The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-22
West and South .

on reaching home in the morning he found
that his wife had administered strychnine to
his four little children and herself. Three of
them she had laid out on table, placing
punches of flowers in their crossed hands.
The eldest daughter, aged twelve years, ex-
pired as the father entered the room, and the
mother soon sank in commissions and breathed
her last. Several letters written by the eldest
child to her friends showed that she had
coolly joined with her mother in carrying out
the horrible deed Domestic difficulties were
said to have been the cause of the tragedy.
RECENTLY the Illinois Department of Ag-
riculture reported the prospect favorable for
more than an average yield of wheat per acre.
On the 10th the wife of Frank Mason, leader
of the bank robbers at Brookfeld Mo-, re-
turned 81, 800 in gold stolen from the Brook
field Bank. A special Grand Jury found in
di ctments against the four robbers, charging
them with robbery and assault with intent to
kill. - '"s.. .'e.. 81
AN unknown young man entered cut
lery store in Chicago few afternoons ago
and selected a revolver and had it loaded.
When the clerks back was turned he shot him
self through the left temple and fell dead.
"A MASHED luOU I'll Ouc men early
few mornings ago burst the doors of the Jail
at Lawrence, Kan, secured Peter Vinegar,
Isaac King and George Robertson, and hung
them to the bridge timbers, for the recent
murder of Daniel Bausman.
A FEW nights ago heavy rain storm passed
over Denver, Col, doing thousands of dol
lars worth of damage in the city and sur
rounding country Several houses near the
Platte River were swept away, and two men
and three children were drowned.
On the 18th over thousand men were at
work in the Cleveland Rolling-mill, and suf-
fered no molestation. Five weavers COM
menced duty in the Harmony Mills at Cohoes,
N. Y, and were threatened with death by
three thousand strikers.
IN st. Louis on the 18th new oats from
Texas sold at auction at tifty-ive cents per
bushel in bulk. ..
Work has been resumed by the IRON
workers at Cincinnati and vicinity, who struck
recently.
FEW days ago in the United States Court
at Raleigh, n c., Bryant and Bell were each
found guilty of frauds in the Halifax election
case, and each was fined $500.
In North st. Louis mill few DAYS ago a
circular saw burst, and one of the pieces cut
off one side of workmans skull, split open
his arm from shoulder to elbow, and finished
its operations by cutting his shoulder-bone in
two. ..
A TEXAS banker named Emanuel Mark,
died the other day in railway coach while
travelling from Syracuse to New York.
THE Tennessee Greenbackers met in State
Convention at Nashville on the 18th and
nominated J. r. Beaslsy for Governor The
platform of 1880, adopted at Chicago, was re-
affirmed.
EVAN THOMPSON has been nominated for
Congress by the Greenbackers of the Eleventh
District of Indiana
1T is announced that the army-worm has
appeared at several points in the Kanawha
Valley, W. Va. .. .a
THREE Cinnamon and the foreman on the
Oregon extension of the Pacific Railroad were
killed by the premature explosion of blast
few days ago.
THE INDUCTION obtained BY the farmers in
the Sacramento Valley against the hydraulic
mining companies has been made perpetual
by Judge Temple, of the California Superior
Court. r. 4lv5. rk.E.=-
On the evening of the 18th, on their return
from work, non-union workmen in the mills
at Cleveland were treated to fusillade of
stones and cinders, thrown by strikers. A
detective who tried to arrest one of the riot
ers was badly beaten, and patrolman was
also much abused.
FLAMES broke out in store at Texarkana,
Ark, on the 18th, and several building were
burned, causing loss estimated at $175, 600.
A FEW days ago four Arizona cowboys, who
had bound and robbed store-keeper near
Mesilla, New Mexico, were overtaken BY a
posse and hanged -'1'
THE Republicans of the Fifth District of
Iowa have nominated James Wilson for Con-
gress. y., .u.
THE Society of the Army of the Potomac
held its annual meeting in Detroit on the 14th.
General Andrew A. Humphrey, U. 8. A., was
elected President for the ensuing year.
Washington was selected as the place for the
next meeting. e..
RECENT crop reports from the Southern
States indicated that the loss resulting from
the overflow of the plantations along the
Southern rivers would be comparatively in
significant. .'. ..aH ~. y, 20
GENERAL R. R. DAWES is the Republican
nominee for Congress from the Fifteenth Dis
trict of Ohio.
The shore end of the Mexican cable has
been successfully landed at Galveston, Tex.
AT Indianapolis a few afternoons ago
heavy rain-storm flooded Pogue's Run and
swept away rotten foot bridge at the depot
tunnel, by which eight persons were drowned.
The destruction Of property was estimated at
$500 200. .r0~ d. .a'.' s'.
The Republicans of North Carolina met in
State Convention at Raleigh on the 18th and
Endorsed the nominees of the Liberal move
ment, and passed a resolution requesting
members OF the Legislature to vote against
Prohibitory Liquor laws. $500 f@'''
RECENT advices say that the prospects for
an abundant harvest were never before so
good in Colorado. The cold weather of May,
and the abundant rains, had insured large
yield OF wheat and oats. The acreage in
potatoes was about one-third larger than ever
before. .'H-'~ - a'Sa7 :
lCoLoRED people held convention at Lex
ington, KY, few days ago for the purpose of
taking some action to secure the better recoe-
milton of the coored race.
THE other: day James Mitchell, of Mount
Sterling, KY, brutally assaulted farmers
wife, and was jailed. subsequently five
armed men took the Offender from the officers
and hanged him to a railroad trestle. sir.
WILLIAM BRoDER, of Park Station, Mon
tana, was called to the door of his saloon a
few days ago by vigilants, and riddled with
bullets, because his place was resort for
thieves. .,s.,r. ~ .a1.... ., 4, -,t,y-
"A FEW nights ago ten colored men and one
white man-ralroad workmen-were drowned
in Two Mile Creek, near Winchester, Ky, by
food carrying away a cabin in which they
were sleeping. "a .aE" 1850 @,'@t ~;
FORMER prisoners of war to the number of
over 5000, held a reunion at Dayton, Ohio, a
few days ago. -, ,-..-. +,
THREE men were captured at Carterville,
Mo-, the other day who, for the past year, had
been making spurious coin in mining shaft
They had plaster-of-Paris molds for manu-
featuring gold or silver coin of any denomi.
nation. An accomplicc was also arrested at
Carthage. All pleaded guilty and were held
for trial. .5441 I" Z
THE war Governor of Ohio, William Denni-
son, who was Postmaster General at the time
of the death Of President Lincoln, died at