Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1880 — NEWS SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

NEWS SUMMARY.

,vj|ui i irum .€ x .3 Paul Msrril, late proprietor of the Sacramento, Cali fora La, Union, and more recently naral officer at tkra Fnaciicn, la dead. >•/ /. • ■ • >• The Minneapolis lumber company’s 5t0,« stfovw rtrflrw “Liose, fw.w; insurance, $4,000. . Bullion *in the of England in. creased £314,000 during the peat week, ftoportion of reserve to liability, €7 0-10 percent Up to the first of May 154, 912 head of cattle from Texas, passed through Fort Worth, Kansas, en route to Kansas and Nebraska. A majority of tha delegates elects at the Missouri democratic state contention are opposed to the nomination of Tikten fbrpiesjdent- . William Neal, colored, of Wilmington, Delaware, convicted of felonious assault upon Mrs. Gasser, has been sentenced to be hanged August 27th. El wood Hadley, one of the largest Cry goods dealers in Richmond, Ind., has made an assignment. His assets are said to egoead hi* liabilities. *■ v--1 It; is tow annooaced that Sherman has eight of the Looistana delegate# to Chicago, and that on the second ballot this support will be incressed. 1 The assistant United States treasurer at New York, ha* been instructed to purchase $3,000,000 worth of U nited States bonds for the sinking fond.

The Toledo, Delphos A Burlington rsijrosd will construct an additional 100 miles of the road this summer and better equip that already in operation. t The superior court of Sen Francisco sustained the general demurrer of ‘Mayor Kallocb against impeachment proceedings by the board of supervisor*, and dismissed the case. The receiver of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad and coal and iron company nas been granted permission tw borrow $1,000,000 to pay the back wages of employes. <• Thomas M. Simms, a faimet in Rush county, suicided by cutting his throat. Deceased »ss 88 years old, and very Wealthy. Childishness and loss ol mind canoed him to commit the act The president has nominated Albert B. Bibb, of Idaho, Indian agent at the Malheur agency in Oregon; and assistant paymaster, Frank Plunkett, to be assist, ant paymaster of the U- S. navy. _ I The House Postofflce Committee willreport favorably the bill providing for ocean mail service with South America and the West Indies, and authorizes the Postmaster General to make contracts for the same. The secretary of state at Washington, has received a telegraphic dispatch from Mr. Furman, consul general at Cairo, stating that the obleiak and pedestal had been placed on board a steamer wbiob will sail in a fortnight for the United States. At the open air meeting held at Mon treai, in behalf of a commercial union with the .United States, in the French quarter,- after speeches by Joseph Perrmult and L. O. David, a resolution in favor of commercial union was carried, unanimously. V - - '

The manufacturers of writing paper held a convention at Springfield, Mass., and decided to firmly maintain the present prices. They claim to expect an advance in the material used in its manufacture. The mills will be closed three weeks from June 26th, and also three weeks in August. Clement- Setterthwaite A Son, of Lorn don, dealers in the American department of the stdek exchange,"have failed. Their liabilities are believed to be heavy. They were the “bears" of the Philtdelphia & Reading railroad stocks, and the closing of their account was caused by an advance in those securities. About one hundred striking stevedores, at Montreal, resumed work on the Grecian, bat were driven off by An attempt was made to fores m«n at work on other vessels to quit,*but the' government and city police had arrived, by this time, and assailants were driven off at the point of tte bayonet from the ships and docks. . ‘ Despite tke recent oppatitton of the German ultxamontanes it is said that the Pope will accept the measure proposed by Bismarck relative to the applicatiou of the May laws. This acceptance would not imply his approval in the.principle of the laws as a basis of the Canon law of Germany. ' It is believed that instructions to this effect Have been sent to the Papal Nuncio at Vienna. The Bradlaugh case is causing a great commotion in the English house of commons. He being an atheist, desires to merely affirm instead of taking the oath of office. Many of his friends in the house are withdrawing from his support, and it is now a question whether he will be admitted to a seat. Sir Henry Wolf and Fowler, and O’Donnel have anonymous letters threatening their murder for opposing Bradlaugh's admission. The M. E. general conference in session at Cincinnati has appropriated $25,000 to pay off the debts of the Pacific Christian Aavecate, and the committee has reported in favor of appropriating SI,OOO for the benefit of the California Christian Advocate. Editors of the several papers were elected as follows: Altoora, Christian Advocate, E- O. Fuller; Southwestern, Advocate at New Orleans, J. C. Hart sell; Caristian Advocate, San Francisco, B. F. Craig. -i . 'i •, ’

Gov. Foster, of Ohio, has notified President Hayes of the appointment of Alex. Handset Cincinnati, and Geo. A. Baker, of Cleveland, commissioner*, and Qfaaancey Andrews, of Youngstown, and Isaac Morton, of Cambridge, alternate commissioners to represent Ohio at the international exposition to be held in New York, in 1883. The nomination of the two former is substantially a reappointment, as they arf really now holding the office under an act which this act supercedes. The La Capttale of Rome has published a letter from Gen. Garibaldi, addressed to his constituents in. Rome, admitting that the house of Savoy had powerfully aided iu the regeneration of Italy, but accusing it of having afterwards ruined the country and brought it ton condition of misery. Gen. Garibaldi recommended. the dissolution of

the ftrmy ; and that nothing be given to priests. He concludes his letter by urging the people of Rome to hist all prominent members of the right as they leave the chamber of deputies. The paper containing the letter waa seized by tke police. , , „ _. A dispatch from St Petersburg says the great trial at the Nihilists has "been concluded. After the public proceedings die members of the court martial remained in consultation eleven hours. When they re-entered the court room the, president sentenced Michallofl and Baburofl to be hanged; DeMeinier to fifteen yean hard labor in the Stines; Usatehsmar to twenty yean hard labor; Berdilloff to eight yean hard labor, and Lawenihal to tea yean bard labor. Of die women prisoner* three were sentenced to fifteen yean hard labor. The women Malinowka and Baulonoff koff, chief supreme executive commissionpc, far confirmation.