Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1886 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. _ u m Frederick White, a Wall street banker, died in Ms carriage on Staten Island, as be was starting for Ms office.... The second volume of James G. Blaine’s book has been issued. It begins with the administration of Andrew Johnson, and deals with that period in a particularly clear and interesting manner.' Mr. Blaine of this subject is a qualified defense of Johnson and a denial of the justice of the impeachment proceedings... .Samuel Brigham, cashier of the Wyndham National Bank of Norwich, Conn., has been held in $15,000 bail on charges of abstracting a $5,000 note from the bank, of misappropriating bank money, and of embezzlement... .James K. Winters killed himself at Reading, Pa., by fastening a rubber hose to a gas-burner, placing the other end in his mouth, and turning on the gas. General Hazen, Chief Signal Officer, has sued George Jones, the proprietor of the New York Times, to recover SIOO,OOO damages for alleged libel, it being charged that the newspaper published libelous statements concerning the plaintiff’s character as a signal-service officer, and also concerning his connection with the recent arctic expedition. One year ago, says a New York dispatch Gen. Grant signed a contract for the publication of his memoirs, by which it was agreed that he should receive 70 per cent, of the profits of the work, SI,OOO being paid in advance. An edition of 325,000 of the first volume has been printed, and less than 12,000 copies remain on hand, while forty presses are banging away turning out a complete book at every revolution of their cylinders. Last week Mrs. Grant received a check for $200,000 on account. The publisher expects to give Mrs. Grant a check for a similar amount before July 1, and is confident Mrs. Grant will receive in all $500,000 from the book.