Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1881 — TELEGRAPHIC. [ARTICLE]

TELEGRAPHIC.

FftAJH»hmto£)tfaet|6og)OO,«» next year, aai|ixpqot*t&spAyPA i*O t--11l thr opinion of Hr. Tkteasge the "drama 6as been dragged through the %w*ra oflniqutty.” K ?£- The upphiation n# Nevada Ij.ljifcl <12,46.5. Is, dbea not havb quite a* white inhabitants a* aounty. 5 *.- Sankey says that “th>‘£ostoalaw have a great deal oplniho of themselves than the baa of ** m ” X* Tm five leading N**e Yortt oosnfa*«C will store tons of gfWtlhfr. —• E. A. SoAetn, the celebrated actor, made sls7,oßo per annum on the atage—and spent It all aa that aa he earned it. rr, •>(

Durino this winter the snow has fallen six inches deep and the mercury ten degrees below aero, as far south aa Mississippi. This is simply without a parallel. ' * ■ Ik one day sigh(een petitions bearing 14,700 names wewfiraßengbd to the Michigan legislature framing for amendment to the pro* hiblting the liquor traffic. We -shall ~have to “stay with’’ as in the bard toils of the coming year. From. November 15 to January 5, Chicago and Cincinnati! salted down 4,875,000 squealer*. * Last year In the erf 6 & tea, aho u J 150 persons were choked ttvdeath or had their necks fcwfeen Judicially,' while some 44 wefe fcikW- by lynehr era. So it seems about 25 per cent, of the executions are irregular. AtkahbU are rjqpiflitf 'supplanting sail-ships fn of grain to Europe. A few few years ago the lattar carried neai% afl ftife class of freight; sow the wft-vsesels onlytransport a little over one half.

Bkobju.off reports ttfeßhe is drawing the cordon tighten and closer around the 30,000 Turkmans in Geok Tepe. They made desperate sorties on the oth and 10th, and the lighting was obstinate and bloody. The laying of the third parallel by. the Russians was on the 10th. The various bniiches~of business and industry will be well represented in the senate of the 47th congress. Fair, of Nevada Twill represent silver; Miller, of California, fur; Sawyer, of Wisconsin, lumber; Oliver, of Pennsylvania, (if chosen> iron, and Mast, of New York, the express companies. The Czar will have another spinal shiver. A dispatch from Kieff reports the arrest there of two men and two women on suspicion, of belonging fen a secret order. Among their effects,was found a programme of “murdsr and incendiarism,” evidently the work.of extreme Nihilists ;.ai«o stores of revolvers, axes, and, -worst of all, “a portion of a secret printing press. M FATH ER ALEBBA GAVAXZI,«the Italian ex-priest, and patriot, is now in Cincinnati. ' His mission to this country is to to aid in evangelizing Italy. Although seven-ty-two years old, he is an untiring worker and an eloquent and powerful speaker. His especial aim now is to establish and endow -twit. American professorship of Biblical in the Biblical College ft Home. The year 1881 open* with a&uost unprecedented cold, with riffle storms of snow and sleet, destructive inundations and frightful earthquake shocks, to which must be ad(fsl ad Appalling list of murders, t raging epidemics,conflagffhTTffns ana deadly casualties. January has been as much a month of horrors 4* janjs oerhaps in our history. The ealam|tiss and dis* - asters caused by i tfjp di-turlied and warring elements In natur*, qreSupplemented by the direst accidents. the spread of fatal diseases, and the moqk awful outbreaks of human passion and wickedness. Is 1»81 to be really an ill-starved and black year, as foretold by some of the seers f; * ii ■■ ey.?'^ Poor old Mr. Sitting Bull, with 400 lodges, more or less, jof hi# people, ia reported to be drifting about the Milk river region in a “destitute condition,” unable to move either north or south on account of the soldiers, the Icy “blizzards” and the want of grass. Something ought to be donevfor our red brother. How would it do to give our <44 {stood ■ the seat .in congress claimed and usurped by Hull of Florida, with pay Tor th« tM jrears eqding March 4th, nfext? A*. S. Ball Isfju* os much entitled to said seat-as-^L:-. Noblest. Hull—-jus#as foucb; he neefr* the money real tliopgji the venerable chieflhlnftes Ms he is no such ftWhs me.-HiHciec, blossom” from the district of Iftorida. » ' ( I■*1 ■* i f..’ - ‘ Peru ha* a population of 3,417,000 and Bolivia 1,8*1,585; total, 5,258,585. ChilAhas only about 1,000,000. And yet she hae whipped both of thq others. Some attribute this result to the superior blood of the Ohifipns. It is claimed that they are of purer IbemnVir Spanish stock than any other South American people, ’ having amalgamated but little comparatively with the natives. There may be sdnrfething in this. But the great ad vantage in tfafe conflict was in being thoroughly ready and taking the initiative with vigor. Peru ua* quite unprepared and ap t£>eapfc before she (Peru) was fairly in line. Then again, the" CHliafi -frdoptf Arere for more ably handled and led. AU this in war passes for a good deal more than blood or race.

da*. January H-* ■*4vo hffltu 'HiilEbHftilih fb«4miHf of ffluadettnib Wmlam Brlsaoß, ti*ir .uponotmesd ijba.i (be dromftll. J i)l! l^ e< yfor 1 e shae v&H Sfi&uhs, Jauuarv 28.-i-A4i4paU h Elliott, Texas, sayaeSThe buckbaoard conveyance, bringjnffthe xzjtx? -Msiss: recentaKbir sfeorm. . -<* •» LojkiHHr, Jaimary 28.—A dispatch from HurbSn give* the following actx»«TTfof an engagement with the Boers: General Colley’s advance guard, consisting of a portion of the saite* safj&m' The attack Was at first partially saccessfal, bat aubsequently the Boers wt-re strongly reinforced and repulsed the British troops with heavy loss. The Bo*4*, suffered severely. Both sides maintain former positions. Lojcdow, January' 28.—After a meeting, which was attended by 20,000 miners, at Leigh, yesterday, a mob went to the Atherlgn colllerleAgnd a desperate riot enaned. Huasa*»,lnttrnt s-rc. thin qhargf.i upon the mob. Severn I mim rt» and polWemen ware injured. .adelphia, 'January 28.—The cafpet-yacn mill of Richard Hay, at Manymiki 9a* damaged by lire this afternoon to thq amount of$10,000; insuredC The flame* spread so rapidly tlud it wga with difficulty the workmen escaped/ one of tnem Thomas Sspauttiar ('wrr*oq w #gr>ug»y 48.— A further examrrduistf of tW§ bookt of the county «■ .dlec rev»a 1 s the fact that by erasures and suppressions upon the b*oka of forfeitures and delinquencies <n taxesv thb coanty has been defrauded of about $03,000 in ten years. tiPBJU*QfI«!J>, Ills., January' 28 1% Tfousermte. to-day, a bill was introdubsd IjV Mr. H*«ington to protew msrrfbd-’Women ■from the brutalities of their husbands, and providing .Udtf W# majaconvicted of beatine his wlf*• shall b* publicly whipped. January 29.—At a late hour to-night, the jury in the case of Buford, who murdered Judge Elliott, returned a verdict of “not guilty on the grounds of insanity.” Cincinnati, January 29.—A peculiar swindle, aimed at newspapers, has just been discovered by a woli known advertising firm of this city. The plan ii to send out a printed order, aceuiuLuuiied by half a dozen inch advertisements to be inserted two month*, and the bill to be sent to the advertising firm. The order is a palpable forgery, yet several newspapers nave published the advertisements and sent in their bills to Edwin Alden, whose name in this instance has been forged. It is a trick that can only be of service to the parties advertised, find They, of course, are open to suspioioi of having commit the forgery, ltm of Goldwatcr & Bros., oP Prescott San Francisco, January 29. James Goldwatcr, formerly of the and Rjrehenberg, Arizona, has left for Arizona after victimizing a number of wholesale merchants of this city to the extent of from SBO,OOO tosloo,ooo worth of goods, which has been shipped to J. Lyons, of Yuma, who is alleged to be a confederate of Goldwater. The matter has been plaeed in the hands of detectives, but it is auestkmable whether anything can be aone, as Goldwater bought openly on credit and the goods cannot oe found. LoKDon, January 81.—The Mark Lane Express says: A wholesome jbe too rapid winter growth has Twjizlly improved the harvest prospect* both here and on the continent? The demand for bread stuffs, "whicHtw&s heightened by the severity of them—ther. has beeu met by existing Htoeks without difficulty, and trade -Ja totally unimproved. Spot Sricea have beeu maintained in Lonou*hwd the provinces in cofr’—quenee of thj) dmalhieas of me supplies, but tra(%Js limited to such an extent that the 41—ition wAa wholly togt. The proactive foreign supply Qas overruleAjother consideration*.. siuyers therefore ore matters of the situation. Forwjgn breadstuff's have beoululland mechanically restricted ©fTthe coast. BuStßess hi the early p«ft ofthe week was impossible, and since the thaw it has been very limited. Buyers were awatong supplies already bn the way, and speculation in London has been defunct for gll descriptions. For foreign there was only a conaumptlvedemend. The markets viewed Friday totally unchanged. Barley has been without animation throughout thw week. Prices, however, were geuerf ally iu favor of sellers. Foreign barley but alow. Oats oootlaue in favor of seller, and the 'ddVanbe is maintained in foreign oats; oue also in favor of sellers, has been in favor» of : setitrs. ■ American was qurned Friday at 28@27a. The erofrt* easfern Europe Is known to he . large, but old .or n*w American corm>anies favorable therewith. Sales of English wheat during the week quarters, at 42s tid, against 34,857 quarters, at 45s 3d, for the corresponding week last year. Imports into the Lathed Kingdom for the weeM ending Januy v 22, were 852,160 cwU wheat and 286;328 cwt. flour.

Milwaukee, January 31.—At eight o’clock this morning, George W. Amey, trt this city,' who resides near the lake shore, saw far out on the lake to .tha northeast, four black specks, that attracted his attention. He looked ekrefully, and through the snow t|he* was driving front the northeast, upt'Ught that he Could discern boats «-)WtJk people in them. A few moments ‘steady looking r Convinced him that were t*iati.L/rU|i he went w the Northwestern and gave an m. Speedily the pews spread that i small boats *fth people in them were out upon .the lake and needed assistance in making the shore. A multiand in one ofthem women, Rescuing parties, composed mostly-of police, were formed, end at nine p’clock one of the bunts containing four men reached the outer breakwater near the Northwestern depot, and the men in it were h auled ashore.Tfcen it was learned Mint the smMl .boats in sight were fronkthe propeller St. Albans, of th? Northern transfer company, which left here yesterday forenoon to cross the lake, and when about twelve miles SMSSE ery of the leak she had to be abandonher crew of twenty persons and pweengers, four of whom were ladies. The story, as told by the four men who first reached the shore, was that yesterday forenoon after the 8t-

Albans bad been oaf about two hours, she was discovered to be leaking badly. Men ware pdt to work on the leak, which was in the beam of the port itde, and appeared to have been eauaedby the. almost constant contact with the ice. The cargo forward was thrown over to light her up, hut the water gained constantly, in half an hour after the discovery the flees were out. The captain ordered the small beat# out and concluded to abandon the fast sinking propeller. ’The twenty-flVe persona were divided into four boat loads, and left the propeller at 1:30 o’clock yesterday. Sacra If Efito, January 3i.—The levee is broken-three miles below the city in two places. Much damap£ to Arms and orchards will follow. The water is backing up towards the ettv. The lex ees around tne city are all fight and no danger is apprehended. A number of extenaive crevasses have occurred on the opposite river bank in. Yolo county, add much damage is reported.* The.losses at present *«re roughly estimated at $1,000,000.. The river is twenty-stx feet above toy water mark, the highest it ever before attained.

Ralkioh, N. C., February 2.— The husine— portion of Plymouth, which was yesterday destroyed by fire, was thickly built with stores-and warehouses. The court house was of brick. The fire began in an office nearthe centre Of Water street and worked Its way up and down the street till it had swepf away every building. The buildings and stocks destroyed with the losses are Hornhall A Bro., four buildings, including u store ana stoelr, 425,000; J. F. Nomran, ifi>W and stock and two other Imiicliitgs,' $20,000; J. R. Newberry, three buildings, stock and 100 halos of cotton, $20,000; J. Wayers, store aud stock, $3,000; William Ayers, stock $1,000; T. D. Norman, two storehouses $2,000; W. H. Warr, druggist, $1,500; John Plercy, store, _ $2,000: Bunck A ■Bros., stoTe, fii.OOO; N. B.Aeowmare, store, $2,000; Wnp -Jiarrison, stock, $2,500 ; BM9ud - Wigging. ÜbICM $500; James Burgmyne, $500; Grabs Protestant Episcopal church, $5,500, Jackson A Pash, stove, $.600;' James Jackson, store, $4,000; Mr*. Whitehurst, two houses $7,000; James M. Beed. 100 bales of cotton, $5,000; Hornthaf A Bro., about fifty bales of cotton, $10,000; shingles, $7,300; James Newbery, store-house, $500; Charles Lathmgn, law office, $1,000; W. H. Hampton, warehouse and three seine*f $3,000; Samuel Lathams, warehouse and one seine, $2,000; F. Arms ted, $25,600; court house, $6,000; J. P. Swayne, store, $1,500; Tellerton, store, $1,000; sundry small losses, $5,000. Captain Solon Askew, of the steamer Oriole, steamed up in the rear of the burning warehouses and saved considerable property. The losses amount to $127,500. Hoenthal A Bro. and J. F. Norman are partially insured. The others are not insurer!. Louisville, Ky., February 3.— At 2 o’clock this morning, the building occupied by Fisher A Paxton, as h wholesale grocery establishment was discovered on fire. When discovered it had got such headway that all attempts to quench it was considered useless, End the main efforts were directed to saving the adjoining building. * Everything in the building was consumed- with the exception of the books and papers. The loss on the stock of groceries was very large, estimated to be worth $26,-000, upon which there was an insurance of $18,300, in the following companies: Hartford, $800; Phoenix of London, $5,000; New Hampshire, $3,000; Buffalo German, $2,500; $2,000; Manhattan, $2,000. The building xvas owned by Mr. PintofF, and was valued at $2,500; insured for $1,500. His magnificent building adjoining was damaged S7OO, and the stock damaged $1,500, which is insured in the London, Lancashire and iEtna companies. Rodney Case lost on an adjoining building $500; insured. Davis A Wajkert lost $200; insured. There insignificant losses, but all were covered by Insurance. Chicago, February 3.—At 6:30 this morning a fire broke out in Independence, hall, 180 and 182 Twenty-second street, which, but for the heroic efforts of the fire department, would have resulted in great loss of life. When the flames were discovered they had made considerable progress, shutting off all escape from the rear and upper part of the buildiug, which was soon alive with terrified womeu and men falling for help as the flames burst dut from every directiou. Many escaped through the skylight on the roofs of adjoining buildings, and some were rescued by the firemen’s ladders. Emma and Laura Hoover, youhg ladies, * were overcome by smoke, and their brother with great difficulty managed to carry them fainting and terrified down the burning stairs. Mr. and Mrs. George Pettit made a graceful fmni the flfcper story by means «>f knitted beddifigL In half nh. hour the concert and dance hall fell in with a heavy crash, and shortly afterwards of which by h*lge*l*wls reduced Making tinder fcflffjji** A. R. Wll®n, the building, loses $L5*9 4*i fllrpitiiEe. Tlk loss on the Wilding irestimated at $20,000, and to tofflmts probably $10,000; Thsnred by by the United States mortgage compan y. Marshalltown, la-., February 3. —This morning fire broke out in Siaight’s elevate*, aud in an hour and aMTs time it was a total ruin with fovY mi tents, of 19,000 bushels of corn. Loss $15,000, insured for $6,700.

Bt. Louis, Februaiw 3.—A considerable number of soldiers at Fort Cancho, Texas, comrades of Wilkins, who was murdered by McCarthy three days ago, left the fort night before last and went to Los Angeles, where the murder was committed, surrounded the' hotel of Ernest Menaitz, and demanded McCarthy, who was, they supposed, in the house. He was noti there, however, and shortly after ah guafd arrived from the fort and look Ms' soldiers kway. Had the soldier* found McCarthy, they would have lyqtjied him. San Francisco, February 3.—The raAn’oontinues throughout the northernand central portion of the state, wwhding from the Sierra Nevadas to the* Pacific ocean. The rain was heavy in Shasta to-day, falling at the rate of nearly one inen an hour. Several cloud bursts occurred, doing conaidtfrable damage, but no lives Were lost. In Shasta- county this season’s rain-foil amounts to seven and a half feet. y