Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1885 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. The epidemic in Plymouth, Pa., is abating, but the fever has broken out in neighboring villages, with a large mortality. ... .The New York Board of Trade favors a Government subsidy of thirty cents per ton for every thousand miles sailed by sail or steam vessels built and owned in the United States, and engaged in foreign commerce, the subsidy to be reduced ten cents aftef ton years. ■—— S. E. Spencer, cashier for the firm of Grant & Ward, testified at New York that loans by the concern often reached $1,000,000; that they frequently paid more for the use of money than they received on loans; and that Fish drew on his private funds to pay fictitious earnings to depositors... A mob at Springvale. Maine, attacked the residences of several active prohibitionists with rocks and firearms, inflicting considerable damage. No one was injured.. .A grand regatta, open to the world, will be held at Pittsburg in July. Teemer is making the arrangements, and the prizes will aggregate $3,000....J. H. Hutter, President of the New York Central Hoad, died at Irvington, N. Y., aged 49. Gen. Grant’s condition is one of increasing debility, without pain. The swelling on the outside of his throat is becoming larger. Gen. John A. Logan, miatalk with a New York reporter, after having paid a visit to Gen. Grant a few days ago, says: After what I have read and heard about the General 1 expected to find him in much worse condition. I don’t presume to judge of his condition, but am only sieakina of my own impressions. He has some trouble inspeakinc, and expectorates frequently, but there is nothing offensive in the expectoration. I said to him that I was gratified to find him looking better than I expected, and he replied that he was better thah he had been at times. He talked with me for an hour about his book, our old battles, and personal matters. I f< ared that I might be tiring him, and cot up and went into the little room where the stenogra her ami copyist were at work. Presently he came in there, and sat down to read a paner. He reads the newspapers closely, they tell me. The swellon the side of his face, which the papers tell about, does not show unless he turns the side toward you. The General goes about the house without apparent discomfort. I was glad to find him so comfortable, and only hope it may be many years before he leaves us. The General takes great pride in his book. I read some of the slips, and we talked about the matter. His mind is as clear as a bell and his memory unfaltering. His physical suffering seems to have nerved his mind to its best efforts. The iron-works of Oliver Brothers & Co., at Pittsburgh, employing 4,000 men, have resumed operations, the firm having signed the Amalgamated Association scale with some slight modifications which were accepted by the men.