The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10

On the. 3lst ult . .manufactoeys of lamp.
burners at Forestville, Conn.,, employing
three hundred men, was burned to the ground,
involving an estimated loss Of $3.50. O00
On the Slst ult. Mrs. George Stone and her
daug hter and son persisted in the names Of .
burning shoe-shOp at Union, Conn.
A FIRE recently occurred in Philadelphia
which destroyed the Bethlehem Baptist
Church and Horticultural Hall, besides In
juring several adjoining residences. The loss
was over $3O0, O0l 3
As A reward for his pedestrian achievement
at New York, Hughes, the victor, received
SABA 81, -..s.e
A BILL was introduced in the New York
Legislature ON the LIST authorizing the forms
ton of a Cremating Association.
Ar its recent session the New England Ag-
ricultural Society recommended its Prest-
dent, George B. Loring, to President-elect
Garfield for appointment as Commissioners OF
Agriculture.
A PHILADELPHIA woman became insane In
watching over her only child during an at
task 81 ae s and hanged nefse On
it could not survive. ass -
TIE weather in the Eastern and Middle
States was intensely cold ON the "a. The
thermometer throughout New England aver
aged thirty degrees below zero. Large masses
of ice had formed at the entrance to several
of the Atlantic ports
In Q recent address the Roman Catholic
clergy Of Boston express sympathy with the
people of ireland.
In q recent circular the Worlds Fair Com
mission announce that the State and Terrific
ries will determine for themselves the manner
and character of their expositions.
A SEVERE earthquake shock occurred at
Lewisbusg, Pa, on the night of the I'd. 1t
was SO violent that people leaped from
their beds in fright.
The number of immigrants arriving at the
port Of New York during the month Of JAM
uary Of this year was s,076, being 2,S99 more
than during the corresponding month of last
year.
A FEW nights ago Johanna Callahan and
her son William were burned to death in their
dwelling at Dorcester, Mass.
The New York Assembly has passed-101
to "a bill to prevent the consolidation of
the Telegraph Companies.
THERE wds An alarming increase In the
number of smallpox cases reported in New
York on the I'd. There were over sixty cases
under treatment at the hospital on Randall's
Island.
A RECENT fire totally destroyed the Central
Square Baptist Church in Cambridge, Mass,
valued at s95, OOO. -.
LOOMS l. McMAsTER, carriage manufacture
ers, of Bath, N. H., have failed, with liabili-
ties of $l10,O0l
JUDGE BARRETT, of New York. on the Sd
refused the application of Rufus Hatch for an
injunction to prevent the consolidation of the
made by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany that that Com, any had taken possession
of the properties and privileges Of the Amer
lean Union and Atlantic and Pacific Compa.
MES. -- sr-
FRANCIS A. DuRlvAeE, well-known story
writer, died in New York few days ago.
AT Chautauqua Lake, N. Y, on the 81 the
mercury in the thermometer marked thirty
two degrees below zero.
CATHERINE MILLER and George Smith, con-
victed of tie murder of the woman's hus-
band, were executed few days ago. at Will
Transport, Pa, in the presence Of about one
uuuuIeu ouu bpCCVdtOISs
West and South.
A FEW days ago Captain Joseph Lawson, OF
the Third Cavalry, the hero of the Milk River
fgh: with the Utes, died of paralysis at Fort
Steele
EIGHT Cinnamon who were cutting timber
near Santa Cruz, Cal, were buried alive by
Q landslide from the mountain few days
ago. -.
THE Legislative act authorizing the fund
ing of the floating Indebtedness of New Or
leans has been declared to be unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
About 81, $40, 600 of bonds are thus rendered
worthless.
ACCORDING to a recent Cincinnati dispatch
a woman in that city has become crazed by
policy-playing. 1.-THE victim is q young
married woman named Treutman. who be-
came so infatuated with this species of gam
bling that she spent hundreds of dollars, and
now has gone crazy over her losses She
constantly raves about lottery devils, and re-
fuses to forget the fends. She has husband
and two children"
T. D. Brown was recently placed in the
Jail at Baldwin, Mich, for intoxication. The
building was soon afterward burned, the
prisoner perishing in his cell.
The damage done in the river region below
Sacramento, CAL, by the overfows caused by
the recent heavy rains is estimated q: over
81 ,0OO, 900.
THE Illinois Senate has passed q bill pro-
hibiting pool-selling in the State under e.
we're penalties.
OK the night of the S0th ult three children
of Rev. Manning Hunter, colored preacher
of Sumter County, South Carolina, were
burnedto death. A kerosene lamp exploded
and set the house on fire during the absence
of the father and mother.
THREE of the Mexicans who murdered
Colonel Charles Potter, of the Geological
Survey. were recently taken from jail at Al
buquerque, New Mexico, and hanged by the
citixens ----.3
THE VILLAGE Of Plymouth, in North Carroll
ma, was destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 3lst ult. OF all the buildings In the town,
numbering thirty-fve, only . freight ware
house and one store escaped the flames.
Four hundred bales of cotton were also
burned. The total loss was about $127, 900.
The fire was caused by the explosion of
kerosene lamp.
On the LIST four low.tax Democrats in the
Tennessee Legislature united with the Re-
publicans in electiny James Nolan Comp
troller and D. A. Num- Secretary of State.
WILEY EMBREY, a Butler County (Ky.)
farmer and six OF his children were burned to
death few nights since, Mrs. Embrey and
daughter escaping. The fire broke out in an
upper room while the family were sleeping,
and Mr.. Embrey lost his life while striving to
rescue his children. ASA tf.
TEE San Antonio and FL Paso stage was re-
Gently stopped by two masked men, about
fifteen miles from Boernc, Texas, and the
mail bags were robbed of several valuable
packages
FIrrr-rwo cases Of smallpox were under
treatment in Chicago on the ID
A VERDICT of 70S has, been rendered
against ]. B. Calhoun, Of Alabama, for boxing
trees on public lands for turpentine.
1Rox Doc, one of Sitting Bulls Chiefs,
with sixty-four followers, direct from Woody
Mountain, recently surrendered to Major
llges. 30 destitute were they that they
killed ponies for food along the route Up
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