Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1882 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. Ea»L Small-pox has broken out in an epidemfc form at Paterson, N. J. Rowell, the pedestrian, landed at New York from England last week. The British team of riflemen, headed by Sir Henry Halford, reached New York the other day and were warmly greeted by the members of the American Rifle Association. A safe in the store of L. L. Crawford, at Greensboro, Pa, was robbed of 810,000 by burglars Fifty-eight lodges of the Amalgamated Association were represented at the District Conference at Pittsburgh, and the 116 delegates voted unanimously against any compromise in the scale, and in favor of continuing the strike until their demands were granted. Dr. A. O. Dickey, of Worcester, Mass., and Dr. John Marshall, of Lynn, N. H., were driving on the banks of Fairlee lake, in Vermont, and were thrown into the water by a runaway, where they lost their lives. West. The Hannibal and St. Joe road has been purchased by the Jay Gould syndicate, and will hereafter be under the control of the Wabash management The State of Missouri is now completely covered by the Wabash and its branches. At Mexico, Mo., George Green, who had been divorced from his wife, but was permitted to see his children occasionally, had the boy and girl, aged 4 and 2 years, respectively, brought to his place of residence, where he shot them dead, and, en being pursued, tired a bullet into his own brain. Billy Lynn, of Silver Cliff, Col., and Joe Silvers, of Albany, fought a prize-fight in the former city. Silvers was knocked senseless in the fourth round. Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, was arrested in Chicago the other day. He was charged with disorderly conduct, having been arrested while creating a disturbance in a concert-saloon. Two huge pistols and a belt of cartridges were taken from him, but these things he claimed he had a right to wear by virtue of his authority as a United States detective.

American residents have induced the authorities of Monterey to quarantine against Matamoras. The Pensacola denies that any case of fever has developed in that citflKfrVe the press dispatches report several deaths from black vomit The Flatheads have agreed with a Government commission to give the right of way through their reservation in Western Montana to the Northern Pacific road for 816,000. Miss Frengel, residing in North St. Louis, Mo., has taken no solid food for three months, and her stomach will retain no liquids. She moves about all day, discharging light household duties. The Knight Templar drill at Indianapolis, between St. Bernard Commandery, of Chicago, and Raper Commandery, of the former city, was witnessed by 10,000 persons. The prize banner was awarded to the Chicagoans. The steamer Peninah was recently confiscated at Bismarck by the Government for selling liquor on a military reservation. The other night a. crew overpowered the watchman, and got up steam and left the city. Two car-loads of sick Chinese railway laborers from Texas arrived at Bakersfield, Cal. Several being in a dying condition, rumors of yellow fever were started, and it was found to be impossible to obtain a Coroner’s jury for a dead Celestial. At Minneapolis, Minn., Judge Newcomb, a prominent citizen of St Louis, was induced to visit a bunko shop and pipy away 83,000. The victim subsequently captured one of the swindlers and held him until the police arrived. He proved to be the notorious Doc Baggs, and had considerable money on his person. The wheat yield of Kansas for 1882 is 35,000,000 and the corn crop is estimated at 150,000,000 to 190,000,000 bushels. While the military authorities continue to assert that the Northern Cheyennes are engaged in a peaceful hunting excursion, the cattle men of Western Kansas are being armed by the Adjutant General to protect their herds. The Mormon priesthood have been instructing their followers to disobey the law rulings of the Utah Commission. Bishops have also been appointed to oversee the registration of voters. South, Gov. Roberts, of Texas, has issued an appeal to his people for aid for the feverstricken city of Brownsville. Two sons of the late Gen. James S. Rains, of Dallas, Texas, quarreled over a division of the estate, when Samuel shot Hannigan dead and surrendered to the officers. A negro named Wade was hanged by a mob at Union City, Tenn., for assaulting a white woman. Western Texas has again been flooded by rains. At Eagle Pass the greater part of the business quarter was submerged. The recent heavy rains in Texas have caused widespread destruction, the Concho and Rio Grande rivers overflowing their banks and submerging miles of country.

POLITICAL POINTS. Fulkerson, who failed to get the Readjuster Congressional nomination in the Ninth Virginia district, has declared war aga list Senator Mahone, and will run as an Independent

It Is well uftiersfood in NWshlngtan that Secretary will be elected to- his oldseatMA hewfil accept it Arkansas woted for* State officers, Congressmen and meMbeft of the State Legislature, on Monday, Sept 4. An Associated Press telegram from Little Rock says “ the election passed off quietly in portions of the State heard from. An unusually-large vote was polled. The Democratic State ticket is evidently elected by about the usual majority. Indications point to a slight increase in the Republican and Greenback membership of the Legislature. Prohibition figured prominently in a number of counties ori.Jhe legislative and juf ci al-tickets. Six mSfeibsrs |f.the Bgjwiblicitn State Ce»tral Committee of Miiibsuri fceve issued a call for a State Convention at Jefferson City, Sept. 20. An election for State officers and members of Congress was held in Vermont on the sth of September. The Republicans elect all their candidates for State offices by majorities ranging from 13,000 to 15,000, and secure all three of the Congressmen. J udge Luke P. Poland was elected in the Second district. The Democrats and Independents gained some seats in the Legislature. Tlib region of the was shaken by a Revere earthquake, 4amagingmany ImildiX J • . The Philadelphia Medical News, in publishing the report of the microscopic examiners of Guiteau’s brain, says editorially that the criminal was in his proper mind and suffered a just penalty. It is reported by the United States Commissioners appointed to examine the Northern Pacific Jlajlroad that the portion,of the road now in cougsa of construction will be ready for the’Won by the end of the present season, and that within .twelve months from date t*e entire road wil 1 be completed and in ruining order from Ste Paul.tjo Paget Solin,L lOln IDt

WASHINGTON NOTES. A Washington dispatch says “there is good authority to state that the White llfiuse will have a mistress next winter. President Arthur is undoubtedly engaged, and the in<4rriagefwill -take place early in the fall Die name of the lady is for .the present, a state secret The engagement was made last spring, and the lady has this summer at • different watering places been the recipient of the choicest'tiowers from the White House conservatory. ■ - Public Printer Rounds intends to have the report of the Commissioners of Agriculture out on time this year. Commissioner Loring,i of the Agricultural Department, left the capital last week td fulfill engagements, te speak at State fairs at Dps Moines, Omaha, Topeka and Chicago. \ ' The report of the microscopical experts, Drs Arnold, Shakespeare and McCon- . nel I, containing the result of their invest!-' gations into the condition of Guiteau’s brain, was received-at Washington by last week, and received his indblsefcsjm" Dr. Lamb states that the position taken by Dr. Godding that Guiteau was insane wpuld { be materially supported' by this report.The investigation had' l beeir untiter peculiarly favorable cirquijistances,. and the result would form a complete ■ record of immensevalue- to brain students. The investigation, indeed, said Dr. Lamb, had been so complete and thor- | ough that the specialists would have great difficulty in finding cases which migfit prop‘eriy serve as. n basis Of bompai'ison. In con- ! elusion, he said he did.not believe the report would cause a change of-'opinions aS’ to I Guiteau’s sanity to any great extent, but that I the medical fraternity generally must draw ' their own conclusions, and this was the court I of. last resort. - . • | There was an exciting episode in the i star-route trials -at' Washington; just upon the conclusion of arguments by counsel. “ Judge Wylite said'it' had come to his-ears that members of the jury !-had been approached in a most disgraceful way in attempts to influence their action. He had first heard of it about a week ago, when he had received tHe- most atyt positive information of this character. He had then advised the jurymen to say nothing about, it, as he did not wish to Stop the progress of the ease. within i,h£.past, twenty-four hours, howevei, these wolves that surrounded the jury had becoifie fiercer and bolder, and, upon hearing of one attempt- more brazen and. villainous than others, lie had. felt such indignation that he had nearly advised the juror to shoot-down such a man on the spot.’ ’ He h'acl thought that but had not advised it. -He now abjured the jurymen to spurn such pjen with the toe of their foot, to turn from them with scorn. He wished to warn these men that they were not to commit such outrages without punishment;—' after, this ..trial perhaps an'investigatton would faJltiW? Gen, Henklelmme'diatjlly ssgqsnd safcl inuch feeling that in th® interest of -hte clients he shoiild dffnanif ah* cpjirt •said perhaps he would have it • All -the Other ebunsef fqr tire .Similar nptjqp. Foreman Dickson arose; and said that when the cases were he Ahould.lp.Jr q.ll the information in’ his. possession touching the subject before the court "

FORHQOEWA ■ t The entire bolicA force of Dublin left the forcte in a'-hdpvjtwsrrty-fiye officers remainihg. Those ijr dismissed held a mpg I'iienTope urged them tdoOTjjmit to the authorjtfesi There, was greatbxcitement |nd streets were patrolled by the Several collisions occurred, but nobody was killed. Several robberies Were committed, and fourteen persons wounded in street fights are in the hospital Five hundred special constables were BWQrn in, one of whom narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of a mob. The charged',on the crowds in the streets! After hours the old force sent a the Castle, confessing regret at their course, and offeririg' to return to theft post# _ The Superintendent of Poltee advited the dismissed men to send in » memorial asking t 6 be reinstated, and acknowledging that they had committed a breach of discipline; Two Parisian editors, and Demasses, fought a duel with %wbrds, the latter being killed. . ; . Three hundred peopleepe .dying of cholera daily at the commercial emporium of the South* seas for several centuries. The fitoy hag a population of from 150,000 to 200,000. *ln the last fourteen days 4,55 Q people liaye died in the Pro>. ince of O 101 l o' alone from the all huifi'an plagues . t : The tide of homeward travel to thp Uny«il Stated says a;L«nd»i>. telegfcta, has set iiij an.L is now so every city In Western Europe is full, and in Paris - ; . 741/r ;A . ,

it is almost impossible to obtain bed room. Never Ixefore, it is the universal testimony, have so many Americans been in Paris as at the present time. More English is now spoken than French in the chief resorts at the French capital, and comical laments in Parisihn papers over the Americanizing of the city and driving of the native population Out into the remote suburbs do not seem so very much exaggerated. Atlantic steamers are so full that passage to New York cannot be got all through this month. The marriage of Mlle. Bertha Marie de Rothschild, daughter of the head of the Frankfort branch, and Prince Alexandre da Wagram occurred at Paris. The bride abjured the Jewish faith. The Emperor and Empress of Russia, after .witnessing military maneuvers at Ishora, drove over a bridge across a ravine, which fell immediately afterward. Is it possible Nihilism has permeated the ranks of the engineer service of the Russian army? One of the most terrible railway accidents of the age occurred near Hug-Stetten, in Germany, resulting in the killing of at least foo persons and the wounding of 300. An excursion train of twenty-four cars left the track, and nineteen cars were either nmashed outright or else rolled down an embankment into a swamp, where they sank out of sight in the mud. Earl Spencer, replying to the memorial of the dismissed Dublin policemen, said he had directed that a careful inquiry into the recent troubles be made, and those found to be deserving would be reinstated. E. pwyer Gray, the imprisoned Dublin journalist, having expressed a determination not to enter into recognizances at the expiration of his three months’ term, will consequently have to endure a further and similar period of confinement. A Dublin dispatch of the 6th inst. announces that Stephen J. Meany, who is alleged to be acting under instructions from the Government of the ■ United States, has notified the resident magistrate at Ennis, Ireland, that he surrenders his recognizances and holds himself under parole for thirty six hours. His bondsmen requested ‘to be' absolved from responsibility, and offered to hand him over to the police, at his request. The American Consul was among the 257 persons who fell victims to cholera in Manila. ► Henry George says he respects Michael Davitt, but maintains the latter’s proposition to pay the landlords for their property it a very wicked thing. The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave an entertainment in honor of Mayor Harrison The Mayor said' the sympathy of America, and especially Chicago, was with Ireland, and he hoped to see her freedom restored through the liberality of England, which had itself freed millions of slaves. A Dublin dispatch says that the persons arrested for complicity in the murder of the Joyce family near Cong recently have been committed for trial before the special commission here. The names of the prisoners are Myles Joyce, Patrick Joyce, John T. Joyce, Patrick 'M. Joyce, all of Cappanacreeha; Patrick Joyce, of Shanvalley; Patrick Casey, Michael Casey, John Casey, Anthony Philbin and Thomas Casey. Lord Spencer ordered the release of the fol-lowing-suspects: The two Whelans, at whose house; on Brabagon street, a large seizure of arms was made; Kavanagh, who was suspected of the attempted murder in connection.with the same affair; Mecla, who was arrested for participation in the murder of Bailey, an informer; Doyle, Davis and Keogh, implicated in the Seville place murder. Earl Spencer reinstated over 200 Dublin policemen after expressing regret at the revolt. The comparative increase in the British exports and imports for the month of August is £378,000 and £424,000 respectively. 4 T|ie Spanish Minister of Finance received from Barcelona a box which was found to contain four bottles of nitro-gly-cerine.