Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1875 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

A Madrid paper of the 13th says the French authorities were seeking to interne Gen. Saballs, and Don Carlos had ordered that he be shot wherever found. Letters foam foe Arctic expedition were received in London on the 12th. On the 6th and 7th of August the vessels were at Waygart Straits—all well. A Washington telegram of the 12th states that the Attorney-General was in daily receipt of advices from Mississippi. The number of grain and molasses distilleries in operation on the Ist Inst was 174, with a total daily spirit-producing capacity ot 189,883 gallons, an increase over September of forty-five distilleries, and 18,874 gallons daily. The Women’s International Christian Association met at Pittsburgh on the 12th. Mrs. Samson, of Boston, was elected President and Mrs. John H. Winters, of Dayton. Ohio, Vice-President. On the 12th the unfinished Agricultural Hall, on the National Centennial grounds, was blown down. Eight laborers were injured, five seriously and one fatally. Henry J. Yates (Rep.) was elected Mayor of Newark, N. J., on the 12th by a majority of 3,390 over his Democratic competitor. The Michigan Supreme Court has decided that the State law taxing the liquordealing business is constitutional and does not contravene the prohibiting clause in the Constitution.

An indictment against Charles Mcllrath, late Btate Auditor of Minnesota, for alleged malfeasance in office in connection with school lands, was tried on the 12th, and resulted in a verdict of not guilty. President Grant and party reached Chicago on the 12th on their return to Washington from the West. A dispatch from Shanghai to the London Times of the 14th says foe aspect of affairs at Pekin was becoming satisfactory. A Rome dispatch of the 13th says Italy would be represented by royal commissioners at the American Centennial, after all. The dry-goods house of Strauss, Lehman & Co., of New York city, failed on the 13th with liabilities estimated at $500,000. On foe 19th a Frenchman named LaPage was arrested in Suncook, N. H., on suspicion of being foe guilty party in the Langmaid murder. The name of John Quincy Adams has been placed upon the Democratic ticket as candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, vice Gen. Bartlett, declined. Hon. Charles G. Davis is foe Democratic candidate for Congress in foe First Massachusetts District. The National Women’s Congress met at Syracuse on the 13th. Prof. Maria Mitchell delivered the annual address. Three colored men were attacked in New Orleans on the night of the 12fo, one of them being killed outright, another mortally and the third slightly wounded. Two white men, charged with the crime, were arrested and put in jail. A mass meeting was held on the 13th at which resolutions were adopted disclaiming responsibility for the outrage, condemning all violence and pledging support to the law of the land.

The trial at Murphysboro, 111., of John Bulliner and Allen Baker (two of the parties implicated in the Williamson County (Ill.) vendetta) for murder resulted, on the 13th, in a verdict of guilty and a sentence of twenty-five years in the Penitentiary. Because of his perpetual troubles with he Prussian Government the Prince Bishop of Breslau on the 14th severed his connection with the Prussian portion of his diocese. A special telegram to the London News of the 14th says Russia was preparing for a military expedition against Bokhara, in Central Asia. A Washington dispatch of the 14th denies that the Government has threatened to acknowledge the rights of the Cubans in case hostilities be not closed before the Ist of January next. The State Register had returns from seventy-four counties in lowa on the 15th, giving a majority of 24,539 fat Kirkwood, and estimated his majority in the State at about 30,000. The Republicans would have a majority of thirty-two in the Senate and sixty in the House. A Hard-Money Convention was held at Detroit on the 14th. Resolutions were adopted declaring against all schemes for currency inflation or any form of irredeemable paper currency. Letters favoring hard money were received from Senator Christiancy, ex-Gov. Blair and others, and delegates were appointed to attend the Cincinnati Convention. An Omaha telegram of the 14th states that the Republican majority in Nebraska would be about 10,000, and that the new Constitution had been adopted. In the United States District Court at Salt Lake, on the 13th, Judge Boreman delivered a strong charge to the Grand Jury in opposition to polygamy or bigamy, and called upon the jury to indict all persons known to be guilty. According to London dispatches of the 15th fifteen workmen had been seriously, if not fatally, injured on that day by the overflow of molten metal at the Waisall iron-works. A disastrous gale had prevailed during the preceding day along the British coast, and several vessels had been wrecked, causing the loss of numerous lives. • A Constantinople dispatch of the 15th announces the recent defeat of a large insurrectionary force. Tbs Times of India of a late date says

20,000 persons bad been rendered homeless by recent floods in the province of Guzerat. President Grant reached Washington on foe 15th, and a regular session of foe Carnet was held, at which a large amount Of routine business was transacted. Several failures of business Arms were reported in New York city on foe 15fo, foe heaviest being that of Moses S. Herman & Co. A bon was made on foe Home Savings Bank in Boston on the 15th. The officers stated that foe bank was in a perfectly safe condition and they were paying all demands without requiring the usual notice. The Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., has been suspended for having sold appointments. On foe 11th Dr. Saunders, of Clinton, La., was poisoned with arsenic administered by one Catherine Mathews. When arrested she confessed her guilt, and said John Gair and Robert Ray instigated the act. The Sheriff and posse arrested John Gair in Baton Rouge on the 14fo, and started with their prisoner for Clinton. At night they were met by a body of armed men, who took possession of Gair and shot him dead. The woman was afterward hung by the same or a similar band. A dispatch in Washington, of foe 15th, from Jackson, says military operations had been suspended by Gov. Ames upon assurance of leading citizens of foe State that there should be peace and a fair and free election.

Nov. 16 has been appointed as the day for the people of Alabama to vote upon the new Constitution which the convention of that State has just completed. Unofficial returns received on the 15th from all the counties in Ohio give Hayes a majority of 4,753 over Allen and a Republican majority of seventeen in the House aDd three in the Senate. The entire Republican State ticket was thought to be elected. Cary, for Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, ran about 10,000 behind Allen. The Texas Constitutional Convention has just adopted a provision making foe Governor’s term four years, and providing that he shall be ineligible for more than one term in eight years. The Winnebago County (Ill.) Grand Jury have indicted Messrs. Foster and Edwards, of St. Louis, the principals in the late duel, their seconds, foe surgeons, and Mr. Postgate, foe newspaper reporter. Indictments were also found against exSheriff Patrick Flynn and F. B. Wilkie, of the Chicago Times, for conspiracy and subornation of perjury in obtaining affidavits to damage the character of Miss Early, of Rockford, who some time ago obtained a verdict of $15,000 against Mr. Storey, ot the Times, for defamation of character, and upon which verdict an appeal had been taken by defendant. Mr. Flynn and Mr. Wilkie were arrested and gave bail in foe sum of $1,500 each. According to a Madrid dispatch of the 16th Don Carlos had imprisoned Dorregaray and several of his chieftains. A Munich telegram of foe 16th says foe Bavarian Ministry had been forced to resign in consequence of Ultramontane complications. In consequence of the Pope’s intercession the Emperor of Germany has remitted one year of Cardinal Ledochowski’s term of imprisonment for resisting the Prussian Ecclesiastical laws. The dispatch says a foil pardon would probably follow.

A London telegram of the 17th announces the arrival of the steamer Pandora from the Arctic region. The graves of Sir John Franklin’s men were discovered with the head-boards and inscriptions thereon intact. A glimpse was had of King William’s Land. A special from Ragusa of the morning of the 18th announced that the Turks had crossed the Austrian border and were menacing the village of Erzeg. Troops had been sent to oppose them. A Berlin telegram of the 17th says Russia had commanded the nobility in the Polish provinces to sell their farms to Russian tenantry, the Government fixing the price. Arthur Davis and wife, of Toronto, Canada, have been sentenced to be hanged in December next for the murder of a Miss Gilman. A- Washington dispatch of the 17th states that the President had said he was much gratified that the two political parties in Mississippi had effected an amicable adjustment by which a fair election would be held and peace maintained. He further stated that no removals would be made in that State for mere partisan reasons. A Washington dispatch of the 17th says information had been recently received that Russia would be represented at the American Centennial next year. A rearrangement of the fast-mail service between New York, St. Louis and the Southwest has been directed by the Postmaster-General to be shortly made, so that all matter which naturally belongs to the Pennsylvania Railroad shall be sent by that line instead of the New York Central route. The Standing Committees of the Dio. oceses of Albany, New York, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin have reported favorably to the consecration of Dr. McLaren as Bishop of Illinois. Counterfeit five-dollar notes on the First National Bank of Aurora, HI., are in circulation in some sections. They are the same as those of the Traders’ National Bank of Chicago and of Paxton, 111., with the exception of the change in the name. _ A few sprigs of horse-radish root put in the pickle jar will keep vinegar in its prime; try it,