Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1884 — ADDITIONAL. NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL. NEWS.

A reduction of 10 per cent. In wages by the lock-works at Branford, Conn., caused a strike by 400 employes. In the Cumberland coal region of Maryland the price of. mining is tp be reduced to 40 cents per ton. Two hundred men employed in the Walsenburg mines, in Colorado, have quit work.... For non-payment of a certain tay, Father Egan ejected an aged man, Duncan McCague, from church at Thorn Hill, Ont., McCague’s thigh was broken in the affray, and his life is in danger... .The Baltimore and Ohio road reports a capital stock of $14,783,900, and an accumulated wealth of $47,750,000 for which no share was ever issued. .. . William B. Fitch, of Kingston, N. Y., an extensive blue-stone dealer, and a Democratic elector, has failed for $150,000. A new combination route from Springfield, 111., to Chicago, Kansas City’, arid St. Louis has been opened by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in conjunction with the Ohio and Mississippi... .The wcolenmills at Waukesha, Wis., valued at $50,000, were -destroyed by fire, throwing one hundred men out of employment, The Continental Hotel, at Fargo, D. T., was swept by fire, A panic prevailed among the guests, but all escaped, losing their effects, however. The Clarendon Hotel at Aspen, Col., W’as also burned, the loss being placed at $19,000. A iir<! at Milbank, Dak., destroyed a hotel and three business blocks,entailing a loss of $150,000, When the rebels evacuated Columbia, Ky., they threw six heavy pieces of artillery into the Mississippi River. Low water last week disclosed the guns, and one of them was secured in time to fire a salute over Cleveland’s election..... B. H. Black, of Blossom Prairie, Tex., who was recently elected Sheriff of Lamar County, was at midnight Sunday called to the door of. his house and shot dead,.,. The Coon Hollow Distillery and Warehouse, containing 1,491 barrels of whisky,' at New Hope, Ky., were destroyed by fire..'

j • Secretary McCulloch has not author- • ized the statement that there will be no 1 further bond calls at'present, but tli<>' pension disbursements for December will probably consume the available surplus up :to New Year’s day*.. .In a five-nlile bicycle rage at Washington, John S. Prince defeated Miss Elsie Von Brumen, who was given a start of two minutes. The winner’s i time was 19 minutes and 45 seconds. Heavy frosts in Paris seem to have ■ somewhat stayed the ravages of cholera .... ; The numbers of the various parties elected Ito the German Reichstag this year are as follows: Conservatives, 72—a gain of 20; i Free Conservatives 29 —a gain of 5; Ultramontanes, 100—a gain of 2; NationalLiberals, 54, a gain of 9; German-Liberals,' 68, a loss of 32; South German Democrats, 7, a loss of 2; -Social-Democrats, 24, a gain ■ of 11; Poles, 16, a loss of 2; Danes, 1, a loss I of 1; Guelphs, 8, unchanged; Alsatians, 15, unchanged. The Reichstag contains a ■ strong protectionist majority. I The official vote of Missouri is as follows: For President—Cleveland, 235,972; Fusion, 202,261; St. John, 1,506. Cleveland's plurality, 33,71 1. For Governor—Marmaduke (Democrat), 219,015; Ford (Fusion), 207,893; Brooks (Prohibition), 10,449. Marmaduke’s plurality, 11,122; majority, 573. .... Official vote of Pennsylvania: For President, Blaine, 473,804; Cleveland, 392,785; Butler, 17,002; St. John, 15;737. For Congress. at large: Osborne, Republican, 476,I 260; Davis, Democrat, 401,042; Atwood, Greenback, 9,684; Black, Prohibitionist, 10,471... .The following is the official return of the Arkansas election for President and one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Cleveland, 72,927; Blaine, 50,806; Butler. 1,847. Chief Justice—S. R. Cockerill, Democrat, 72,215; M. W. Benjamin, Republican, 50,452. Cleveland’s majority, 22,121; Cockerill’s majority, 21,763. The Democratic Congressional majorities are: Dunn, 5,680; Breckenridge, 2,563; Jones, 2,213; Rogers, 4,867; Peel, 6,384.... The vote of Ohio, as ofliciallv canvassed: Blaine, 400,082; Cleveland, 368,280; Butler, 2,170; and St. John, 11,269. Blaine’s plurality, 31,802... . The completed vote of New Jersey foots up: Cleveland, 127,783; Blaine, 123,378; St. John, 6,153; Butler, 3,498. Plurality for Cleveland, 4,405.