Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1880 — NEWS SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

NEWS SUMMARY.

The Jesuit question Mill agitates France. The King of Greece has arrived in Berlin, on his way te St. Petersburg. Charles Harbrow, injured by the local freight *t Lima, Ohio, died of hto fajurise. It te thought improbable that Parliament will be prorouged beyond the middle of September. The census returns give the population of Ben Francisco u including 20,549 Chinese. Baller A Danish, general merchant* and produce dealers, London, have failed. Liabilities £50,000. ▲ Parte dispatch say* it is thought that the Amnesty Bill will now pss* the Senate by a small majority. A Vienna dispatch report* the Greek officer* on leave of absence and now in Tine*is have been recaUed. * The complete census return* of St. Paul, Minn., make the population 41,819, an increase ot 21,007 in ten years. . Hcema Paaha is not mortally Grounded, aa auppoeed. -'Hi* would-be assassins did not accomplish their purpose. ' A three-year-old child of Goa. Kelgore, of Lima, Ohio, fell into a cistern, but wa* rescued in time to save its life. James B, George, ot Baltimore, Maryfell from the fourth story of hl* boot and shoe factory and was instantly killed. He was fixing a shutter at the time.

There has been some panic on the Berlin and Pari* bourses owing to the uneasy feeling in regard to the attitude ot the porte. ABt Petersburg dispatch say* a Rua t an caravan ha* been pillaged on the Chinese frontier, and two merchants killed. Advices from Arenburg report that a Russian officer arrived there to hire five hundred camels for Gen. Skobelofi's expedition. The republican convention for first district of Tennessee met at Greenville ' and nominated A. H. Pettibone for congress. * . ' Intelligence ha* been received st St. Petersburg that the explorer, Colonel Pryvalskv and party, are prisoners in the hand* of the Chinese. In diplomatic circle* the belief gains Sound that war between Turkey and reece is certain, and it will end in the dissolution of Turkey. The Spanish council of ministers have resolved to indemnify the owners of the American steamer, Octavia, which was illegally caotured in the waters of Porto The speaker of the House of Commons r informs Bradlaugh it was no breach of ‘ privilege to serve a member with a writ within the precincts ot Westminster Palace.

General reports of the crops in France are highly satisfactory for quality. In some cases the probable yield of wheat is considered deficient, but barely promises excellently. ’John Wiggins (colored) has been arrested at Lima, Ohio, for the burglary of the residence es B. C. Holmes. He pleaded guilty to the charge and baa been reminded for trial. ASt Petersburg dispatch has the following; At an official banquet at the f Chinese embassy, representatives of all ’ foreign power* were present, but not a ■ingle Russian was there. Cardinal McCloskey writes the New York K— i*g Fort that the widely published congratulatory dispatch, purporting to have been addressed by hin to General Hancock, is a forgery. Ths hostilities reported between Russia tad Turkey are decidedly mixed, and the reports contradictory.' It 1* now stated that the Russians were not defeated by the Turk* as ha* been reported. Score at the close of the fourth day of Haverly’* six days, twelve hours a day walk at Cleveland: Hughes, 871 miles; Mignault, 258; Herty, 244; Rison, 218; Hanley, 184; Dodge, 180; Fields, 174. The New York Bijou opera house is not to be enlarged and beautified this summer a* was intended, the experiment of light comic opera* having proved a failure. The house will be rented aa it is to combination*. George Price, who is to be hanged at Cincinnati to-day, ha* proven very vicious. Yesterday he made an ugly assault on a fellow prisoner, whom he mistook for a reporter. He is constantly watched to keep him from doing mischief. In the San Francisco police court, in * the case brought by Alex. Kydd against Wm. Melson for libelling Mayor Kai loch in an obscene publication. Judge Rip said he believed ths prosecution had not been 4n the interest ot the people, and dismissed the case.

The Chicago Jockey and Trotting club have arranged an extra special puree to be trotted for on Thursday, July 22d, the ♦ third day ot the regular meeting. The purse of $2,500 will be open to all trotters, and will be divided, $1,500 to first, S6OO to second, and S4OO to third. The Mafquia of Lansdawne. under secretary for India, has resigned his seat in the English house of lords, in consequence of being unable to conscientiously sup- . port the Compensation for Disturbance Bill, and also on account of being himself h holder of land in Ireland. The following telegram, dated Pekin, - July 2nd, ha* been received: Chung How, the Chinese Ambassador to Russia, who negotiated the Nuldia treaty, has been reprieved, to show that China does not wQi to hurt Russia’s dignity, and desires a continuance of friendly relatiens. The, stockholders of the Dayton and Southeastern railroad have voted to issue second mortgage bonds of the road to the amount of SIOO,OOO, to pay the floating debt. The road is now in operation to Jack son, the coal fields of the Stale, the distance ot 13 miles, and is doing a flourishing and rapidly increasing business.

A Bombay dispatch says: “Afzul Khan, who has been visiting Abdurahman Khan, says the latter has only from two to three thousand soldiers. He suspects his entourage, and lives in constant fear of assassination. The leaden of the Ghuznee faction announced that they inKd to fight in the interest of Yakob an. A Berlin correspondent, discussing the relations between China and Russia, say it “Them seems to have been an idea of purchasing ships and cannon in America, end patting American seamen against drill or land lubbers, the farming bulk of the Rjpwiumi crewa, but there is little proseof the scheme being carried out bethe war is over ” Doug McLain, living a few mOes east of Pam, Hl-J n«t across the state line, last August made an indecent assault upon hisniece of 15 years, while he was accompanying her to Sunday school. He at ot once fled, leaving his family behind, attar a short visit home. When he saw tbecftoenin pursuit he turned toward them and gave himself up. He is 50 pars old. T