Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1884 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The French Consul at Khartoum confirms the report of the raising of the siege, and states that supplies of food can be obtained quite freely. Lord Wolseley telegraphed she British War Office to stop forwarding troops to Egypt, but work on the transports at Woolwich will be carried on. ....The weather in England continues favorable to the crops not yet harvested. Prices have again declined. The Governor of Kentucky refused the request of a committee of Cattle-breeders to convene the Legislature to take action as to the infected herd of Frjsbie I. Lake, and the latter now asks an appraisal in order that the afflicted animals may be killed at the public expense Newcomb, Buchanan & Co., an extensive Louisville whisky firm, have assigned. Sadie Robinson, a 12-year-old girl, abj sconded from her home in Framingham, Mass., a few days ago, taking with her $60,000 worth of bonds and diamonds belonging to her mother. It was her intention, she confessed on being apprehended, to get inarrie.d in Boston to a young man Uie loves, but whose name she refused to -ive. The valuables have been recovered. ... .In Washington County, Pa., drought is causing the death of cattle and sheep in large numbers. - George W. Lawrence, formerly a a banker in North Manchester, Ind., who escaped from the insane asylum at Indianapolis last month, was captured in Gasconade County, Missouri, a reward of SSOO having been offered for him. It transpires that he secured employment as traveling salesman for a St. Louis house, and was successfully conducting business.... Three men were killed and two others fatally injured by a collision of Hannibal freight trains near New Cambria, Missouri. The aggregate clearances in the principal clearing-houses -of the United States for the last week show a decrease of 26.2 per cent, as compared with the corresponding week last year, Outside New York the decrease was 41.6 per cent.; in New York the decrease: was 30.1 per cent.; and in Chicago 15.5 per cent... .Lightning caused a fire at Sand Lake, Mich., which destroyed a dozen business places, the loss being $20,000. At Bronson, Mich., two-thirds of the business section was burned, entailing a loss of $40,000. An entire block; including the Esmond House, was burned at Portland, Ore., the damage reaching $120,000, with $90,000 insurance. Ten buildings were consumed at Eureka, Ney., among them the Parker House and White Pino Bank, involving a loss of $70,000. Several wooden business houses at Lonoke, Ark., were swept away, the loss approximating $20,000. i The Middlesex Bleaehery at Somerville, Mass., was burned. The loss is placed at $200,000, while the insurance is but $68,000.