Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1884 — EATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

EATER NEWS ITEMS.

Recent deaths: Gen. Schramm, a French hero of tjie Napoleonic era; Gen. de Wimpffen, upon whom fell the duty of surrendering the French army at Sedan; Lucius J. Knowles, one of the wealthiest citizens of Worcester, Mass., well known as an Inventor; R. D. Hubbard, ex-Govemor of Connecticut; Edward Smith, of Boston, an early Abolition. Ist and associate of William Lloyd Garrison; Mrs. Mary Brown, of San Francisco, CaL, widow of Osawatomie Brown; Dr. D. F. Robertson, of Port Jervis, N. Y., inventor of the flying machine; Alvin Bigelow, leading merchant of Boston; J. B. Wlnstanley, a leading citizen of New Albany, Ind.; John Rapp, a pioneer of Henry County, m.; Col. Joseph Cushing, of Dover, N. H., one of the oldest circus managers in the country. The following commercial failures were reported during the week: Liabilities. W. L. King, dry goods, Rockport, N. Y.s 20,000 Dewey <fe Hogan, groceries. Galena, 111. 15,000 J. O'Sullivan, lumber, St. Louis 30,000 C. F. Moachim, hats, Montreal 100,000 W. A. Pew, manufacturer, Gloucester, Mass 225,000 Albert Benson, clothing, Chicago 15,000 Spalding & Co., printers, Chicago 20,000 A. 8. Howell, dry goods, Bath, N. Y.... 100,000 David & Letcher, hardware, Little Rock 20,000 Alexander Butler, agricultural implements, Platteville, Wis 30,000 Howes <fe Co., bankers, New York 80,000 Martin Turner & Co., East India merchants, Glasgow, Scotland 2,500,000 E. Detrick & Co., San Francisco 380,000 The Mt. Vernon Co., Baltimore 10,000 Woodward, Baldwin & Co., brokers, New York 50,000 Middleeroft <fc Sons, Clinton, lowa 20,000 Zimmerman & Grubb, grain, Greenville, Ohio 30,000 In the British House of Commons, Sir Wilfred Lawson charged the Government with cowardice and butchery in regard to the campaign in Egypt. Mr. Gladstone stated that at present It was necessary to 1 hold Suakirn to repress the slave trade. I A “noble Lord” in the upper house of the British Parliament urged that a dynamite note be sent to America. Lord Granville begged the Lords to consider that It was desirable that such a matter should be conducted by the Government with perfect reticence, The Ministers, Granville assured the Peers, were handling the nitro-glycerine business with the utmost ckre. A reward of $5,000 has been offered for the detection of the authors of the recent dynamite explosion in London. Leonard Weindel, President of a manufacturing company in St. Louis, had a quarrel with his wife, and fired at her through a closet door, inflicting a dangerous wound in the thigh. The Senate Committee on Public Lands was almost unanimous in deciding to forfeit the Texas Pacific land grant claimed by the Southern Pacific Company, and proposes to make sure that the tract will be available only for actual settlement. Mr. Bayard offered a resolution in the Senate on theSd'inst., which was adopted, that the Committee on Naval Affairs inquire into the expediency of equipping a foundry for the manufacture of modern artillery of the largest caliber. Mr. Vest presented a memorial from the territorial council of New Mexico in regard to assumption of power by the clerk, and a resolution was adopted that the matter be investigated by the Committee on Territories. Bills were passed for the construction of public buildings in twelve Southern and Western cities, and authorizing the purchase of additional grpand for the postofflce at Springfield, Illinois. Messrs. Ingalls, Plumb, and others addressed the Senate in regard to the honorable career of the late Representative Haskell, and a resolution of sorrow at his demise was adopted. The House of Representatives passed the bill pensioning survivors of the Mexican war, the vote being 227 to 46. Mr. Randall reported back a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury stating that the claims for rebate on tobacco can be paid In three months. Mr. Converse, of Ohio, was outgeneraled in his attempt to bring his high-tariff wool bill before the House. The opponents of the scheme, to prevent any consideration of the matter, carried an adjournment 104 to 96. A resolution was adopted that the Committee on Naval Affairs make an investigation of the charges brought in connection with the Jeannette arctic expedition. It was resolved that the Committee on Banking and Currency look into the alleged misconduct of Federal officials In the collapse of the Pacific National Bank of Boston. Bills were introduced for the erection of public buildings at Zanesville, Ohio, and Fort Worth, Texas, to prevent the importation of lazzaroni and beggars, and to liquidate the war debt by the issue of $1,200,000,000 in greenbacks.