Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1884 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Till: BAST, A soldiers’ monument was dedicated at Wateibury. Conn., in the presence of a great multitude. Musical selections were given by a choir of 200 voices.... M illiam H. Dempsey, of Washington. who supplied most of the departments with stationery, has been indicted by the United States Grand Jury at Boston, for fraud. .. .Unddr the new law of Pennsylvania for the protection of laborers' wages, a court at Allentown decided th it. the Bethlehem Iron Company could not deduct store bills from amounts , due ite workmen. The suits involved about $20,000. The anniversary of the birth of John G. Whittier ■ was celebrated at the Eriends’ School in Providence by the presentation of a life-size portrait of the poet. . . Dominic McCiffeiy refuses to fight Mitchell because of a desire to first meet John L. Sullivan, with Whom McGaffery~wishes to have a bout with gloves or knuckles. . . .Deserted by her husband and steeped in poverty. Sirs. Annie Logan gave laudanum to heieliltie boy. at Philadelphia, then took seme herself and turned on the gas. When found both were dead. .. .Rapelowieh Bros. &’Co., of Syracuse, N... Y.. have filed assignments, with liabilities in excess of $75,(.01. Adams & Allen, dealers in woolens, of JJew York, have made an assignment. The liabilities are estimated nt $150.000 The Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that the insurable interests of a wife accruing from the death of a husband are not exempt from the claims of J THE WEST. By taking up a certain loan it-is-stated the Union Pacific, or Gould party, have secured a majority interest in the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company... .The Ohio Masonic Grand Lodge resolved that, the selling of intoxicants is a Ma- ’ sonic offense, disqualifying such persons from affiliation or membership.... The great dry goods establishment of T. A. Chapman A Co., at Milwaukee, was entirely destroyed by fire. The total loss placed at ssta).o('l), fully insured... .Mrs. Cottiphen got drunk at a Democratic barbecue at Peru, Ind., ami while going home in a tiain drew a knife ami began slashing at everybody u ithin reach, three or four persons being seriously cut-. - The woman was eji eted from the train in (he vieinity of --Wabash, ——— - -—: The Supreme Court of lowa has decided that Justices of the Peace hgve jurisdiction in cases under, the prohibitory law where the fine is $1.0(10 or less; Jan Wasielewsky was hanged at San Jose. Cal. He was a irritiv■ of Poland, aged 30, and a butcher by trade, In 1879 he was sentenced to three—years in the State Prison for cattle-stealing. Be foie his incarceration he ’warned his wife that if she procured a divorce he would kill her when he got out. The wife paid no attention to the... threat, got a di voice, and mar-' lied again; When Wasielewsky was discharged he sought his former wife, and on March 24 of the 1 resent year stabbed her thirteen times ... A dispatch from Hancock, Mich., says the fire in the Calumet and Hecla mine still .continues to burn. Unless work is soon resumed the miners and their families must suffer for the necessaries of life.. . .Lydia; Spencer, of Salt Lake, who is pre-um- d to he the recoml wife of Polygamist Clawson, refused to testify in the case now pending, ■and was sent to prison for contempt of court.

Th:. Chicago rl-hwestern Load lias I mod? pr?liinin:uy surveys for an extension from Vaivntiue, Neb, to Fort Fetterman, Wyoniin v Ninety miles of grading will be finished this season, and ties are being re--ceiVed at? Yalehtine— for a—track to White River The people of Omaha turned out in large numbers to witness a bicycle race for SI,OOO between Patterson, of Toronto, and -Johnson, of StTJoseph. The former was given the stake, notwithstanding the referee declared the contest a draw... .The sportinggoods, store of A. G. Spalding & Bros, No. 108 East Madison street, Chicago, was burned, causing a loss of about $90,000. Insurance about $120,000... .Thomas Donovan was convicted of illegal registration in San Francisco, and fined SSOJ and given three years' imprisonment.