Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1882 — WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THE EAtT. ° The workingmen of New York had a big demonstration. To the number of nearly 20,000 they marched up Broadway to Union square, where they passed in review befare John Swintop ana others, and then pro- '■ ceeded to Eton Park for a picnic... Ji on. Otis Norcross, ex-Mayor of Bopton, formerly a leading crockery merchant, is dead. The Young Men’s Christian Association of Jluffalq, was founded thirty years aw*v has laid the corner-stone of a j building tef co?t’!s7s,(K)b, nerVer having had a chajiei 4 of its own.».Newport is excited over the reported death of a child in that city frotn Asiatic cholera. n'r ’ r Intense pxcitement has bfeeu created at JPutjgim, Conn,, by (he artest of G. F. Wfilis, Trial Justice and Deputy United States Marshal, on charge of burning ablock : of stores to defraud the insurance companies. The dateotives developed the fact that the accused has for years been connected with a gang of bank thieves in Boston, and caused a bogus jobbery to lie committed by them, to show the Juage’s complicity, forcing from hifh a confession that almost from his cradie he had been an incendiary and a thief. A terrific storm of rain, hail and wind passed over a large region of the East, greatly damaging the corn crop, and at several points in Massachusetts, and as far west as Norristown and Lancaster, Pa., practically ruining growing tobacco, leaving the leaf only tit for “fillers.” The damage done is enormous, and includes many of the misfortunes incident to Western tornadoes, though no life was 105 t... .President Arthur and party arrived at Bar Harbor, Me., on the 10th inst’. where the Atlantic squadron gave a grand drill in their honor. THE WEST. Miss Frengel, 26 years old, residing in North, St Louts, is attracting the attention of the medical fraternity as well as the public in general. For more than three months she has been unable to retain food of any description in her stomach, and, in fact, has no desire for it. She is gradually wearing away to a skeleton, and in the opinion of the physicians will not long survive... .The drill contest at Indianapolis between St. Bernard Commandery, of Chicago, and Raper Commandery, of Indianapolis, for the championship banner, resulted in the Chicago Knights winning the prize by a score of 367 points to 823%, °ut Of a possible 460. 1n 186’.) the corn crop of Kansas did not exceed 4,000,000, hpshels, and the wheat ■ Crap ’,800,000 buslWlkZJn 1877t^e ( was i <«■,oob,ooQ: bushels, and the wbedt &ro<p 14,000,000. This year the wheat crop is 35,000,000 bushels,'and the corn'crop 190,060,000 bushels Single counties in the’Htate now almost equal the record of the entire State in J 869. These figures show a wonderful stride in agricultural products.... Two young gifls rode a twenty-mile race at the Minneapolis fair, making the distance in minutes.* Dispatches from the West represent great excitement on the frontier of Kansas regarding reports of the depredations of a large b»n<l of Cheyennes on the waspath, and iqfiking for the Kansas border oma cat-tle-steSling raid. Preparations werqton foot to give the unarm reception^.. .The Mormons have decided to have thS e Bishops sit with the prflemet Registrars at Salt Lake and oversee the work of listing voters. THs..NorthernCheyqnn.es to be making their Dakota, on the advice of Dr. McGillicuddy, with insufficient to keep them from Taldtng oh settlers in Kansas and Colorado. Troops have been sent out to intercept them. ». The Chicago Tribv** “Talks ■'•wjth SfehtlAiaen repre»£jsn^ K tjie.Jeading wholesale houses in Chicago show the busi- '* .neSs' W fid dqgree isfnctffry. ’inV season of’■ <KtrfterdinarW crops of all kinds in the West and Northwest Chicago is assured a fall trafia of hitherto* unequaledlhagnitude.” ■’ .. . q r; ' A masked mot> from the country gathered, at Washing^,. Ind., early Sunday morning, with the intention of lynching John Hunteri wfiot murdered William Leffta. The Sheriff had'quietly garrisoned the jail with thirty armed men. The vigilantes displaced, the ropes of the fire and police bells, tired volleys to frighten citizens, and sent fifty men over the tail fence. Three attempts to'.X£>rw>. Uthe ' doors * were unavailing, and the appeals of the • Sheriff ana Ikpsecutfiig Attorney caused the mob to disperse. Hunter lay crouched in his cell all day.... .Judge Krekel, of the FedCourt at Jefferson City, ; Sent Judges Barnes and Johnston, of Cass county, to jail for refusing to order a levy to satisfy a judgment obtained on railroad bonds,. T(LE SOUTH. The Rains brothers, sons of the late Gen. Rains, engaged In a quarrel about the division of lands at Dallas, Texas,, during Which Sarfi afttbk his brother dead aril surrendered to the'eutliorities.^..Gov. Roberts ap- > peals to officials throughout Texas to raise money for the sick ana destitute of Brownsville. Another great rain-storm prevailed for two days In Western Texas, and disastrous results were the consequence.,4 negro named Winston Wade criminally assaulted a respectable white woman* near Union City, Tend, for which he was lynched by a mob of 100 men. William 8. Jett, the man who led the soldiers to the hiding-place of Wilkes Booth after the assassinatiop of President Lincoln,, and who, for his connection with the capture of Booth and Harold, has been immortalized in history, was sent to the Maryland State Insane Asylum a raving lunatic. •• .The Board of Health at Pensacola has declared yellow-fever epidemic. The disease Is subsiding at Brownsville and Matamoras. .. .Reports from Pottsylvania counS’, Va., state that diphtheria is raging to an arming extent. Fifty deaths have occurred within the last three weeks, and more than 100 persons arc now down with the disease. In some cases whole families have been carried off 'The Rio Grande has been on a tremendous boom. It rose twenty-two feet at Laredo. New Laredo, on the opposite side of the river, has been extensively damaged, a large part of the town being submerged, whiJe houses were constantly swept away. The remnants of houses and other property

borne on the mighty current show that immense loss and damage have been suffered further up the river. WASHINGTON. A Washington dispatch says “there is good authority to state that the White House will have a mistress next winter. President Arthur is undoubtedly engaged, and the marriage will take place early in the fall The name of the lady is for the present a state secret The engagement was made last spring, and the lady has. this summer at different watering places been the recipient of the choicest flowers from the White House conservatory. The story circulated that the skull of Gulteau had been stolen from the Medical Museum by some showman is positively denied by those who have charge of Guiteau’s bones. The report of the microscopical experts, Drs. Arnold, Shakespeare and McConnell, containing the result of their investigations into the condition of Guiteau’s brain was received at Washington by Dr. Lamb, last week, and received his indorsement Dr. Ldmb states that the position takes by Dr. Godding that Guiteau was insane would be materially supported hy this report The investigation had been made under peculiarly favorable circumstances, ana the result would form a complete record of Immense value to brain students. The investigation, indeed, said Dr, Lamb, had been so complete and thorough that the specialists would have great difficulty in finding cases which might properly serve as a basis of comparison- In conclusion, he said he did not believe the report would cause a change of opinions as to Guiteau’s sanity to any great extent, but that the medical fraternity generally must draw their own conclusions* and this was the court of last resort There was an exciting episode in the star-route trial, at Washington, just upon -the conclusion of arguments by counsel “Judge Wylie said it has come to his ears that members of the jury had been approached In a most disgraceful way in attempts to Influence their action. He had first heard, of it about a week ago, when he had received the most direct and positive information of this character. He had then advised the jurymen to say nothing about it, as he did not * wish to st op the progress of the case. Within the past twenty-four hours, however, these wolves that surrounded the jury became fiercer and bolder, and, upon hearing of one attempt more brazen and villainous than others, he hsul felt such indignation that he had nearly advised the juror to shoot down such a man on the spot. He had thought that, but had not advised it. He now abjured the jurymen to spurn such men with the toe of their foot, to turn from them with scorn. He wished to warn these men that they were not to commit such outrages without punishment; sifter this trial perhaps an Investigation would follow. Gen. Henkle immediately rose and said With much feeling, that in the interest of his clients he should demand an investigation. The court said perhaps he would have it. All the other counsel fta" thb defense gave similar notice. Foijlnian Dickson rose, and said that when theleafies Wire disposed of he should lay all the information in his possession touching the subject before the court” "TilE Utah Commission, in a formal report to the Interior Department, represents that 10,000 voters of the class deprived •of’’.ityTitigd by the Act of Congress will not t». register. Influential Gentiles op-thg-hoidifig of a regular, election for Odinegate. io Congress. nnd Reading Mormons demand that tnb commission shall declare woman suffrage illegal. | A Washington dispatch say's that pa|-mcto hav¥ already beeis maide on ao<xsint ofikxpenses in the proseqjfiljten of the star-row! cases as follows: Jjß. H. Brewster, sos services and expenses before his appointment as Attorney General, $5,000; W. A. Cook, #6,502; George Bliss, $19,251; W. W. Ker, $6,527; R T. Merrick, $5,000; A. M. Gibfep, SiJjWXVf Total, $47,480. It is estimated the total expenses of the trial will lie $200,000, t 1 * </ , POLITICAL. The complications growing out of the gubernatorial campaign in New York have paused the retirement of .George Dawt&tf* from the editorship of the : Albany JlveHinq "Journal. ' ‘ '■ -' “.An election .for State officers and •tnfcmeerswf Congriswr was held in Vermont on the sth of September. The elect alhifheir candidates for State offices by majorities ranging from 13,000 to 15,000, antt secure all three of the Congressmen. Judge Luke I’* Boland was elected in the. Second distriet. The Democrat! and Independents gained some seats in the The Republican Convention lof the Eleventh district of Michigan, at Point St Ignace, nominated the, Hon. E. Breitung, of Negaunee, to succeed J. A. Hubbell *in Congress. The Republicans of Dakota have ' nominated JohnD. Raymond, of Fatgo, for Cpngress. . > A circular has been issued by repre- . sentatives of the Civil-Service Lepgus of Boston and vicinity, signed by many prominent , persons, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and Paul Chadbourne leading, asserting that eivilservice reform is the great question of the day, claiming tee present system of filling the public offices is dishonest and degrading, and avowing a determination to support no candidate for Congress who is not an aggressive sujiporter of the change, which they ■•deem to be necessary. GENERAL. The National Telephone Association met in Boston and elected Marshall Jewell PreskleiA. A committee reported a lack of uniformity in State legislation, laws in the East bemg much the more favorable. Eighty-one exchanges report over sixty thousand subscribers. E. & Babcock, of Evansville, stated that his companyjworked 460 miles of wire without insulators of any kind... .Etienne, the French authority, says the harvests of the wor|d in 1882 are plentiful, and there is a<general abundance throughout Europe anaAmerica. The United States Commissioners appointed to examine 200 miles of the Northern Pacific road recently completed will report very favorably on its construction. One of the parties is H. A Scott, a Portland journalist, who came over the route from the Pacific coast, and he states that the entire line will practically be ready for the rails at the close of this season. West of the Rocky mountains he found a forest of pine, cedar and tamarack extending for 200 miles.... A fire in St Roche ward, in Quebec, originating in a confectionery on St. Joseph street, destroyed the dry-goods house of Philippe Pellitier and other property, estimated as high as $250,000. A bold robbery was perpetrated at Winnipeg, Manitoba, in broad daylight The teller of the Merchants’ Bank, Mr. Young, had stepped out of the bank for a moment to attend to some business, and was not at any time more than six or eight feet Away.

While he was out it seems that two men were standing near thg desk. One of them had a newspaper in his hand, which he pretended to be reading. He held the paper in such a way as to screen his companion from view. In this position the companion, it is supposed, pushed a little dodr underneath open, and, getting partly under the counter, reached up and grasped a large package of money out of a drawer. This done, they left the bank in an easy-going manner, ana made good their escape. The amount secured by the rascals is stated to be SIO,OOO. foreign. A Dublin dispatch of the 6th inst. says: The Lord Lieutenant, replying to the memorial from the dismissed policemen, says that he has directed that careful inquiry be held into the recent conduct and previous character of the memorialists, and that he would himself personally review the result of the inquiry, and promises that those will be reinstated who appear to be deserving. It is expected that about 220 of the 234 dismissed constables will be reinstated, only the ringleaders being excluded. The case of Stephen J. Meany, an American newspaper correspondent who was arrested In Ireland and placed under bonds for good behavior and to keep the peace, asstimes additional importance in consequence of* the phase it assumes through the action of the United States Government hi the premises. Acting under instructions from our Government, Meany, on the 6th inst, surrendered his recognizances, and was in turn surrendered by his bondsmen, this action being designed to make a test of his rights as an American citizen and to compel the British Government to declare itself on the question.... Gen. Drenteln,’Governor of Kieff, recently, in a speech, kaid the Jews ought to give a little of the love they lavished on money to the country, and maintained that Russia was the best place for them to reside, if they only knew it... .The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a banquet in honor of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago. The latter expressed the hope that Ireland would at last be free, and was loudly cheered... .An armistice has been concluded between the Greeks and Turks on the Thessalonian frontier. r/ Of the ten men arrested and committed for the recent murder of the Joyce family In Ireland, five bear the name of Joyce and four the name of Casey. At a meeting of leading Irishmen at the Mansion House in Dublin, whereat was adopted a resolution asking the Lord Lieutenant to commute the death sentence of Francis Hynes, Canon Pope expressed horror and detestation of atrocities like that of which the members of the Joyce family were victims,*7»ut was interrupted by persons in the audience with the remark that such murdeaa were for the good of Ireland’s cause. Earl Snencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, reinstated nearly all of the dismissed Dublin policemen, and granted them a full pardon.. ATurkey offers to concede toGneece three ofcthe disputed places on the Thessaly frontier of Greece, will give a quit elaim to the remaining two, but thebufeek Government has refused the, propositiiia, aua are preparing for- war in the event of a failure of the negotiations. Corea and Japan have arranged their difficulties, the farmer having*agreed to pay Japan £500,000 for compensatien, while relatives of the murdered Japanese will receive £50,000... .Two French officers of -high rank, in civihaps’ dress, werexirrested for making sketches of the . ground near Berlin while Prince Frederick lyjlliam was conducting the cavalry maneuvers. • ..Owing to recent over-eimtions. .thfi Enjjjcror of Germany is conftilMa to his rooms. , , t • Tun death is announced «rs the Right 1 Hon. Sir George Grey, Under Secretary in the Home Office in qX Lord John Russell, which retired in 186$» Sir George Grey, wie son of Earl Grey', w% born in 1799, and up to the time of his.retirement had been for an chnspicuouslv identified politics?