Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1883 — THE HEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE HEWS CONDENSED.

VBX» EAST* Coincident with the knocking out of Slade, John L Sullivan started a whisky saloon in Boston. On the opening night 10,000 Bostonians, blown with pride and flown with insolence and wine, were present Between twenty-five and fifty of the police, including most of the officers, officiated as “bouncers.”.... The extensive wool house of Wright, Wooster & Ca, of Boston , has made an assignment to one of Its employes, with liabilities believed to be very large W. 0. <fc R. M. Silaby, tanners at Troy, N. H., have auspend*ed payment There was a serious run on the Second National Bank at Elmira, N. Y., on rumors that President Pratt had lost large amonntedn pork speculations.... Nathaniel Smith Richardson, 1). D., editor of the Church Guardian, in New York city, was found deed in his bed, at his residence in Bridgeport Cr. He was born at Middlebury, Ct, in the year 1810, and graduated at Yale in 1884. As a teacher his work at Racine College, Wia, shows him to have been eminently successful, both as an instructor and a disciplinarian.... The New England Telegraph Company, which purposes to run wires from New York through. various cities eastward to Bangor, Me, has been incorporated... .The warehouse and stables of the Knickerbocker loe Company, of Philadelphia, were burned Two thousand tons of ioe were r'estroyed nut forty-three horses were suffocated. In the steel warehouse of Hussey, Howe A Co., at Pittsburgh, a rack supporting 500 tons of metal gave way, killing two mien and injuring three others. Henby Clews, John B. Alley, Frederick D. Grant, and other directors of a Mexican mining company are charged in New York by Eliphalet Nott with fraudulent transactions affecting $25,000,000 of the stock The case is in the courts, and certain demurrers and appeals of the acoused have been denied....At Hamburg. Pa, Oscar Miller, aged 18, put five bullets into different parts of bis anatomy when Kate Stambach, 16 years old, refused to marry him. William Henby Ostbandeb was hanged at Utica, N. Y., for the murder of his brother, George Lyman Ostrander, Dec. 2d 1880 t Upon the scaffold he did not want any one to pray for him. Prayer was offered however, after whioh Ostrander spoke for three or four minutes in a rambling manner, claiming his innocence, saying that He had not haa a fair trial, and denouncing the people of the county for hanging him. He was frequently profane and obscene Ending with an oath, he said: “But as for hanging me, yon can do it life Is of no good to me” Before the execution Ostrander told his spiritual adviser he did not forgive his relatives, and would not ask God to forgive him. A fibe at Vineyard Haven, Mass., destroyed property consisting of stores and summer of the estimated value of $200,000... .The'large tannery of the Costello Brothers at Camden. N. J., was destroyed by ffre. Loss $100,000; insurance $60,000. ... .Near Dernier Station, Pa, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, three men who, were walking on the track were killed by an express train. . % THE WEST. Pbesident Abthub remained at Fort Washakie one day, and held a council with the head men of the Arapahoe and Shoshone tribes of Indiana Propositions were made to the Indians looking to a complete change in their method of life, and a transfer or their control from the Interior to this War Department A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who witnessed this most notable council, telegraphs as follows: “Next to the President sat the great Chiqf of the Snakes. Washakie, and near by Black Goal, of the Arapahoea The Secretary of War reclined on a cushion from an ambulance, a silent bat Interested spectator. Gen. Sheridan flitted about as one thoroughly accustomed to such scenes. Long before the time of convening the dusky horde peered curiously at the powerful visitor, the squaws making many gestures of approbation of his stalwart form. When all was ready Chief Washakie lit the peace-pipe and handed it to the President The latter drew a short whiff and passed the pipe o,ver to Chief Black Coal. After the leaders had smoked to each other’s eternal welfare Washakie spoke. He assured the Great Father of his perpetual friendship of his loug-buried hatchet, and the industry of his tribe. He extended to his pale-face visitors the hospitality of the reservation, with its abundance of fish and g&ma The startling Indian policy of Gen. Sheridan was then presented to the tribe. He proposed to do away with all reservations as such, and Indian agencies and agents. In the pla-e of the lands thus taken the Government would issue bonds bearing interest toe same as any other Government bonda These bonds would be issued in payment for all property lost, and the interest paid *emi-annually. Under this act the Indians would be obliged to take up homesteads and Hve on the interest of the bonds, and the product of the farms thus secured. The interest on the bonds would be payable at certain convenient forts by United States officials, in the same way as the army is paid. This would effectually release the Indians from the control of the Interior Department and place them absolutely at the mercy of the Department of Wat There would be no agencies, but the citizens would be protected by existing lines of forts. Gen. Sheridan claimed tout nearly all the Indian troubles of toe last few years have arisen through toe corruption of Indian agents. Under his method toe' Indians would held responsible as citizens, and would be liable to both civil and military law in the district in which they reside. He claimed that the Government would be benefited by the issuanoe of bonds, and the Indians would secure all that is due them tinder the present system. In fact, the latter would receive more than they do now, as so much is absorbed in passing through different hands. ” A treasury official at San Francisco states that $6,000,000 worth of opium within ten year* been smuggled into that port, Government officers receiving SO per cent of the amount. He says $1,000,000 worth of toe drug can be brought in at a time... .The San Francisco Board of Health has declared all Asiatic ports infected with cholera, and vessels arriving therefrom must remain at quarantine until examined. Thebe was a great flurry in Indianapolis financial circles last week, caused by the embarrassment of toe First National Bank and toe Indiana Banking Uompany, both of which closed their doom The former bank jqpopened within a few hours, a powerful syndicate coming to its ala. The stockholders decided to increase the capital stock by $400,000, the present owners of stock to doable their amounts or sell <mt at 50 cents on the dollar, and the former

ment resulted ip a return of business circles, and merchants m«H» their daily deposits. L. P. Taylor, a conductor on the Union Pacific read, died in Omaha from toe effects of a snider bite on the 1ip.... The Peninsular Manufacturing Company, of Muskegon. Mich., has lost its factory and lumber supply by fixe, wiping oat $25,0001 At Canon City, CoL, L. E. Watkins, charged with cattle-stealing, was forcibly taken from the Sheriff by an armed mob of cowboys, shot to death, and his body hanged from the timbers of a bridge in the suburbs of the town.... The Cit>y National Bank of Lawxenoebnxg Ind., has suspended. The assets are supposed to greatly exceed the liabilities, and a speedy resumption is anticipated.... The sum of 2*0.000 and 160 acres of land have been pledged by the people of Mitchell to establish the University of Dakota.... In the outskirts of linooln, Neb., shxee bays and a dofr, which accompanied them, were killed by lightning. „ .Twelve men were killed by an accident in the Northern Pacific tunnel it Bezeman, Montana. A stage was stopped near Riverside, Arizona, by robbers, who killed the express messenger and secured $3,200 in coin. Another ,«tage was plundered near Prescott, bat toe amount taken is not known... .News has been received at Role valley of a terrible affair among the Shoshone Indiana A buck murdered his squaw, breaking her legs and arms, and then buried her alive The tribe took the murderer, tied his hands, threw'Win on his back, and tied his feet to a. tree. A rope was coiled about his neck, and stout bucks slowly pulled at each end till he was choked to death. THE SOUTH. L. L. Conbad, a prominent lawyer of Baltimore, whose father was Secretary of War under President Filmore, was shot dead by his insane wife, who was suffering terribly from neuralgia of the stomach. The Coroner's jury finds that the lady Intended to commit suicide and had no intention of injuring her husband... .Cotton-worms have ravaged whole fields in the vicinity of Austin, Texas, and on many plantations not a quarter crop will be made. A negro woman living near Austin, Texas, became enraged at her 8-year-old daughter and ploked her up and dashed her against a large tree. She repeated this several times, and then took the almost lifeless form into the house and, throwing it on the floor, stamped it with her feet She threatened to kill the other children if they informed on her, and sent word to one of the neighbors that the child had died of a spider bite.,.. D, Swlgert, the Kentucky turfman, has purchased Prince Charlie, toe famous English racer, who has won in 200 contests, and will bring him across the Atlantic....A fire in Baltimore swept off a tinware factory, a synagogue, and twenty houses, causing a

A M. Lyon & Co.’s tobaoco-factory, William A Waldron’s manufactory of tobaco machinery, aqd G. P. Hawes A Ca’s saw and file works, at Richmond, Ya. were burned. Loss about $25,000; insurance $15,000.... A cotton-factory, two tobacco-fac-tories, a tobacco warehouse, and several outhouses were burned at Danville, Tn, causing a loss of $150,000.... Three blocks of residences at Meridian, Miss, valued at $30,000, were swept away by fire A Jackson (Miss.) telegram reports that “at Slay’s railroad camp, Amite oounty, three negroes who supplied the contractors with hands and then caused them to desert, were caught and hanged to trees” The reunion of Federal and Confederate veterans on the battle-field of Wilson’s Creek, in Missouri, passed off withont an unpleasant incident Many of the tattered flags were displayed, among them the stars andffiars of the Third Arkansas regiment The Kimball House, at Atlanta, Ga., one of the largest hotels ot the South, has been entirely destroyed by firs There were about 200 guests in the house when the lire broke out All escaped with tbe loss of wearing apparel and other personal effects The building cost $60j,000. The total loss Is placed at $1,000,090, and the insurance at about $200,000. Gen. Bob Toombs owned a large interest in the hotel and is a heavy loser, as he was uninsured.... In Miller county, Ga, Joseph Fulford, with the aid of a negro, beat his wife to death and sunk tbe body in a creek. A mob forced a confession from the colored accomplice and then hanged both to a tree near the jail at Colquitt WASHINGTON. The last call for bonds brought in only SIOO,OOO out of $80,000,000 embraced. Interest is payable to Oct L Next in order come the 8 per cents, which are redeemable at the pleasure of the Government... The Internal Revenue Bureau, says a Washinton dispatch, has been quietly investigating the subject of the adulteration of beer, and the result of these inquiries has developed such surprising facts that the officials consider It a public duty to do ail in their power to i revent such praobioes A tircular has been issued to' all brewers of the country, requiring them to send to Washingoon a statement of all ai tides used in the manufacture of their beer. An attache of the Mexican Legation at Washington says a commercial treaty has been recently Bigned between this country and Mexico, containing no offensive and defensive provisions The widespread dissatisfaction of the lower classes in Mexloo In regard to the American railway projects, he says, has totaly disappeared, ana capital from the United States is welcomed by all Thebe is a general complaint from'all parts of the oountry against the continued increase of' worn and mutilated coin which now circulates In business circles It is said that there is more defective coin circulated in the United Statqs than In any other country in the world. England, France and other foreign powers appropriate a certain sum annually for the preservation of their circulating As soon as a piece of coin becomes disfigured or worn to a certain extent it is replaced by a new coin, thus keeping in circulation only money that is in good condition. Officials of the Treasury Department state that it would not cost the Government more than $15,000 or $20,000 a year to keep our coin in first-class oondition....Patent Commissioner Marble has resigned. According to the August returns to the National Department of Agrionlture, the average condition of spring wheat is 97, the same as in 1883, bat higher than any previous August-since 1877. There has been an Improvement in the appearance of the cornfields during the month of J uly. In Illinois It is measured by a single point. In the main there has been a retrograde movement on account of drought ‘i he condition is now 89 per oent of a perfect crop. The yield will probably be about twenty-five bushels per acre, or about 1.700,000,000 bushels The condition Is six points higher than last year, bnt lower than

from 18TO to 1889, The cAp is delayed by cod nights. The oondition of oats is rapre sentedoy IOOt In the North toe highoonnow 10L The prospects are best in the Central States. The average condition of tobacco is 88, Pennsylvania wftfa 26, and Wisconsin MX The cotton returns ars lees farm-able than in July. The oondition is lower in every State except Virginia aad Tennessee: The general average has fallen to 84. Florida leads with an average of 93. The caterpillars are numerous in the GulfCoast States Tons of arsenic have been applied to avert the destruction feared from the worms. Col. Seaton, Superintendent of the Census Bureau, found that the appropriation was running so low that half his olerks must be dismissed. Placing in a hat slips containing the name of eadk employe, he ordered a blind-folded boy to draw out eighty-five names for a vacation. POLITICAL At the State Convention of the National party of New Jersey, held at Asbury Park, a platform was presented for adoption. The document expressed opposition to all monopolies, favored control bv the Government, of all railway and telegraph lines, equal taxation, universal suffrage, and submitting to toe popular vote an amendment to toe State constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. A warn discussion followed over* the clause favoring woman suffrage. Mm Marie Howland, a delegate, arose to speak, bat began crying and sat down. The platform was finally adopted as read, with the exception of the temperance plank. A resolution expressing sympathy with too striking telegraph operators was passed. Benjamin Urner, of Union ooanty, was nominated for Governor. GENERAL. An extraordinary crime is reported Greysboro, Nova Scotia, where a deaf, dumb and blind girl was murdered by unknown hands. Gilmour's steam saw-mill, near Hull, Quebec, was destroyed by fire. Loss, SIOO,OOO. Richakd M. Hunt’s design for the pedestal of Bartholdi’s statue of liberty has been accepted by the committee... .According to the Bradstreet, there were 168 business failures in the United States the week ending Aug. 11, being an increase of thirteen over' the proceeding week, and seventythree more than in the corresponding week in 1882. Mb. Morgan, the United States Minister to Mexico, noticed that the Fourth of July last toe usual courtesy of displaying the flag from the legation flag-staff was omitted by the German Embassador at the Mexican capital In a sharp note he called attention to the matter, and the flag was promptly unfurled. In the note to toe representative of the Fatherland, Mr Morgan, saief he would consider it a personal insult if the customary oourtesy were omitted. He received no reply to this note, but Independence day was duly honored.... The Austrian Polar expedition, after spending a year in the Arctic regions and securing a rich assortment of photographs, has reached Drentheim... .The Grand Trunk road and its allies have arranged to ran passenger trains from Boston to Chicago in forty hours. '

FOREIGN. A cable - dispatch from Constantinople announces the discovery of Noah’s ark. “It appears,” says the dispatoh, “that some Turkish Commissioners appointed to investigate the question of avalanches on Mount Ararat suddenly came upon a gigantic structure of very dark wood protruding from a glacier. They made inqmries of the inhabitants These had seen it for six years, but had been afraid to approach it because a spirit of -fierce aspect had been seen looking out of the upper window. Tbe Turkish Commissioners, however, are. bold men, not deterred by such trifles, and they determined to reach it. Situated as it ww among the fastnesses of one of the glens of Mount Ararat, it was a work of enormous difficulty, and it was only after Incredible hardships that they succeeded. The ark, one will be glad to hear, was in a good state of preservation, although the angles observe, not the bow or stern—had been a good deal broken in its descent They recognized it at once. There was an Englishman among them who had presumably read his Bible, and he saw it was made of the ancient gopher wood of Scripture, which, as every one knows, grows only on toe plains of the Euphrates Effecting aa entrance Into the structure, which was painted brown, they found that the admiralty requirements for the conveyance of horses had been carried out, and the interior was divided into partitions fifteen feet high Into three of these only could they get, tbe others be-, ing full of ice, and bow far the ark extended into the glacier they could not telL If, however, on being uncovered it turns out to be 800 cubits long it will go hard with disbelievers in the Book of Genesis ” A cable dispatch from St. Petersburg says; “The populace of EkaterinoA slav are determined to drive the Jews out of the place. Not punished sufficiently for the riots last week, during which seventy men were killed and over 100 wounded, a fresh mob gathered last night and started for the Jewish quarters They were met by a company of Cotspcks and ordered back. Refusing to obey, and making threatening demonstrations, a charge was made A fierce onslaught ensued. When the mob was finally beaten, over ICO corpses lay on the ground.”....A Cairo dispatch reports the cholera subsiding In that city—only, however, for want of material—and increasing at Alexandria and other paits of Egypt.... A meeting to further emigration, over which Earl Shaftesbury presided, the Archbishop of Canterbury being also present, resolved at London that 200.100 persons should be sent to Canada and the colonies, the state to buy them farms, taking a mortgage for security. It is proposed to send lo,coo families to Canada next spring.,.. A riot against English doctors at Alexandria was qnelled by troops The old cry of “Death to Christians!” was repeated oh the streets... .Hartmtnn. the Nihilist, is making preparations in London for a Socialist Congress Austria is now completing the gobble of Bosnia and Herzegovina began six years ago. This is the final outcome of the uprising of Herzegovina, which, small as it was leu to the defeat of Servia, the carnage of Plevna and Shtpka pass, the robbery of Roumanla, and the Congress of Berlin.... In the elections throughout Franoe last Sunday for members of toe Counoils-Generale seventy-one districts return Republicans and twenty-three Conservatives, a Republican net gain of two... .The English doctors sent to Egypt, who had experience in India in toe oholera epidemics, report that the disease now prevailing in Egypt is of a distinctly different character from the Asiatic cholera.... Cetewayo, the Zulu chieftain, recently re» ported killed, is alive and we 11... .Through the persistent efforts of the Princess of Wales, a bill has passed the House of Commons making pigeon-shooting illegal