Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

There has been placed on record at Pittsburgh a mortgage for $20,000,000, given by the South Pennsylvania Road on 209 miles of track. Frank McGuire, made insane through losses by the failure of the Erie County Savings Bank, mortally shot his sister at Erie Pa. The wrecking of the bank has resulted in a half-dozen persons becoming lunatics. President Cleveland has appointed Isaac H. Maynard, of New York, Second Comptroller of the Treasury; Albert N. Hathaway, of Connecticut, Consul at Nice; and George W. Julian, of Indiana, Surveyor General of New Mexico. The judicial election in Illinois drew out a very light vote, that of Chicago being about 18,i.00. The propo ition to issue $1,000,00.) bonds in Cook County is defeated by at least 0,000.

Virginia planters are being requested by commission merchants to hold back their crops of tobacco, as wagons stand in the streets all night at Lynchburg and other producing points, unablp to unload.

Mrs. James Winn, a widow, and three of her children, and Mrs. Tony Stefano were drowned off Zeke’s Island, near Wilmington, N. C. The children were wading in the water, and, getting beyond their depth, Mrs. Winn and Mrs. Stefano went to their rescue, when all were drowned.

There are eight clubs in the National League contending for the base-ball championship. The first month’s play ended with the team representing New York in the van, closely pressed by Chicago, Philadelphia, and Providence. The record for the month’s play is as follows:

Games Games Clubs. won. lost. New York 17 4 Chicago 14 6 Philadelphia 14 8 Providence 13 7 Boston 8 12 St. Louis 7 13 Buffalo 4 15 Detroit 4 1G The St. Louis Club leads in the race for the American Association pennant. Following is the record of games won and lost:

Games Games won. lost. Athletic (Philadelphia) lu 20 Balrimore U 16 Brooklyn 11 17 Cincinnati id 12 Louisville 1G 14 Metropolitan (New York) 8 21 Pittsburgh 19 11 St. Louis 22 5

The scene in Paris at the funeral of Yictor Hugo is said to have been unprec> dented. Nearly all the illustrious men of France gathered about the Arc do Triomphe, where six orations were delivored. The remains were escorted to the Pantheon by'an imposing procession. There was no outbreak, but the police arrested several!carers of red flags at starting points. The pageant was witnessed by over a million people.

Lcrais Eeaume, who killed Policeman Barrett in Chicago, is well known in Lenver, having resided there for three years. He is a frescoer'by occupation, and a very good one, and superintended the frescoing of the new City Hall in Denver. He was always known there us a sober, industriou s citben. The evening before bis departure for Detroit he was met by several acquaintances, who state that he was laboring under the hallucination that a party of men were after him to lynch him. He was not a drinking man. He spent the winter in Michigan, accompanied by his wife and children. His friends account for his action solely on the ground that he had lost his reason. The public debt statement shows a decrease of $4,225,000 for the month of May.