Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1881 — TELEGRAPHIC. [ARTICLE]

TELEGRAPHIC.

ered that the woman died from the effects of a ffbund inflicted a hjH etofU It appears Sfooney lia4 always been paaSignate ana afeyive, especially when dftmk.l Jtst fltrnday he assaulted his wife with a hatchet and dealt her aaeverwJklow on thetefa-shoulder aadneck. Her daughter attempted to interfere, when Mooney, threw the hatchet at her and cot her arm fearfully near the shdulder. Mrs. Moofaey refused to inform the police of her' injuries. She has been janitress at a bank for a number of years. Het husband has no occupation, though he says he to a janitor. His age is 37. “X OlAo, last night J ■dfatroyed the planing wdU -frft Jtappodk & Co.', and the welling or Teter Coffield Total loss, $12,000;. insurance, $6,000. A Gazette, Greenfield, Ohio, special says Mike Foley was perhaps fatally injured by the explosion ofw ; can of powder. He was using it to fill a blast at Rucker’s stone-quarry. A lingering spark in the ashed ignited liie powder, and Foley was blown a considerable distance; Toledo, April. 22.—The Tri-Btate Fair association will hold a summer trotting, meetingXJune - 2tet to 24th, inclusive. Purses, $9,700. The classes areas follows: Three 3:00 minutes, 2:26,2;21, 2:40, 2.«, 2:2ft,-2:50 and free for all rbarring St, Julien and MaudS.) 2:23; pacing, free. for all pacers having a record of ±' 16 or better. Ehtrict close June 13<h. Abbeville, £. C..April22.—Abram Martin wna banged to-day i for the murder of He. Wife, on the 15th of July fast " N »' York, April 22.—The Hudson Rivet has mortgaged all itejpn'perty of every description trust compafiy as trustees, to secure the payntenj of ten thousand bonds of par value .SIO,OOO each, to he known as “first inortg ge const rpction bonds," to be -Issued as work of completing and equipping the tunnel under the Hudson river

progresses, bonds payable in 1911, with interest at 6 per cent. A clause of the mortgage recites that an indebtedness of $300,000 has already Sen incurred by the tunnel company d $9,100,00d more is needed to secure the necessary right of way and complete the undertaking. New York, April 22,—From Bradstreets It Is’ learned that the market has been easy, through the week and contributed to assist the bulls in the stock market in maintaining prices. The ruling rates have been about 4J£ to 5 on can loans, with stock collateral, and less on pledge government bond. 4. Time loans are freely offered. About* the Vsame rates rule in prlipe mercantile paper—o to s’£. Large arrivals of foreign gold to the ehrer factor hi prdducing*this abundance. Loanable money and exchanges show* that the tide of currency is setting from the interior to this ‘centre. The market for foreign exchange has been quiet and steady, presenting no feature calling for comment. Gold imports speculation have develpved unusual life in a few specialties, chiefly in the way of food supplies. In these fluctuations been frequent, in instance* sufficiently wide to quieken. the general interest. Cable advices of the latest dates were deemed, more encouraging to export operations. A less satisfactory exhibit has resulted from the week's clearance, produce and merchandise from Eew York to foreign parts; yet the and total thus far in 1881 to largely hbead of that for the saqie portion of 1880 and 1879. Only a moderate degree bf anMfation has been .reported in ocean freights. In the line of charter contracts ad vangage was with shippers; though the changes were not important and the movement was comparatively slow in nearly.all interest?, tlipwgh the breadstuff interest has been speculative. There is decidedly a more confident temper and the indications point to a rise. ' The record of failures for the past week throughout the United States and Canada, as reported to Bradstreets, again show a decrease, the "number being - only 61 aa against 106 for the preceding week. This is the lowest number reported for_many motoths, and affords a str contrast so ths . number recorded' for the.week ending March 18, wheff they reached ths high figure pf 150. z The majority of the failures are small coneema, many of which have been anticipated for some time, and of course f o t*e generflkWade of the coufitrj', Whi£h is In tosound conJLemberg, April, 23.—A ferry-boat I crossing |b e Drestrer river met with j atl acendent, and according to one ver[iton sixty-three persons were drowntber account says only thirty I • April 23.—Isaac Vanmeter. of Lexicgton, to-day ankl. tjie weWfenown VanArnim to Commo-. SIO,OOO. VanArnrm is seven years old and has a record of 2:22. New York, April 23.—Mr. Louis Neumann, the well known and popuJar. editor of the New York Stast* Zeitung, was married to-day to Miss Christine Betz daughter of a wealthy German resident ofthis city. ALLENTqwjs, Pa., April 23.—Jno. Guymptoire, a Hungarian, who has bew Astoep the poor bouse for soventy-twodaya, and who awakened Tor Abe first time yesterday, arose 'agaip. Detroit, April 28j— A fire at CoopervXLte Attoma county, this state, this morning.destroyed five The principal' loosers are Cleveland A Co,, general store, loss, $10,000; insurnce s*4,ooo** MeNaughton. general store, loss $2,000, insurance Venderbeen 4 Vernauk, hard ware, loss $6,000, insurance $3,000. Other losses small, the five making a total of San FrAncibco, April 23.—Thb town of’ Greenville, Plumas counted burned to-day 4 Communication is broken. No particulars yet. ' New Castle, Pa., April 23.—About 2:30 this afternoon a fire brota! -out iff a'rtabte in this city. Twofin« horse® belonging to 8. Thompson Col valued at S3OO, perished Ln Che flfimes. Three stables were consumed, none of I AriMMfweje tnupred. 1 infifflHflfr APP 1 2S ~ lt b defoltely settlea rnat J h . ITareriy WffTTlave mutfe-bom fbr him In this ? 2 the^S?utob3 n ’i ' fete financial b«ck«r t Wa .faatod what , Slnown as ptowdHh4Nos. Tfl| W HO Monroe street, having a frontage of 70'feet and depth of .

Da won, 0., April 28.—Much diseaaoion has amen between the Irish oitteeus of Dayton, -aid the soldiers* home in relation to the action of Gen. Patrick, governor of the homg, who recently refused to permit Red path to heeture there on “Irish Grievances.” He says that as the United States is at peace with England he would permit no agitations to declaim against the English government. He refused to make any reply or explanation to Utters addrossoit to him by the' Irish land league, and last evening a Circular which was issued and distributed about the soldiers home declared Governor Patrick**Boyeotted." The action has occasioned much surprise, but is generally understood to be approved by the land league. Governor Patrick is sustained by leading citizens who regard his action as justifiable, and say the Irish desire to have him removed as he is tod strict a disciplinarian. The institution numbers upwards of AOOtt inmates, nearly 2,000 being Irish. The action or the land, league Is the more ImpmlMß as tkjwtbe'prto.tostanoe of 4 Philadelphia, April 28.—After the burning of the Grand Point elevator the warehouses In the vicinity of the elevator also burned with a quantity of miscellaneous freight. At noon the fire was still smouldering. The loss on the corn and wheat destroyed is $97,000: ifisured. Loss on buildings about $600,000; insured for s3b7,uuo, in amounts generally less than SIO,OOO, in varidus companies. Louisville. April , 28.—During a hail storm this afternoon four boys, aged from twelve to fourteen, while at play at school, were struck by lightning and killed. Their names are Lee Fleck, Joseph. Schultz, Wilham Tahafeer and Harry Soetz/ Their gamp was just concluded and bejj summoning them to their school duties was ringing, thereby causing ths boys to be in tine same spot yrhere their coats and hats had. been placed before they As the flash struck the earth’ the boys were for a moment obscured from sight. 8o vivid was the lightning that when a few people in the neighborhood agMn k>okes£ toward tbs boys they were all flat on the ground. Two gentleman ryw t®the spot, and to their horror, discovered four dead, their faces in the direction of the sky Worn 5. which they I had but Chorny received their last summons. Two « other boyrf/. stunned, lay near their companions. The gentiemob quickly procured water and the fire in the clothing of. ’ ttdJ boys, as well as stamping ous the/lames, which were' fast burning parte of* their appatyl that had been torn from the bod it*. Vain effortahadfoeen previously made revive the boys,of whom appeared lifeless, and four* of were recognized as positively dead. Dre. Griffith, Given and • Dougherty, who arrived shortly after the accident, examined the boys and found four or the six had been struck dead. The lightning .culminated directly , aver Wm. B<>ltz, sen of the teacher to whose class aiTtne boys belortgea. The spot of earth which l>ears the marks of the bolt coulfibe covered by a bushel in<‘>iMnr-fib»MvMri>f the ground is but little disturbed and resembles a hole which might have been driven in by a crowbar. On the ground, two or three feet from the spot wJbere |lie I»>t entered, could be seen, wnep a re porter visited the place, pieces of clothing, parts of shirts, drawers, suspenders, and fragments of boots, all burned and blackened by the electric file, resembling - a .• mass of chopped -up rags, baked ready for the manufacture of paper. Young Soetz'was worse disfigured than any of the fest. . His clothes were literally burned from his body, and nieces of the scorched clothing were picked up on the spot where he fell. His body was burned to a crisp, and blackened and scat-red in a horrible manner. A piece of his undershirt, picked up by a reporter, looks like a rag whiqh had been burning on a stove and had been suddenly extinguished by a dash of water.

Pittsburg, April 28.—D. A. .McCartney, a druggist; was fatally stabbed last night by Charles Dalglerish. The latter had been visiting the family of McCartney, who occupy tlfe upj»er Xtoffl ofe the buildtog in whkfa the drug Store is Si tented, and when he came down he found several partiee in front of the store. McCartney ordered them to leave, and some es them talked back, which made McCartaey angre, and a tussel ensued Dalgleriih, then drew a knife and out McCartney across the abdomen, inflicting a wound from which the bowels protruded. The injured man was carried into the bonSb, and a physician summoned, who pronounced his wounds fatal. Both parties are well known, and hitherto bave'foorne good characters. Dalgierish has been arrested. Atlanta, Ga., April 28.—Lfest night at Covington, this state, Dick Campbell and two men named Alfen and Yancey attacked a young man named Henry Hertenz—- AHew-and Yanoey were cut in the foack, Campbell’s throat was cut fronfifarto ear and his head almost several from his body. Horton surrender® but was released on a preliminary examination. -