The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-05-19

self from the platform, when . mIle-post
dashed out his brains.
Rev. JOHN MoMuILEN, of Chicago, has
been appointed BY the Pope to b Bishop Of
the new Diocese Of Davenport, Iowa, and
Rev. K. G. Flash, Of Milwaukee, to be Bishop
Of the Diocese Of La Crosse, Wis.
On the 10th the ceremony Of dedicating the
tomb Of the Association of the Army of
Northern Virginia and the unwilling Of the
statue Of Stonewall Jackson took place at
1etairie Cemetery, in New Orleans.
On the 10th General Schofeld telegraphed
the War Department that Lieutenant Bulls.
Of the Twenty-fourth infantry, commanding
body of Seminole scouts, had recently come
upon the band of Indians who murdered the
McLawrin family in Frio Canon some time
ago. He attacked their camp near the Pecos
River, in Texas. killed four men and one
woman, and captured one boy, ono woman
and twenty-one animals
TIE Catholic Young Mems National Union
assembled in Chicago on the 18th. Pontidcal
high mass was celebrated at the Cathedral,
and an address was delivered by Archbishop
Feehan.
A NASHVILLE (Tenn.) druggist was recent
ly killed by the explosion of q soda fountain.
SPARTANBURG, 8. c., held its centennial
revolutionary celebration on the 18th in the
dedication Of the Cowpens monument, in the
presence of %, 900 persons Governor Hagood,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Senator
Wade Hampton and representatives from
several of the thirteen original States made
<hopo q nj
tary forces of the State by General Henry
Hunt, U. s. A., assisted by prominent officers
and statesmen.
providing for $500 tax on spirit retailers
and 500 on beer sellers, has been passed by
the Michigan Legislature.
A coLoRED thief recently killed little
girl at q picnic near Talledeia, Ala, to Sc
cure the diamond and gold ornaments worn
blythe child. He was about to throw the
body into the river when discovered, and was
promptly lynched.
Two TELEGRAPH operators in South Caro-
lima recently exchanged insults and chal-
lenges over the wires, and met half way be-
tween Columbia and Charlotte and fought
out the quarrel with fists.
The assessment rolls Of st. Louis for pur-
poses of taxation for the year 1881 give the
value Of real estate at $l39, 00O, 900, and per-
sonal property at SO, O00,0 900. This is de-
crease Of ola, 000, 900 as compared with 1850.
On the 18th two cases of sunstroke occurred
in Chicago. One ended fatally, the other
was considered dangerous. The thermom-
eter registered eighty.eight degrees in the
shade.
GOVERNOR PIILsBuRY, Of Minnesota, has
issued an order directing that applications
for pardons be accompanied by a recon-
mendation from the Judge and Prosecuting
Attorney who tried the prisoner, as well as
by petition from at least two-thirds of the
jurors who convicted him.
THE Lottery bill passed by the last Legis-
lature has been declared unconstitutional by
the Nevada Supreme Court
A MAN named James w. Powell, of
Owingsville, KY, who had been seriously i'll
for more than a year, claims to have been re-
Gently restored to complete health by the
prayerful lntercession of his friends.
A YOUNG miss of Racine, Wis, Annie
Myrtle, died few days ago from the effects
of skipping rope over one hundred times
continuously.
On the 18th General Grant and Senator
Chaffee reached New Orleans on their return
from Mexico. They were forced to remain at
the quarantine station for three DAYS, by rea-
son of having sailed from the infected port of
Vera Cruz.
The Catholic Young Mems National Union
at its late session in Chicago adopted resolu-
tions expressing sympathy with the Irish
people in their struggle for just Land laws,
and denouncing the public school system of
the United States. Bishop Keane, of Rich
mond, Va, was reelected President of the
Union; Father Patrick Taafe, of Brooklyn,
First General vice-President, and a number
of Vice-Presidents aud Secretaries were also
chosen.
On the evening of the 18th the ffty-sev-
enth anniversary of the American Sunday
School Union was celebrated in Chicago.
There was large attendance, and eloquent
addresses were delivered by Rev. DR.. John
Hall, of New York, Rev. DR.. Noble, of Chi
cago, and Mr.. D. R. Noyes, of st. Paul.
The lower house of the Illinois Legislature
has amended the Senate resolution to ad-
journ sine die on the 9th, by making the date
of adjournment May 80. It then adopted the
resolution as amended.