Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

Miss Florence Mabbyatt, the English novelist, is ill in New York of acute bronchitis contracted in consequence of wearing low-necked dresses while lecturing. She has failed, in consequence of her illness, to deliver the number of lectures agreed upon,and her manager has given notice of his intention to sue Mrfpr the money she did not earn, which has been already paid. The manager claims that her dress shocked the modesty of the conntty folks and lessened the receipts; also that she needlessly exposed herself in cold halls. President Barrios, of Guatemala, sent ont troops to operate against San Salvador. The Government of Nicaragua has several thousand men ready to inarch to the front against the dictator. President Diaz telegraphed to Barrios that Mexico could not permit him to carry out his threat against the republics of Central America. The railway strike was broken at Hannibal, Mo., two of the leaders being arrested, and one or more freight trains sent East Employes of the Missouri Pacific Road at St. Louis were informed officially that in consequence of their loyalty and good behavior, the company had determined to restore to them the wages in force Oct. 1. This is equivalent to an advance of 15 per cent

Near Brown’s Station, Ohio, the other day, toe capture of a “wild man,” who lived in a cave and subsisted on raw food, was effected. His body is covered with long hair and his utterances are unintelligible. He has been sent to the Steubenville poorhouse. President Baßrlos, in his decree proclaiming the Central American Republic, declares that any one who opposes the union will be considered a traitor. He urges all Chiefs, officers and soldiers of Central America to join him, and proclaims himself “Supreme Military Chief.” Thebe were 282 failures in the United States and Canada during the last seven days, an increase of five as compared with the previous week. The attempt of President Barrios to moke himself dictator of Central America cansed toe United States to order southward the Wachusett and Shenandoah, and three more war vessels are to be held in readiness to sail thither. Recent deaths: At Chelsea, Mass., John Robbins, known throughout the United States as a manufacturer of bag-gage-checks; at Buffalo, N. Y., C. W. McCune, proprietor of the Buffalo Courier; at Washington, the wife of Congressman Herbert, of Alabama.