The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-06-29
TIE Boston .,ourna, gives the following in

TIE Boston Journal gives the following in
formation respecting the counterfeit ten-dol-
lar Treasury note recently put in circulation
in that city by gang of expert counterfeit
ers: The work was being done systematically
and on large scale, and the officers had so
far been unsuccessful in their efforts to trace
the criminals The bad bill is good imita-
ton of the 1875 series of United States Treas
ury notes, and is well calculated to deceive.
Among the points of difference between good
and bad is slight irregularity in the shape
of the letters in the line on the top of the face
of the counterfeit: ''This note is legal ten
der for ten dollars.o On the counterfeit there
is no space between the words 'for' and
''ten." In the word printing" just below
the words 'for ten" the last four letters,
ting" are in italics. On the back of the
counterfeit the word This, - in the inscrip-
ton beginning: This note is legal tender"
etc, is printed "Tms." z.t. f
go COLONEL JAWS GAY, noted veterinary
surgeon, of Norwood, Mass, was called to at
tend q sick horse few nights ago. Being
seventyrnine years of age, and quite deaf, he
became bewildered in the fog, and was shot
dead as q burglar at house where he sought
to arouse the family. - ''*>'- ..,,3
d LIGHTNING fired $1,000 barrel tank of
crude oil ut Olean, N. Y, a few days ago, and
the flames speedily extended to an adjacent
tank of the same size. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000. W.. ,.'.,......., ...t,t
bi7 A FEW Mornings ago Johnson's Harvester
Works at Brockport, NY, were destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000. o.t' tHe'g s'a"5 "a' ,
The Glastonbury Knitting Company's
hni1dipr c of Eou1ovi11o EnpD hv1rp
a few days ago, causing loss of $4,000.
Three children we're fatally injured.
The Greenbackers OF the Fourth Maine
District have renominated G. w. Ladd for
Congress. f,....F fs...-, ss.faa..tasr
THE regular" Pennsylvania Republican
State Convention, held at Harrisburg on the
21st, nominated Marriott Brossius, of Lancas-
ter, for Congressman-at-Large. "a s7
In the Warren County (Pa.) oil-feldi the
fifth great we'll was struck on the Dist, the
daily yield being 1000 barrels. ~ 20
SEvENTY-FIvE Russian exiles who were I'M
able or unwilling to work have been sent back
to Russia by the Hebrew Aid Society Of New
York. amt rsyFliaEi47. ."g iR@14
AT an auction sale of coins in New York a
few days ago the celebrated Good Samaritan
shilling brought $3.50; the Lord Baltimore
penny went off at $3.50; Massachusetts, shill-
ing of 1852 sold for s5l, and six pence of the
same date for 81. ati.-.. 70. "47t2 L.:a@F'
THE Republicans of Vermont met in State
Convention at Montpelier on the 21st and
nominated John L. Barstow for Governor;
Samuel E. Pingree for Lieutenant Governor,
and William s. Dubois for State Treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted deploring the death
of President Garfield; expressing confidence
in President Arthur's remaining true to the
fundamental principles of the Republican par
ty; deprecating the practice of electing mem
bers of the Legislature for one term, and de-
claring that the true value of all property
should be the basis of taxation. - Eg...-
THREE THOUSAND freight handlers on tn
docks at New York were on strike on the
2lst, causing serious damage to business, and
the destruction of a large amount of perisha-
bic goods was feared, owing to delay in ship
ment.
THE high price of beef in the United States
has caused the exporters of dressed beef to
Europe to suspend operations
Ex-Governor JOHN W. STEWART is the
Republican nominee for Congress from the
First District of Vermont. a.. .... &c..
THE defense in the Malley boys trial at New
Haven, Conn, closed on the 22d with the
testimony of DR.. Francis A. Harris, of Bos-
ton, who expressed his belief that Jennie
Cramer died by drowning.