Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1883 — WEEKLY HEWS REVIEW. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY HEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. Thebe laborers vrere killed at Auburn, N. Y., by the caving In of an earth bank through which they were cutting for a new street Oh the Ist of January the standard silver dollars In circulation amounted to 88,908,238—an increase of 8,117,195 over the same date in 1882... .Firein Hood, Bonbright A Co.’s dry goods store, at Philadelphia, caused a damage of $50,000. Several companies of Union volunteers from Rhode Island were only mustered out last month, and an officer of the command claims pay from the War Department to the date or discharge. A Vermont regiment was similarly forgotten at the close of the late unpleasantness. The stockholders of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition are behind to the amount of $1,700,000. On the ground of general benefits to the country. New York bankers apd merchants have forwarded to Congress a memorial for an appropriation to cover the deficit... .At Cohoes, N. Y.J Morrison, Colwell & Page’s rolling-mill, O’Brien A Powers’ knitting-mill and the Pilot mill, belonging to P. Gugerty were destroyed by fire. The loss is about $750,000. Herbekt F. Gye, one of the Mapleson Opera Company, left his seat on a train near Philadelphia to ascertain the cause of a slight accident, and when he returned his sachel, containing $75,000 in checks, SIOO in bills and some articles of jewelry, together with the gentleman who occupied the opposite seat, were missing... .An accidental nro in the of Ovington Brothers, in Brooklyn, caused its destruction in an hour. Their loss is placed at $250,000, and occupants of adjoining buildings suffered damage to the extant of SBO,OOO. THE WEST. Ih the County Court at Denver, by agreement between the attorneys, Mrs. Tabor was given a divorce from the Lieutenant Governor, on the grounds of desertion, with $250,000 alimony. Simeon H. West, a Democratic member of the Illinois Legislature from McLean county, prints a letter declining to accept an annual pass from the Alton road. George R. McConkey, County Treasurer at Hamilton, Ncv., was found dead on the floor of his office, a pistol lying beside him and his safe door open....A fire at St. Joseph, Mo., destroyed an unused elevator and the old passenger depot of the Hannibal road, beside several loaded curs, the loss aggregating SIOO,OCO. Two boilers in a box factory at Muskegon, Mich., exploded, killing John Connors, engineer, and his sons John and Fred, aged 14 and 4 years; also seriously injuring John Hawk and Silas Blodgett, w ho are not expected to live. 'The buildings, engine, etc., are a total loss, estimated at $10,000.... St Mary's Provincial School, at Knoxville, HL, the largest Episcopal institution for girls in the country, was destroyed by fire, the loss being $100,(KX). There were'sixty scholars and twelve teachers in the building, and many reached the ground by means of ladders. ‘ Miss Gillette, of Buffalo, had a leg broken, nnd Miss Hosford, of Dubuque, was injured by a fall. All wearing apparel and books were burned. “Lucky” Baldwin, tlm well-known San Francisco millionaire, was shot in the arm by a woman named Fannie Baldwin, claiming to be his cousin, who has been teaching school on bis ranch in Los Angelos county, where, she alleges, he assaulted her criminally. The Dcwin Block at Peoria, in which were Schratlskj 's clothing store nnd Colligan's boot and shoe house, was consumed by fire, causing a loss of SIOO,IXIO, on which there is insurance amounting to $52,500.... The cashier of a national hank at Muucle, lud., received a package from an Indianapolis bank by express, supposed to be SS,<XX» in ■currency. It was found to contain slips of muslin and five $1 bills, the seals being in .good order. In a St. Louis court-room ex-Senator John B. Henderson called ex-Congressman Dop Morrison a blanked liar, and was struck over idle head with a walking-stick, Henderson retaliating with a fist blow which knocked his adversary over a chair.

THE SOUTH, A great lire at Pine Bluff, Ark., destroyed 1 property valued at 9125,000. A difficulty between the city and fire department resulted in the one steam fire engine being allowed to get out of repair, and the fire virtually burned itself 0ut.... Twenty colored convicts of North Carolina, who were engaged in excavating a railway tunnel in Jackson county, were drowned while attempting to cross a river in a leaky ilat The Baltmorc and Ohio railway repair shops at Mount Claire, Md., burned, together with a number of coaches and the tools of the employes. The loss is placed at ♦loo,ooft A select committee of the Tennessee Legislature appointed to settle with tho State Treasurer. M. T. Polk, found that he had been absent for two days at some unknown point The Senate adopted a resolution announcing a deficit of 9400,000, and ordering'the Attorney General to attach all available assets of the defaulter. • The bond is for SIOO,OOO. Polk is a nephew of the exPresident, is 51 years of age, graduated at West Point, lost a leg among the Confederates ut Shiloh, and served on Gen. Polk’g staff. ...A murderer named Isaac Scott was legally hanged at Paris, Texas WASHINGTON. In the star-routfe cases at Washington, Mr. Chandler moved to place on the reeprds of the court the verdict of the jury at the lost trial declaring Peck not guilty. Judge Wylie ordered the counsel to his seat, and declared that there was no verdict rendered in regard to Peck. Secbetary Lincoln, in reply to an inquiry from the House of Representatives, says that in many instances the substantial benefits to commerce arising from the expenditure of public money on river and harbor improvements have been so obscure and insignificant as to justify a doubt of the wisdom of making the appropriation. The estimates of the Engineer Department for the improvement of rivers and harborß during the next fiscal year aggregate $33,889,000, and to many or the items Mr. Lincoln records his objections.

Secretary Teller would like to see a new'lndian Commissioner in place of Hiram Price Edward Fenlon, of Leavenworth, confesses having cleared $56,000 on a contract to deliver 96,000 pounds of flour at Los Pinos agency. Mr. Price refused to accept bids of $3.54 per hundred tor supplying beef, and will now be unable to make purchases at less than $& * GENERAL. The leading rubber factories of the country are earnestly considering the propriety of making a $25,000,000 consolidation, to handle the entire crop of Brazil.... .Mr and Mrs. Cooke, of little Ridettu, Canada, were brutally murdered, and their sons George and" Willie and daughter Emma dangerously wounded, by their man-servant. The bark Star of the West, from New York for Bremen, was lost at sea, the officers and crew, fifteen in number, perishing. The death of Maj. De Gress, Vice .President of Gould’s Mexican railroad scheme, was quickly followed by the seizure of that line by the Government, -on the ground that the conditions of the grant had not been complied with J. H. Devereux was elected President of the new Board of Directors of the Nickel-plate rood. A general convention of the bitu-minous-coal miners of the United States is contemplated, the object being to effect a federation of all State associations and district associations. The proposal emanates from Pittsburgh, and the convention will be held in that city. POLITICAL. J. D. Taylor, Republican, has been elected to fill the Congressional vacancy from Ohio caused by the death of J. T. Updegraff. His majority is about 1,500... .Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Democrat, has been elected to Congress from the Eighth Alabama district, over McClellan, Independent, by 2,G00 majority. The inaugural of Gov. Butler at Boston attracted a throng seldom seen on such occasions. The galleries and aisles of the House of Representatives w r ere packed with people, special provisions having been made for ladies and invited guests. President Crocker, of the Senate, administered the oath, after which the Governor delivered his inaugural address, containing many suggestions of new statutes for the welfare of the State.

FOREION. A post-mortem examination of tue remains of Gambctta shows that ms death was the result of hepatophthlsia and pericarditis. Any surgical operations would have been dangerous and unjustifiable. No lesion was discovered in any organ except the intestines. The post-mortem examination was held in order to contradict the, rumor that his death was caused by a bullet in the abdomen.... Biggar, M. P., was committed for trial at Waterford on a charge of high treason, founded on recent utterances. He was released on bail... .A. party of bailiffs, who were attacked by peasants at Upper Cross, County Tipperary, tired on their assailants and killed one man. Five arrests were made Tut: floods in Germany and Austria created great havoc. More than 300 houses were wrecked at Badenheim, Itexheim, Morseh and Oppaur- At Robstadt and Frisenhcira the roofs of the houses were covered with the waters. Thousands of people were driven from their homes, and starvation is imminent... .The central tower of the ancient cathedral at Peterborough, England, is to be demolished because of gaps in the walla The Czar is said to have found in his bedroom a letter from the Revolutionary Committee demanding that promised reforms be commenced:...Gambetta's brain weighed 1,100 grammes. The man who 1m generally looked upon as the successor of M. Gambetta is Clemcnceau, a Paris physician, who enjoys great popularity in that city. lie was a sympathizer with the Commune in 1870 and he voted against the terms of peace In the Assembly of Bordeaux He Is a strong advocate of local self-government,* and lie is almost as popular in Paris us was M. Gambetta, though he has not such a hold upon the French people at large, while many doubt whether he has the ability to become a leader..... A Milan journal which opened a subscription list for a monument to Overdank has been warned to withdraw it, or the paper will be Bequestrated... .Gen. Chanzy, a life Senator of France, and a prominent military figure in the Franeo-Prussian war, is numbered among the dead. The demonstration in honor of M. Leon Gambetta, upon the occasion of the funeral ceremonies of the deceased statesman, was one of the most remarkable historical events in the annals of France. It was not alone Paris that joined in making up the extraordinary funeral pageant; all France was represented by deputations from the various departments; all the liberty-loving world was present in sentiment and sympathy. A careful estimate places the number of people in the procession at 300,000, and probably 2,000,000 more were interested spectators along the line of march and at the cemetery. The display of liowers, flags and funeral emblems is described as something perhaps j never equaled... .Spain is onoe move in the | throes of a Ministerial crisis, the j entire Cabinet having resigned bei cause of a disagreement between i the mem bets in regard to the sale of some 1 crown property The steamer City of | Brussels, of the Inman line, which laftNew York Dec 28 for Liverpool, was run down in St. George’s Channel by a Glasgow steamer during u den e fog, and ten persons were drowned.