Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1881 — TELEGRAPHIC. [ARTICLE]

TELEGRAPHIC.

Bri dlai'oh should Boycott the house of eommons If the members thereof persist in evicting him. Thb fa mi tore and personal effects of the late Fernando Wood were sold at auction at Washington, Monday, % ami $5,000 was realized. Thu prosy Carlyle controversy looks very much l.ke an advertisement of Fronde’s reminiscenses of the late philosopher of Chelsea. - Thk renewal of executive sessions has again filled Washington with a ■warm of office-seekers, one of whom committed solcide the other day. He was notan Indiana man, however, by a jug-full. Ir THB St. Louis Olobe-Democrat is to be believed Texas has passed a law, ‘ which the governor has approved. ’giving every i-on'ederaie soldier who enlisted In tii.-tt state a pension in the shape of a Uad grant.

New York has seven living exgovernors, Fisk, Seymour, Fenton, Hoffman, Moran, Tilden and Robin--on. Ohio has six, Cox, Noyes, Dennison, Bishop, Hayes, and Bell, the latter-now a resident of Illinois. " Beech kb always did have trouble with fain. Once he got into trouble for visiting the fair—whose husband didn’t like it, and now he is being sued for staying away from a fair. The. last af-falr was an agricultural fair, however. . ) ‘ The Cincinnati street railroad company’s receipts last Sunday was M. 300, showing that they must have curried 107,500 paasengeife, counting each fare between discount and foil rate. Verily street car stock is worth something in the Queen city. Srrmrq 801 l says that he and his braves killed 709 of Custer’s men. Aw the brave Custer only had 300 under his charge the day of the massacre, Squatting Taurus must be suffering with double vision, or else trying a little of the Eli Perkins style of narration. ' . -

A tramp printer borrowed five dollars of the editor of the Albany, N.Y., Journal forty-five years ago, and paid it back last week. The printer is now a preacher, and has been since 1845. The question is whether he has been engaged since 1845 in' working up the right kind of a conscience or in saving Up enough of his salary to pay the debt. ___ Ip the Republicans must go into a caucus every day, let it uot be In the star chamber style. Throw the doors wide open and let the people know what is going on, either for or against their dignity and good name. Our senators do not own and run the people. The shoe is on the other foot and the people have a right to the opinions* of their - senatorial servants. ‘

The French steamer France, when some distance out of Havre bound for Nerr York, discovered a stowaway on board, and, waiting until the vessel _ reached Sandy Hook, the captain hailed the outward bound Amerique, -en route to France, and transferred the stowaway to that vessel, thus balking the wily Frenchman in his endeavor to reach America’s hospitable shore without the payment of the customary .fees.

Court after court baa decided that lager beer w-iU not intoxicate, but Mayor Means, of Cincinnati, baa reason to believe otherwise. Last Sabbath he forbid the sale of strong drinks of . all klndß, leaving only the strictly UQseductive lager on tap; but the number of drunkards brought before the Police Judge the next morning was as great aa ever. *lt might have been the heat however. Frank Walworth, who will be remembered aa the murderer of hie father, the well-known author, and- who was discharged 'from prison on account of threatening idiocy, has just been admitted to the bar of the supreme court at Utica, N. Y. Aa the threatening attack of idioey failed to culminate, it Is hardly possible that he will be able to take any high rank among his brother of New York state. AN Indiana girl committed suicide on Monday because her mother wouldn't allow her to bang her hair. The girl has one consolation —she will make a good looking angel, whioh is more than oan be said of a girl who dies with her hair banged. .An Ohio girl, on similar provocatidg, would never have taken cold poison. She would have bauged her mother’s head with a rolling pin, and then trimmed her own hair a la mode.

The exelusion of Jews from certain eastern hotels has caused the New York legislature to deliberate upon a bill “to prevent discrimination by ■hotel keepers against persons on ac- , count of race, color or creed." The bill applies also to theatres, restaurants and public This is the right kind of legislation in this, ' Democratic country. Race proscription smacks too much of the old feudal days, and must never be allowed a foothold In the United States.

Politics and political matters are running entirely too much on a sort of a one-man plan. Two weeks ago no word was heard or read but mMjbone." Now it is Conkllng, and next week it will be Dorsey. Columns of extracts from the press are entirely op of the one napae alone, and it is becoming entirely too monotonous. A first-class murder, a Chartley Rns mystery, or an exploding bomb i* Washington would any or all of them be of great relief now. We want a change. J

Phlladlphxa, May 12. —At a meet ing of the directors of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati A St. Louis railroad company to-day, the following officers were elected : G. B. Roberta, president; J. N. McCullough, vice president; Wm. Bbaw. second vice president; Thomas D. Messier, third vice president and comptroller; 8. B. Liggett, secretary; Stephen W. White, assistant secretary; M. C. Spencer, treasurer. Lille Rock, May 13. —The Gazette’s Batesville, Kansas, special says: W. B. Marshall and James York, young men residing near town, got into a difficulty about a cotton planter, Hard words passed, when Yon drew a knife and stabbed Marshall in the shoulder. Smarting under the wound. Marshall drew a knife and plunged it into York’s side, from the effects of which he died in four hours. Marshall gave himself np. J Ciwcncw ati, May 18.—The Gazette's Somerset, Ky., special states that a dog ot M. Gastinan, who lives in the eastern portion of the county, brought into the yard last evening the head of a man, which, oa examination, waa found to be the head of a stock dealer who disappeared mysteriously a few days ago. Decomposition had not set in. The remainder of the body was ot fonnd.

Boston, May 14.—The Journal says wholesale dealers in canned goods aie greatly exoited to-day over the failure of J. B. Lincoln, a broker in canned goods, nuts, etc., on Btate street. The failure is very heavy, th : labilities befogs in some quarters estimated as high as $750,000; although one of the creditors stated his belief that the amount would not exceed $200,000. Lincoln, something like a year ago, suddenly branched out, opening an office in New York and going largely into dealings with a well known Chicage broker, who was engaged in supplyipg t * le mining country wih canned goods. It is slated speculation is at the bottom of the failure, and it will be impossible for some days to arrive at anything like a correct estimate of the liabilities. Nearly, if not quite every house in this business in the city is involved, and a meeting of the creditors, date not known, promises to be very largely attended and somewhat lively.

New York, May 14.— A largely attended meeting of the National AntiMonopoly League was held at Cooper institute this evening. A protest was made against the- confirmation of Stanley Matthews as justice of the United State supreme court. E. L. Chittenden occupied the chair. A resolution was adopted d eclaring that Btanley Matthews was the railroad candidate, and denouncing his confirmation as proof of the puruoee to pack the supreme court with judges who will reverse its decisions in the granger cases. " The resolutions also viewed the nominations of Elliott 'Shepherd, a son-in-law of Vanderbilt, •and Hon. William H. Robertson, as alarming proofs of the purpose and power of co-operative monopolies. Addresses were made by Mayor Haggerty, Ex-Senator Creamer and Mr. Chittenden.

New York, May 14.— The body of John R. Htranack, a correspondent of the American News company'of this city, was found in the river at Brooklyn on Friday, and before identification was deposited in the Potters field at Flat Bnsn. The body was so decomposed and eaten by fishes that the features were not recognisable. It was identified by papers in his possession. He was 40 years old, and has been missing since the*2Bth of March. Augusta, Ga., May 14.—Three col-, ored convicts on Brown county, killed T. LangsVp.'.a white guard, with his gun, ana escaped. Baltimore, May 18.—The Pimlico jockey club opened to-day to the public the new railroad to the course, and fully 3,000 people visited the grounds. Four laces, including a steeple chase, were ran*for the entertainment of the people. At the end of the second race rain set in and continued to the close, but the visitors bsd the cars to step Into from the platform of the grand stand, and sutiered but little inconvenience. While the steeplechasers were returning to the judges stand, Goffney, the jockey or Dalgaseah, made an assault upon Sait, jockey of Derbey, the winner, with the butt of his whip. The police interfered and stopped the affray. Gaffney was “by the judges” ruled off the track.

Louisville, Kt., May 18.—Seoond day of the jockey dub races. The •first race, half-mile, fcfr two-year-old colts, was won by Charley 8., Babcock second, Blenheim third. Time, 53!*. Second race, for two-year-old fillies, half-mile, Bayadere first, Beatrice second, Square Danice third. Time, 63k. Third rabe, for all ages,, mile heats. Summary: Surge, 2,1, 1; Cash Clay, 1,2, 2; Miss Nalles, 3, 3,0. Time, 1:46*, 1:48#, 1:47*. Wheeling, W. Va., May 18.— This afternoon about 4 o’clock the main portion of the Baltimore A Ohio freight bridge over Wheeling creek, adjoining the passenger depot in this city, suddenly gave away while a heavy freight train was upon it, and and the engine, tender and two box care full of flour were precipitated into the water twenty feet below. The engineer, named Clark, reeeived injuries which will probably prove fatal.

Denver, May 19.—A Del Norte special says: The west bound coach was stopped la t night twenty-four miles east of Lake City by three Toad agents. Before ordering It to stop the robbers lire t three shots, dangerously wounding Frank Bartlett, a Denver A Rio Grande engineer, and,then robbed him of SIOO and a gold watch and took the treasure pouch and all the mail sacks. Loutsvtlle, Ky., May 19.—Second event, lj* miles. Annie Augusta (favorite) won; Bob Johnson, second: Gamacita, third. Time, 2:11k- Third race, one mile,was won by Churchill; Una. second; Ada Glenn, (favorite) third. Time, 1:44#. Last event, hurdle race, lk miles, over five hurdles, Glasgow first, Duke of Kent second, Captain Franklin third. Time 2:19 .

New York, May 19.—A Centennial Mills, Fla., dispatch says Alexander Johnson was killed by a blow by Jes Williams. Justice Desmond and Constable Curry went to arrest Williams, who resisted, whereupon Justice Desmond shot him through the body, killing him. St. Petersburg, May 19.—The rumor current some months ago that St. Petersburg was undermined in several piaoes is being in a measure confirmed by other circumstances. Besides the mine in Badoa street and the bags of dynamite found in the

Catharine canal, the police are now dragging the KruhofT canal. » . . Bt. Louis, May 19. —Two teamsters John O’Brien and Mom Williams, the latter colored, got into a difficulty last Monday at the Wabash freight house, r oot of Biddle street, in whtehO’Brien fractured Williams’ skull with a wagon spoke. Williams died yeaterday, and O’Brien was arrested to-day and jailed. LotnsvTLLß, May 19.—1 n a quarrel at the Jockey club track to-night over a game of chance, betwe n John Turner and Guy Horton, stable boys from Nashville, the former cut Horton to death.

Bt. Louis, May 28. —With the subsidance of the flood of last week and fine weather, busineee In nearly all branches has revived and the trade of the week has been very satisfactory. The reoeipts of grain has very largely increased, and the shipments nearly quadrupled. The money market perceptibly improved both In tone and volume, borrowers being more plentiful and applications pretty generally distributed. Heavy ad vanes were made in cotton bills and warehouse receipts, and southern orders came in for a good share. The export demand for both corn and wheat was quite active and shipments heavy. Oats also experienced an advance, but the move. ment was not large. Dry goods was unusually active for the season, and prices were not only maintained, but on most classes of desirable goods, the stocks of which are light, the tendency is upward. Live stock has been generally strong for the week, and prices advanced, with a good demand for all grades of animals. Receipts have been good and all offerings taken freely. Grass Texans have appeared in considerable numbers ana found a ready disposal. The movement of bulk grain down the rive for export via jetties has been large this week, exceeding that of any Erevious week of the season. The >t&l amount of produce, merchandise, etc., shipped to St. Louis by steamer and barges to points oh the river below Cairo for the month ot April was 92,770 tons; same month last year, 82,290. The increase of commerce on the upper Mississippi river and between St. Louis and points on the < Ohio river is also large. Chicago, May 20. —The banks are doing a good business at good full rates for money, and a sufficient demand for eastern exchange sold between the banks at 60 to 60 cents premium per f 1,000. ' The season is getting rather late for an active business in most lines of merchandise, but trade continues animated for the time of year. There is an urgent inquiry for building material. The grain trade is picking up, and as the railroad strike is over, the receipts come more nearly to a level w th shipments than they have*done before for weeks. The opening of navigation causes the prices to stiffen. Unfavorable reports are received, too, from Kansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois and Soutnern lowa of the ravages of the dreaded chinch pest. The receipts of corn are disappointing, as it was believed they would be very heavy when once the obstructions to shipment were obviated. Oats keep up well. Provisions fluctuate as widely as ever, aud according to no known law. Pork is down when lard is up, and vice versa. The general tendency of the week in the provision market has been to higher prices. More grain is going forward by rail than a year ago. shippers apparently having become educated to the higher rates. Rumor has it, however, that the lines of railroad are not slow to cut schedule rates when they find it necessary to compete with vessels.