Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1875 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

EU» Holiness the Pot* cqtdially: receded Cardinal McCloeke/ on fire evening of the Bth. The New York Republican State Con. vention met at Saratoga on the B<h and nominated: For Secretary of State, F. W. Seward; Comptroller, F. E. Spinner; Treasurer, Gen. E. A. Merritt; AttorneyGeneral, Geo. L. Danford; State Engineer, O. H. P. Cornell; Uhnal Commissioner, Wm. E. Tinsley; State Prison Inspector, Rev. Benoni T. Ives. The resolutions adopted declare against further currency inflation and in favor of the speedy return to specie payments; recognize as conclusive President Grant’s declaration that he is not a candidate for renomination, and declare opposition to the election of any President for a third term; ; indorse the Administration of* President Grant, etc. Mbs. Peer testified in the Westervelt trial on the Bth that on July 6,1874, she saw in a Brooklyn street-car Westqrvelt, accompanied by a little boy whom she now recognizes as Charlie Ross. Capt. Jones, of New York city, committed suicide on the Bth by jumping into the rapids and going over the American falls at Niagara. An explosion occurred in a celluloid factory at Newark, N. J., on the Bth which set die building on fire and destroyed it. Of thirty men in die building at the time some escaped uninjured, but several were either killed outright or fatally injured.

The Democratic-Reform State Convention of Wisconsin met at Milwaukee on the Bth, and renominated the present State officers by acclamation. A platform was adopted indorsing the reform resolutions of 1873, including the one favoring sound currency in coin or its equivalent The Maryland Republican State Convention met at Westminster on the Bth and adjourned to meet in Baltimore on the 22d. Miss Eaglesfield, a young lady law student, was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court at Terre Haute, Ind., on the Bth. The Chicago and Cincinnati Industrial Expositions were opened on the Bth, to continue one month. The fifteenth biennial session of the American Pomological Society was begun in Chicago on the Bth. Marshall P. Wilder. of Massachusetts, was re-elected President ; A London dispatch of the 9th announces the loss of the steamer Martin Weiner, from Shields, England, for Hamburg, with all on board. According to a Madrid telegram of the 9th Gen. Jovellar had returned from pursuing the Carlists and resumed the portfolio of the Ministry of War. Virgil D. Stockbridge, of Maine, has been appointed Examiner-in-Chief of the Patent Office.

A Washington dispatch of the 9th says that a company of Italians had gone West with a large amount of the counterfeit $lO bills of the First National Bank of Philadelphia. These counterfeits are said to be exceedingly dangerous. In their State Convention at Erie on the 9th the Pennsylvania Democracy adopted resolutions on the currency question similar to those in the Ohio platform. They demand that contraction be abandoned and that the value of money be kept equal to the wants of trade; favor the abolition of the National Banks and the retirement of their circulation, to be replaced by Governmental legal-tender issues, and the establishment of banks of discount and deposit under State regulation. Judge Pershing, of Cambria County, was nominated for Governor on the eleventh ballot. Thb Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Conference lately held in Cincinnati adopted resolutions demanding the repeal of the National Banking law and the issue of paper money directly by the General Government, to be made a legal tender for all debts, public and private, including duties on imports, and to be interchangeable for registered interest bonds. Resolutions were also adopted denouncing monopolists and favoring the limitation of the Presidential office to a single term. A heavy rainfall occurred in Chicago and a large section of Illinois, Wisconsin and lowa on the 9th, doing great damage. Three accidents occurred on the Wisconsin Division of the Northwestern Railroad, caused by washouts. At Lawrence a bridge was washed away and a passenger train plunged into the stream and was completely wrecked, the engineer, baggageman, newsboy and one passenger being killed and several others injured. Two accidents occurred to freight trains, causing loss of life.

A largely-attended meeting of the friends of the late W. fc. Ralston was held in San Francisco on the night of the Bth. Resolutions favorable to the character of the deceased, and denouncing the Evening Bulletin and Morning Call for brutal and unjustifiable attacks upon his private character, were adopted. The Republicans of the Third Mississippi District have nominated Finnis H. Little for Congress. According to a special dispatch from Vicksburg, Mas., of the 9th, ali was quiet in Warren, Yazoo and Hinds Counties. The Red Cloud Investigation Committee began its dpen session in Washington on the 10th. The prosecution in the Westervelt trial closed ite testimony on the 9th. On the 10th, for thl defense, Mrs. Westervelt testified that on the 6th pf July, 1874, the day when Mrs. Peer said her husband was in a street-car with Charlie Ross, he § warned in the house all day,

At Augusta, Ga., on the 9th, Jake Hicks, colored, was on trial for connection with the late alleged attempted insurrection.A verdict of not guilty was returned and the prisoner wag discharged. ' The accounts published of the recent disturbances in Mississippi differ asto die origin of die difficulties and their result. One statement says three whites were killed and five or six Wounded. Five or six negroes were killed on the barbecue grounds and an unknown number wounded; two were killed the next morning, and two or three others were reported found dead. Another report says thirty negroes were killed and fifty or sixty wounded. A Washington dispatch of the 10th says a telegram had just been received from the Sheriff of Hinds County, Miss., reporting that perfect peace prevailed throughout that county. The Attorney-General expressed the opinion that the difficulties were at an end. The new California Legislature is made up as follows: Senate —Democrats, 19; Independent Democrats, 5; Independents, 9; Republicans, 7. House—Democrats, 60; Independent Democrat, 1; Independents, 7; Republicans, 11. F. B. Hancock’s Bank, at Greenville, Ky., was robbed, a few nights ago, of nearly $35,000 in United States bonds, currency and gold coin.

A London dispatch of the Uth says the Privy Council had been asked to issue an order forbidding the holding of fairs or markets throughout Warwickshire on account of the prevalence of the toot and mouth disease. A crisis occurred in Spain on the 11th, and the entire Ministry resigned. The next day Gen. Jovellar formed a new oneThe daughter of Prince Bismarck has been betrothed to U Prussian Count with an unpronounceable name. Hon. Henry T. Blow, of St. Louis, formerly United States Minister to Brazil, died suddenly of congestion at the United States Hotel in Saratoga, N. Y., on the 12th. That portion of Maj. Powell’s exploring party in charge of A. H. Thompson, arrived at Gunnison, Utah, on the 11th, en route for home. One of the severest storms experienced on Lake Michigan for many years occurred on the night of the 9th, and great damage to vessel property and loss of life are reported. The most serious was that which occurred to the propeller Equinox, of the Grand Trunk line. She was laden with salt, and had in tow the schooner Emma A. Mayes. When within about ten milesDf Point Bauble she suddenly sank, carrying down with her all on board, including the crew and Capt. Scott’s daughter and niece, and a gentleman and lady whose names have not been ascertained. Twenty-four persons are supposed to have been on board at the time of the accident. A St. Joseph (Mo.) distiller, under prosecution for violation of the Internal Revenue laws, pleaded guilty on the Uth. Mike Scully, a Columbus (Ohio) pedestrian, has recently finished walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln reached Springfield, 111., on the 11th, in charge of her son Robert. A dispatch of that date says she was not regarded as being any better, mentally, than when she first went to Batavia.