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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-22
West and South.

AN entire family-consisting of Cornelius
OLeary his wife and three children-of
Cincinnati ate canned mackerel for supper
on the 18th, and were all taken down at
once with violent symptoms of lead poison.
Ing. The mackerel had been put up in tin
cans, and the surgeon supposed acetate of
lead or some other salt of lead had formed
in consequence of the mixture Of the lead
with the tin used in manufacturing the
sheet tin from which the can was made.
SPECIAL telegram from Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 10th says the excitement over
the late train robbery continued at fever.
heat. Nine arrests had been made of men
supposed to belong to the gang Of robbers.
1t was thought that Matt Chapman, the first
one OF the party arrested, had given the rest
away, and made clean confession in order
to clear himself. 1t had leaked out that the
officer had very strong link in the chain of
evidence against Chapman before he was
apprenended. An Independence special of
the same date states that the officers, after
thorough investigation, had revealed evil
dence corroboratins the supposition that
Jesse James led the gang who robbed the
train on the 7ih.
On the 18th, as . train was backing up
from Mount Forest to Glencoe, Mich, q
falling tree struck the caboose, sweeping five
men out under the wheels of the engine.
Ernest Weight and William Lynch were in.
stantly killed; Reuben Wright died soon
afterward, and Frank Beverly was not ex-
pected to recover.
THE steamer Columbia was wrecked of
Frankfort, Mich. on Lake Michigan. on the
night Of the 10th. Fifteen persons were
drowned, and the bodies Of Captain Malcolm,
Engineers William Crosby and William
Muffin and Miss Fitzgerald, of Chicago,
hoated ashore. Seven persons got into the
small boats and escaped. The steamer
sailed from Chicago for Collingwood, and
was laden with grain.
REV. DIR. THOMAS, Of Chicago, on the
10th received from Presiding Elder Willing
official notice Of the formers suspension
from ministerial services and church priv.
leges. One Of the counsel for the defense
stated that DR.. Thomas was surprised and
panied ut the verdict, but would defend
himself to the last against all charges. The
Reverend gentleman announced to his con.
gregation on the 18th that he should refrain
from preaching until after the action of the
Conference, but the services would be kept
up by other ministers.
THE steamer General Sherman arrived ut
Standing Rock Agency on the 10th to trans.
fer Sitting Bull and party to Fort Randall.
The noted Sioux declared he wonld never
90 on board alive. He was promptly over
powered by the soldiers, ironed hand and
foot, and carried up the gang.plank. The
other Indians had displayed some insubor-
dinatfon. but quietly followed when their
chief had been subdued.
THE Fusion Republican State Executive
Committee Of Virginia has called upon Fed.
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A Whole Family Of Daughters Married
ut Once.

Marriage licenses were granted
yesterday to the following parties:
Frederick Walter, Jr., and Emma
Bang.
William Wetzler and Theresa Bang.
DIR. VIM. +. Herman and johanna
Bang.
A most unusual scene was presented
in the Recorders office-the father of
three young ladies appearing with his
three prospective sons-in-law and con-
senting to give one of MS daughters to
each of them. They all seemed in the
best of spirits, and the occasion was en-
livened by mirth and witticisms all
around.
The circumstances of the case are
quite interesting and not a little ro-
mantle DR.. Charles Bang, who has
for many years kept drug store on the
corner of Fifteenth street and Franklin
avenue, is the father of three beautiful
daughters, The eldest about twenty-five
years of age and the youngest little
under eighteen. A short time age, all
three of them became engaged during
the same week, to their respective low
ers. and it was concluded to have the
three marriages take place at the same
time. All three of the sisters are high
ly educated and accomplished, and all
of them belong to the Liederkranz, of
which their father was once President.
1t was perfectly natural therefore that
an invitation should be given and &C.
cepted. that the marriages should take
place at the new Liederkranz Hall on
Chouteau avenue.
The father having to be present to
give his consent in the case of his minor
daughter, it was not necessary for
either OF the others to be present, as he
could represent them all. When he was
called upon to sign the affidavit for the
second he exclaimed. "What! must l
sign again?"
certainly" replied the clerk, ''this
isn't job lot; you have to sign for each
one."
When the applications were all made
out, the clerk said to DIR. Bang: "You
ought to feel happy to get so many
daughters off your hands at once"
The doctor replied: "They took all I
had; that breaks up the family.
EYES," said Mr.. Wetzler, ''that was q
regular, wholesale business; we made a
clean sweep"
When the clerk was asking for the
ames that went together in the liz
censes, DIR. Herman exclaimed, ''Don't
you make any mistake, now, and give
me the wrong girl; l want the one that
belongs to me-"
When everything was concluded ex-
cept paying the fees, DR.. Bang said:
1.-The next thing is -"
"The next thing is, interrupted Mr..
Wetzler, sis to 60 out and get some
beer
"But the licenses are not paid for
yet
"No matter; we can pay for them in
the morning when we get them"
The party then filed out gleefully, and
no doubt had the beer.
The triple marriage recalls an anec-
dote related of an eccentric minister q
number of years ago, who was called
upon to marry three couples at once.
The parties were standing around pro-
miscuously waiting for the arrival of
the minister, and. when he came in. he
he marched up to them. exclaiming:
"Sort ycurselvesr'-St. Louis Repub-
kcn7l
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Mason's Attempt on the Life Of Guiteau.
WASHINGTON, September Ia.

WASHINGTON, September Ia
Guiteau has told ten different stories about
his position when Sergeant Mason fired into
his cell last night. At first, and when under
excitement, he said he was lying on his bed
when the shot was fired. Subsequently he
said he was standing at the window, but it
is believed that his first statement is true,
and that he concocted the second with the
idea that it would give him more notoriety
If he made it appear that he had very mar
row escape. This Is not the first time that
Guiteau has given reason since he was inn
prisoned to believe that he does not always
tell the truth.
Sergeant Mason is said by the officers Of
the battery to be the best shot in the COM
pany. He says that he had observed that
every evening when the guard arrived
Guiteau took the same position at tho cell
window. For weeks Mason noticed this,
and he made up his mind that bullet
aimed at that spot any evening just after
the guard arrived would hit Guiteau. From
one view he could see Guiteau through q
window opening in . line with Gutteau's
cell window, but he could not fire direct
shot from that position. He had to round
the yard ana got q position at another
place in order to command range Of Gui-
tcau's cell window. Mason did not stop at
his usual place Of observation to see
II Guiteau was at the window, but.
as he had never failed to be there when the
guard arrived, Mason took it for granted
that the prisoner was at the window. So
he hurried on to the point where he could
not rsnvo nj the window and fired yvithou%
attempting to make 1t certain that Guiteau
was in range. The reason for believing that
Guiteau tells falsehood in saying that he
was at the window 10 that from where the
shot was fired he must have been hit, had
he stood there.
Guiteau has been removed to another
cell, and its location in the Jail Is
kept profound secret, neither military nor
officers other than those who are on duty in
that particular portion Of the building
knowing where 1t Is.
Guiteau keeps bis reckoning OF time by
making little notch in candle be has for
each day that passes. This 10 how he knew
when his birthday arrived. Some Of the
jail guards say that Guiteau is an uncon-
scionable liar; that he lies about the most
unimportant matters. He was In great ter.
ror oil last night lest he should be MUIR
dered, and the guards in passing his cell
frequently heard him praying during the
night. He 10 evidently an arrant coward.
The old convent in St. Augustine.
Fla, whose building no man remem-
bers, is being demolished to make room
for new atr1Ctures
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Ana slap ON mis- race made o Dir.
Cvlvonna II Ooklov ~ Roch aek

-Sylvanus H. Oakley. of Rochester,
N. Y, claims to be an heir. under o
will nearly one hundred years old, to
large tract of land in the neighborhood
Of Wall street, New York, now valued
ct go. 10000. 1t was q swamp when
the will was made.
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The East.

A SPECIAL election was held in the Lew.
iston (Me.) District on the 18th for mem
Der Of Congress to succeed Senator Frye.
Ex-Governor Dingley, the Republican can
didate, was elected.
A BRIDGE over Spring Creek, on the
Pennsylvania Road, burned on the 18th, and
freight train fell into the ravine, and SUBJ
sequently burned. William Kepperly, the
engineer, and Charles Parks, the fireman,
were roasted alive.
THE Democrats of Massachusetts, will
meet in State Convention at Worcester on
the 9Th Of October.
UNITED STATES SENATOR A. f. BURN
SIDE, of Rhode Island, died very suddenly
in Bristol. He had been slightly unwell for
two or three days. Death was caused by
spasms of the heart. General Burnside was
ffty-seven years old.
THE majority of Ex-Governor D;ngley as
member of Congress from the Second Maine
District is estimated at about 5000.
On the 18th the steamer Wyoming brought
to New York five hundred converts to Nor
monism, most of them Scandinayians.
On the 18th gold to the amount of II, 1868,
600 was received in New York from Europe.
THE Mutual Union Telegraph Company
announces that it will have offices open for
business in most of the commercial towns
in the country by the end of September.
BY the explosion of the boiler in the dry
dock OF Bulman Brown, in Jersey City on
the 18th two men were killed and three IA
tally injured. The boiler was blown six
hundred feet, cutting down lamp-post
and fire-hydrant, and making mince meat
OF horse and cart.
On the 14th fifty citizens of Boston con.
tributed SO, 900 for the Michigan sufferers.
In Wall street on the 18th Hannibal & st.
Joe Railroad stock sold at 800.
MAURICE c. STETTHEIMER, confidential
clerk in the office of Messrs. Seligman, bank
crs of New York, has been arrested and
lodged in the Tombs for embezzling $4O, 900.
He was captured at Sault Ste. Marie by de.
tectives.
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Foreign Intelligence.

On the evening of the 18th the village OF
Elm, in Switzerland-a place of about 900
inhabitants-was the scene Of terrible ca
lamity. Thirty houses were overwhelmed
by a mountain landslide and 200 persons
were buried.
IT is stated that the late forest fires in the
timber to the value of 81, 100000.
A PARTY of forty disguised men broke
into the residence of three brothers named
Mahoney, near Knocknagre, Ireland, on the
night of the 18th and fatally shot them.
THE steamer Proteus reached st. Johns,
N. B., on the 18th, bringing intelligence that
the Greeley Arctic expedition reached Lady
Franklin Bay August 3, and established q
station at Discovery Harbor. A house was
erected on the site used by the English ex.
petition.
A GREAT number of cattle are reported
dying in the vicinity Of London, Ont, ON ac-
count of the drought.
COPIES of Socialistic proclamation were
distributed in the streets of Vienna on the
12th, and several of the offenders were ar.
rested.
THE Congress Of Workingmen Of Great
Britain and Ireland, recently in session in
London, adopted resolutions expressing hor-
ror and detestation of Guiteau's crime, sym.
pathy with President Garfield and the
American people, and hope that the Presi-
dent would speedily recover.
A JOINT English and French squadron
has been ordered to proceed to Alexandria.
Egypt.
THE agents Of railroads in Texas and New
Mexico have contracted, in China, for 10.
borers at $l.25 per day and transportation
and the steamship Oceanic will soon arrive
at San Francisco with load Of one thousand
coolies.
WITHIN five months France has dispatched
81, 600 soldiers to Algeria.
DURING the week ended on the 10th tho
Irish Land League received 50, 100, nearly all
OF which came from the United States.
ON the 18th the disaffected officers Of the
Egyptian army signed an net OF complete
submission to the Khedive.
THE emigrants leaving Liverpool In An.
gust numbered 1881, Of whom 1887 went
to British North America and the remainder
10 the United States.
JAPAN has decided to extend railroads
throughout the Empire. and the Govern.
ment is considering the question Of granting
subsidies.
ACCORDING to late advIces from the coast
OF Africa the King Of Dahomey had de-.
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LATER.

THE news from Long Branch on the 10th
was OF very discouragIng nature. 1t was
one of the Presidents worst days, and
while the pulse and temperature did. not
indicate great fcbrile changes, there were
other and more serious complications re-
sulting from the pyamic condition of the
blood. The patient had gotten to that point
where. unless the deadly effect of the pois-
oned state Of the blood could be over
come, he must succumb to its potent
and yirulent action. With sys-
tenn enfeebled by long weeks Of
sickness it is feared that this is an impos.
sibility. One Of the most serious features Of
the case was that the wound was discharging
pus of thin and watery character and the
granulations mad assumed an unhealthy
appearance. DIR. Boynton gave the opinion
that, while he hoped the President would
recover, there was "nothing upon which to
base confident hope" DIR. Bliss admitted
that the patients condition on the night Of
the 10th was more hazardous than at any time
since he arrived at Long Branch. DR. Agnew
arrived at Elberon late In the evening, and, IL
the patient grows worse, would not leave his
bedside. At II p. m. the President was
slightly better, and more hopeful feeling
was entertained. At the morning eXamina.
ton the Presidents pulse was 104; temper.
ature, 98.6; respiration. 81. At noon the
pulse was l16; temperature, 90.S; rcspira-
ton, 81. At the evening dressing the pulse
was 1O4; temperature, 9S.6; respiration, n
clared that the Presidents condition coca.
stoned q sensible increase Of anxiety.
IT was believed in London on the 10th
that France had proposed and England had
accepted joint military commission to re.
organize the Egyptian army.
ON the evening OF the 10th thieves forced
the door Of room in the National Hotel at
Washington, occupied by ex- Minister Chris.
tiancy, and took box containing diamonds
and jewelry valued At 5000
BY the explosion Of = boiler near Union.
town, Pa, on the 10th James McD0nough
was fatally scalded and four others injured.
The cause was the use Of sulphur water dur.
Ing the drought.
THE funeral obsequies Of the late General
Burnside occurred At Providence on the
18th. Business was wholly suspended and
nearly every building In the city was draped
IN mourning. Tho entire militia Of Rhode
Island performed escort duty.
A coLoHED woman named Campbell, 70.
siding near Magnolia, Ark, recently killed
two Of her children with pine knot. After
the Cor0ner's inquest had been held, the
citizens burned the murderess ut the
stake.
ON the 10th DR.. LugeEbeel, brother Of
Mrs. Christisncy, sent formal challenge to
the Minister, which was declined and .
warrant asked for. The cause was re6ec-
tons upon her testimony In The divorce sujt,
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Forests and Water Courses.

The rapidity with which our forests
are disappearing, while scarcely an
effort is being made by either the Cen
er Il or the State Governments to re-
place those that are cut down, natural
ly excites the apprehensions of all who
understand what important factors
trees are in the economy of nature. At
q meeting in Western city some time
ago of gentlemen interested in the
lumber trade figures were adduced to
show that at the present rate of con-
sumption and destruction the forests of
Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin
will have given out in less than a quar-
ter of a century. The question is one
of che highest Importance, and we are
glad to see that it was one of the themes
OF discussion by the scientific gathering
that lately met in Cincinnati. Prof.
Thompson, of that city, pointed out
that there is close connection be-
tween forests and water courses, and
that the disappearance of the great tim
Der tracts in a country invariably leads
to decreased depth in its rivers. The
most remarkable illustration of this
fact is furnished by Palestine, where
the smaller streams are drying up. The
Danube, the Elbe, the Rhine, the Mis-
sissippi rivers are all said to be much
shallower now than formerly, and the
scientific explanation is that which we
have given. Tree planting is encour-
aged in some of the States. but in SO
weak and half hearted way that real
ly very little is done in the matter. For
every tree cut down at least two should
be planted.--M. Y. Herald.
e. r. Collins, formerly an Alder
man in Troy. N. Y, sold his business
about five years ago to devote his en-
tire attention to mining enterprises.
At that time his fortune aggregated
from $4,000 to $4,000. He made
heavy investments which would have
brought him profit of nearly half q
million dollars had he sold three years
ago. But visions of boundless wealth
deferred him. and soon after the mar
ket took q downward turn. and the
constant assessments at last bankrupt
ed him. The other day, while journey
ing to Richtield Springs to meet his
wife, and when about six miles from
Utica, he jumped from the train and
was picked up ifeless.
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THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
From Washington.

w
SERGEANT MASON, when relieving the
guard at the Jail in Washington on the nth,
shot at Guiteau through the window of his
cell, and came near killing him. The ball
grazed his head and was imbedded in the
wall OF the cell. Mason was promptly ar.
rested and incarcerated in the arsenal.
INQUIRY at the War Department ON the
18th developed the fact that the Department
would promptly Surrender Mason to the
civil authorities if they would agree to try
him for the attempted murder of Guiteau,
but that, otherwise, he would be tried bv
court.martial. Guiteau had been removed
to another cell.
1T was announced on the 18th by the In.
ternal Revenue Bureau that private banks
in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Chicago owed the Government 81, 25O 200 in
taxes.
1T was stated on the 18th that charges Of
di>obedience Of orders and breach Of disci-
pine had been prepared against Sergeant
Mason, who shot Guiteau, by the command
ing officers at the arsenal and forwarded to
General Hancock.
THERE had been Sc, SIS, $50 in five.per.
cent. coupon bonds under the 1881 call, and
SIS, 55S, 700 in registered five-per- cent.
bonds under the 10th call, presented at the
Treasury in Washington for redemption, up
to the close Of business on the 18th.
THE Agricultural Bureau reported on the
18th a heavy decline in the condition Of the
cotton crop since the previous report, owing
to the protracted drought which prevailed
in all sections of the cotton belt. The con-
dition was y, decrease of 16 per cent.
during August, and, as compared with the
returns of the same date last year, 10 per
cent. less. The general average condition
OF corn September l was 80, being II per
cent. lower than the month previous. and 81
per cent. lower than last year at the same
date. From Missouri and Kansas there
were serious complaints Of ravages by the
chinch bug, which were added to the pre-
vailing drought. The tobacco returns gave
very serious decline in the prospect for
the crop, being some 90 per cent. less than
for the previous month. The average for
the whole country was only Is, against IS in
August, and 81 for the same date last year.
The cause of the low condition existing in
almost every section of the country was
drought.
IT was stated on the 18th that Commits
sioner Raum had concluded to accept the
clearing house statements as to the basis of
taxable deposits. One bank in New York
would be compelled to pay $145, 900 in back
taxes, and 81 ,0OO, 900 would be realized in
the aggregate.
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The tobacco crop of Virginia will
be short this year.
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"A spruce and conceited young Mr..
Fell in love with anO: her chaps ST.
With hts sweet little cane,
At the end of the lane
He met ana he fain would have kr.
But he trod ON her train,
At the end of the lane,
And q slap ON his face made o blr.
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stroyed two densely populated native towns,
and taken some thousands Of captives to his
Capital for sacrifice.
FIFTY persons were injured In q railway
collision in County Limerick, Ireland, on
the 18th.
THERE was recently received ut Bristol,
Eng, from Turkey, cargo Of three hum
dred tons of human bones, probably the re-
mains Of the defenders Of Plevna, to be used
IN enriching the soil.
THE failure of the Northern Counties
Banking Association of New Castle, Eng,
was announced on the 18th. Liabilities,
$32O, OOO.
ACCORDING to the Russian journals of the
18th there had been 1865 fatal cases Of
diphtheria in the Province of Pultowa,
containing less than 2OO, 900 inhabitants.
HANLAN, the champion oarsman, has Of
fered to end his career as professional
oarsman by rowing any man in the world
three-miie race for - 200 or more.
LORRILLARD's Iroquois, the winner Of
the English Derby last spring, won the St.
Leger stakes ut the Doncaster meeting on
the 14th.
LATE advices from China report that =
destructive typhoon recently visited the
coast Of China, near Shanghai. Over 200
vessels were driven ashore. Included in
the losses is $s,OOO,O 600 worth of tea, stored
for shipment, and which was washed away.
THE Geographical Congress was formally
opened by the King and Queen of Italy at
Venice on the 10th. NJ. De Lesseps deliv-
cred the inaugural address.
ACCORDING to Rome Qtaly) dispatch OF
the 10th, on the preceding evening Rev.
Campbello, Canon of st. Peters Cathedral,
had publicly abjured Catholicism and en-
braced NIethodism.
IT is announced that three hundred Rus.
sian mobiles have organized themselves un.
der the name of the SACRED LEGION" and
will establish secret service in opposition
to Nihilism.
PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON has abdi-
Gated to his son Victor his claims as Emper-
or of France, and departed for Constanti-
nople.
A NATIONAL LAND LEAGUE CONVENTION
assembled in Dublin on the 18th and organ
lied by electing Parnell as President.
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The old convent in St. Augustine,
Fla, whose building no man remem-
bers, is being demolished to make room
for new structures.