The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
The East.

MORTON, with several aliases, the man who
recently committed the bigamous marriage
at Richmond, Va, and who is also charged
with having married some ten other women,
besides swindling about score of banks
within the past few years, passed through
New York City on the 9th, in charge of
Detective Pinkerton, on his way to Rich
mond. He put on highly injured air, in.
sisted that he never saw the aggrieved Rich
mond lady, and said it was case of mis-
taken identity. He reached Richmond on
the 18th, and was locked up in Jail. He was
apparently badly broken down, and ex-
pressed fears of being lynched.
WHILE the Superintendent of an Electric
Light Company in New York City on the
9th was preparing to test four electric
lamps, the hosting gear broke just as the
lamps reached the top OF the pole, $50 feet
high. The lamps and their carriage, a
heavy mass of wire weighing over six hundred
pounds, fell with crushing weight from the
height onto q platform, twenty-five feet
from the ground, upon which five men were
tending the hosting apparatus. Three men
were killed, and two seriously hurt.
A FEW days ago Lieutenants Edes and
killed by the premature explosion of tor
pedo at the torpedo station at Newport, r.
l. The explosion was caused by the acct
dental closing OF the circuit" Their
bodies were horribly mutilated.
AN Erie (Pa.) lawyer named George
Doane, having become insane, has recently
published formal announcement that he is
the eldest of the twenty three sons Of God.
LOREN B. SESSIONS, the noted lobbyist,
has been defeated as a candidate for re,
election to the New York State Senate.
Norman NJ. Allen was nominated as his
successor, on the fiftieth ballot.
Two FREIGHT TRAINS on the Erie Rail-
road collided near Cuba, n. Y, few days
ago, wrecking about forty heayily-loaded
cars. Otto Bowers, fireman, was killed,
and Frank Ayers, an engineer, received IA
tai injuries. The property damage amount
ed to $500, 900. The accident is said to have
been caused by an engineer falling asleep
from overwork.
MRS. HANNAH Cox, LOG years old, died
at Holderness, N. H., a few days ago. She
was said to be the Oldest person IN New
England.
THE ocean steamers which arrived at New
York on the 31st ult. from Europe
brought -, 900, 600 worth of gold bullion.
The Pail Mall Gasett, says that s., OOO,-
600 worth of gold bullion was quietly
shipped at Hamburg for New York OH the
31st. The Suevia, which left Havre on that
day, had on board 1896, 900 worth.
A FEW evenings ago ut Boston Francis C..
Pease, of Portland, Me-, shot his wife dead
and then fatally shot himself.
INQUIRIES in the four chief hop.raising
counties of New York indicate that nearly
an average crop will be harvested.
The New York Republicans will meet in
State Convention at New York City on the
9Th of October.
AT Pittsburgh fire the other evening q
ladder broke and five fremen were fatally
hurt.
A MACHINE used in loading cartridges at
the Winchester arms factory, in New Haven,
exploded on the 30th ult. A small building
was blown down and two men were fatally
burned and seven others injured.
In a recent interview with a New York
reporter General Grant stated that there
was no truth in the report that he had held
frequent consultations and conferences with
Vice. President Arthur and other public
men in New York in reference to political
contingencies at Washington growing out of
President GarfeId's recent dangerous con-
dition. He declared that he had met Gen.
eral Arthur only once since the attempt on
the Presidents life, and then no one but
the Vice. President and he was present.
TIE late Secretary of the Brooklyn IN.
w Board of Education has been arrested
for the embezzlement OF $1O7,50O of the
funds Of the Board.
West and South.
STRANGE Indians have made their ap-
pearance on the Menominee reservation in
Wisconsin, and the Federal authorities are
making efforts to crush out secret organi-
cation called the ttDreamers, who are
holding continuous dances. It was report.
ed on the 29th that Agent Stephens and his
daughter were virtual prisoners, and that
Federal troops had been ordered to the
scene