Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1888 — THE NEWS RECORD. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS RECORD.

A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTFUL HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK. The Latest News as Flashed Over the Wires from All Parts of the World—Regarding 1 Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce, and Industry. CONGRESS BEATS THE RECORD. The Present Session the Longest in the History of the Country. ■When the two houses of Congress were called to order at 12 o’clock Monday, October 1, the session became the longest by twenty-four hours in American history. The longest preceding session was that of 1850, the year of tho Missouri compromise, whictr' was adjourned at noon of September 30. The session of 1868, following the impeachment proceedings against President Johnson, continued later, the adjournment having taken piaco Nov. 10, but as a matter of fact Congress took a six-weeks’ recess from July 27, and never afteryard had a quorum or attempted to transact any business. Tho present House of Representatives has not had a quorum for several weeks, but such business as could be done “by unanimous consent” has been done, and as one of the regular annual appropriation bills—the general deficiency—is still before the conferrecs of the two houses, it can not yet be said that the year’s regular work for either house is finished. THE UNKNOWN SLAYER. Tho London Murderer Adds Two More Victims to His List. A London (England) special states that that city has again been startled by the news that two more murders have been added to the list of mysterious crimes that have recently been committed in Whitechapel. The two victims, as in the former cases, were dissolute women of the poorest class. That the motive of tho murderer was not robbery is shown by the fact that no attempt was made to despoil the bodies. The lirst victim had her throat severed from ear to ear, tho fiend evidently being scared away before time for mutilating the body. Tho second—the body of an unfortunate woman—had been disemboweled, the throat cut, and the nose severed. Tho heart and lungs had been thrown aside, and the entrails were twisted into the’gaping wound around the neck. WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS. A Favorable Week for Cotton-Picking— Rains in New England. The following is the weather-crop bulletin for the week ended Saturday, Sept. 29: The temperature during the week was decidedly cooler than usfial throughout the Southern, Miudlo, and New England States, tho average daily temperature ranging from 7 to 10 degrees below tho normal in all districts, but it was generally favorable for ail growing crops in oil sections except New England, where heavy rains were reported as unfavorable. Throughout tho cotton belt repor s.,indicate that the weather during the week improved the condition of the cotton crop, in Louisiana the conditions were favorable for cane and the harvesting of rice; and generally Throughout the Gnlf States the weather waß favorable for cotton picking and tho seeding of wheat. Light frost occurred in the northern portion of the Gulf States, over the tobacco regions of Tennessee and Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, and in the Middle Atlantic and New England States, which Will probably result in some damage to the" growing crops, but" warnings of these frosts were issued to the threatenid sections in time to enable those receiving them to secure .the f. renter portion of the tobacco crop not previously cut. AROUND THE DIAMOND. League Ball Clubs Contesting for First Place. (the official standing of the various ball clubs in the race for the pennant is given below: League. Won. Lost. New York. 77 4t Chicag0...'........ 73 53 Detroit...., 65 56 805t0n.....,...; 7:65 59 Philadelphia 61 60 Pittsburg...... ; 62 61 Indianapolis.. ..46 79 Washington. 43 80 Western. Won.Lost.] American. Won. Lost. Des Moines r .I 35 St. Louis 85 38 St, Paul ... .66 38 Brooklyn 75 46 Kansas City.... 65 39 Athletic 72 47 Omaha 61 45 Cincinnati 72 50 Milwaukee 53 62 Baltimore 53 72 Sioux City 24 39 C1eve1and.......48 71 Chicago 40 69 Louisville 44 79 Davenport 23 59 Kansas City.... 37 77

VALUABLE PKOPBKXY AX STAKE. Two Men Claim the Title to Improved Lands Estimated to Be Worth #8,000,000. Robert A. and John P. Annett claim to possess a deed which gives them a clear title to a valuable tract of land in Cattaraugus County, New York. The piece includes 368 acres, nearly every foot of which is highly improved, many handsome residences having been built thereon. It is believed to be worth in the aggregate about $8,000,000. Three railroads run directly through the property, which also takes in the whole of one town a few miles from Elmira. The claimants are preparing to bring suit to recover the property. MORMONS MOVING TOWARD MEXICO. Large Tracts of Agricultural Lands Purchased from Private Owners. The movement of the Mormons toward Mexico is assuming definite shape and large proportions. They have quietly bought from private owners large tracts of agricultural lands in Northern Chihuahua, principally, in -the valley of the Casas Grande River, and they are negotiating for more. Several flourishing villages exist in that neighborhood already, the .principal one be-i ing called Porfirio Diaz/ These colonists are the precursors of greater bodies in the future, and are very quiet and unobtrusive. Headed for Congress. The Democrats of the Fifth Illinois District have nQminated for Congress James Herrington, of Genova. D. B. Sherwood, of Elgin, declined to.make the ra,ce.