Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The President his np; ointed John B. Sackett po-tuiflhter at Bqtt'ulo, X. Y.,,. Presidential postmasters have been appointed ns follows: John McGoniglo, San Buenaventura, Cal.; \ice Min. Jennie Goodwiu, resigned; James L. Scott, Mattoou, 111., vice John Cunningham, resigned; George Procaskey, itockport, lull., vice Lyman S. Gilkey, commission expired; Susan K. Burch, Georgetown,' ‘Ky., vice Milton Burcli, deceased; ( has. E. Kinder, Miatnisburg. Ohio, vice Henry Boltin, cow-mi,.-.ion expired; Edward J. Wood, MeMum wile, Term., vice Richard Kennedy.! removed. The following reappointment* as Presidential Postmasters nave been made, the beinPe having lulled to act ou tho original nomumtionH: William T. Kirk, Atlanta, Ill.; William F. White, Barry, Ill.; Samuel P. Tufts, Centralia, Ill.; Agues Ross, Ravens wood, Ill.; Joel H. Johnson, Woodstock, Ill.; John F’. Baker, Ellsworth, Kan.; A. M. McPherson, Galena, lxau.; Robert A. A. Pilcher, Olathe. Kan.; Janies P. Curieton, lowa l ulls, Iowa; Richard Burke, What Cheer, iowu; Maria 8. Howlett, Jonesvilio, Mich; Fred Publer, Ada, Minn.; Gustav Dangeleiseu; B 'llevue, Ohio; George Perritte, Caunonsburg, Pa.; George W. Dickey, Iloutsdale, Pa.; Cyrus A. Eaton, MifHinburg, Pa.; George W. Lewis, Black River Falls, Wis The session of the Indiana Legislature expired by limitation on the 7th inst.. and both branches adjourned. The appropriation bills were not— passed, but * this failure will uot seriously affect the routine business of the State, for the reason that it is provided that when the general appropriation bill tails of passage the appropriations made by the preceding Legislature shall be continued. Nearly all the important legislation of Ihe session has failed. Gov. Gray says that he will not call an extra session. A vote taken in a joint Republican legislative caucus at Albany, N. Y., on the subject of high lirpror license resulted: For high license, 54; against; 4 W. H. Aker, | Deputy Eergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, was arrested at Denver, on a charge of attempted bribery. There are now before the House bills to regulate irrigating ditch companies, pawnbrokers, auil a high license bill. It is alleged (hat Aker offered To give a member SIOO if he would cast a vote against these measures. It is also charged that Aker is only one member of a combination of seven formed to defeat these bills, the other six being members of the House and Senate, Colonel Huxtek, ex -President of the National Cattle - Growers’ Association, says the reported losses of. cattle by cold on the ranges aye greatly exaggerated The Governor of lowa has issued a proclamation forbidding the importation of cattle from Illinois except under stringent regulations-,... W heat has advanced 5 cents per cental at San Francisco. The amount iu (lie State for export does not exceed 8,00(1,IKK) bushels-. .Chicago elevators' aud vessels contain i'2,028,105 bushels of wheat, 7,914,233 bushels of coni; i,0u1,333 bushels of oats, 1e0;880 bushels of rye, and 205,740 bushels of bariey; total. 22,200,300 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 'lB,-342,078. bushels a year ago. Gene rax, Mahone declares himself as unalterably opposed to the repudiation of one cent of the just indebtedness of Virginia, aud hopes to see the amount ascertained by the employment of outside financiers. .... Alex. Crawford, jwho killed a prominent merchant at Winona, Miss., was taken from jail andhanged-froffi a railroad trestle. Arrangements have been made for the redemption of trade dollars at all the SubTreasuries .The Federal Supreme Court has rendered a decision in a ease brought. from Tennessee, which involves the right of one State or .municipality to impose, a license tax ou drummers or traveling salesmen from another State" seeking to sell goods by sample br otherwise. The decision is that such taxation is an interference with- interstate commerce, and is, therefore, unconstitutional. The New York Produce Exchange has decided that a car-loads of oats slioukl-con-taiu 1,000 bushels, instead of 950, as heretofore—