Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1881 — THE NEWS IS BRIEP. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IS BRIEP.

The Milwaukee harbor h» full of ioe. The Kunlx arc preparhjgfor au<<lirr invasion of Persia. / a * Martial law has been proclaimed in MonelaHs, 5 » The businaas man of Germany are in favor of bi metalistn. "'-'■"V z ■, Baron Andre de Budberg, the Rnw- ' sian diplomast. is dead. Foor convicts escaped from the penitentiary in Kingston, Ont. Barry Hullivaii, the popular tragedian, is dangerously 111 at Dublin. Nothing of special interest developed in the Whittaker ease yesterday. The rainfall in Shasta county, Calffomia, has reached seven and one-half feet. - t . Memphis leads the list of repudiating cities with-a debt estimated at $5,000,-000. ~ . A royal decree is published at Madrid annulling all pending suits under the press law. E. T. Howe, a New York lard merchant, has suspended. Liabilities between $600,000 and $70,000. . Wiker pipes in Burlington, lowa, buried at a depth of nearly five feet, have beeii found frozen solid? Mrs. F. Beardiuore, the wife of a well-to-<lo farmer of Farmington, Win., committed suicide by hanging. - The new Spanish ministry will pusli forward the negotiations wa treaty of commerce with the United States. It is a good sign for Colorado that, notwithstanding the rapid growth of Denver, none of her towns has alluded debt. Arrangements art* making iu New York city for a prize fight between Jack Sullivan, of Boston, and Buddy Ryan, of Troy*. The Boers are concentrating thfeir farces south of Newcastle, apparently with the intention of attacking the British reinforcements. . 'Judge Chas. E. Forbes, who reeeutdied at Northampton, N. H., leaves $220,000 fora public library. A brother and a sister each get SI,OOO. ■ , The Maine senate has unanimously adopted the committee'll that the woman suffrage potistitutlonal amendment ought not to pass. The postoffice and s several other buildings at Wheatiy, Ark., was burned. Several registered letters were lost. Loes al >out $25,000. An Irish-Aimylean named Ixmghlin, has been arrested for complicity in the outrage ami robbery* near Castle Island, County Kerry, Ireland. The Foster resolution in the New York legislature, in favor of abolishing weatwaunl canal tolls, passed (he senate by tlie dA'isive vote of 10 to 7. It is stated that the Irish hind league has decided to withdraw its funds from France and invest them in this country. The amount is $350,000. A Canadian named Reid, placed in jail in Brookville for contempt of court, fell into a sleep which continued eighty hours and terminated In death. It is reported that Bismarck has consented to take the leading part in the negotiations at Constantinople relative to the Greek frontier quea-r tion. Of the crew of eighteen men of thte ship Neomantou, lost on the coast df New Foundland, only Chief Mate McChrechy* and Seaman Daley were saved. Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, predicts very stormy weather, with heavy falls of snow, from Montreal to Washington, for the month of March. ; The New Yorksenate, by a vote* of 19 to 17, has adopted a resolution recommending that western bound freight on the canals be placed on the free list. General Horace Porter say’s the demand for Pullman cars to run to Washington for General Garfield’s inauguration exceeds anything ever known. • General Roberts, the hero of the Afghanistan campaign, has been' presented with the freedom of the city of Ixmdon. A sword accompanied the document. \ A line of steamers has bebn organized to run between Nova Soot i a and Brazil. The Dominion and Brazilian governments granted a subsidy of $50,000 each.

At the council of the Spanish minis? ters, it was resolved*to requcM all the representatives of Spain abroad who have not yet resigned to tender their resignation. ( ■ Mrs. Nelson Johnson, a Swedish woman,.committed suicide nt Columbus, Ohj<s by drowning herself in tiro Sciota river while laboring undvra fit of insanity. f At Comber, Ontario, C. Kills ter and his wife quarreled aboat a will the former had made. His wife was shot dead and Kuiater himself is thought' to be fatally shot. The exports, exclusive of specie, from New York since* January 1, to - date, ia nearly,|sl,ooo,ooo, against $42,000,000 for the same time in 1880, and $40,000,000 in 1879. The richest mine in New Mexico, now worth >3,000,000, was originally sold for $3 in silver, a little gold dust, and ap old revolver. But they don't turn out so well. Small-pox prevails at Cuba,lllinois, to an epidemic extent, and has caused "’a complete stagnation of business. Six deaths have already occurred, and some of the sieh-are very low. The German Emperors speech at the opening of the Reichstag ex pressed confidence in the success of the negotiations to prevent war between Turkey and Greece, and satisfaction' with the results of Bisniarek*a new , finance policy. i- . fa James A. Burden, of New York, the well known iron manufacturer and stock breeder; gave a dinner to a party of gentlemen interested in the organization of a fanners’ club. After dinner a committee Was appointed to arrange the details. - French trade rdturus for the month of January show a decrease of. 4,900,000 francs in the value of exports as compared with the same month last year. The imports of food .were 1,840,000 francs less, and the imports of raw materials 8,600,000 francs more. General Colley has telegraphed to London for reinforcements. His situation is critical. Large numbers of Boers have drawn off from the besieged garrisons in Transvaal to oppose General Colley. It ia reported that a numerous body of Orange Free State Boers encamped* al Natal territory, at a point which commands the road bet ween Lad y smith and Newcastle.