Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

A marked improvement in the iron trade is reported from Pittsburgh, a mill which has long been idle has resumed, with a force of two thousand men. Brown, Bonnell & Co., of Youngstown, Ohio, have signed the Amalgamated Association scale, with slight modifications, and reopened their works... .A Cardinal's hat will probably be bestowed upon Archbishop Gibbons, of»J3altimore, in September. . < „ The United-Labor league of America adopted the following resolutions upon the death of Gen. Grant:* JiestiilrKl, By the Labor League. that we, deeply deplore the death of Gen..Gfant, and Bend condolence to his w ife and diiildren. Jienite , That i-i his proclamation of the eight-hour law, to shorten the hours of toil, he gave the honest laborer tin opportunity to improve his own condition and educate and ele- ■ ■vate his family, in accordance with the increasing wants of emancl; ation and human civilka.tjon. KesoZre/'. That as the leader of the armies of the republic he struck the shackles from the limbs of s.'-o-.000 men, and struck a blow for liberty which resounded throughout the world A l es'i/re</,That his name is inseparably linked with the cause of human freedom, that h a tamo belongs to no nation, but it is the property of all the people of the world. Th if steamer C. O. Kelly, of the Upper Ottawa Towing. Company, was burned to the Vater’s edge at the wharf, at Pembroke, Canada. Four of the cretv lost their lives. The steamer t tar. of the East was reported the Atlantic coast* near Bath, Maine. President Cleve£anp. who, at the request of Mrs. Grant, s<?lActed the pallbearers for Gen, Grant's funeral, tele-'

gyaphed her to know ii she had any preferences or suggestions to make fn the matter. He received a reply from her by telegraph, saying that it was her wish that he should name the paR-bearers, and that the only suggestion she would make was that in case any prominent Union officer like Qen. Sherman be selected, a leading Confederate officer 'like Gen. Johnslo i or Gen, Buckner be also included ituthe list Mrs. Grant’s wishes in this regard were respected, the President having appointed the following: .Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. A.; Lieut.'Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. A;. Admiral David t).. Port&r» U. S. N.; Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U. S. N.; Gen. Joseph E. jehnsoU, of Virginia: Gen. Simon B. Buckner, of Kentucky; Hamilton Fish, of New Yorjc; George W. Childs, of Pennsylvania; John A. Logan, of Illinois; George Joiiek, of. New' York; and Oliver Hoyt, of New York. A severe thunderstorm prevailed at Mount MacGregor on the .evening of the" 30th ult., and a number of persons were struck by lightning among them Gen. R. H. Jackson and Col. W. Butler Beck, officers of the regular army, and Mrs. Fox. wife of a lawyer. Ail tne victims will recover.

There were 184 failures in ths United States reported during the week, against 215 in preceding week, and 299,155, and 305 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882, respectively. About 83 per cent, were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: Grocers, 20; gefieial stores, 21; liquors, 2R hotels and restaurants, 10; drugs, 8: provisions:, 7;-tobacco and cigars, 0; lumber and “-materials, 5; manufactures, 5; books, printing, etc., 5; shoes. 4; coal and wood, 4; crockery, 4; dry and fancy goods, 4; furniture, 4; grain and millers, 4; jewelry, 4; millinery. 4; markets, 4; caipen- ; ters and builders, 3. The jury in the case of Riel, leader in ’ the Northwest Territory rebellion, returned a verdict finding him guilty of treason. A dispatclufrom Winnipeg says: “The juryretired at 2:15 p. m. At 3.d5 there was a murmur in the court, and it was whispered that the jury had agreed. All was bustle and excitement. Riel prayed fervently, kneeling in his box. and looked unmoved as the jury entered. A verdict of guilty was rendered. Francis Cosgrove, foreman, crying like a child, announced that he was asked by his fellow-jurors to recommend the prisoner to the mercy of the The Judge said the recommendation would be considered. Riel was then sentenced to be hanged Sept. 18 at Regina. Judge Richardson said he could hold out no prospect of a reprieve or interference by her Majesty. Riel took the result coolly.”. ... A dispatch- -Northwest jterri—tory, says: -Gov. Dewdney has received a dispatch staling that eight whites had been butchered by mar..tiding eight miles south of Maple Creek, in the : Cypress Hills. ]t is believed that the In- I dians came on the victims by stealth, and i when a -favorable opportunity presented : .itselL pounced upon them. Some of the J attacked escaped by swimming and wading i across the narrow lake. 4 Sunday, August 2, was memorial ' day at the Grant cottage, and the family I held a sacred service of prayer in the par- ■ lor where rested the remains of the old comm tnder. A telegram from Mount MacGregor says: This afternoon the widow asked that Dr. Newman should be sent for. Wh nhe came, 1 Mrs. Grant reminded the pastor- that her dead | would be hers only a little while longer, an I asked him to be with the famiiy while they gathered m the cottage parlor to, say their farewells. Thus it was that about two o’clock Mrs, Grant and her daughter and etch of her threi “sons anTwheir"AViveHrwere in the room with” the dead. Dr. Newman aryl wife were also present. The' family surrounded the catafalco- Mrs. Grant, from a tab e, brought her dead husband’s Bible, which she opened and j assed to Dr. Newman. It was found that the book was opened at the eleventh chapter of Job. The chapter was read, and then the clergyman rerea-J the sixteenth, and nineteenth vers. s. aiKi then a prayer of gratitude was ohered up - gratitude for the beautiful character of the silent one. After this the entire family, there alone with their pastor, entered with Km into a religious conversation. and then each and all dwelt upon reminiscences recalled of the General’s last sickness. A New York telecram of the 3d inst, says: —lt requires great watchfulness to pre. ent relic-hunters from carrying away the bricks which are being used in the construction of the vault in Riverside Pai k, designed for the-last-resting place of Gen Grant. Trading booths have sprung up like mushrooms in the immediate n ighburtrood, their proprietors expecting to reap a rich harvest. President Cleveland has extended a special invitation to eX-Presidents Hayes and Arthur to attend the funeral of General Grant. Men-of-war will be stationed in the North River, and fire salutes as the pr cession moves to the burial place. Rear Admiral Worden has been appointed as dneef the pall-bearers in place.of Vice Admiral Rowan, unable to serve on account of ill-health. General Jbseph E. Johnston, one of the Confederate pall-bean is. tell graphed from Portland, Oregon, that lie is on his way East. At the memorial services at Augus.a, Me., Mr. Blaine will deliver the address.