Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1885 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The mail steamer from New Zealand which arrived at San Francisco last week, had on board Maxwell, wanted at St. Louis for the trunk murder. As Maxwell’ descended" the ship’s side and took a seat in the cabin of the steam launch, surrounded by St Louis and San Francisco officers, says a San Francisco dispatch, he looked like a smaller man than the one who was described to the San Francisco police. His face had little color in it. There were dark 11 rings under his eyes. His appearance indicated neglect,, but his manner was unembarrassed. He said that he wqs a Frenchman, a native of Paris, aged 34, and that his name was D.inguier. When reminded that he had been known under other names, he said that m itfered nothing, for other men have been known to have more than one name.' He - said,"also, that he had known C. A. Preller, but beyond this he would not say anything which might in the remotest degree bear upon the crime for which he was extradited, and for which he is to be tried in St. Louis. ... Chicago elevators contain 14,775,924 bushels of wheat, 774,576 bushels of c'crn, 272,611 bushels of oats, 20,1 LL bushels of 1-ye. apd 489 bushels of barley; total, 15,843,711 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 3,481,438 bushels a year ag0.... During a fire in an oatmeal mill at Leavenworth, Kan., several persons w’ere injured by a falling wull. The loss is $75,000.... Rank Bros., millers at Canton. Ohio, have made an assignment. Loss, $50,000. A cablegram from President Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company, embracing some interesting correspondence between himself and Messrs. Field and Tender, seems to effectually set at rest the reported probability of the purchase of the Baltimore and Ohio by the Western Union Telegraph Company.... The hog cholera has made its appearance »in South Essex, Ont., and is resisting all attempts,4o stop its ravages. -> Advices from Tonquin state that the French troops have dispersed the Black Flags. Five'-missionaries and many Christians were massacred by the Chinese.... Judge Walsh, a famous Irish lawyer, died in Dublin..,, .While the railway station at,. Huddersfield, England, was crowded, the roof fell in, killing two persons and injuring many others. * Following is the last batch of appointments made by the President just before Jhis departure from Washington: William H. Taylor, of Bloomfield, lowa, to be Special Indian Agent at $2,000 a year, vice Baris H. Folsom, removed. Joseph Colburn, of Denver,, Colo., to be a timber agent of the i and Office. Adolf Erdman, of Missouri, and James Dugan, of Mississippi, to be Special Examiners of the Pension Office. To be Secretary of the Territory of New Mex-ico-George W. Lane, of Buffalo, N. Y.’j' To be Indian Agents—Joseph Emery, of Oregon, at the Klamath Agency, Oregon; Charles H. Potter, of Nebraska, at the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, in Nebraska; William H. Spalding, of Nebraska, at the Satnee Agency, in Nebraska; Robert L. Owen, of Indian Territory, at the Union Agency, in Indian Territory". To be Collectors oflnternal Revenue—John Dowlin, for the Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania, and Frank Schlandeeker,- for the Nineteenth District of Pennsylvania. To bp Receivers of Customs—John T. Gathright, for the port of Louisville, Ky.. and Leon Trosdale for the port of Nashville, Tenn. —To Be Postmasters—J. E. Jones, Portage, Wis., vice V. E. Brewer, declined: Willis B. Isbell, Westville, Conn.; Jacob D. Allen, Butler, Mo.; Chauncey M. Freeman, Broadfield, Mo.; R. P, Hitchcock, Tomah, Wis.; Wm. 8. Evans, La Grange, Ga., vice John C. Beall, suspended; Itte Beal, Rich Hill, Mo., vice G. P. Huckeby, suspended; Frederick A. Verborg, North Vernon, Ind., vice W. 8. Prather, suspended; Richard Holmes, Natchez, Miss., vice Wm. McGary, suspended; Michael Boland, De Kalb, Ind., vice Geo. W. Gordon, suspended; Wm. M. Gay, Wilson, N. C., vice Mrs. Virginia Sharp, suspended. Geo. Wise, at Hamburg, lowa, vice C C. Coolbaugh, suspended; Edward B. Miller, Pierre, Dakota, vice S. M. Laird, suspended; Henry C. Hunt, Reedsburg, Wis., vice John KeLogg, suspended; Washington J. Barrett, Kinstnn, N. C., vice W. A. Coleman, suspended; John W, Marshall. McLeansborouch, 111., vice G. M. Lyon, susi>ended; Chas. 11. Burroughs, La Crosse, Wis., vice B. T. Bryant, suspended; E. D. Fenn, Nevada. lowa, vice Theodore J.' Ross, suspended ; Jerome W. Pierce, Springfield, Vt., vice L. B.' Hurd, suspended; Charles T. Marsh. Oregon, 111., vice B. F. Sheets, suspended; Joseph 11. Alien, Durham, N. C., vice D. C. Mangum, suspended; George W. Morse, Waterbury, Vt., vice J. W. Moody, resigned; Francis G. Horton, Ellendale, Dakota; vice A G. Tyner, office becoming Presidential April 1,1885; Cornelius Carr, Woonsocket. Da kota, vice A H. Tyner, office becoming vacant April 1. 1885; J. A. Mantry, Mound City. Kan., vice S. L. Evesat, office becoming Presidential July 1,1885; Frank W. Frye, Parsons, Kan., vice 8. A. Fletcher, resigned; J. M. Gilliland, Nashua, lowa, vice J. F. Grawe, suspended.