Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1883 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Sa.jion, the Laconia (N. H.) butcher, has made a full confession. He says Mrs. Ford was killed in a drunken squabble; that he cut up the corpse, put it in the trunk and carried it to Ruddy’s to .dispose of, but, finding no opportunity, determined to murder the Ruddys and burn their bouse to conceal I is crime. A hurricane off the coast of Newfoundland caused much damage to shipping. The new government steamer Princess Louise was lost on the rocks with her captain and eight men. A pastoral by Cardinal McCabe, of Dublin, strongly denounces secret societies. Wexford, Ireland, was the scene of quite serious religious riots Sunday. The Austrian Consul telegraphs from Khartsum that but a third of Hicks Pasha’s forces were killed in the conflict at El Obeid, and that the remainder are encamped at Rahad, and demand reinforcements. A silver mine of great richness has •been discovered near Boyd, Wis., by William Newell. The Eau Claire Silver company is being organized to work the lead. Two women made a claim for the bodies of the burglars killed at Shelby, Ohio, at the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, whithe.- they had been conveyed. Mrs. Tom Roland was one of the parties, and obtained the corpse of her dead husband after identification; but the other woman, who would give no name, but claimed the robber was her brother, failed to obtain the corpse. A bill for the retirement of trade dollars has been prepared by Senator Warner Miller. Three colored children perished in a burning building in New York, their mother having locked them Indoors while she went out on an errand. The first session cf the F< rty-eighth Congress convened at Washington at noon, on Monday, the 3d day of December. The Senate was called to order by Mr. Edmunds, the President pro tem., who administered the o irh of office to twenty-five new or re-elected members. Handsome kouquets adorned the desks of Messrs. Voorhees, Harris, Logan, Man lerson, Blair and Wilson. A floral piece representing the coat-of-arms es Noith Carolina was presented to Senator Ransom., A sword in reel and white flowers stood on the desk of Sen itor Mahcne, and three large baskets of floWers were sent to Senator Riddlebcrger. No business -whatever was transacted. The House organized by the election of John G. Carlisle as Speaker, he receiving 194. vot”s against 112 for Keifer and 2 lor Robinson, of Massachusetts. On being eecarted to the chair Mr. Carlisle expressed his thanks for the honor confen ed upon him, and asked the aid of members in facilitating business. He was presented by Kentucky ladies with a gavel in the shape of George Washington’s hatchet, composed of flowers and satin, with an inscription in illuminated letters. The House got into a wrangle over the Manning-Chalmers certificate from Mississippi, and failed to complete its organization.