Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1879 — EPITOME OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

The been prorogued until the 19th of December. Kev. Thomas A. "Sharkey has been elected to succeed Bisboo Odenbeimar aa. his home at Farmington, Me., on the Slat alt 'He was seventy-nine years old. ;> A «*rs -- ■ ; r r i . Buckttono, the famotie eeWiediah. ■died at Sydenham, Eng., on the Slat ah. He was seventy-seven years pU, r _ Mrs. N. Elliott, of Sevov. Kan., was killed and horribly mutilated a few days ago*, by the srjloaio* of a o*J oQ tanp,_ JO OL A Chinese will, entirely in Chinese characters, was recently offered for probate ' ,B the Surrogate's office, in New York CTty. In a late billiard match in New York CUy Bohaefar defeated. ftlnSaod hy a acore of 3,800 (the number of points to be made) -IMtnkr, JiJPr4 Mbrrts, (Juiacy, 111., died at his residence In that city morning of the-tob. sge^s^ty-sywm W. H. Henderson, commercial editor of the San Francisco ChromcU , recdutfy oanmi tied suicide by shooting himself twice in the bead. 3*- P * pronupeftt ( St lAuls lawyer, was convicted of perjury on diet ‘4Kh, Mad «4ateneed to tttp years’ impri-an-tofnt Si -the tealtentlaryj* Major General Hooker died at GardcnClty, Luto< Island, ay the afternoon of into Slit «li > Hie death was sudden. General Hooker was sixty years old. tempt to pass off a spurious child on her husband, died on the 31st uR. I . Ml * fII ?fT f; Jj Up to the 27tn of October 44,453,850 standard ‘ silver dollars had been coined, of which lA'Jtt,9lo were in circulation, there-, aaiader hi the Treasury. *" The wile of peorge Francis Train was fcuacLdefld in hdr bed a few mornings ago; at her father's house In' New York Cttv: Her death was attributed to paralysis of the heart. An agricultural and mechanical fair (the first ever held In that city) was opened in Washington? on the 29th. President Hayes and several members of the ' Cabbiet Wefe present. ' Official statistics of the. fee cut inundations la MncMa. Spain, aha* that inur-flfthw of the arable land in the Province fs ruined, • and that 8,000 persons were drowned or are missing. Two huncinjd sort, thirteen Mormon, faynlpanla afpehjfien Mornua mi*sfi>n»ries, arrived, at New York on the 29th, for Utah. They were from Scotland, Wales, England and the Scandinavian countries. • c. -• /->, On the 2oth, at San Francisco, the noted horse St. Jullen trotted against Rarus’ best time, and made a mile In the unprecedented time of 2:125 4 ' —Rarus’ greatest achievement being a mile In 2:13«^. . An Alexandria (Egvkt) fcle<rrani of tbw&ttfnaigthe a*coqd Claopalra's nfedle, abiah dCs Ij-t mfof b»*tfr sent to l the A|Ad StalfsAadXeeAj sqpwalby cred--1 hiring the week ending October 30 the bullion in the Bank of England decreased 95.300,000. During the same j<eriod the Bank of France lost 94,280,000 in specie. The bulk oLtnn dremw wur *e*t ftp jpEfogg state* f The New York Express of the 30th ult. reports great activity In the real-estate market of that dty, and, on authority of one of thfs largest operators, says there had been a rise*of seventy-five per cent. in prices since last March. A few days ago a little seven-year old boy named Adolph Auer, residing in Syracuse, N-Y-> got hold of an older brother’s r*. volv^c-aptlaccidentally shot hfs little aider, three.aru)» hall years okl, ktHikg her almost iastintly. T- ■j j ij ; The remains of W. S. Bodie, the origlnM discoverer of‘the Bodie (California) raining district, and. who perished in a snowstornt nearly twenty year* ago, were discovered on the 38th. shout a mile southw est at the town of Bodie. . ‘ » I V . ■ x * * . General Sherman has received a dispatch from General Grant stating that the latter will be unable to attend the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland In Washington, on the 20th of November, as he has an engagement for that The Supreme Court of Massachusetts hsr rendered * decision In theTiWr 6T*TB9 Rev. H. J» Munson, Adventist jpMpter who lAwrried-htniseif in presence of IBs eon- , A Washington special of the 30th ult. says the National Banks, particular l_h>fi4 {fife West, were Increasing their drcujatlon yery rapidly, and the Butoaa Af'Bftffrivfag add Printing was being crowded, the notea The increase in October trodldbeoier 93,500.000. beJ V • av 3 Bill Jfoung, who was recently tried at Lahoka, Mo., for the murder of the Spencer acqwlttpjl, was taken from his house on the 29th and hnng to the cross-bar* of the gate of his residence. Abo|K 11 neighbors were eoneemed The public-debt statement ber makes the following exhibit: Total debt (including tat«*tok), r 9*24e ) M*as7. Cash In Treasury, 9239,944,811. Dent, less amount in Treasury, *2,016. • the month, 910,352,906. Decrease since Jane ,80, 1879,«lO»®Tli^na3!J3 According to l fce tticial canvßao £ the votes for members, pf the General Assembly at the late Ohio election, the SepuhMeana have altty-iiine and the Democrats fifty-five me***** jteflm*': The Senate stands twenty-two Republicans to fifteen DsmMtt*/' thlrtynme on joint ballot. t< , Argumerrts toot place On the 27th in the United States Circuit Coart in New York on the demurrer to the bill of discovery filed by the Government In the salt against Samuel murrer, and directed the plaintiff to serve his ‘ prvpotokWna df ewtero -v ,-j >ua*M •■S&3&WM In Northern Arizona, wtr*: •starring He wantadto know U ihfjr could, he fedrby t War Department. TB«* being nO khpfepS ' Uottß^ u *bke for such furposea. lixe'Hsutn wmjafeired to the of the It-

AT the Cabinet meeting in Washington 00 the Sl»t nh. the Secretary of theTreaswemssem prehensions of plenro-pneomonia, and as the same fear rviitrj .MPA, yaericans in regard to Canadian <*tH£, It was agreed that an order should he immediately iasnet^nroThe steamship “England” arrived at New York on the 28th from Liverpool. When ly gasped out “Water.” He was terribly 3ZittoßEStim:tmM food or drink, and be nodded once, shuddered j&SSiiSt»£gaSiS^jmJi have been thirteen days without food or "TL Ke.'<ffiKfiSj£L^a.a; consideration of the facta that immigration to 3ESSSRM! Zt£S&!£ttt is expected to be even larger than that of the help to take care of the newly-arrived inmrtgranbvJiaxe made: 1 - eciri fffprts to gather kifopnatfea?, which offer the I>est advantage to settlers During the ngesent reap the New York Emilia- returned.” 000 mile, daily aerrice, and nearly 18,000,000 kinds (including transportation, not only of postal car* but of ck>sed poaches,) yvsr. sssstom^'^TpsE l of the railway mail service on postal care ttuzusu 000 newspapers, showing an increase of about 400,000,000 pieces, or nearly twenty per cent. Jn amount of work as ctknptred wUb the preobdiug year< - * / liii I (■ I Hen. Zachariah Chandler, United States Senator from Michigan, was found dead In hfe bed at the Grand Pacitif" Hdter in Chicago on the morning of the Ist. The Jury which was called to investigate the causa of bis death decided that It resulted, frorfi cerebral hemorrhage Induced by a cold which be had taken while speaklDg at Janesville, Wis. His remains were taken to Detroit on the morning of tbe 2d, and were accompanied by a large delegation from t™ D&iHfe and was therefore in the sixty-sixth year of his age when he died. He came to Detroit hi 1833; was ejected Major of that city in IBM; •was tbe nominee Jt ' tfc# Aft Michi.Au tor 'GdMenior ( in ewas -eiifectsrf States'' &wffor to succeed Lewis Cass in 1857; was re-elected Senator in 1863, and again re-elected in 1869; fhr re-SebtKMTlir j&n By CUrisMaifty gwappointed Tntenor hy President Grant in 1875; in 1876 was chosen Chairman of the Republican National Committee; was elected to fill tbe unexpired term of Senator Christiancy on the appointment of the latter'as United States Minister to Peru hi 18?8. Mr. Chandler was a healthy,man, his estate bdtag T4«ed|p to sMe “aajes e*ils ; bne child, the wife of HoaJMu- J g<£ Hale, of Maine. T i The Arelltiw-Fever Scourge! Two suspicious cases were reported in Forest City wu Abe 27th. The Arkansas State Board of Health bad raised the quaranr»ar- *-,*» ' Them-war a getferal business in Memphis on the 2«4b .iq all branches of trade. Only one *a*e of "kver was reported—that of a woman who was sfHcWen fkree days "before. ’ At - ijfc..refumlng in large nUmbcre. ' 4 Three new and one death reported in Memphis on the 29th. One of. the ease* was that Of -DrJ W. K tTinu, Ito specting Officer of the National Board of Memphis,-and wh%r< be prtbably contracted the disease. Howaida. bad but fortrHhrce of ffietr HUrees. F?ffiY' hun-' dred absentees returned by rail on the night of the 29th.’ A spadki trait Tefc at Mon? hi the same day for, Harrison Station, Mkt,. with a physician and niwse to attend upon a , yeHow-fhver patient, vs that place, 'seventy mile* so nth of Memphis. ji /*", i The Committee of Safety at Memphis adjourned die on the afternoon of the 31st utt. Since tbeir organization had Expended 940,009 in maintaining people <to camp* and providing for the ipdigent poor of the city. One yellow-fev#r interment was re-’ ported, * qolA-ed man who died beyond the city Bmits. The weather was quite cold, the UjCriuptneler markluglorty-sii degree* ahove. aero in the evening.

HI Berlin dispatches of the 26th state that tbe JaTSat offtl*Rntatafia Mta Turcomans at Geok-TelMtwaa mush bob ii|ssrtnni| ftftftz JEBttSfibf ble In tbe extreme. invaded the villam tof/nltaf B. pOa jfiw days ago, and took Virtaaf tyMfifoft i ifZ the town. They fired upon passers-by and drove everybody from the streets. Word was aent to a Deputy Sheriff at Westfield, who at once drove to the place. The tramps were reaognixed aa members of a party that had been in Westfield tbe day before, where they had robbed a leg. The Deputy Bheriff returned the fire, and was soon jained by a number of citixehs with pistols. They began firing on the tramps, who retreated* bnt kept up their firing. Dr. Heard, onsof the citizens, shot one of tramps dead, and John Collins shot anoffier^riffitwo^^rpw^^bock-sho^fr^m The other tramps fled to the woods. A Sbfci City n<bm) * special ofr’ the 27th he#* had Beep revetted a outbreak ateong fipettfed Taft’s’band In BouthDaring tbe night the Indians attacked the Agent and forced him to let his prisoner go. A company of sol die fs had been railed upon to preserve order. i« ; i' A Cabal dispatch of the 27th says five more astn Xad.Leen«anfieA fordbmpTOl* in the Cabal massacre. Among them were the Kotwnl of Cabal, tbe head of the city MolS&vj tn m Grand demonstrations of welcome were tend(Gr*ta aftiffiGr Carson and Virginia City, Nev., when he arrived aft those places on the 27th. The General responded briefly to *n address of xfeelfidthfe at Carson, and pads a sboA speech at Virginia City, in response to tbe detnaada at the people wife had assembled in large pambers to greet him. Paris dispatches of tbe 27th announce that all an angements had been completed far

lie Introduction of tne postal money-order system between France and the United hwomnstructions lo PoHmastere at New York City, Louisville and New Orleans to refuse hereafter to rent boxes in tbgjr offices to lottery companies or their agents. A StafetenbtuA tMegrsm of the Jtoh C'PdtaV t'" ( <’€f raA P v A Los PinoXj(Col.) dispatch erf the 24th, received at Del Norte, Col., on the 28th, srom , 3i^!g3i£ r^fax at the White River massacre. spree while in Richmond, a few days ago, sad —a small log building—to get some feed for his borse, and, after opening tbe door, drag fed&W£.ittfibaruttt once to tbe fodder. In his drunken stupidity he overturned a heavy bale of., bay, which he was burned to death. !3tHKcftgda9'B<Bf > «d { £° other amnestied Communists, Messrs. Gsnt »hsd been qjected members of the Paris and the provinces caused by these tgmqtajrpa constantly Increasing, and a reacttaMry Mvement against the Republican Administration waa imminent dispatch received in LofHßh tJB 29th, JLt tlt^trcm.blesA mmm tainffw. A bod^ta Alains hadWeCTniefefHed near Sbarjur Point wiUi the loss of fifty s; Ameer had finally placed his abdication in the hands of General Roberts. . . //■ntiw™ e#»w (ww« tbe East on tbe 29th, ooing considerable damage in many sections. At Mount Washingheavy fall of snow also occurred at the same time. t ■ • I formed an alliance with Austria and-Germany to overcame French and British preponder .-**e ifioptian j J |l'T IT.P f A Phoenix (Arizona) dispatch of the 30th ult says had been received there killed thirteen persons. The Navajos had also gone on the war path, and troops had been sent against them. Later advices from Tucson, Arizona, state that the latter Indian tribe had burned Fort Wingate. The business portion of the town of Parker, in the Pennsylvania oil legion, was destroved by fire on (he morning of the 30th The fire was started by an incendiary. Aoariton Missionary Associatj|gpnei ij^njj^ift'iinvention in Chicago on idff! aTO b?ld a three-days’ session. E. S. Tobey, of Boston, was re-elected President of the Association, and a large number of Vice-Presidents were chosen. Rev. M. E. Strieby (New York) itm cleried Obrreßbonding pv. C. -L. .WjtadwAb (Boston), Mr. (• D. Pilm (Neta Yelk) *0 Rev. klaßs owell (CMcsgoA)istAt S&etWes;rflAr. 'ubbardTSiew Y*k), Acai^er x. SjLl\ AintA B. jjA, Charles L. Mead, George M. Boynton, 8. B. Halliday, John H. Washburn, William B. Brown, Samuel Holmes, G. B. Wlllcox, Edgar Ketchum, Charles A. HulL William T. Pratt, Mead and James T. Leavitt 2 on the 30th ult that, by order of the Viceroy of India, *CTEaaS32RJSS cation of the Ameer and the ' outrage at the British resideuaj', the BritkjvGovernment had tricts will be treated with justice and benevoed. v Coyalty and'good MTvlce 1 to ffie British crown witfbe -Juitably .«£■ pn|^ 7 The ,-iSver AgVvy W • Spain, iiai. & ceetly t &T vtttage <*, Maury, . tandtofl. and the town of Estagile. Great damage, I Was tohlttb (tvT^As’.nt I* The Butaian Government said to! have received information on the 90th pit that General TerguWSloff 'had ’snstaW«« a fresh disaster in Turkestan, and was obliged to* direst irawrannmh the K*« e - , W Z£ P3' apolis on tbe 81st ult. one hundred and fortysix Officers fcsd&Wher|'(*piiled to be in attendance. MUa Fraoces E. Willard, of Illin9i% was elected. Preset A* (UkeewMjiag year- The remaining ware ve-alected, a* follow*; Corresponding, Bfo**tary, Maiy % Eurt, oAJWoklyn, ff, Jf, Secretary, Mrs. M. A. Woodbridga,, Of Bpg Mias Rather Pugh, of Bkooktvn, N. Y. .. The Gkjmptronc'r erf '’tjie Currency reports the whole amount circulation issued Bim%4lfc»patSttdll9t , of his annual i ntaOr«*Mov*MMtJlSras as fl«,4te,37fC Stfc' itofal averfge amount issued the paat tweivs. months has been at the rate of about 9M00,000 per month. The increase of circulation for the year ending November 1, 1878, was 94,216,684, and tbe total decrease from Janua*yK 1375, to the Ist <tf November, 1877; (rak mejt-Mian $80,660,000. Thi! total anioqnt Issue#fbr the month of OcWber W4S POd, and daring the inanths of September aw' Increase In dovisited for the tbe sß&mmsa Chief Signal Officer Myei; has comphhhfkMb 122 men have beeiunsGructed m observer*, and nine far 170 stations have yamUmaAgnd {nmT ty-flyp station* of set Stations,'.’havelbeen QppUp mV fSjamiqation as (o tha aopucao T‘UJjMl r .t3 announcements or tte weather shows an ’.•^maaiSsassfi: mmmm much increased the usefulness oTThe service Ganara) Meigs shows that" tM total expenditure* Of his Department during ths last fiscal

year .ware 910,739,000 The Department moved during tha peas 59,177 parsons, 4,921 the r>m-tottr*n VTSS.OrtO.JWwisd ataedls t'Jsrp General Grant at OmsfiCW tbe Ist. Tbe welcome extended him there was, like tllfeWrelMKlgatO# an prominept places *VBtq.frop Ban JTrandsco, a cordial and enthusiastic .one. The Ma>W ’BeliroHli ’ a • fiDlrh Ore feral fftoht briefly ahd pleasanffy rMpob# efii'- AbnaqoaCiraa;j|hraa«dkhe dtotinguMheffffntatta tta dvening.t ip-.,.t p r