The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-05-05

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! ON the aSth fire destroyed the Girand Point
elevator at Philadelphia, with 10000 bushel,
OF grain. Several adjoining buildings were
also burned. Loss about e6OO, 900.
West and South.
On the 9th the Hebrew Union College at
Cincinnati the only one of the kind in the
United States, was formally dedicated. This
college is designed for the education of
young men to be rabbis.
A FIRE occurred at Salinas, CAL, . few
nights ago, which burned the residence Of
Mayor Ball. His wife and two daughters
persisted in the flames.
On the I'D . train on the Denver q Rio
Grande Road jumped the track near Ozirr.
N. NJ. and rolled down an embankment Of
one hundred and fifty feet. Seven men and
one woman were killed. and all the other
passengers were injured, some of them seri-
ously.
A FEW days ago the town Of Greenville,
CAL, was destroyed By fire.
On the 2Sd q general strike among the
street railway employees Of st. Louis was
precipitated, and no cars were run on that
day and the next except on the Belle.ontaine
line, which yielded to the demand of its men
for a reduction of houra There were several
disturbances. the few cars which were sent
out being ditched or damaged, and those in
charge were obliged to abandon them. Numer-
Gus arrests were made by the police. The
| Superintendent of the Fifth Street line start
ed out . car. taking charge Of it himself as
conductor, but it was attacked by mob, the
windows Smashed and tho official roughly
handled. The Presidents Of the several lines
held meeting and decided to make no fur
Their attempts to run cars for the present
On the oath all the buildings on the levee
twenty inches higher than during the previous
recent food. On the Council Bluffs side the
Chicago railroads were sending their passen-
gers two or three miles in skiffs to the trans
| fer depot.
THE "Stubbs" law was enforced and every
theater in Cincinnati was closed ON Sunday,
the 24th, although one German place gave
free concert. During the previous week all
the theatrical managers had agreed to &C
quiesce in Mayor Means order to close on
Sunday.
A FEW days ago Eliza Dinkall, who attend
ed the funeral of George Washington, died
at Lancaster, Ohio, in her ninety fourth year.
CONGRESSMAN NJ. P. O'CoNNoR of Charles
ton s. c., died recently in that city. He was
a member of the Forty-sixth Congress, and
was reelected last fall. His seat was to be
contested by E. w. Mackey.
THE Chicago Tribune of the 9th says the
strikes in that city had practically ended, the
employers yielding to the demand of the
strikers.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road has
been completed as far as Las Cruces and
Mesilla, in New Mexico.
SECRETARY CRANDALL, of the National
Committee of the National Greenback- Labor
party, has issued call for a meeting of the
committee in St. Louis on the 7th of June, to
elect Chairman in place of T. H. Murch.
TRE Ohio Greenbackers will hold their
State Convention at Columbus, June Is, to
nominate full State ticket
A FEW days ago four school-boys were
struck BY lightning and instantly killed in
Louisville, Ky. Two Of their companions
were stunned by the shock. Their clothing
was literally torn from their bod es.
The Woman's Presbyterian Foreign Mis-
sionary Board was in session in Chicago on
the 2Sth. 1t was stated that the receipts for
the year were 5000. Mrs. A. H. Hoge was
reelected President and Minneapolis was
chosen as the next place of meeting.
A ST. LOUIS Grand Jury has returned
seventeen indictments against Robert Lind
say and nine against John Brady, for con-
nection with the Missouri land frauds.
U. 8. Senate Proceedings.
TUESDAY, April 26-Mr. Edmunds asked
leave for the Committee on Judiciary to SIT
during the recess of the Senate, to pursue
some investigations upon the subject of
bankruptcy, and, there being no objection.
such leave was granted. The unfinished
business. being the resolution for the cleo
ton of officers, was presented by the Vice
President. A motion to 20 into executive
session was lost-24 to "a. Mr.. Jones (Fla)
made speech, after which several dilatory
motions were voted down, but a motion to
adjourn for the day was finally carried
WEDNESDAY, April GA very short
session was held. Mr.. Morgan offered q
applied to the Panama Ship Canal, and it was
referred to the Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs After number Of dilatory motions
had been voted down an adjournment for the
day was effected.
THURSDAY, April 2S.-Mr. Butler made
speech in support of his former assertion
that the Republicans had made a cor
rupt bargain with Mr.. Malone. After he
had finished his remarks Mr.. Burnside reas-
serted his declaration that all charges that
there was any corruption on his side of the
Senate were false. On motion of Mr..
Malone resolution was adopted calling on
the Attorney General for q copy of the re-
port of Special Agent C. Z. Lancaster to the
United States Marshal for the Western Dis
trict of Virginia. Adjourned to Maya