Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1883 — HEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

HEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. Bkwt. I 4- • * ’ ' - A sleigh containing three men was struck by the Montreal express at Cohoes. N. Y., and all the occnpante received fatal Injuries. * * The mansion of Samuel C. Lewis, at Tarrytown, N. Y., valued at #IOO,OOO, was -. destroyed by fire. - _ * The Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that saloons cannot exist within 400 feet of a school housa A fire in Twedftle Hall Block ,bany, which contained an opera house, a bank and ten stores, caused a loss of #OOO,000. Nicholis Felix died in the Allegheny City starvation, self-imposed. Small quantities Of milk and whisky sustained hiia Since last July. The contest at Philadelphia between Engineer Melville and his wife for the custody of their children was ended by the Court awarcUng tbs two younger ones to the mother and directing that the elder be sent to college at the expense of the father. The anthracite coal shipped from Pennsylvania the past year was 39,120,09(5 tons, {jc J’. VV eat. < .The City of St. Lonis had a narrow escape from a repetition of the Newhall House horror. The Planters’ House, made famous by Dickens in his “American Notes,” and at Ode time the largest hotel in yds country, 'Caught fire at 4 o’clock a. m., in the store-room, a wooden structure overjuutging an alley, but attached to the hotel proper. Dub warning was given the inmftes by the employes, and in a few minutes scenes of the wildest disorder were enacted, meq v jjromdn and children making way from the bfiilding in a semi-nude elate; The fire department promptly responded, and in a short time had control of the blase, although it had extended across the alley and effected #20,000 worth of damage In Black, Tyler'A Co.’s auction wareroopi;*, fHenry Bl&ney, 00 years old; Carlo Rebole, and Dennis Repoate, all employes,lost their lives, and a female servant, Mary K6rne broke her ankle by jumping. The damage to the hotel property is about #io,ooa Flames broke out at Neenali, Wis., aiwi? raged until they destroyed eight business places, including a national bank and the postoffice. The loss is estimated at ♦l(X#bli j fj: ~ My, Greenbury L. Fort, who represented the Eighth Congressional district of front 187 Sto 1881, died suddenly at bis home, in bacon, HL, from embolism of the brain. F. D. Mandt’s carriage and wagon works, at Stoughton, Wia, were consumed by fit«f causingAl loss of #IOO,OOO, on which there j*#urance of #70,000. , Thp hpuse of Henry Pierce, near Elk Point, Dakota, oaught fire while Pierce was at a barn some distance away, feeding cattle. Mra» Pierce tipped over a lamp, and the whole-room was instantly enveloped in flames She endeavored to Bave her two children, who were in bed, but fainted, and Pierce arrived in time to drag her out, bad’lf burned. The hepric father then made a into the Hazing building, and fought madly toward the sleeping-room, hut was lotHeft* to plunge out into the snow very badly burned about the head and face. Both the.cbilftren were burned to death. The Ghicago smelting works, situated at the corner of Fortieth street and Wentworth avenue, Chicago, took fire from a stove-pipe and were totally destroyed, the loss being #IOO,OOO. The nail department of the Calumet Iron and steel works, at South Chicago, was burned, causing a loss of #IOO,OOO. The hospital belonging to ohji Fort Cratyford, at Prairie du Chien, in which Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis have seen service; was destroyed by fire. Clay*Sexton,-chief of the fire department of St Louis, detected a fellow Insulting ladies on Olive street He sprang from his buggy and belabored the mashers for ten minutes with a heavy whip, attracting an immense crowd Bishop Talbot, of the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana, died of paralysis at Indianapolis. j'Tlie jioforip us ; tVestern desperado, kno«b a? BUly the Ki 4, was recently lynched in Mohtanap’erTitqryr Conrad & Co., the St. Louis manufacturers of Budweiser beer, have failed for about #500,000. The concern did a business reaching #1,500,000 yearly. The weatlier iu the Wisconsin pinocles is most auspicious, and a full cat is ani'jJL doeen business - houses at Lawrence, Kan. * \vbre burned, involving a loss of #40,000, upon which there Is #28,000 inEntrance. **** • Several lives were lost by the explosion of the boiler of a steamer in Port Susan bay, I’ac jfieyjoast. j.. ■ i 'The'next itfebraoka State Fair will be hekl at Omaha ; ‘ of the business section of McArthurj, 9W°> was burned, involving a loss of #so,ooo,*upon which the insurance is •30,400. - . 'Z Frq&tfe' Gebhardt called a St. Louis reporter a liar and threatened to thrash him for publishing an alleged interview with jirti.’ Etmgtry and himself. ZereMa Garrison, who figured in tfi# adduction case at 84 Louis, has been fof treatment, as her mental foeulftiSare not; of a high order. TTol. 1 A. B. Cunningham, the St. Louis yeraojter, vjho wrote up Freddie' Gebhardt Aid tiis Langtry in the Globe-Demo-crat, for, Freddie called him a liar and a , ecohndrel, sept a challenge to Gebhareftj which the .latter, It is alleged, VW» . accept, # b»t, at the earaestpleadings*)l “the Lily,” wisely concluded that' 1 discretion is the better part of valor. Cunningham is an ex-Confederate cavalry officer, and is reputed to be a dead shot ThdHfiffteme Court of lowa has declared invalid the prohibitory amendment to , the constitution, on the ground that the journal of the House does not show that the amendment was passed, and also that it varied iis form and substance from the measure Eli|mf Fanner, a St. Louis printer, ne]jfcefr M 4ic-GW. TAmer, of Illlnoiß, shot and hi£ wife and then inflicted a mortal wound on himself The affair was ooc&fefierf by domestic difficulties of long of a calcium light machine In a theater at Milwaukee injured five * persons t>n the stage, two of them fatally, suspending the play. At Ogden, Utah, on Jan. 19, the mercuty was 86 degrees lower than was *. . .. ■. „ur

ever before known there.. Butte City reported a temperature 40 degree* below zero. The worst snow-storm for years prevailed in Kansas and Nebraska, and the loss of sheep and cattle will undoubtedly be very great South. M. T. Polk arrived in Nashville, •Tenn., in charge of officers The Grand Jury Indicted him for the embezzlement of #480,000. Two-thirds of the" business portion of Cisco, Tex, was burned the other day. Loss, #65,000. A locomotive standing at the depot In Mansfield, La., exploded with such force as to kill a fireman and brakeman and mortally wound two other persona

WASHINGTON NOTES. The President signed th#. Civil Service Reform bill, and it Is now a law of the land. The Rev. Dr. Hicks transferred to Sturgeon General Crane at Washington his right and title to the remains of Guiteau. In the police court at Washington, fines of #2 each were imposed upon Gen. Hazen and Commissioner Raum for neglecting to have the snow removed from their sidewalks, and a warrant was issued for the arrest of Attorney General Brewster.

POLITICAL POINTS. It is announced from Washington that President Arthur has decided to call an extra session of Congress immediately after March 4, to dispose of revenue questions, believing that no conclusion will be reached o» the pending billa Ex-Senator Dorsey resigned the office of Secretary of the Republican National Committee. Hon. Augustus H. Garland was almost unanimously re-elected to the United States Senate by the Arkansas Legislature, receiving the vote of every Democratic and Republican member on the first ballot The three Greenback members of the cast their votes for Rufus K Garland, an elder brother of the Senator. In the Tennessee Legislature, Isham G. Harris was chosen as his own successor in the Senate, and William P. Frye was similarly honored by the Maine Legislature The Republican Senatorial caucus of the" Colorado Legislature balloted nine times on the 16th inst, Pitkin closing with 19 votes, Tabor 15, Hamill 12 and Bowen 6. The Massachusetts Senate balloted five times for Senator on the ■ 16th inst. The fifth ballot gave Long 22 votes, Hoar 15 and Crapo 2. The House balloted but once, the result being 108 for Hoar, 10 for Crapo, 27 for Long, 79 for Bowerman, 1 for Adams and 1 for Butler. A ballot for Senator in the Nebraska Legislature gave Morton 18 votes, Saunders 13, Thayer 10, Millard 8, Connor 8 and Manderson 7—the rest of 133 votes being scattered upon twenty-seven candidates In the Illinois Senate Cullom received 80 votes for Senator and Palmer 20. In the Houbo each candidate had 75 votes, three Republicans refusing to name their choice. In the Michigan Senate, Ferry received 14 votes for Senator and Stout 13, with 5 scattering. The House gave Ferry 45 and Stout 88, with 17 scattering. The Senatorial ballot in the Minnesota Senate gave Windom 28 votes, Wilson 9, Dunnell 4, Cole 5, scattering 5. In the Houoe Windom had 47 votes, Wilson 24, Dunnell 6, scattering 15 E. Kenna, who represents in the House the Third district of West Virginia, received the Democrat c caucus nomination for Senator. The Illinois Legislature, in joint session, elected Gov. Shelby M. t>ullom United States Senator, to Bucceed David Davis, Cullom receiving 107 votes, and all the Democrats (95) voting for John M. Palmer. The North Carolina Legislature reelected Senator Matt W. Ransom; Senator Plumb was chosen as bis own successor by the Kansas Legislature; and Senator Saulsbury was returned for another six years’ term by the Delaware Legislature. A second ballot for Senator in the Massachusetts Legislature, on Jan. 17, gave Senator Hoar 181 votes, Bowerman 81, and Long 49, the former falling 8 votes short of an election. Ten ballots were taken in the Republican Senatorial caucus at Denver, the latest giving Pitkin 21, Tabor 16, Hamill 11 Bowen 4, and, Hallett L The Minnesota Legislature indulged in two ballots for Senator without a result, Windom’s strength falling off several votes. In the Michigan Legislature there was one ballot for Senator without any changes; Ferry’s vote was the same as on the preceding day, 59. The Republican National Committee met in Washington last week. John A Martin, of Kansas, was elected Secretary in place of SW. Dorsey. After prolonged debate it was resolved that the basis of representation in national conventions be two delegates for each Senator, the same for every member of Congress, and two for each Territory and the District of Columbia The Senatoral contest was settled in the Massachusetts Legislature on Jan 18, by the election of Mr. Hoar. Mr. Crapo telegraphed his withdrawal from the race, and urged his friends to vote for Mr. Hoar, who was elected by 148 votes to 88 for Bowerman, the Democratic candidate. Several other-States wrestled unsuccessfully with the Senatorial problem. Senator Ferry lost three votes in the Michigan Legislature.-, Windom a like number iu Minnesota, while Thayer made a slight gain in Nebraska In the Republican Legislative caucus at Denver, Tabor twice dropped to five votes, the last ballot showing 20 for Pitkin, 16 for Tabor, 12 for Hamill and 5 for Bowen. FOREIGN NEWS. During a performance at a circus in Berditehsff, Russian Poland, fire broks out,

and before the spectators could escape the whole structure was ablaze Three hundred iKrrsons perished in the flames. Michael Davitt’s appearance on the platform at Oldham brought on a free fight. The mob drowned bis words by noise, and made an attempt to storm the speakers' stand, but were repulsed with chairs in ’the hands of Davitt’s friends The police removed the disturbers The losses by floods in Germany are estimated at 8,000,000 marks Persons who have frozen to death are daily found Moscow. Patrick Higgins, one of the Huddys murderers, was hanged in GaTway Jail An attempt by Circassians to assassinate the Sultan was foiled by the Albanian ' body guards. Several were killed in the encounter. A man in the uniform of a general officer penetrated to a room in St. Petersburg where secret military plans are kept, and had nearly finished- copying hue when arrested. A manifesto issued by Prince Jerome Napoleon was pl&oarded in several quarters of Paris the other morning. He claims the throne, and dwells on the impotence of the Government and the decadence of the army and of public credit The Prince was arrested, and the manifesto was torn down by the police The matter was discussed with spirit in the Chamber of Deputies, where the arrest was approved by a large majority. The Italian Financial Commission has decided that specie payment shall be commenced In April Five persons were burned to death by a fire in a London tenement housa Carlsbad was shaken by an earthquake, and two houses collapsed. At Arehena, Spain, eleven shocks of earthquake caused the greatest consternation. Michael Flinn and Thomas Higgins were hanged in Galway jail for complicity In the Huddys murder. George Darwin, a son of the evolutionist, has been elected professor of astronomy at Cambridge University. The forces of the False Prophet in Egypt bad a battle with 500 regular troops, in which half the latter were killed and the remainder taken prisoners. Poss and Barrett were hanged at Tralee; Ireland, for the murder of Thomas Brown. Marwood, the hangman, on his arrival at Limerick en route to Tralee, nar"rowly escaped lynching. C. Cooper, Hall & Co., bankers and merchants in London, have been forced to the wall by unfortunate railway contracts in Brazil and Canada The.'r liabilities are £-100, COO.