The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-16

Compiled from Latest Dispatches.

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Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
From Washington.
ACCORDING to the report Of the Comp.
troller of the Currency on the 4th, Of four
hundred and sixty -seven banks which held
SA, 6So,S5O Of six-per-cent. bonds, all had
been extended at three and one-half per
cent. with the exception Of two banks, hold
ing S3OS, 500. One thousand three humid red
and forty EIGHT banks held $169, 4O8, $50 Of
fve-per.cents.. all Of which, it was thought,
had made application for extension, WIN
the exception of banks holding from three
to five millions.
THE "Star-route" frauds were considered
at the Cabinet meeting on the 4th. The At
tornev.General said that, owing to the
crowded condition Of the courts, he did not
think Il likely that any Of the cases against
the Star-route" men would be tried before
September next. Colonel Totten and Shell
aberger & Wilson, Of Washington, have
been retained by General Brady, ex-Second
Assistant Postmaster General, as counsel
Al ally ttSSA pIOCCCuluES WukCu 1AAy kEVW
out Of the pending "Star-route" investiga-
ton.
THE deficit this year on account Of the
payment of arrears Of pensions is estimated
at about $50. zoo, 900.
THERE was said to be surplus Of unused
silver in the United States Treasury vaults
-" tlic otn vf Ssh, TOO, 100, au lncrease OF
eighty per cent. in five months. Not dol.
lar Of the coinage for the last two months
had gone into circulation.
A WASHINGTON special of the 9Th says
there was no truth in the report that Assist
ant Postmaster General Tyner contem-
plated resigning. He is represented as
saying that he had the assurance Of the
President that his resignation was not de-
sired.
THE National Board Of Health had ad-
vices on the 9th that during the week ended
on the 4th there were four deaths at Cincin-
natl, two at Evansville, Ind, and two at
indianapolis, from cerebro- spinal menin.
gifts.
THE Census Bureau appropriation being
nearly exhausted, the Secretary of the
Treasury, on the suggestion Of Superin-
tendent Walker. addressed . letter to the
clerks employed in the Bureau on the It'll,
informing them that they might remain at
work if they would leave the question of
their payment entirely with Congress.
THE resignation of Commodore Jeffers as
Chief of the Bureau Of Ordnance Of the
Navy Department, to take effect June 30,
has been accepted by the Secretary Of the
Navy.
THE Star Service Investigating Committee
are reported to have discovered another in
stance of what they regard a gross extrava-
gance in expenditures for mail service in the
Southwest, and have submitted a recon-
mendation which, if carried into effect, will
result in an additional saving to the Gov
eminent of 100000 per annum.
THE Grand Jury, to which the testimony
against the Star-route ring will be submit
ted, was drawn in Washington on the 9th.
1t is said to be a jury that will do its duty.
The East.
Four children met their deaths in Jersey
City. n. j., by falling from windows during
one week recently.
JOHN G. SAKE, the poet, lost his only
surviving daughter on the Sd. His wife
died last July, and he has buried his three
daughters during the last seven years. He
himself is confirmed invalid, and is living
in humble circumstances in Brooklyn.
A FEW days ago Mrs. Lydia l.. bennett,
who was prominently identified with the
anti.slavery movement, and assisted in the
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died at Portland, Me-, aged eighty three
years.
IMMIGRANTS to the number of over 3, 200
landed at Castle Garden, N. Y, on
the 9th. During the previous week the
arrivals numbered over Il, 200.
FORREST H. PARKER was on the 9th
elected President of the New York Produce
Exchange.
THE employees of . number Of brewing
firms in New York and BROOKLYN struck on
the 9th for an increase Of wages or decrease
of hours. A few breweries made the con-
cession, but seventy-six firms declared that
they would stop business altogether rather
than yield to the demand to close their es-
Establishments on Sunday.
A BUFFALO IN. Y lawyer named Cor
ham kept $lO6, 900 worth of bonds in the
Erie County Savings Bank vaults. A few
days ago he called, clipped of some coupons,
and left the bonds on the cashiers desk,
whence they were stolen. A Baltimore law
year, a. agent for the thief, offered on the
9th to return the bonds for q bonus of $50. /.
600.
A FEW days ago Father Mahoney, Of Erie,
Pa, the alleged miracle worker, was ar
rested for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
In the Joint Convention Of the New York
Legislature on the It'll, rules were adopted to
govern the proceedings Of the Convention,
providing for a meeting each day, except Sun.
day, at noon, until the election of two United
States Senators to fill the existing vacancies,
or until the final adjournment of the Legis-
lature; and providing that motion to ad.
journ, if carried, shall be until noon Of the
following day, except when the succeeding
day Is Sunday, in which case the adjourn.
ment shall be until the following Monday.
On the It'll the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company gave check for ST., 949, O52. 20 to
committee representing 300 share.
holders Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore Road, who reside mainly in New
England. Nearly s., 900. QUO more would be-
disbursed among stockholders in Philadel.
phia. The Wilmington Road will pass into
the hands Of the Pennsylvania on the lst of
July.
On the 4th there were 1874 cases of small
pox and sixty three cases Of typhus fever in
the New York hospitals. During the week
ending on that day fifty-three new cases Of
smallpox and thirty-two cases of typhus.
fever developed.
SEVERE frosts recently occurred i'm Sulh.
van County, N. T., and at some points in
Vermont, and ice was formed in the rivers
In the country around st. John, N. B.
A SYSTEMATIC scheme for defrauding
banks and bankers in various parts of the
country by means Of fraudulent drafts ON
the Leather Manufacturer Bank of New
York has been recently discovered. The
plan has been in operation for some time,
and during the past twelve months over .
dozen forged drafts have been presented at
the bank for collection.