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

ADDITIONAL SEWS.

TJhe White House was reopened to the public on the Ist inst. The building has been cleaned and renovated during the President's absence and is now in conditionjfor his reception. The Hon. John E. Russell, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, refuses to preside over the Democratic State Conyention, as. having beenappointed'to his position without regard to politics, it “would. not bean example of the true principle of civil-service reform.’’ Tifi: Ameer of Afghanistan has sent a native officer from Kabool to investigate the charges of misconduct made by the British Boundary Commission against the Governor of Herat. -Thu principal charge is, that the Governor opens the confidential loiters sent by way of Herat to members of the commission, and the intimation is conveyed that this tampering is not done iu any British interest.... The venerable Emperor William attended a shooting-match at Potsdam, fired several shots himself, and favored the marksmen with an address Since-the outbreak of cholera in Spain 223,546 persons have been attacked by the cholera, and 82,619 have died. vThe report of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway for the year ended June 30 last show’s that it earned $23,503,460, while the operating expenses reached $13,151,322. After the payment of rentals, interest, dividehds, amounting to $3,981,348, etc., the balance for the year aggregates $602,272.97... .The period allowed for the removal of Cattle from tho Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation expired on the Ist inst. Advices received at Washington are to the effect that tne order of the President is being complied with in good faith.... The Waterloo, Deeomh and Wisconsin Railway Company has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $10,000,000. The line will extend from Waterloo, lowa, via Decorah to La Crosse, Wis... .It is stated that Sullivan and McCaffrey, the pugilists, have arranged for a contest with bare fists for $5,000 a Bide, to take place near Cincinnati... .The census of Dakota shows a population of over 400,000.

Officers of the Bankers and Merchants’ Telegraph Company state that they have filed a suit against the Western Union Company for $2,000,000 damages for the cutting of their wires when the American Rapid property was transferred.... The re - mains of 219 persons who had died of small-pox were buried in a certain cemetery at Montreal, last week, but Only 100 denths from the dipease were officially reported. .. .During the twelve months ended July 31 the imports of merchnndisa into the United States were valued at $171,439,219, and the exports at $733,378,429. The Current Publishing Company, of Chicago, has made an assignment. The periodical will he continued without interruption. At Winterstown, Pa., J. H. Fulton, a well-known resident, attempted to prevent the Rev. J. F. Schultz from preaching a Grant memorial sermon. Upon the General’s name being mentioned Fulton became incensed, and, when the minister failed to notice the interruption, Fulton sprang into the pulpit and knocked the preacher down. Order was restored and the sermon continued.... In a suit brought by Alfred A. Cohen, of San Francisco, against Winslow, Lanier & Co., bankers, of New York, to set aside a sale made by them to him-of $200,00.) of first mortgage West Shore bonds, on the ground of fraudulent representations, Judge Van Vorst has overruled the defendants’ demurrer, holding that the plaintiff has shown ngojd cause of action in equity.... Tom Davis, otherwise known as William Warren, a New York sporting man, was shot and killed in his office by James F. Holland, a Texan. It is supposed that the tragedy grew out of transactions in mining stocks between the two men. Holland is in custody. There is nothing that helps a man in his conduct through life more than a knowledge of his owii characteristic weaknesses, which, guartlod against, become his strength.