Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In a gale off Holyhead the steamer Packard, on its way from Cork to Liverpool, foundered. Thirty people were drowned. Another steamer, supposed to be the Alliance, of Cardiff, sank with all hands off Boscastle, England. George Opdyke & Co., New York bankers and brokers, have suspended. An issue of $10,000,000 of 5 per cent, bonds will shortly be made by the Lake Shore Itoad. The railroad agencies in New York are now selling only continuous trip tickets to Western points, in order to check scalping. Among the deaths in New York last week were 157 from consumption, 77 from pneumonia, and 42 from bronchitis, the largest week’s record of deaths from such diseases in the history of the Health Department. A pearl worth $17,000, supposed to be the largest ever found, has been shipped to London from Guaymas, Mexico. Clearing-house exchanges last week—sß6ll,773,l39—were $206,918,055 greater than the preceding week. As compared with the corresponding period in 1883, the falling off is $262,102,240.

The United States Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the act of Congress levying upon vessels from foreign ports a tax of 50 cents for every passenger who is not a citizen, the money to be used Id taking care of immigrants.

Senator John Sherman favors the stoppage of the coinage of the silver dollar, or oise making it 470 grains, Instead of 41214, which would raise it to a gold standard and make it passable throughout the world. If this change were made, Mr. Sherman states that he believes the effect on trade would he magical. An assignment has been made at Itacine, Wis., by the J. I. Case Plow Company to Charles H. Lee, attorney for the J. I. Case Thrashing-Machino Works. The nominal value of the assets Is $668,000, and the liabilities are estimated at between $750,000 and SBOO,tOO. Apart from the indebtedness of the company to Mr. Case, its president, the debts amount to less than $70,000. The firm owes Mr. Case Individually $675,000.

Mb. Blair introduced a bill in the Senate, on the Bth inst., granting $50,000 to aid the Colored People’s Exposition, to be held at Chicago in 1885. Mr. Dolph called up the bill providing for the incorporation of the Spokane Falls and Cceur d’Alene Hallway Company in Idaho and Washington Territories. Mr. Harrison objected to the bill on the ground that the company would probably occupy all the passes through the mountain's and secure land enough to monopolize the public domain. Mr. Platt remarked that he did not approve of the practice in vogue of building railroads on paper. Certain amendments to the bill were agreed to depriving the company of the right to consolidate with other roads. Further consideration of the subject was postponed. A bill to refund to a Detroit firm $473 alleged to have been ille-, gaily exacted on malt imported from Canada was defeated, for the reason that protest was not made at the time of paying the duties. Mr. Mitchell read a letter from Gen. Grant declining to accept a pension, and requesting the withdrawal of the bill introduced in his behalf. A committee of conference was ordered on the bill forfeiting the unearned land grant of the Atlantic and Pacific Road. In the House of Representatives the Speaker read a communication from the Postmaster General asking an appropriation of $100,00) for railroad postal service for the remainder of the current year. Tnis was referred, as well as the following bills: One by Mr. Townshend proposing a constitutional amendment providing that treaties shall be made by and with the consent of the House as well as that of the Senate; by Mr. Ryan, to open portions of Indian Territory to homestead settlement; another by Mr. Buckner to suspend the coinage of standard silver dollars; and another by Mr. Robinson to restore the ceremonies attendant upon Presidential inaugurations to Jeffersonian simplicity. Mr. Cox offered a resolution asking the opinion of the Attorney General as to whether the eight-hour law should be considered as applicable to letter-carriers. A joint resolution was also Introduced by Mr. Cox proposing an appropriation of $100,003 for the completion of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. Mr. Warner offered a bill to prevent the contraction of, the currency, a $500,000 appropriation was proposed by Mr. O’Neill for the improvement of the Philadelphia harbor, and Mr. Ellis introduced a bill to erect a monument to the viotlms of the Greely expeditijft at a cost of $25,000. Some discussion of the interstate commerce bill followed, but no action was taken upon It.