Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

John Waizman was executed at Duluth, Minn., for the pmrder, in November last, of a saloonkeeper named Joseph Farley. As the culprit mounted the scaffold a slight pallor was on his face, but otherwise he

showed no signs of the mental torture he must have suffered. Charles Townsend, colored, was hanged at Huntsville, Ala., for the murdor of Nathaniel Freeman. The condemned man met death without the slightest emotion. On tho scaffold, when asked if he had anything to say, he replied: 4 I am going to leave this countrj’. My soul goes into the hands of the Lord and my bodv into'the hands of mv people. ” Samuel W. Collins was hanged at Bowling Green, Mo., for the murder of Owen Utterback. The widow of the murdered man, with her two sons, aged 5 and 8 years, respectively, was present at tho execution. The execution passed off quietly in the presence of an immense crowd. Shelley Montgomery was hanged in,Talladega, Ala., for the murder of Johnson Green on the 27th of last December, The programme of the new Brazilian Ministry, as announced in congress, includes reform in the system of slavery and modification of the financial organization of the empire. Tfie Liberals have moved a vote of want of confidence in the new Cabinet.... Spanish fever has broken out among the cattle of Pottawattamie County, lowa, and Erie County, Pennsylvania. During the week 154 business failures were reported in the United States and Canada, about 82 per cent being those of. small traders. Duridg the corresponding" week of 1884 the number of failures in the United States and Canada was 183. Bradstreet’s, in its weekly summary, says: While the general trade situation continues to be favorable, there Is less to be said as to the Indications ot permanence in the increased activity shown, in addition to what has been said in the improvement in textile lines, the demand for pig iron at Philadelphia, and generally west of the Alleghenies, except at Clevelandi has shown some gain. In the East this is not the case, and, while there may have been some improvement in the inquiry, there is none in price or demand. Notwithstanding the continued strength hi the Eastern dry-goods market and the upward tendency of prices, some manufacturers continue to curtail production. There are others making preparations to enlarge their output. The strength of prices in ’ leading lines continues. In grocery staples sugar has shown an improvement, but tea and" coffee are still behind last year. Dairy products are improved and higher. Wheat has been somewhat stronger at times since the severe depression of the two succeeding weeks. The small advance made has served to check exports and stopped business sufficiently to indicate that however short the crop.may be foreign consumers are not ready to assist in a material advance.

....Resolutions recognizing the valuable work clone by the United States Coast Survey, and deprecating the judgment of such work by other than scientific men, were, after some debate, unanimously, adopted by the Association for the Advancement of Science, in session at Ann Arbor. A special from Upper Saranac Lake, New York, says: President Cleveland's party has broken camp and returned to the Prospect House, much to the delight of the few remaining summer boarders. The President is looking remarkably well. He is much tanned by exposure to sun and wind during h s camp life. Every day, with a guide, he goes out on the lake fishing, and returns at night with a big catch of bass and trout. During the long evenings the President plays whist with Dr. Ward and any other two of the guests of. the hotel who happen to be players. This gives an idea of the every-day life of Mr. Cleveland in the mountains, and when he gets back to Washington, which will probably be not-before the middle of September, he will be well prepared for the work that awaits him. All rumors » of his ill health are laughed at by the President and stormed at by Dr. Ward, and his appearance justifies all that. Variety is lent to the hotel life by the visitors who come in from the woods and shake hands with the President. Sportsmen wonder at his declaration that he would not give a cent to shoot all the deer in the Adirondack?, and fishermen admire him because he says that he came to fish and carries out the programme so thoroughly. Many of the latter who know how much a pocket-flask can do to make things pleasant when rain falls or fish will not bite will want to know whether the President sticks to the good old habit oi carrying a swallow with him. All that could be learned was from a guide. He said ' that once, in crossing a "carry," the President called out, “Doc, are you sure you’ve got the bottle? 7 ’ and smiled and looked happier when the Dcctor winked. That guide was snowy-haired, and too old to be untruthful

The time allowed by the President in his proclamation for the settlers upon the Crow Creek lands in Dakota to vacate expired more than a mopth ago, but no steps have been taken by the Government toward the forcible removal of the settlers. Commissioner Atkins has, however, told Agent Gassman at Crow Creek, Dab., to at once carry out the eviction .order, using military force if necessary. . . .The total value oft merchandise exports from the United States during twelve months ended July 31, 1885, was $733,378,429. and of imports during the same period $571,439,215, a decrease of $8,863,588 in the former and of $94,403,072 in the latter as compared with the preceding twelve months. .... The total number of immigrants who arrived at the seven principal ports of the United States during July was 28,304, and for July; 188-1, the number was 32.772.... Over 220 deaths from small-pox occurred at Montreal during the week. lii Ontario there are now on'y seventeen cases.... Over four hundred Hungarian and Polish miners left Hazelton, Pa., for the Northwest.