Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1884 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The mysterious disappearance of an organ from the Union Sunday School rooms at Struthers, Ohio, has led to a disgraceful row. t . .Father McGee was locked ont of a French Catholic Church at Fall River, Mass., and complaint will be made to the pope.; *. Ninety members of the First Baptist Church at Keokuk forced the dismissal of the pastor, Rev. A, C.Peck. On a dredge-boat in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Captain Edward Duley knocked Patrick McGuire senseless, ,then chopped the body to pieces with a pick-ax, and threw the mangled mass into the hold.

lowa farmers indulge bitter feelings toward the railways, which chargtf them freightage of 17 cents a bushel otoMiorn to Chicago, while the value of the grain is but 13 to 15 cents. The Railway Commission has taken the matter in hand, and if not vested with" full powers already, it will ask the Legislature to enlarge the scope of their duties.... The late Reuben R. Springer, of Cincinnati, left an estate valued at $3,000,000. His will, entirely in his own handwriting, has been probated. While the bulk of his property is given to the childred of his sisters, lie makes seventeen bequests to schools, churches, charities, and household servants, the largest being $75,000 to the Musie Hall Association, and SIOO,OOO to St. Mary’s Seminary of the West.... The Miller Company, of Canton, Ohio, manufacturers of mill machinery and iron novelties, was closed by the Sheriff on executions by Toledo iron merchants.... Fred H. Winston, a well-known attorney and politician of Chicago, brought suit for SIOO,OOO against the Inter- Ocean Company for libelous statements. Richard Brocken, of Philadelphia, President of the Wolfe Tone Club of Irish Nationalists, who recently inherited a fortune of.nearly $1,000,000 bv. the—death-of-his uncle in Brazil, has contributed SIOO,000 “to be scientifically used for the cause •f Ireland in the heart of England.”.... The Edgar Thomson steel-works, at Pittsburgh, with a monthly pay roll of $150,000, have suspended operations for an indefinite period. The Republic irou works in that city have resumed work at a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages... .Henry Levy & Son, importers “of fancy goods in New York City, have made an assignment. The liabilities are $300,000..... The City Bank of Schenectady, in New York, with a capital of SIOO,OOO, has closed its doors. A'Rirx for the erection 'of a statue to Lafayette was reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Sherman, on the 15th inst. Several petitions from tobacco manufacturers and tradesunions against the ratification of the treaty with Spain were presented by Mr. Logan, as also petitions by hosts of Union soldiers for the purchase of a portrait of Gen. George H. Thomas for the Capitol. During discussion of the Dakota bill, Mr. Garland submitted a proposition for a popular vote in that Territory on the question of its division. A debate on the silver issue followed, mainly between Messrs. Hill and Sherman. A bill was passed for a public building at Akron, Ohio, to cost SIOO,OOO. A coipmunication from the Postmaster-General was laid before the House of Representatives asking an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for postalear service and #75,000 for the pay of postal clerks. Among the bills introduced were the following: One by Mr. Oates declaring forfeited all unearned land giants; one by Mr. Peel granting the right of way through Indian Territory to the Kansas Cite. Arkarisas and Fort Smith Railroad; another by Mr. Blanchard for the creation of a Red River Commission; another by Mr. Willis to give encouragement to the proposed agricultural, mining, and live stock exposition, to be held at Louisville, Ky.; and another by Mr. Buckner to refund the public debt and secure she stability of the national bank circulation. By a susi>ension of the rules Jan. 16 was set apart for the consideration of the McPherson and Dingley bills, both of which are expected to pass. A resolution was offered by Mr. Holman providing that all speeches printed by permission of the House shall be subject to the rules governing debate. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a preamble and resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy to inform the House in regard to the case of Cadet F. S. Strong, of the Annapalis Naval Academy, who is reported to have died in consequence of cruel treatment received at the hands of senior cadets. Mr. Lacey, for the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill prohibiting the issue of Treasury notes of denominations less than $5, and providing for the issue of sl, $2, and $5 silver certificates. The motion was lost. Mr. Peters, for the Commerce Committee, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to promote the efficiency of the revenue-marine service. 'J his motion was also lost. A motion to suspend the rules in favor of the bill to establish a Department of Agriculture, proposed by Mr. Aiken In behalf of the Committee on Agriculture; was agreed to.