Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1882 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. Eaati The thriving man afactaring town of Haverhill, Mass., has been visited by a most destructive conflagration. Eighty-two shoe and leather firms, representing 02,500,000, were swept out of existence, and 2,000 people thrown • out of work. The blaze originated in a frame building used as a leather store. AdjoinirA buildings were also of wood, and a brisk wind from the north carried the burning wood for blooks. The bursting of some hose in the early stages of the fire also served to hamper the firemen. One national bank and two savings banks were destroyed, two persons are known to have perished, and eighteen families were rendered homeless. The insurance is light in proportion to the losses. The Albion print works, in Philadelphia, and the stocks of several firms in the same building, were swept away by fire. A charred corpse was found on the second floor. The loss foots up $150,000. By the burning of the east wing of the insane asylum at Flatbush, L. L, one patient was suffocated and three escaped from custody. Arthur Lucas, a Freshman at Dart - mouth College, who was to speak at a class supper in Montreal, wao abducted to White River Junction and locked up by Sophomores, regaining his liberty by promising not tg reveal the names of the offenders.

There is an alarming increase in malignant scarlet fever in New York city. The deaths in 1880 were 618, and last year were 1,964. The deaths for the first seven weeks of this yoar were 670. William Phoenix, of Malden, Mass., went home late at night, and, not finding anything olse to eat, partook freely of poisoned fish, which his wife had placed in a mealbox to kill rats, and died from the effects next morning. West, The Mayor of Chicago, spurred by attacks of the press and pulpit, has determined upon a war of extermination agaiust the gamblers and criminals of Chicago. A committee, representing the exConfederate soldiers of Cincinnati, visited Mrs. Garfield at Cleveland, and presented a memo rial tribute to the late President, in tho form of engrossed resolutions framed in Tennessee marble. The widow and mother .of the chief magistrate were both deeply affected. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Farwell Hall, Chicago, by the people of that city who favor the suppression of Mormonism. Judge Caton presided and made an address. Oiher speakers were Thos. W. Smith, son of Joe Smith, the original Mormon . prophet, the Rev. l)r. Thomas; Bishop Fallows, and the Hon. John Wentworth. Anti-Mormon meetings were also held in various other cities, at which resolutions were passed asking Congross to put a stop to the evil. The report of the Chicago and Alton road for 1881 shows 1,075 miles of track, $26,523,822 in stock and bonds, $7,537,740 in gross earnings, and a net revenue of 11.3 per cent on all the capital stock. The company owns 213 locomotives, 124 coaches, and 6,043 freight cars. One of the boilers in the Vnlcan steel works in South St Louis exploded, fatally injuring four men. Soutla. Gov. Cameron, at the head of the Virginia navy, captured in the Rappahannock u whole oyster fleet consisting of six scheoners and one sloop, and made prisoners the crews—-sixty-one men. Eighteen shots were fired through the rigging of one of the schooners, and she was chased thirty-five miles toward the eapes of Virginia before brought to. A terrible tragedy occurred near Centreville, Texas, in which two negroes named Hall were killed and their wives mortally wounded. It appears the negroes, who were riding along the road in a wagon, had some trouble with a child of a white man named Lyle. The child ran home, told Its father about the affair, and the latter, taking a shotgun, concealed himself by the roadside. Shortly after the negroes drove by, and Lyle fired upon them from his ambush, almost blowing the heads off the men and fatally wounding the women. The murderer fled, but officers started in pursuit. Certain land-owners in Florida and Texas have offered to donate land to Jewish refugees. Rev. G. O. Barnes, the mountain evangelist of Kentucky, claims 2,473 conversions as the result of seven weeks' work in Louisvil’e, and the restoration to health of nearly as many more by the prayer oure. New Orleans was favored with fine weather for the Mardi-Gras festivities. The day procession was over two miles in length, and comprised fifty-five cars. The pageant of the Krewe of Comus' in the evening filled twenty cars, illustrating the religions of the world, and 25,000 invitations to the King’s bal l were issued. A blood-curdling tragedy was enacted at a barn-raising in Rowan county, N. C. John Held and Peter Joseph, two of the workmen upon the building, got into a quarrel, and Held threw an ax at Joseph, the keen blade literally splitting his head in two, Boattering his brains and killing him instantly. As Held threw the ax he lost his foothold and fell down from the building, breaking his neck. Three men were on the ground at the time—James Cephas, Richard Wiley and Ned Blandford —engaged in raising a heaver log. They became so much excited at the tragedies they had just witnessed that Cephas lost his hold on the log and caused it to fall. As it came down it canght Wiley and crashed his abdomen, inflicting injuries from which he died.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Charles H. Reed still clings to the belief that Guiteau is ibsane. He hits recently received a number of letters from him, which he regards as the effusions of a lunatic, and he believes that they will Strike the publio in the same way. __ _ ' - - The Grand Jury-at Washington has indioted twelve persons for conspiracy in the star-route cases, among them being Brady, the Dorseys, John W. Miner and Capt W. H. Turner. The Director of the Mint decides that coin which has. been mutilated cannot be restored to its position as coin by merely tilling np the holes made.. It cannot become mmey again, properly speaking, without being recoined. ' r '• , . A. 0. Soteldo has .been indicted for in kiHing'his own and for deadly assault on Clarence M. Barton. - The Honse Committee on Territories has agreed to the Mil-to divide Dakota and make a Territory of the northern sedabh/ A Washington correspondent i bmb : “A feeling -tt prevalent among the ßed&bn th»t the-President will not now malar i nge in the Secretaryshipyif the Interior. It is be-

lieved that at one time he decided to put Sargefit ia the place, but could not owing to the feet that a, heavy case in which he was interested was pending. This caused eo much procrastination that it is thought he will probably keep in Kirkwood. The House Committee on Coinage have agreed upon a bill providing that the silver coin of the United States shall be a dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, and dime; the dollar : to contain 412% grains of standard silver, and to be the unit of value. Holders of gold or silver bullion may deposit the same at any subtreasury, branch mint or assay office, and receive the market value thereof in silver certificates of not less than $5 and of corresponding denominations with national-bank notes. These shall be receivable for customs dnties and in-ternal-revenue taxes, but shall not be legal tender for other obligations. Ex-Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, has, it is reported, the refusal of the Mexican Mission. Gen. Rucker has been retired from the army, and Gen. Rafns Ingalls appointed as Quartermaster General.

POLITICAL POINTS. A call has been issued for a national convention of the Union National Greenback party at St. Louis on the Bth of March. The reform element in Philadelphia politics won a sweeping victory at the election last week. The Tammany members of the New York Legislature are voting with the Republicans. The Greenbackers of Indiana held a State convention at Indianapolis, 300 delegates bemg in attendance. Hon. Gilbert Do La Matyr presided. Hiram Z. Leonard, of Cass county, was nominated for Secretary of State; J. N. Armentrout, for Auditor; John Studebaker, for Treasurer ; M. W. Lee, for Attorney General; Carlton Ball, for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Jared Baiter, for Clerk of the Supreme Court It is rumored that Samuel J. Tilden has written to ex-Gov. John M. Palmer, of Illinois, that he has been requested to be a candidate for the Presidency in 1884, and wUI consent on condition that Gov. Palmer will run as Vice President.

rOREIGN NEWS. The Herzegovinian rebels have been successfully resisting the Austrian troops. Michael Davitt has been elected to Parliament for Meath, to succeed A. M. Sullivan. Rouzeaud, the husband of Christine Nilsson, who became insane over the recent financial crisis in Paris, died in an asylum. In the British House of Commons, after the defeat of a motion to order a new election, Bradlaugh took the oath, signed the roll and declared that he would take his seat The Speaker ordered him to withdraw below the bar, and he obeyed. Lord Churohill moved that a writ issue for a new election. During the debate Bradlaugh passed the bar and took a seat, whereupon Northcote moved his expulsion for contempt of the House, the vote standing 291 to 83. Bradlaugh then left, and & new writ was issued.

Among the fast runs made by trains running out of London are the following: Great Western (Swindon 77J), 87 minutes, no stoppage; Great Northern (Peterboro 76J), 90 minutes, no stoppage; Northwestern (Rugby 82f), 110 minutes, one minute stoppage ; Midland (Kettering 72), 91 minutes, no stoppage; Southwestern (Salisbury 81£), 121 minutes, three minutes stoppage; Great Eastern (Stowmarket 80f), 124 minutes, five minutes stoppage. Gbapes are sent from the Crimea to St. Petersburg packed in sealed pots with kiln-dried grain between the bunches, and they keep through the year.

LATER NEWS ITEMS. Maj. Hicks, a colored man, was executed in the jail at Covington, Ky., for the murder of Henry Williams. Two murderers, both Mexicans, were strong up at Austin, Texas. White Brown, colored, was executed at Pine Bluff, Ark. Dr. J. N. Brandon, of Caneyville, Ky., confirmed on his death-bed that he was one of the three fiends who caused the burning to death of Wiley Embry and six children last year. The flint-glass manufactory of Hobbs, Brockmier & Co., at Wheeling, W. Va., one of the largest in the United States, was destroyed by fire. The auditing committee on the expenses attending the illness of President Garfield are reported to have agreed upon the following recommendations: Dr. BUm $25,000 Dr. Agnew 15,000 Dr. Hamilton : 15,000 Dr. Bey burn 10,000 Dr. Boynton 10,000 Mrs. Dr. Edson 5,0J0 Mr. Crump, Steward of the Executive Mansion 3,000 The other employes at the Executive Mansion to be allowed two months' extra pay. The committee will also recommend that Surgeon General Barnes be made a Major General and placed on the retired list of the army, and that Assistant Surgeon General Woodward be pro* moted from Major in the army to Lieutenant Colonel, with the rank and pay of the latter office. They will recommend that Mrs. Garfield be allowed the remainder of the year’s salary of her hnsband as President. The committee is not unanimous on these recommendations. It is understood that Messrs. Blackburn and Springer will bring in a minority report.

Four tribes on the frontier of Tripoli burned the city of Hammah. A terrible storm has impeded operations against the Herzegovina insurgents. The English Court of Appeals has decided against Bradlaugfi in his application for a new triaL The French Minister at Guatemala has asked for a man-of-war to press recognition of his grievances. The House of Lords, having nothing better to do, and suffering under a chronic disposition to annoy Mr. Gladstone, has appointed a committee of fifteen Peers to inquire into the workings of the Irish land act. Jolrn N. Starin is set up as the coming Stalwart gubernatorial candidate for New York. The House Election Committee refuses to recognize the claim of either Campbell or Cannon to the seat for Utah, but declare the same vacant. The House Committee on Elections agreed by a two-thirds vote to report that Campbell was not elected as Delegate from Utah, that Cannon is not entitled to a seat, and that a vacancy exists in the representation of Utah. A snow-slide in Big Cottonwood canon, Utah, buried William C. l’eckett, a wood-chop-per, his wife and five children. Troy, N. Y., has a little gill, aged 11, who is an expert safe-robber. A large quantity of jewelry was found at her home, the result of her thievish skill. A story comes from Qubec, via New York, that a scheme is under discussion for the removal of the Pope from Rome to the shores of the St Lawrence,