Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

The danger of a collision between the American and Mexican troops on the Rio Grande, which at one time seemed threatening, has disappeared, at least for the present. Gen. Ord and Gen. Travino, the Mexican commander, after consulting together,have arrived at a full understanding. Travino asks only that Texas filibusters bo restrained from crossing into Mexico, and Ord promises such restraint, at the same time notifying Travino that the. United will follow the Indians anywhere. O’Leary has accepted Weston’s challenge to walk six or twelve days at London, September next, for .£2,000 a side. * Business failures : Minksheimer, Lindbeim A Co., wholesale liquors, Now York, liabilities over $500,000; Martin & Johnson, tobacco New York, liabilities $60,000 ; Thomas A. McLean & Co., leather, Montreal, liabilities $50,000; ex-Congressmau J. M. S. Williams, general speculator, Boston, liabilities heavy; Young, McNaughton A Co., dry goods, Montreal, liabilities $150,000; Detwiller A Welsh, flour, Philadelphia; Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company, bankers, Paterson, N. J., liabilities $50,000; W. H. Lamb A Co., dry goods, Tuscola, 111., liabilities $05,000; L. C. Eisdon, hardware, Ann Arbor, Mich., liabilities $30,000; the German National Bank, of St. Louis, Mo., has been closed, and its accounts placed in the hands of an assignee. The city of Montreal, Canada, was the scene of a most disgraceful riot on the 12tli inst., the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. A ruffian assaulted a woman wearing an orange lily, and a young man interfered to protect her. The latter was set upon by a crowd and roughly handled. Ho fled from his assailants, and while attempting to escape into a building was shot down, pierced ty three or four bullets. During the melee upward of twenty shots were fired, and, in addition to the killing of the man noted, four other men and one woman wore wounded. The wildest excitement prevailed in tlie city, and the a\ onder is that the riot did not assume more formidable proportions, for the police were utterly impotent, and did nothing toward suppressing the emeute. In the other cities aud towns of Canada and throughout the United States the day was colebrated by the Orangemen without serious disturbance ; there were also extensive celebrations throughout Ireland, unattended by violence or disorder. Favorable weather for harvesting, and equally favorable weather for all the crops yet growing, seems to bo the burden $f the crop reports from all parts of tho West.' Gov. Axtell, of New Mexico, has become a full-fledged Mormon, and will probably be bounced from his position. The Orangemen of Canada are raising a fund to build a monument to young Hackott, killed in the Montreal riots on the 12th of July. James Russell Lowell, the new Minister to Spain, has sailed for his post of duty.