Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The cotton goods manufacturers of New England have begun a spontaneous shitting-down movement for August and September which promises to be of large dimensions. Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, hi» called an extra session of the Legislature of that State for Aug. 13, on the petition of twothirds of the members. Assigning as a reason that the acceptory letters of Butler and Cleveland have not been made public, without which intelligent action could not be taken, the National Labor party's committee at New York issued orders postponing the convention at Chicago until Sept. 1. Officials of the Navy Department estimate the cost of the Greely expedition at $700,000. The amount of gold now in the United States Treasury is about $119,000,000, being about $15,000,000 less than a month ago. This decrease is due to the redemption of bonds, the payment of interest, and the settlement in gold of all the clearing-house balances at the New York Sub-Treasury during the month. Forty structures, including two banks, an hotel, the Postofflce, nine dwellings, etc., were destroyed by fire at Devil’s Lake, Dak. The loss is SIOO,OOO, and the insurance about $60,000. St. Paul’s new city directory contains 39,720 names, an increase of 4,388 over the number in last year’s volume. It Is estimated that about $11,000,000 will be expended on new buildings in that city during the year. In recognition of its increased population the Postmaster General has given it five additional letter carriers. Portland (Ore.) dispatch: “News has been received here that an organized band of stock-thieves has been run down and captured by a party of regulators at Willowa Valley, Ore. Seventeen thieves were caught with a large number of valuable horses. The two ringleaders of the band were lynched in short order, and the remaining fifteen are held in custody. They will be handed over to the regular officers of the law for trial.” The principal clearing houses report $664,702,280 as the clearings for last week, which is a decrease from the preceding week of $26,032,832. When compare 1 with the corresponding period last year the falling off equals 19.7 per cent. The hospitals of Panama are filled with men taken 111 while working on De Lesseps’ new canal. The Government ordered a quarantine some time ago, but has revoked it at the Instance of the canal company. Dr. Lopez, the chief physician of the corporation, recently died of dysentery. Henry M. Stanley, the African exploier, has reached England. When he left the Congo country he was suffering badly from bronchitis, but was much benefited by the sea voyage. At a large miners’ demonstration at Barnsley, resolutions were adopted demanding the abolition of the House of Lords. A disastrous fire occurred at Marash, Asia Minor. One thousand shops, 200 houses, four hotels, three mosques, and the municipal palace were destroyed. John Daly, the alleged Fenian arrested two months ago at Birkenhead, England, has been indicted at Chester for having explosives in his possession. The Paris Figaro, a leading Republican organ, advises France to abandon all friendly relations with England, which has always thwarted France, and whose friendship is false and hollow. At the same tlmo the Figaro recommends an alliance with Germany, who has been an honest enemy, and would make an honest ally.

It is the way of half the (ruth am(d which we live, that it only haunts tis and makes dull pulsations that are never born into sound. — George Elliot.