Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1881 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Eaxt. The total number of immigrants landed at New York from the Ist of January to the 17th of July was 261,143. For the corresponding period last year the arrivals were 187,418. A gold life-saving medal has been awarded to Mrs. Ida Lewis Nelson by Secretary Windom, in recognition of her heroic deeds off Lime Rock light. The assessed valuation of the State of Vermont is $163,391,893. Last year the valuation was $100,350,000. On the charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the star-route service, Thomas McDevitt and Le . Grand Ensign, of Philadelphia, have been held in $5,000 for trial. In spite of the unusually large immigration, the demand for laborers from all parts of the country exceeds the supply. The Superintendent of the Labor Bureau at Castle Garden has orders for 1,000 laborers which ho is unable to fillL A yacht containing six young men of Boston was capsized off that city, and all were drowned. VV ent. Greenleaf, near Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee nation, was lately the scene of a horrible tragedy. The Creek and Cherokee Indians were having a barbecue preparatory to nominating candidates for office. Whisky flowed freely. Two full-blood Indians became fighting drunk and made an onslaught on some of the party. Seven men were killed or mortally wounded. Jim Sattcrwait and his father were first shot and had their heads completely severed from their bodies by the crazed demons. Outlaws visited the camp of the Mills Lac Indians, near Atken, Minn., and murdered the Chief and four Indians. The murderers were arrested and taken to St. Raul. “Billy the Kid,’* the notorious~murderer and outlaw, who for several years has been the terror of New Mexico cattle men, was recently killed by Pat Garrett. Sheriff of Lincoln county, N. M. Garrett had been on his trail some time. He overhauled him hi a cabin at Fort Sumner, and shot him dead. The “ Kid" was a native of New York city. His rea name was McCarthy. A hotel proprietor at La Crosse, Wis., was robbed by a burglar of an iron box containing $415 in cash, S3BO in and $2,500 in certificates of deposit. The fastest three heats ever trotted or paced were made ar Chicago by Little Brown Jug, the time being 2:12%, 2:14%, 2:14%. The propeller Winnipeg burned at Duluth, Minh. Four men perished in the flames. Sitting Bull, the noted Indian chief, has surrendered. Accompanied by 200 of his people, he arrived at Fort Buford, where they all gave up their arms and ponies to Maj. Brotherton, without offering any remarks. Bull was sullen, cross and hungry, and refused to talk much until ho had eaten and rested. The Indian chief was induced to surrender by Louis Legare, a well-Known Frenchman of the f rentier. A loss of $55,000 arose from the burning of the wholesale drug-house of James E. Davis’A Co., at Detroit. When the flames had been suppressed the walls fell over on some firemen, one being killed and four severely injured. A freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was thrown from the truck near La.wrence, Kan., killing one and seriously injuring another of the train men. It is believed that the accident was caused by the removal of part of a rail by would-be. robbers, with the intention of wrecking a passenger train, which carried about $40,000 from Pmrtflo in the express car The delay of the train at Topeka was the means of frustrating the designs of the robber*. Returns from Northern Minnesota represent the wheat prospect as quite flattering. The yield will be at least a full average. Throughout the Red river region of Dakota Territory there will be the largest and best crop of wheat that has ever been harvested. South. At Leesburg, Fla., J. J. Dickinson, Jr., shot a saloon-keeper named Beach, inflicting dangerous wounds. A band of disguised iiihi took Dickinson from jail and riddled him with bullets. Deputy Collector Brayton, a brother of the Collector of Internal Revenue of South Carolina,"with four men, went to a place near Central, in Pickens county, S. C., for the purpose of arresting John McDow and two other “ moonshiners" and seizing an illicit still. As the party approached the bouse of McDow they were fired upon, and Brayton was killed. The statue in honor of the Confederate dead in the cemetery at Culpepper, Va., was unveiled in the presence of about 10,000 spectators. WASHINGTON NOTES. An examination of the Christian Church, in Washington, where Guiteau states that he at one time contemplated assassinating the President, shows that the window from .which he had planned to shoot him was immediately at the iend of the pew where he sat, and that the assassin could have approached within three feet of the President’s head, and could have fired without being seen by any person. The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed a cattle commission to investigate all cases of pleuro-pneumonia along the Canadian border and on the chief lines of transportation. Its members are James Law, of Ithaca, N. Y., James H. Sanders, of Chicago, and E. F. Thayer, of West Newton, Mass. Internal-revenue receipts for the past fi: cal year amount to $135,540,339.19, an excess over last year of $11,329,850.58. Secretary Windom has decided that journalists are entitled.import duty free tojeertniti books for their libraries. p Guiteau has been placed in solitary confinement in the jail, by order of District Attorney Corkhill. He is to receive neither visitors nor communications, and the guards are not to talk with him. He will thus be held to await the resu't of the President’s injur es. The following are the receipts from customs for the year ending J uno 30, 1881 : Q jarter ending Sept. 30,1880? 56,395,113 Quarter ending Dec. 31, 18AI 42,241,041 Quarter ending March 31, 1881 48.747,010 Qua' ter ending June 30, 1881 50,0.16,920 T0ta15197,480,115 Guiteau complains of his prison treatment. He thinks be is a person of great im- ' portance, and that, his offense being of a political character, ho ought to be treated with more consideration than ordinary prisoners. He claims to be a gentleman accustomed to luxury, etc. The jail authorities do not take him at his onn estimate, however, and have commenced to treat him as an ordinary felon. This is having a good effect on him. U der it his vanity is diminishing somewhat, and he is not so lordly in his manners as during she first days of his confinement.

FOREIGN NEWS. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the number of men and girls burned in the barn in the province of Koorks, Russia, was 119 instead of nineteen. England and Franco have been experiencing some of the most torrid weather on record. By an imperial ukase, granted at the suggestion of Gen Ignatieff, the sentence of death passed on Hcssy Helfmann, one of the assassins of the Czar, has been commuted. • For disturbing the funeral procession of Pope Pio Nono at Rome, six men’have been fined and imprisoned. There was great disorder at the trial, and a storm of hisses followed the sentences. A large crowd cheered the prisoners, and the soldiers dispersed the mob. , Don Carlos, the claimant for the Spanish throne, has been ordered to leave France on account of bis having boon concerned in manifestations against the republic. It is estimated that Germany will lose by emigration this year at least 250,000 of her subjects. The German and Austrian authorities nre reported to' be seeking to effect a triple alliance between France, Austria and Germany. The scheme is regarded as chimerical. The death is announced of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, the celebrated Dean of Westminster. He was only in his 66th ye ir. The Russian Nihilists have transferred their operations from the cities to the country districts, and have met with considerable success. Government detectives sent to watch them are having a hard time. An ocean cable is to be laid from some German port to Valencia, and thence to the United States, at a cost of .£165,000. The Catholic Presbytery at Roxton Falls, Que., was destroyed by fire, and Father Larne perished in the flames. The National Educational Association met at Atlanta, Ga. Gov. Colquitt delivered the address of welcome and ex-Superintendent Smart, of Indiana, delivered the inaugural adfl r< SB. The war between Chili and Peru is not vet over. The Peruvians how content themelves with attacks on isolated bands of thcii .■ .imury’s enemies. - and in this desultory modi In y le.em to obtain more success than they did ii pitched battles. Ir land will this year have a crop of potatoes large enough to supply the home demand and a liberal margin also for exportation. A Land-Leaguer named Gordon has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for inciting to murder after he was arrested under the Coercion act. Diplomatic correspondence between England and France on the Tripoli question will show, when published, that England informed France that, if she attempted the “protection” scheme in Tripoli, which is Turkish territory, it would raise the whole question of European guaranty to the Ottoman empire. Egypt is suffering from a destructive worm which has attacked the cotton crop. Several cases of sunstroke have occurred in Berlin as the result of the heated term. Lefroy, who is charged with the mur der of Gold on the Brighton railroad June 27, has been committed for trial in London. Lord Colin Campbell, son of the Duke of Argyll and brother to the Marquis of Lorne, was married to Miss Gertrude Blood, an Irish heiress. England, Austria and Holland have addressed a note to the Russian Government, in which other European powers will unite, objecting to her harsh laws against the Jews, as illustrated by the case of Lewisohn. LATEST NEWS. The mills of the Pennsylvania Pulp and Paper Company, at Lock Haven, Pa., have been burned. Loss, $160,000; insurance between $60,000 and $70,000. About 8,000 persons witnessed the execution of the Talbott lads for the murder of their father, at Maryville, Mo. John W. Patterson was hangod at Clinton, Mo., for killing James G. Clark, and George Green was executed at Greenwood, Ark., for the murder of his wife. The Chicago Times presents its readers with what it claims to be “ one of the most complete and accurate crop reports ever issued, nearly every county in the spring-wheat region being represented. It is evident that the yield will not exceed half the usual amount. Corn bids fair to prove a full crop. Oats have been destroyed in many localities by the armyworm, which is still engaged in devastating the fertile fields.” A pedestrian statue of Gen, J, B,

McPherson was unveiled at Clyde, Ohio, in presence of twenty-one posts of the Grand Army, the audience numbering 18,000. Gen. Sherman was present, and ex-President Hayes delivered the address. Copper and silver-bearing ore has been discovered near Fort Laramie, Wyo. Ter. Surface assays vary from S6O to $l5O. A town is being built on the spot, and a big emigration has set in from Cheyenne. Editor J. W. Matthews was assassinated at Perryville, Ark He was standing near his printing office, and fell riddled with buckshot. The total value of the domestic breadstuffs exported from the United States during the twelve months ending June 30, 1881, was $265,561,328, against $282,132,618 worth exported during the twelve months ending June 30, 1880. There are held by individuals in the New England States $70,972,050 worth of registered United States bonds, in the Southern States $13,139,800, in the Western States $54,418,750, in the Middle States $279,008,250, and by banks, insurance and trust companies $227,451,550. Postmaster General James warns Postmasters that their accounts must be forwarded to the Auditor of the Treasury immediately after the close of every quarter. The new chieftain is intent upon making his department self-sustaining, when he proposes to advocate a reduction of letter postage to 2 cents. The deadlock at Albany was broken July 23, and the Legislature adjourned the following day. The administration men made some concessions by entering into a conference or caucus in which Lapham was nominated by a unanimous vote. He was afterward elected to succeed Roscoe Conkling in the United St ites Senate by the full Republican vote, the Democrats voting for ex-Congressman Potter. When Mr. Conkling received the dispatch advising him of the election of Lapham, he immediately sent the following telegram : New York, July 22. To the Hon. James Armstrong, Member of the Assembly, Albany: The heroic constancy of the Spartan band which so long has stood for principle and truth has my deepest gratitude and admiiation. Borne down by forbidden and abhorrent forces, and agencies which never before had sway in the Republican party, the memory of their courage and ilianhood will long live in the brightest honor. The near future will vindicate their wisdom, and crown them with approval. Please ask them all for me to receive my grateful acknowledgments, Roscoe Conkling. Two employes of the Spanish bank at Matauzas robbed the institution of $200,000 in specie, and sailed on the steamer Alicante, which they had previously chartered under pretense of bringing cattle from Mexico. The Nihilists held a great meeting at St. Petersburg, at which it was resolved to give the Czar and his Ministers one more warning, which if they do not heed they will be assassinated.