Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1883 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The wife of United States Senator W. B. Allison, while suffering from an insane attack, drowned herself in the Mississippi at Dubuque, lowa Mrs. Allison left home in the afternooL, tolling her servant that she was going to one of the near neighbors Instead of this, however, taking her gossamer on her arm, she went in an opposite direction toward the country, where she has been accustomed to take almost daily walks It is ascertained that she wandered around in t sje outskirts of the during the afternoon, where she was seen ,by several persons Walking rapidly and apparently somewhat excited. Not returning by 9 (/clock from the place 'where she was supposed to b* the alarm was given, and a search watt maintained during the entire night The following morning her body was discovered in the river, about a mile below the city. She had cut up her gossamer, placed some'Stones in it, and tied them securelyAbont her neck; then walked deliberatelyintb tßß*river, abttut thirty-five feet from thelahd, laid down and drowned herself where the water was only two and a half feet deep. Mrs. Allison was of a highly nervoqg temperament, and during the past two qgythreq, years has suffered from and been treated for mental diseases While at a water-cure establishment in Western New York in 1881 under medical treatment, she attempted suicide in much the same manner, but was fortunately rescued. She was a niece and adopted daughter of the late Senator Grimes, of lowa, and has been married for ten years. She had no children Almost a panic prevailed on the New York Stock Exchange on the 13th inst The transactions aggregated 581,000 sharea The bears started a raid on Oregan and Transcontinental. which was driven from to 59, and followed it ud by forcing Northern Pacific down 4 points. Everything on the list suffered serious depreciation Omaha common stock fell off 5 points, and Rock Island was hammered to 117 - One or two brokers failed during the day. The excitement which agitated the New York speculators spread to Chicago, and there was a marked drop in the prices of provisions and cereals. The Indiana Banking Company, of Indianapolis, has gone into the hands of John Landers, as receiver. The officers state that $300,000 was lost fn the purchase and sale of stock of the First National Bank. It is claimed that the assets would meet the liabilities if not forced to sale. The City National Bank at Lawrenceburg, Ind, will not resume business. Four Georgia horse-thieves were pursued across the line ir.to Mississippi and lynched. , At Baltimore, Mayor William Pinckney Whyte qpd six members of the late Commission of the Fire Department have been presented by the Grand Jury for malfeasance in office. Bail was fixed at $3,000 in each case. The bodies of four men were found in a railroad camp near Cumberland Falls, Tenn. It is supposed they fought and killed each other while gambling. Another aggrieved individual has assaulted Gen. H. V. Boynton, of Washington. The assailant was a pension agent. He failed to chastise Gen. Boynton, lost his spectacles and hat, and was taken to the station-house. Cigar-makers of Montreal to the number of 250, having failed to carry a strike, have left for the American side. R. B. Hoag, ex-Mayor of Lockport, N. Y., the backer of the liquor-house of Steele, Torrance & Co, has made an assignment, with liabilities of $60,000. ■ It is believed that Vanderbilt is bent on gobbling up both the Wabash system and the Northern Pacific. The journey westward •of several of his lieutenants lends colors to rumors which had previously only the temporary embarrassments of certain great speculators for a foundation.