Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1884 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

.Canadian Pacific officials and the Japanese Steamship Ci>ni|l»ny for a line of steamers between China, Japan, and British Columbia, and if e stab - lished freight for London and Liverpool will be carried over the Canadian Pacific Hoad. The national agricultural report for October shows; the general average of corn to be 93. The drought has not been sufficient to reduce seriously the yield, and very little injury by frost. The wheat crop confirms the indications of the former report. In cotton the average condition has been reduced from 82 to 74 as a result of the drought. Business failures, for the week numbered 213, against 188 the previous week, and 166 in -the corresponding period of 1883. .. On the invitation of forty churches of Boston and vicinity, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in session at Columbus, decided to meet next year at Boston, and will then celebrate the completion cf the seventy-fifth year of its existence.... The Hamilton Powder Mills, at Cumminville, Ont., were blown up by an explos on of gunpowder. Four men were killed and two fatally injured. The contest-for the championship between - the base-ball clubs eomposing the NationalfLehgue has ended, and the Providence Club will fly the .pennant for the next year. The following is the record Of the games won by the several clubs: Providence, 83 ; Boston, 72 ; Bufialo, 63 ; Chicago, 62 ; New York, 59 : Philadelphia, 39 ; Cleveland, 34; and Detroit,,22. The Metropolitan Club, of New York, has won the championship of the American Association.' The record of the games won is as follows; Metropolitan, 65; Louisville and Cincinnati, 63 each; Columbus, 62; St. Louis, 59; Baltimore, 54; Athletic, 52; Toledo, 41; Brooklyn, 37; Pittsburgh, 31; Indianapolis, 31; and Virginia, 20. A portion of the new Parliament buildings at Quebec were blown up with dynamite the other day. There were two explosions—one at the noon hour, and the other at about 3 o’clock. The buildings were just being roofed in, and it was expected to hold the next session in them. A hc»e twelve feet by five wide was made’ in the wall on the third story, and the corner stone was so badly shattered that it is probable that the walls around it will have to be taken down. Two men were slightly injured. It is not certain who is responsible for the explosion. Irish dynamiters are accused of the deed. This is not, however, generally believed. French workmen who wish to injure the contractor are also accused.