Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1887 — A QUEER TRANSACTION. [ARTICLE]

A QUEER TRANSACTION.

The jail where the anarchists are confined was guarded, Thursday night, by about 50 policemen. It was learned that thia precaution w&s taken, because ( of a mass meeting by the anarchists at Battery D. oa that evening, and if there should be a collision between the police and “Reds" the latter conld not divert the affair to an assault on the jail. No trouble arose from the meeting, and the extra guard, therefore, so far i? known availed nothing. » • ,l Ex Covurkssman Ti’ckkk “tells the whole story of the put pose of the Mormons in seeking to secure the admission of Utah as a State when he siys that whatever constitution is row adopted by that Territory, condemning polyg amy, could be changed so as to reestablish polygamy the next day after such admission to the Union, and .Con- ' grass would be pokerless to interfere-in the matter. The only safe and practical way out of the difficulty, he urges, is to adopt a constitutional amendment making polygamy a crime, like treason, in all States and Territories, and investing Congress with authority to provide for its punishment through the Federal courts. _____________ It would be a strange combination of circumstances which would impel Turkey into an alliance with Russia against England. And yet some of the French newspapers haye already hinted at such a contingency, In this event Germany, Italy and Austria, with England as a special partner, would be opposed by Russia, Turkey, France, Denmark, Holland and Sweden and Norway. Of .course if war should out over any of the issues which are now threatening the Balkan Slates would probably take sides against Russia. But the magnitude of the interests which would be arrayed on each side in case of any such contest, as well as the tun. certainty of its outcome, is one of the strongest influences which tend toward a maintenance of peace.

» American inventive skill promises to make India a more formidable competitor to the American wheat-grower than it has thus fat been. India is handicapped in the race for supremacy in the world’s markets by the crudeness and cost of its transportation facilities. Its rolling stock has hitherto Deen largely obtained in Great Britain, and is not adapted to the uses to which it is applied. It is clumsy as well as expensive. The absence, too, of many of the labor-saving appliances which cheapen and expedite the work of handling the grain is seriously felt in India. There is some reason to believe, however, that a revolution in methods in this enterprise is about to beain. Americans have secured contracts for building railroad bridges in that country on the United States plan, and locomotives and cars of the American model are soon to be introduced. There is a hint also that grain elevators will be built next year. If, in addition to these changes, farm machinery like that employed on this side of the Atlantic should be obtained, India would become an important competitor of the great wheat exporting countries.

More Than •44,000 Paid Tor Rank Shares Worth Only *I,BOO. When C. W. Fonda,defaulting cashier of the St. Joseph National Bank, at Constantine, Mich., absconded, five years ago, he left ten shares of SIOO each in stock io cover an apparent deficiency. These the bank attached, and they were finally bid in for $1,600. Since then tw<f factions have arisen-in the bank, cul minating in the displacement of one under the leadership of C. W. Fonda, tor a long time president.by a faction under the leadership of C. H. Barry, jr., at the election last January. Recently Homer A.. Nash, hank examiner for Michigan, discovered these scares as illegally figuring in the assets of the bank and reported the fact to the Comptroller of the Currency. That functionary ordered their sale at public auction to the highest bidder. The sale took place on Saturday .and excitement at Constantine was at white beat. Possession of seven of these shares would give ths Fonda sac tien control, and at the sale a strusnrie took place for supremacy. The stock was worth SIBO per share. For rhe ■hares the ins bid, with Barry as spokesman, and the outs, represented by J . B Beburtz, went fl Better. This rivalry continued until SSOO was reached, when Mrs. Thorne took Barry’s place, marking $1 bids until she had bid fl 992, when ■he stopped, and Schur z raised her M ■nd took the first share at $1,993. In like manner the sale proceeded, the remaining shares selling at $2 099. $3 001 $3,141, $3,344 $3 501, <3 9X), $5060. $6,271. and $12,000 respectively. Barn capturing ti e last and retaining tsi presidency end control. These shares. wbrth only $l.B 0, sold for ~44 350

More Enrtuu't b^J r ore»|p» Lan<3»'if«. Word was received from Vob“e*je, Texas, Thursday night, that the CrossiMndand Cattle Company, a te-ree*-syndicate, had ordered 150 eeZ'Her- to get out of their immense pastures. The set iters wdl £*htthe proposed eviction