Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1881 — HERE AND THERE. [ARTICLE]

HERE AND THERE.

Foktx four counties in lows are free from debt. Chattakoooa, Tennessee, has elected a Republican Major. ' It is proposed to change the name of Council Bluffs to Garfield. Thb National.debt was lessened $7,349,126 during the month of November. Governor of Ohio, has subscribed SI,OOO monument Colorado mines jielded $20,000,000 last year, and California mines $19,000,000. It is said that the demand for the revised New Testament has almost entirely ceased. Thb administrator of the Mark Hopkin’s estate in California gives a bond of $13,000,000. Two hundred cattle were mutilated, tbe other night, on a farm in Ireland, * by anil-renters. A ORXATmany ladles, among whom Is Mrs.' Blaine, attend tbe Guiteau trial regularly. • Thb Grand Jury at Washington has found Indictments sgainst two star routs operators, j Thb Iron in teres is of Bt. Louis have been consolidated on the basis of a etpitai of $6,000,000. r A chords of 6> *0 singers is rebaniDg under Theodore Thomas for the Cincinnati May festival. Bessy Hblfman, tbe Russian Nihilist, has beoon»e> mother in prison, and expects to be pardoned. Bomb of the underground railroads 0/ London, England, carry workmen twelve miles for two cents. It is said that ninety cranks have f been arrested !u Washington since the assassination 0/ President Garfield. It is estimated by expert authority that sixty per cent, of the butter sold in these days is of fraudulent manufacture. . j Onh thousand tenants in Roecommon, Ireland, refuse to pay rent, and declare they will not appeal to the Lsmd Court. Jay Gould has purchased the Grand Opera House In New York city for $600,000, and thus becomes a successor of -Jim” Fisk. An 1 interesting Garfield memorial service will be held by Ihe two Houses of Congress pooh after the organization of that body. Ddhinq the year ended 1880 the yield of geld in the United States amounted to $38,000,000. ‘The silver yield was *39 300,000. • . 4- ■ ■■

Another court house was des toyed in Texas Monday, being that of Wise county, with the money in the Treasury aud the court records. 4 A OutOKY of about 6,000 Saxons is locating ou lands hear Little Rock, Arkansas, under the direction of an “old oountry” society. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has an assured annual Income of $5,000, and the reports of her pecuniary difficulties are totally unfounded. The total low by the late bush fires In the Province of Ontario, Can., is now computed at over slo,ooo,ooo,onehalf of which ja in tha Ottawa district. The annual report of the New York Cbriatain’s Aid Society says “there is no need for any child in that city to be homeless or to beg or steal to get a living” It Is expected that Parnell and other Irish Land League members of Parliament, now under arrest will be released before tbe coming parliamentary session. tr seems to be proved that the Ninth Regiment of Massachusetts disgraced Itself at the Yorktown Centennial by aonduct unbecoming in soldiers anil gentlemen. , ' , The Judicial Conference of the M. E, Church refused, by a vote of 15 tb 4, to take up the appeal of Dr Thom as, and that ends the matter, leaving him out of the clnwch.

It is Justly noted as a humiliating fact that Mn. Garfield receives from twenty to fifty begging letters per day. The meanness of begging can 'scarcely get lower than that. A dignitary in the Pope’s household, uow Id Montreal, says that his master will soon remove to Malta'or SalitHirg, because he has no suitable protection in Rome, At Lodi, Ill:, t>u last Thanksgiving D*y» * union religious service was held in which Baptists, Methodists. - CongregafionaJhts and Roman Cathoclergy and laity, participated. f The paper-money circulation of this country now amounts to $723,838,021, not including sliver certificates. There are $361,220,000 national bank notes, and $362 618,021 legal tenders. ■ A woman at Paterson New Jersey, while crossing tfie tracks of the Erie railroad, was caught upon the pilot of a passing engine and carried thirtyfive miles before she was discovered. She was badly frightened, but otherwise uninjured. The French Minister of Worship has declared that the Government cannot permit the clergy to interfere in elections, and that his Intention to osa all lawful means to impose respect tor the law and constitution Upon the priests of religion. Th* Rev. A. W, Wild, of Leach am, Vu, rsplying to a charge of pulpit plagiarism, saW it had long been his babit, as of other; pastors, to have clippsngs constantly on hand for free nee, end he didn’t propose to abandon It Wrujig Herndon, one of the of Illinois, and who

of Abraham Lincoln, was taken to hit home, tbe other night, In a fit of delerium tremens. He hss for a long time been going on the downward oat to a drunkard’s grave. Thudlow Weed says three of tbe “business kings” of the last generation in the state of New York, were so illiterate that they could not spell correctly ordinary words of three syllables. The three were Cornelius Vanderbilt, Dean Richmond and George Law. ‘ Out of 613 awards by the juries at the Paris electrical exhibition, Franoe received 364, Belgium 60, Great Britain and Germany 49 each, Italy 34, the United States 29, Russia 21, Austria 18, Switzerland 14, Sweden 13, Holland 10, Spain 6, Denmark and Hungary 2 each, and Japan 1. Enolakd imports annually food products to the amount'of about $890,000,000, and exports manufactured goods to the amount of about $860,000,000. The L’uitod States exports m&nu factured goods to tbe amount of about $74,000,000. and in food products and raw materials about $751,000,000. Guiteau has received a letter purporting to be from au Indlnapolis woman who has SIOO,OOO at her disposel, and, expressing greatjsympathy for the wretch, she places herselt and her money at his feet* Tbe letter is either a ghastly joke, or some crank is loose who ought to be under lock and k«y-

LEFROY.the newspaper reporter who murdered Gold on an English railway train, was considered a victim of homicidal mania, but he stretched hemp “all the same,” the other day, and there was no fooliDg about it either. He was tried, convicted and executed without appeal, new trial, or any other trifling with the “majeety of the law.” A 00-opkrativk society ~ln Wiliadelphla has six stores open. This represents a steady growth from a very small beginning eight years ago. The three groceries and a meat market yield a handsome profit, besides providing goods for the 980 members at a discount from regular rates; but the dry goods and the shoe stores have barely paid expenses. t)n the whole, however, the enterprise is a sound success. j Letters received in Hartford from the Chinese students recently ordered home say that on their arrival in Shanghai they were sent to confinement In a romote part of town, the Government’s, intention apparently being to examine them as to their belief or disbelief cf Christianity before they could scatter through the country. It is said, however, that none of them’.had been much inclined toward the Christian religion while in Hartford.

Onions and potatoes are staple crops in Scott county, lowa, and vicinity > but this year both are short. Last year by this time over 200,000 bushels of onions were shipped from the city of Davenport, and this year only 101,800 bushels, selling all tbe way from $1.40 to 75 cents. Last year over 260,000 bushels of potatoes were shipped from that point, and this year only about 40,000 bushels. Among the first to formally approve and use the revised version of the New Testiment were the Proeteetant Clergymen of New Haven. A few days ago, in a meeting for discussing the subject, a majority announced a change of {opinion by votiDg that it was too faulty to be acceptable. The chief condemnation was of bad English, the Rev. Dr. John E. Todd declaring that he had counted 150 errors of grammer uncorrected in one of the epistles to the Corinthians alone. Tiir question is diqcusaed with a good deal of seriousness whether the suspension bridge across tbe East River in New York will bear all the ’weight the of it want to load on, and the only remedy against a grave brake down would be a pier in tbe middle of the river. Then it would no longer be a suspension bridge, and the collisions against that pier in midcurrent would he incalculable in number. This gigantic and costly blunder bas already absorbed $13,000,000. The influence of education upon the commission of crime, has been the subject of a recent investigation by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Education, and the conclusions and results are summed up as follows: “Abjjut oneof all the crime in the country is by persons wholly illiterate; about one-tbird by persons practically illiterate; and tbe proportion of criminals among tbe illiterate Js about ten times greater than those who have been instructed in the elements of a common school education, or have advanced further than this.,

China is rapidly making efforts to, compete with other nations in tlib employment of such modern conveniences for traveling and for the internal and external exchange of commodities as will constitute for her some important claim* to civilization. Steamship lines are being promoted and extended; telegraph lines are being extensively constructed; railroads are projected to connect all the important cities. Nor are the arts of war neglected. Fortifications are being erected, arsenals established, and European methods generally introduced in both asmy and navy.

™ ithin the last few weeks the ladies of the Bilk Culture Aisociatiou, of Philadelphia, have reeled sufficient raw silk from c*cions raised during the summer to weave into a gown, which i« to be presented to Mrs. Garfield. The quality of the silk is said to be equal to that of the beet Italian, which is the finest produced. Silk manufacturers of Paterson, N. J., will make the silk Into a pattern equal to the best French designs. When finished, this garment will baver.tbe distinction of being the first entirely silk fabric made in America. Hie worms that spun the richthd an hatched in the ▼lenity of Philadelphia.

Tin Holy League in Russia was started about three monshs ago to detect Nihilists and persons sympathizing with tie caute In the ranks of Ru tian society. The members of the Is-ague bJpng to all classes of society, from that nearest the throne to thp

petty shopkeepr. The association is a secret one, and it is only by certain signs that members recognise each other. Oh joining tbe League a solemn undertaking Is demanded from the person desirous of playing the part of spy In the circle of his intimate friends and aeqaaintanees. The salaries of the agents vary according to the value of their services and the Seal they display in the work of denunciation, Among a numerous body of Russian intelligent men this means of expirpatlng Nihilism is ridiculed and condemned,

The postal stamp saving system in England is meeting with great success Any person desiring it is furnislut.’ with acard divided into twelve square*, each the size of a postage stamp. Tue party using tbe card affixes as often as he pleases a penny stamp w ithin one of these squares, and when .In card is full it is deposited In a post of flee ravings bank. When £1 is accumulated fid is allowed as interest on t)ie deposit, and when <lO has been reached the depositor can purchase government stock for that sum, receiving 63 yearly interest. The cost of purchasing the £lO stock is only 9J. A Washington special rays: “It is more than probable that the action of tbs court to-day finally and forever disposes of the star route proeecutione. In every case, with but one possible exception—that of Dorsey—the statute of limitation intervenes and bars any sriminal proceeding. The counsel for the government maintain, however, that tbe battle which bas been go*ng on in the courts for the matter of a week is but a mere preliminary skirmish, and that behind It they have sufficient evidence to make a case by regular proceeding before the grand jurv for presentment aud Indictment Still, however, the current of opinion is that the last has been heard of the star route business.”

’i’Hß plundered depositors of a wrecked bank in a Kansas tottn have got the president of the institution “in chancery,” so to speak. They took him of the custody of the Sheriff, and are holding him a prisoner on their own account witfr-the threat confronting him, “Settle or diet” It appears that the bank, after having been plundered by Its oflloers and its effects carried off, continued to receive deposits up to tbe last moment before its collapse was finally confessed. The evidences of deliberate fraud and theft are abundant * Q< * this outraged people do not propose to submit tamely to the robbery.

The annual report of General Kaum, tbe United States Commissionei of Internal Revenue, will show that the aggregate receipts from internal revenue increased from $193,881,916 in 1880 to $136,229,942 In 1881. The increase in Illinois is from $23,000,006 in I*Bo to $23,000,000 jn 1881. Illinois, as usual, furnishes more l of this revenue than any other State. The State which contributes the next largest amount is Ohio, with $19,000,000.' New York State paid only and Pennsylvania but $7,000,000. Kentucky paid the most of any other Southern State, $8,719,162, and Virginia was next in the South, with $6,000,000. The First Illinois Distilct (Chicago) paid $8,000,000 of tbe whisky tax, and the Fifth District (Peoria) $11,000,000. Governor Neald, of Idaho, wiih a full knowledge of the subject, strongly denounces the cuise of Moimonism. Heßays:“The government must go right at it now and cut it out by tbe roots. If not, in the end it Will have to be put down at the point? of the bayonet. Already they think they can defy the United States, and I have seen a mob of 20,00) Mormons in Utah march by the Federal Court when it was in session and hoot in derision of its authority. I have seen the flag borne, covered with insulting mottoes, and I have seen it dragged in the dirt. We must meet this thing now or it will cost bloodshed to put it down. It has no right to exist, because it is openly and professedly treasonable and disloyal to the government, to say nothing about the demoralizing and beastly practices of tbe church. *

Thl Emperor of Russia is trying to stop drunkenness in his dominions. A commission authorized by him has reported a plau which embraces localoption as one of the methods for regulating the sale of iutoxicating liquors. The power to grantor withhold licenses is placed in the control of cemmunes and oounty boards. In a county commune the price of a license may be increased from 160 to 2,(MX) roubles. Communal Councils may prohibit the sale of liquors in certain districts, and agricultural communes are empowered to prohibit the sale within a distance of two versts from their own village. Inhabitants are authorized to report the names of the police who neglect their duty in enforcing these anteliquor laws, and a specified inhabitants can, on complaint, have any obnoxious driuking house closed.

The draft oi a bill for a postal savings-bank system, which Post-master-General James will cause to be presented to Congress will embrace the following features: First, that-the Postofflcef Department should te authorized to establish postal savings banks at its discretion; second, that the system should \xj eellsustaining, no appropriations being required; third, that the credit of the United State* be pledged for the payment to the depositor or his legal representatives of every sum deposited in accordance with the provisions of the act; fourth, that the rate of interest to the depositor shall be 2 per cent per annum, the 1 per cent difference to be for the payment of all whatever nature under the systefn, and the surplus, if any, to be turned into the

geueral fund of the Poetoffice Department. This bill will further provide all the neoenary precautions for the safe keeping of the money deposited until it can be turned over to the central depository at Washington for investment, for protection against fraud ou the part of depositors, for the easy withdrawl of deposits at the option t of the depositor, and for the detail of the necessary Lose*ctors and clerks. As at present agreed upon, each person can deposit not more than S6OO in one year, nor can have no deposit at any one time more than $1,600. An Alexandria (Egypt) dispatch denies that Asiatic cholera has broken out in that city.