Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

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A rußLic meeting, held at Toronto passed resolutions that the further admission of Chinese into Canada should be rigidly restricted if not totally prohibited. Larner B. Harrison, President of the First National Bank of Cincinnati, has been appointed by the President in the place of ex-Governor Noyes, resigned, as Government Director of the Union PacificRailway. Two American railway employes are in jail at Sabinos, in Chihuahua, charged with insulting the Alcalde’s wife. The United States Consul is investigating the cases, which are claimed to be part and parcel of a systematic persecution to which Americans in small Mexican cities and towns are being subjected.... When Gen. Middleton and staff reached Winnipeg, the other day, they were-wannly greeted at the station by fifteen thousand people. Five hours later the troops arrived and marched through the gayly decorated streets to the City Hall, where an address of welcome was presented by the civic authorities, to which Gen. Middleton responded. At night the city was brilliantly illuminated. .... It is intended by the opponents of the civil-service rules to bring the law before the United States Supreme Court, that its constitutionality may be tested... .The -receipts of the Direct Cable Company during the six months ended June 30 were £32,467 less than for tho corresponding period of last year, owing to a reduction in the tariff of t 0115... .The National Cotton Exchange of America met at Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, Y T a., with W. H. Gardner, of Mobile, Ala., as President. The Master House-Painters’ Association of the United States and Canada held its first general convention in Chicago. Titus Berger, of Pittsburgh, was chosen President for the ensuing year. According to reports to Bradstreet’s, there were 185 failures in the United States during the week, against 170 in the preceding week, and 211, 162, and 131 in the corresponding weeks of 1884:, 1883, and 1882 respectively. About 90 per cent, were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades -they were as —follows^—Grocers, 28; liquors,. 26; general stores, 15; drugs, 12; manufacturers, 10; tobacco and cigars, 9; furniture; 9; produce and provisions, 7; dry goods, 6; shoes, 5; 5; fancy goods, 5; hardware, 5; books, stationery, etc., 5: millinery, s; hotels and restaurants, 4; clothing, 4; bakers and confectioners, 3; grain and millers, 3; hats, 3; jewelry, 3; bankers, 2. Bradstreet’s, in its weekly commercial summary, says: “The general trade situation, as reported by special telegrams to Bradstr eel’s, is characterized by the customary dullness observable at this season of the year. The plethora of money reported from the leading financial centers is as heavy as ever. The industrial situation is less satisfactory, and strikes and industrial suspensions have increased> Mercantile collections are less prompt. There is a slight gain in the movement of general merchandise reported from Chicago, and leading dealers in various lines there look confidently forward to a good fall trade. At Boston general trade is very dull, and the prospect for the coming autumn is cousidered doubtful. There is ft partial exception so far as dry goods are concerned. The lines of samples out are said to be extensive and already active, and some dealers look ahead to a good trade in the autumn. ” ... .News comes from Quebec of the drowning of three young men and a young lady, at St. Alero des Mont, County Maskenonge, Canada. They were crossing a river in a boat, which upset.