Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The sales of leaf tobacco by the Lynchburg Tobacco As°ociation up to Aug. 1—19,000,000 pounis— ae 2,000,100 pounds less than in the same pe iod iu 1883. The depot and docks of the Pennsylvania Central Road at Jersey City, covering several acres, were well-nigh destroyed by fire, entail ng a los9 of $600,0 ;0. The streets and harbor of Portsmouth were crowded on tho occasion of the ovation to Greely and his comrades. The proco; sion was compose 1 of naval bodies, infantry and artillery companies, secret societies, G. A. K., and others. The iovi.ed guests were banquoted by the city of Portsmouth, and in the evening a large meeting was held in the Music Hall, over which Secretary Chandler presided and made the principal address. Lieut. Groely is rap dly gaining strength. Fire in a New York tenement endangered the lives of twenly-three persons, who escaped in their night clothes to the roof or by lad lers to the street. Nearly all received slight burns. The clearing-house exchanges for the week were $ 44,0 2, 494, $79,330,214 greater than the preceding week, but when compared with the lorrespond ng period of IBt3, indicate a decrease of 6.1 pier cent. The New York Comviercial Bulletin estimates tho fire losses for July in the United States and Canada at S-VOO,OO0 —the heaviest July loss since the Portland fire of July, 1866. By thirteen fires alone, $3,250,000 worth of property was destro ed. The aggregate fire loss sinoe January is $02,55),000, an increase of SIO,(KO.iOJ over the correponding soveti months of 1883, a year of extraordinary fire wa te.

A reform demonstration at Birmingham, England, attracted 200,000 persons. The procession was in nine divisions, and among those marching were John Bright and Joseph Chamberlain. Twenty-eight deaths from cholera at Marseilles on the 4th inst. None were reported at Toulon. The fact that the swallows and sparrows have not as yet returned to Marseilles is adduce i as evidence that the atr mosphere is still vitiated. It is reported that the Mahdi has dispatch d a large for ‘e to Khartoum with positive orders to capture Gen. Gordon dead or alive. He is himself at the head of ti e forces contending with tho African tribes around Geb el Gadir, who refute to acknowledge his authority. A dispatch from Lexington, Kv., says: "Report* from along tho line of the Chesapeake at d Ohio Railroad give evidence of a bitter fight over the election of Appel ate Judge lhom tie First Listrlct of Kentucky. In an altercation at Enterprise, Robert Griffy shot and killed two men, and then died from the effects of a shot from the pistol of one of his victims, who fired before he was killed himself, or from the pistol of some unknown person. At Morehead a fight took place near the polls between William Trumbo aid H. G. I rice, and after exchanging shots the fight became general. The first man to drop was Solomon Bradley, killed by a bullet above the ea\ and the second death was that of Add Sizemore, of Gates Station, and the wounding of Allen Sutlin and John Martin and John Day followed. The Sheriff Is said to have killed Sizemore, but was shooting at some one else in the crowJ. Many others wero injured. At Someset, James Lay, 60 years old, and Bant Dalton, aged 50, met at the election and renewed an old quarrel, in the course of which Dalton was shot and killed. At an election booth in this city, J. G. Geers, a Republican, shot George Stewart, a Republican, killing him lnstanly, and Dick Murphy disemboweled Jack Cleary with a knife.” The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road reports an increase of SBB,OOO in its earnings for the fourth week in July. The base-ball clubs organized at Stillwater and F'ort Wayne have been disbanded because of financial embarrassment.