The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1882-01-19
Foreign Intelligence.

teen days for disorderly conduct during the
Blanqui demonstration. Others implicated
were given from eight to sixty days.
THE largest sail vessel afoat was recently
launched at Belfast, ireland. She is named
Garfield, is steel covered and registers ago
tons.
A RECENT dispatch from Berlin to French
newspaper says the Emperor William had de-
cided to proclaim the Crown Prince Frederick
William Regent of the Empire on the 22d of
March next, the Emperor's eighty-tifth birth
day.
By the wrecking Of the steamer Lion off the
Newfoundland coast recently, all the crew and
several passengers were lost.
A UKAsE was issued by the Gar of Russia a
few days ago which will materially lessen the
debt for lands granted to the serfs when they
were mauumitted.
CASE containing Snider rifles, dynamite,
gun-cotton and ammunition was dug up by
the police at Cork few days since. In a let
ter to the Town Clerk of Dublin, Parnell and
/ Dillon expressed their thanks for the freedom
of the city. Heavy seizures of arms had been
made at Tralee and Clonmel A warrant
against the police had been issued at Dublin
for seizing Irish-American papers at news
| stands.
Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY lives are said to
| have been lost by an earthquake in the district
| of Kanchow, China, a few days ago. The
British Consular agent at Chinking had been
robbed and threatened with death by the
natives.
KING LOUIS, of Portugal, received the King
and Queen of Spain with eclat at Lisbon few
days ago. There was grand procession
through the streets and a banquet in the even
ing.
| A POPULATION of 9, 225 900, is accredited to
the city of Paris by recent census, being an
increase of 1877, 100 since 1876.
SOLDIERS and constabulary to the number
of 200 left Dublin on the 18th for Edenderry,
to protect persons carting oats bought at
| Sheriff's sale. The farmers threw trees across
the roads and destroyed four bridges. A large
battalion of police and military evicted six
families near Ballaghagrun. The bodies of
process-server and his nephew were found
chained together in Tough Mask.
| THE American Charge d'Affaires at St.
Petersburg sent cablegram to Secretary Ere
linghuysen on the 18TH announcing that. of
the survivors of the Jeanette, Danenhower
and five of the crew arrived at Zakutsk De.
cember II, and Melville and six men were ex-
pected soon. Captain De Long and the crew
of the first cutter had not been found
| On the 18th the MARQUIS of Lome sailed
from Liverpool for Halifax He said the
Princess Louise remained behind at his re-
quest until she had sufficiently recovered her
health, and she had consented to remain only
under the advice of her physicians.
THE sulphur mines at Schmolnitz, Hungary.
were on fire on the 1lth and fears were enter
tanned that the flames could not be extin-
guished. 1t was thought probable that the
loss of many million forns would be in.
volved.
| Two PERSONS were killed and thirty injured
by a recent explosion at the Constantnople
torpedo arsenal.
| THE Pope declined recently to comply with
the Census law of Italy by giving an enumera-
ton of the persons employed in the Vatican.
| A MESSENGER was recently dispatched by
the Emergency Committee from Dublin by
mail train with bag of writs to be delivered
at police stations in West Meath, Galway,
Roscommon and Mayo. While the train was
travelling at rapid speed gang attacked the
messenger in the railway carriage, seized the
bag and destroyed the writs.
| DUBLIN is now exporting large quantities of
Irish potatoes to the United States
| LATER.
| A TERRIBLE accident occurred to the Chica-
60 express train which left Albany, N. Y, al
2:40 p m. on the 18th. Near Spuyten Duyvil
Junction with the Harlem main line, the Tar
| vt oiol rain into md toll
the last two Wagner palace cars, which took
fire and caused loss of twelve lives. Among
those who were killed was Senator Wagner,
the eminent palace-car proprietor.
| DISASTROUS fire in Galveston, Texas, ON
the 18th destroyed about dozen large bust
ness edifices on the Strand The loss will not
fall far short of $4,000, 900.
| In the jail-yard at St. Louis Thaddeus Ba-
Der and William Ward suffered execution on
the 18th. A French Canadian, named Antoine
Moreau, was hanged at Rimouski, Ont. At
| Wentworth, N. c., crowd of five thousand
persons witnessed the execution of Eldridge
Scales, Matilda Carter and Joe Hay, all col
| ored.
In the Star-route cases on the 18th counsel
for the conspirators objected to the evidence
| which the Government proposed to submit,
and claimed that the existence of a conspiracy
| had not been proven. An unsuccessful effort
| was made to reduce the amount of bail re-
quircd in some of the cases.
| In the Dead Letter Office at Washington a
| few days ago draft for $25, 600 turned up.
Nearly year ago it was sent across the At
| lantic, INSTRUCTED to Belfast, England, when
Belfast, Ireland was its destination.
| THE Secretary of the Treasury has made an
! fhor he tn,
tended bonds on which interest will cease on
the 18th of March. "1'1
THE Canadian Parliament was formally
opened at Toronto on the 18th by the Lieu
tenant Governor, in the absence of the Gov
ernor-General, the Marquis of Lorne.
AssocrArE-JusTIcE HOMER E. ROYCE has
been appointed Chief-Justice of the Vermont
Supreme Court ... ...
Mr.. GLADSTONE has again RENTED ten per
cent of the rentals of his Hawarden estate.
THE South Carolina State Legislature have
been appraised that within the past six weeks
an exodus of 900 negroes occurred from one
county. SIX
The Apaches are at their old work of muir
der In the neighborhood of Sonora, N. NJ. The
State troops and citizens of the Territory are
chasing the redskins, who are believed to
mum Der 200, under the leadership of Mana.
THERE were 203 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended on
the l3th-the largest number in any one week
for over year.
AN alarming rise in the Cumberland River
on the 18th flooded the lower portion of Nash
Vile and swept away vast quantities of logs.
Upon the opening of the Guiteau trial on
the 18th Mr.. Davidge resumed his argument
on the evidence offered. When he came to
speak of the assassins divorced wife, Mrs.
Scovile cried out that she is a liar On the
question of sanity, Davidge declared the
prisoner responsible enough to be hanged.
He occupied the entire day with his remarke,
ct the conclusion Of which the court d
iourned.