Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1881 — THE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS.

Mom* Items. * Speaker Randall says that a $ per bent refunding bill will be introduced into tbe House soon after the nekt Congress is In session. Mies Annie Louise Cary, while dining at tbe railroad restaurant at Delaware, Ohio, was robbed of her portmornaie, containg some diamond sets. It was afterwards recovered. Mte. Peterson, who lived with her husband and child on Townsend street/ Chics go,being 1 hreatened with eviction by her landlord, took a dose of Pans Green, which resulted fatally. The New fork, Brooklyn and Jersey Ciiy Trade‘and Labor Unionists 1 indorse Ihe Irish ary (if “No rent for laud,” I misuse tiny *«y land is the . I't of the Creator is his creutures. The Naval AUG-ory Board, whose rep< rt h made by Secretary Hunt, recommen U that thirty-eJgbt ntw ship be built for tbe navy within the next few years, to cost about sßo,ooo,d>o. An effort will be made to obtaiu from Congreee a larger appropriation for the Li'e-saviug Service of the United States. The amount at present granted is $500,069, whiah Is SSbO,OOO less than absolutely needed. ■A memorial tablet has been placed in the ladies’ waitiug-room of tne Baltimore and Ohio Railroad atatlon in Washington, at the spot where President Garfield was struck down by the bullet of the assassin. It generally takes out one man to rob the mail-coach in Texas. In the latest instance tbe solitary higwayman who plundered the Lftverna stage was well repaid by a number of valuable parcels in the mall-bag.

A Chicago Alderman formed one of a drtffiken crowd which assaulted the conductor of a South Side street car on the 19th ult. When the Injuied man recovers he will Institute suit against the worthy Alderman. A Yazoo City, Miss,, d’spatch states that twb negroes. Jordan and Craig, Who were alleged to have murdered Robert Catlin, near Huntsfleld Landing, confessed the crime which they committed on the 17lh ulb, ahd were banged by the mob. j

The National Board of stealth have made arran#emtenft with the health authorities of other nations to prevent the spread of Asiatic cholera and the dreaded plague of “black death,” both of which diseases are raging in Europe and Asia. J The Jail at Oxford, N. C , was raided by a mob of about one hundred masked men, and two colored men, charged with the murder of T. M. Lynch, were hanged in a grove where the murder was committed. It is alleged the victims confessed the crime. Comptroller Knox is of the opinion that the panic which attended the suspension of the Pacific Bank of Boston, has entirely subsided, and tbkt it has some show .of righting itself and resuming busbies*. The Treasury officials maintain that the financial condition of' the country is unusually sound. 1 t The Nation* 1 Butter, Cheese and Egg Association commenced its ninth annual convention it Cedar Rapids, lowa. The display of butter it the largest ever exhibited at any fair in the United-States, and the .collection of dairy implements can only be botbpttted by tne acre.

The physicians who attended the late President have refused to send their bills to the financial agent of Mrs. Garfield, but will submit them to Congress. They have declined to take anything at all for their services unless it comes from the government. Their bills will amount to about SBO,OCO. The National Tariff Convention assembled in New* York Tuesday. The Hon. George B. Loring, United Slates Commissioner of Agriculture, was chosen temporary chairman and delivered au able address. Among other tetters of regret was one by the Hon. J. G. Blaine. About 500 delegates were present. Speeches were made during the day by J. j H. Ricketson, of Pittsburg; W. McKinley, Stockton Bates, ami W. D. (“Pig-iron”) Kelley, of Philadelphia, ami \V. E. Gallatly, and William Ward.

Foreign* ' Asiatic cholera is still raging in Arabia. At Jedda eleven deaths daily occur, and twice as many each day at Mecca. The British Government will appoint more sub commissioners for the Land Court to relieve the pressure of business. Kear Dromore, County Down, another farmer was beaten to death by the friends of poor down-trodden Ireland. He had paid his rent. Roumania htsresolved to go without American pork for another year, the interdiction to include hog meat from several European countries. It is believed that the Republicans have gained twenty-five out of thirtytwo Senatorial seats in the French election for the Senate, which was held on the 27 th. The London Standard finds in the suppression of the Calderon ministry by the Chilian Government, proof that it does not tolerate American interference in its affairs. The recent storms on the British coast were the most severe experienced for many years. The list of casualties, embracing craft of all sizes, from ocean steamers to fishing boats, is also full of losses of life. .

Lefroy, the murderer of Mr. Gold on the Brighton (England) Railroad, confessed his crime, and added to it tlie fact that he bad also assassinated Lieutenant Roper, at Chatham, some time ago. Boyd, the British oarsman, has accepted the challenge of Haalan, the American champion, to row on the River Thames for the Thames championship and a stake of from SI,OOO to to $5 000 a side. The Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company of Germany, have notified the Russian companies that they will no longer assure risks in Russia on account of the great losses sustained through Russian companies. The captain and thirty-eight seamen of the DutMi steamer Koening der Nederianden, which was wrecked about a month ago in the Indian Ocean, were picked up at the Solomon Islands. There are other boats to be heard from.

Cork, one of the largest and most flourishing cities of Ireland, held a municipal election Friday, at which the Lind League candidates were defeated in tour out of six wards, and the Liberals gained one seat. A decree will be submitted to the Fiench Chambers shortly allowing the importation of American meats, . but it will not be operative until the Tirard decree, which restricted importation, has been annulled, which, It is believed, will be done shortly. The Marquis of Salisbury, one of the leatjers of the Conservative party In England, asserts that the operation oj the land act will drive capital frorp

Ireland. “In a country from which capital In repelled,” he says, “there is little hope for labor;” A Vienna dispatch states that a most remarkable conspiracy has been discovered in Russia for the capture o the Cftar and his family. A balloon filled with explosives was to descend on the Imperial Palace at Gatscbina, and in the oonfosion'caused by the-ex-ploeHm the Ctar and family were to be seized. Government officials, students, Nihilists, and two Jewish merchants have been arrested. Tun Berlin corfespbnent of the London Times, discussing the report of the proposed removal of the Pope to Fulda, says it is certain Popery In Prussia is animated by an earnest spirit of reconciliation, but it seems certain that the Pope has done nothing capable of being considered sts a request for permission to reside in the country from 'which the Jesuits'have been forcibly expelled.