Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The South is experiencing unusually severe winter weather. Last week show fell continuously for over sixty hours in North Carolina anil Virginia. At Asheville, N. C., “the beautiful” was twenty-seven inches deep on a level. The roofs of the Asheville Tola ;co Works, the Shelton factory, and of Dickson Watson's wholesa.e provision’ house were crushed in, entailing heavy losses. In Virginia the depth of the snow ranged from twelve to twenty inches. In the vicinity, of Columbia, S, C., sleet fell for three days, and the ground was covered wi h ice from three to six inches. The Supreme Court of Missouri has sentenced to boy of sixteen years, named James S; Pay ton, for the murder of n chi d in Christian County.... Congressman William T. Price died at Black River Falls, Was., on the 6th of December, after a protracted and painful illness. William T. Price was born iu Pennsylvania, only 17, 1X24; - was member of the Wisconsin Legislature for several terms; was County Judge of Jameson County iu 1854 and 185'.l; Presidential elector in 18 ?8, and elected to the Forty-eighth, 1 orty-niuth, and Fiftieth Congr ses. Mu. Mi ni’IIV, of lowa, was asked at Washington if the Hennepin Canal people had given up their effort. - . —"Give up llennepin?” he re [ lied, “we give up nothing. Why, a report has been made by the engineers in accordance With the direction of the river and harbor bill, last session, and the report will soon be before Congress, if ttie Government Printer ever gets a chance to print it. There is life in the Hennepin yet.” James McMillan has withdrawn from the United States Senatorial light in Michigan. This, it is said, practically insures the election of Col. Frank B. Stockbridge. E. Price Greenleaf, a miser, of Boston, who died last week, bequeathed $500,000 to Harvard University. GreenlSaf requested that his photograph, taken on his death-bed, be copied in oil, and hung upon the walls of the college. There are in sight 50,558,5:21. bushels of wheat and 11,738,755 bushels of corn. Since last report wheat decreased 13,557 bushels, while corn has increased 310,760 bushels... .The schooner Edith was lost off Miquelon Island, coast of Newfoundland, with a crew of thirteen men. The Porte has issued a circular to the' Powers to the effect that the Sultan assents to the candidacy of Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia for the Bulgarian throne, and invites the Powers to co-operate for a speedy settlement of the Bulgarian question. The galleries of the Senate Chamber were filled with spectators, when, at 12 noon on Monday, Dec. 6, the second session of the Forty-' ninth Congress was opened. The presiding officer, Mr. Sherman, laid before the Senate several of the annual reports of the heads of departments, which were ordered printed. Resolutions were adopted fixing the daily hour of meeting at noon ; informing the House that the Senate was ready to proceed to business, and for the appointment of a committee to wait on the President for the like purpose. Messrs. Ed■nunds and Saulsbury were appointed such committee. The credentials of senator Williams, of California, were presented and the oath of office was administered to him. Several bills were introduced and referred. At 2 o clock the President's message was received and read, shortly after which the Senate adjourned. The House was called to order precisely at noon, 241 members r. spending to their names. On motion of Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, a resolution was adopted directing the Clerk to inform the Senate tnat the House was ready to proceed to business. On motion of Mr. Reagan, of Texas, •. resolution was adopted for the appointment of a committee of three membersto join a similar committee appointed by the Senate to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress was ready to receive any communication he might desire to make. Messrs. Reagan, Breckenridge of Kentucky, and Reed were appointed as such committee. At 12:40 a recess was taken. Upon the reassembling of the House the committee appointed -to wait upon the President announced that it had performed its duty, and that the President would communicate in writing with Congress forthwith. Mr. Pruden, the President’s Assistant Secretary, was then announced, and presented to the House the. President’s annual message. It was immediately read by the Clerk. Shortly afterward the House adjourned.