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

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The taking of evidence in the trial of Ferdinand Ward was begun at New Yorks on the 26th of October, the District Attorney in his opening remarks warning the jury that they must remember Ward was on trial for larceny, fiot for “sending General Grant broken-hearted to his grave: ” James D, Fish, the ex-Fresident of the Marine frank, was the first witness, and eyed the defendant savagely. He detailed the presentation of a check for $71,8J0, drawn agains’t a for $75,000; the rejection of the ‘latter by the First National Bank; how Ward failed to adjust the matter, and the efforts to raise sufficient funds to meet the dishonored paper; the deposit of the $150,000 which Gen. Grant borrowed from Vanderbilt, and the placing of the money to Ward’s personal account. The cross-examination failed to elicit anything, and Fish’s brother, ;an ofijcial of the Marine Bank, corroborated the testimony. The rear of a Wabash passenger train left the track near Laporte, Ind., tumbling over several times and rolling into the. ditch. Thirteen persons were seriously injured. John McCullough, the demented actor, who was brought froth the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, New York, to, his home in Philadelphia in a pitiable condition, is reported to have perceptibly improved by the; change to* his own home. Mr. Johnson, who accompanied him, says: “I think that he is going to get better. Now that he will will ever be able to go on the stage again, but he will be able to get about and will regain to some extent his faculties. Already a great impfovement is perceptible. He is brighter and watches those who attend him, a thing he has not done for a great while. Drs. Engel and Lloy d believe that he will recover. They purpose a new treatment and hope to completely restore his reason. ” Jack Wyman and Tom Kinnard fought with soft gloves at the fair grounds near Grand Rapids, Mich. In the second round Wyman was knocked senseless, and remained unconscious for twenty minutes. Kinnard was awarded the S2OO purse and the gate receipts.... A hunting party in the vicinity of Specht’s Ferry, lowa, came upon the dead body of a woman, which upon examination proved to be that of the wife of J. H. Schneider, a retired lumber merchant of Potosi, Wis. A bottle, shawl, and hat were found on the shore a short distance from where the body lay in the water. The general opinion is that she came to her death by poisoning and by drowning. The remains were taken to Potosi. She leaves one son, a student in the Chicago College of Pharmacy, and two adult daughters. Poor health is supposed to be the cause of the rash act She was 45 years of age. A United States Fish Commission car left Washington last week with carp to supply applicants in Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Kansas. The car will go via St. Louis and Omaha to Ogden, and will return via Cheyenne, Denver and Kansas City to St. Louis. Another car left for Portland, Oregon, and will supply en route in lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota, Montana. Washington Territory and Oregon The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Richard M. Johnson, of Indiana, to be chief of a division in the Sixth Auditor’s office, vice Mr. Dickerson, transferred to the office of Comptroller of Currency. An Ottawa (Ont.) special says “there is no truth in the statement that a commission has already been appointed to report on Riel’s mental condition. It is probable, however, that a commission will be appointed in a few’ days.