Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1885 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

Gen. Sherman has, it is said, written to a friend that he regrets having removed from Washington to St. Louis, and often wishes himself back at the national capital, comfortably settled for the remainder of his days. Ope reason assigned is that there is less brilliant and pleasant social life than in Washington, and a greater scarcity of pretty-girls. Another is that he finds there fewer army companions and congenial friends having sufficient leisure to chat with him about the past and kill time pleasantly... .Dr. Norvin.‘Green was reelected President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with Gen. Eckert as General Manager. Col. R. C. Clowry, of Chicago, was elected a Vice President and member of the Executive Committee. Tremont Temple, Boston, was crowded to hear the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher deliver his eulogy of General Grant. The services were opened with music, organ and orchestra performing Chopin’s funeral march, which was followed by prayer, after which an ode composed by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was-rendered -by- the choir.—A poem by Louise Imogene Guiny was then read, when the female portion of the choir sung an elegy written by the Rev. M. J. Savage. Mr. Beecher then delivered his eulogy on the Union soldier, praising in no stinted terms his genius, statesmanship, and martial qualities. The benediction concluded the exercises.... Ferdinand Ward was arraigned in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at New York, Oct 22, on the charge of larceny and obtaining goods under false pretenses. He pleaded not guilty, and the work of securing a jury was begun. There were 146 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreet’s during the week, against 164 in the preceding week, and 234, 209, and 137 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882 respectively. About 85 per cfent. were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: Grocers, 20; liquors, T 9; general stores, 16; hotels and restaurants, 14; manufacturers, 7; clothing, 6; dry goods. 6; fancy goods, 6; produce and provisions, 5; carriages and wagons,, 5; shoes. 4; tobacco and cigars, 4; bakers and confectioners. 3; carpenters, 3; drugs, 3; furniture, 3; books and stationery, etc., 3. Bradstreet’s Journal, in, its commercial review for the week, says: “Special telegrams to Bradstreet’s report no special change in the general trade situation. The dry gdods market at present is dull. Retailers are believed to be carrying the large volume of goods lately shipped from first hands, awaiting the demand for consumption. There is a better demand for funds for use in regular trade channels. There is a fair movement of wool at seaboard markets for consumption. The large factories are well stocked, and the smaller ones are buying freely for near-by wants. Manufacturing is relatively active, and prices are firm. Holders regard the situation confidently, and are not anxious to sell. In grocery staples there has been an increased movement in sugar and coffee, but prices are weak. Tea is depressed. Dairy products are in steady demand for home consumption, but behind last year for exports. ” Intelligent and property-owning Mexicans in Chihuahua favor the annexation to the United States of the northern tier of Mexican States.... Work was Suspended on the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, but one-half of the excavation has been made for a stretch of three miles on the Atlantic side... .The Canadian Government has decided to appoint an international medical commission to inquire into the sanity of Riel, the leader of the Northwestern Territory rebellion.... The call for the con vention of the Irish National League at Chicago, Jan. 20 and 21, has been issued by the President; Patrick Egan.