Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1885 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

At the stock-growers’ contention at Cheyenne the Secretary reported that the Wyoming association holds property valued at $100,000,000; that cattle from Texas are dangerous only fcfr sixty days from the time of leaving their native ranges; that the reduction in freight rates secured from the Union and Northern Pacific Roads benefits the association to the amount of $72,000 per annum, and that grain can never be raised on about 80 per cent of the public lands now grazed upon. A Shenandoah (Pa.) dispatch says: The mining pitch of Raven Run, four miles from here, was the scene of a terrible accident. An extensive cave-in occurred 400 feet from the bottom of the slope of the Cuyler Colliery, operated by S. M. Heaton & Co. The fall creited a terrible wind, the force of which can best be estimated by the fact that fourteen mine cars were blown a distance of 300 feet up a pitch. The colliery was not being worked to-day, but ten persons were engaged in timbering, all of whom have beyond a doubt perished. There are four levels in this mine, and the- cavein occurred in the way from the first to the last, sweeping everything in front of it. Timbers have been knocked out,, airways closed, and gangways blocked, thousands of tons of coal and rock have given way, and the place is still working. A Calcutta dispatch says that orders have been received by the Indian Government from London to actively continue the preparations for war, notwithstanding pacific assurances of Russia. This action has created a good impression in India and sustains the enthusiasm of the British and native troops. A grand review of the British and native troops took place at Rawil-Pinde, in the presence of Abdurrah—man, the Ameer of Afghanistan; Earl Dufferin, Viceroy of India; and all the native chiefs, with their brilliantly uniformed staffs. The Ameer was profoundly impressed by the ceremony with the power and glory of England. The Maharajah of Nepaul has offered the services of 15,000 picked Goorkas, who, he says, are ready to march under British officers across the frontier in the service of the Queen.... The Viceroy of the Chinese provinces of Yuman and Kwechung has issued a decree commanding the slaughter of all foreigners, and directing that all Catholic converts.shall be killed and the convents of the church destroyed. Several Catholic settlements have already been wiped out of existence and several hundred converts have been killed.* The Viceroy says he ordered the massacre because he was informed that the Catholics contemplated a revolt against the Chinese Government.... A new French Cabinet has been formed. It is as follows: Presidontof the Council, M.Brisson; Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. de Freycinet; Minister of the Interior, M. Targe; Minister of Finance, M. Clamageran; Minister of justice, M. Goblet; Minister of War, Gen. Campenon; Minister of Public Works, M. Carnot; Minister of Agriculture, M. Le Grand; Minister of Commerce, M. Mangon; Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, M. Cuvinet; and Minister of Marine, Admiral Gaiiber. ;: . •

Gen. Grant rested well throughout the day of Monday, the 6th inst., chatted freely with members of the family, and the few callers who were admitted to his presence, and there was uninterrupted cheerfulness in the house. The street was quieter than it had been for some days. A lame fiddler hobbled down the street and began to tunc up in front of tire General’s house. Three policemen ran at him. and he limped away Two ladies called and left preserves for the General. An old man of West Chester, Pa., called. He said the Lord had summoned him to save Gen. Grant’s life. He had written two weeks ago to Mrs. Grant but had received no reply. He had therefore come on, and called on Gen. Sickles and Dr Newman. He thought the doctors were killing Gen. Grant by giving him coffee Ho showed a scar on his face, said he had had a cancer there, and the remedy for it was a tea made of senna and manna. He tried to see Col. Fred, was refused, and went away disappointed. Another old man, who said he had fought with Grant in the Wilderness twenty-one years ago, tearfully inquired at the dour for the old General's health. Toward the afternoon the General remarked that he feared another strangling spell, in which he would probably die as quickly as a man would perish under water. Shortly after 3:30 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the 7th inst., the General’s household were aroused and alarmed, the pattent having been seized with another violent and dangerous fit of coughing, like in character to those which on one r two previous occasions caused such grave apprehensions. A messenger was suddenly dispatched in haste for Drs. Shrady and Sands. The Rev. Dr. Newman. ex-Senator Chaffee, and Gen. Badeau were also summoned.