l.-In the Senate the
credentials of Mr.. Harrison, Senator-elect
from Indiana, were presented and filed. The
House Post-Route bill was passed, with
amendments. The report of the Conference
Committee on the Army Appropriation bill
was adopted. The Legislative Appropriation
bill was taken up, and several proposed
amendments were disposed Of In the House
a resolution, offered by Mr.. Mcmahon, was
adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury for full information of his dealings with
syndicates, banks, bankers, brokers and other
persons iu the work Of refunding the ten-forty
bonds during the year 1879, and as to the ex
pense incurred by the Government in printing,
preparing and advertising said bonds; etc
Mr.. Warner presented bill for the appoint
ment of a Board of Fiscal Inspectors to watch
the collections and disbursements of the
Treasury. Mr.. Urner offered q measure for
a Commission to propose a remedy for unjust
charges upon Interstate commerce. The
bill to incorporate the Cherokee and Arkan-
sas River Railroad Company was passed
TUESDAY, Feb. "a bill was passed in
the Senate repeating the tax on bank
deposits. The House joint resolution amend
ing and re-enacting joint resolution ap-
proved June H. 1879, providing for monu-
ment to mark the birthplace of George Wash
ington, and increasing the appropriation
therefor from $4,000 to $4,000, was taken up
debated and passed-4O to 10. The Legisla-
tive Appropriation bill was further consid-
cred and finally passed, with amend
ments In the House the Agricultural
Appropriation bill was passed. The
SundryC Civil Appropriation bill was considered
in Committee of the Whole, but no definite
action was taken. The Senate amendments
to the Post-Route bill were concurred in.
Mr.. Thompson obtained leave to have printed
substitute for the Apportionment bill, fix
ing the number of Representatives at Bis
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23.-The Conference re-
port on the Pension Appropriation bill was
adopted In the Senate. The Fortifcations
Appropriation bill was passed, with amend
ments, and bill was also passed to extend
for two years the time for filing claims for
horses and equipments lost by officers and
soldiers Of the United States. Some of the
Senate amendments to the Post-ofice Appro-
priation bill were, and others were not, con-
Cured in by the House. Mr.. Cox consented to
further postponement of the Apportionment
bill until the oath. the Republicans to
hold conference in the meantime to deter
mine the course to be pursued on the ques-
ton by their side of the House. The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was further consid-
cred, and several amendments were disposed
Of