Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1890 — THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

It f« reported that the marrlaje enjngenfent of Miss Winnie Davis, ’‘the Daughter of the to Mr. Alfred Watkinson, of Syracuse, has been broken. There, are 1.300 blind in Glasgow, most of whom have lost their sight in adult life. A young spendthrift suggests that they should not have overworked their hyes in looking so hard after the pennies. A CmzEx of Boston who weighed 850 pounds died while abroad, and was cremated. His remains, weighing six ounces, were enclosed in an ■envelope and mailed to his family. This is an item for egotists. Col. Clahksu.n is reported as having prophesied that Hobart T. Lincoln will be the next Republican candidate for President. The probabilities are, however, that Robert T. Lincoln will not be the next Republican Candidate for President. Senator Evaris announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the Lnit6d States Senate from New York. It is now remarked with con. siderable truth that Mr. Evarts is not the success as a Senator os was anticipated he would be when elected. General John H. Rice, of Ft. Scott, Kan., and his son are opposing candidates for the Legislature. The boy promises to show the old man bis heels, whila the General indulgently ■ays: “The boy is sincere, no doubt, and wants to be elected the worst kind. He is young yet, and doesn’t know near so much as his dad.” George Gilbert., a Boardman (O.) miser died a few days ago, leaving a fortune of $150,000. It used to bo his boast that his actual living expenses were not more than 8 cants per day. Be probably thought a boast was belter than a, roast, realizing that he would get all the “roast”, he required from the newspapers after his death. There has been some ba.l guessing, it seems, with regard to the total population of the country; or perhaps it would be more correct to say that thire was a good deal of bad enumeratipg.At any rate, the final showing is not likely to exceed 63,500,0)0, and we ■hall have to moderate our boasting accordingly until the end of the century. , Mr. Blaine’s face is heavily seamed and he has of laic allowed his beard to grow in rather a bushy fashion. It is not so trim and as in earlier days, and there' is a slight stoop in the statesman’s shoulders. His eyes are full of,expression and life, however, and they belie the somewhat aged look which has of late come over him. It is noted by men who know him well that the Secretary has also of late years lost something of the directness and briskness of speech which once characterized him. He is not only very slow and deliberate in diction, but he has adopted a manner which might be described in a general way of being indicative of gentle thoughtfulness. Prof. W. D. Marks’ prophecy, which has been going the round of the papers, that within ten years the journey from New York to Philadelphia will be made in thirty-six minutes on a train going at the rate of 150 miles an hour, is by no means an extravagant one. In point of fact the length of time given for the accomplishment of this distinct progress in modern rapid transit gives a very wide and safe margin. A car can be seen to-day propelled over a track at a speed of 120 miles an hour, and when the important problem of dealing with the excessive resistance of the atmosphere at such high speeds, which is rio& engaging the attentiqa of some of the first electricians es the country is solved, there is every reason to believe that this rsame car will be made to travel at the rate of 180 miles an hour. Electricity is nowadays supposed to be capable of doing everything under the sup, but in the matter of iu appiica. ten to rapid transit It is difficult to exaggerate the possibilities which !’• hi the sear future. Thai It StopseS. A queer old codger in a town it Rhode Island drew his $28.00) out of n local bank he dreamed that the bank was going to bust. A large crowd assembled to guy him and call him a Crank, but he drew it out just the same. Next day the bank went sny-high. and the way the folks stopped laughinq produced an awful silence for ten milsE around. “Poverty Is bo disgrace,” said Jinks “In many cases it is something to b« proud of.” “Yes.” replied Jones. “It’s • oonetant straggle for me to keep my pride down.” *

A heavy ard destructive storm prevailed along the Atlantic, coast Friday. ; It is proposed to put in a $500,000 beet sugar planl at Sioux CiLy. lowa. ===== Israel Love, aged eighty years, was married for the sixth time'Monday at Beloit, W:s. ' J George Furnivai, who murdered five people in Nebraska, has been captured at Ellisville, Miss. The Ohio legislature passed the bil Friday for a,non-partisan Board of Public Improvements at Cincinnati. , The cog rail way to the summit of Pike’s Peak has been completed, and on Sunday, he first locomotive made the ascont. A mysterious person known as “Jack the hair-cutter,” has cut the hai£-cf ten girls in Detroit at’d Iff scent times recently. Eight of the. crew steamer Annie Young perished in a fire which destroyed the boat off Lexington, Mich, Loss on boat, 830,000. Durham University has conferred the degree of doctor of laws japotr Henry M. Stanley and his friend and companion, Dr. Parke.

The Indians in South Dakota, who are ■waiting for their Indian Messiah's coming ■re killing themselves by their dances and, fasting. : : A fire at leaven worth on the 28d destroyed two blocks of buildings, including twelve business houses. The loss is not less than 8135,000. Wm. N. Nye and his sons Harry and Grant Nye, all prominent business men of . Add, 0., have been arrested for passing twen t y-dollar cou n terf ei tbill s. Two men were killed and many injured in a collision near Birmingham, Ala., on the 22d, and nine injured, one fatally, in a wreck near Kansas City on the same cate. A special dispatch from Milwaukee says that according to a report received there, a consolidation of tire Adams and United States express companies is said to have been agreed upon. r A disastrous fire occurred in the warehcuse at the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, Friday. The Government s loss will probably reach 8100,000. A $300,01.0 fire occurred at East Pepperell. Mass. Robert Lincoln, Minister to England,hawritten a letter discountenancing the use of his father’s name by a mugwump faction of Pennsylvanians, who are organized to defeat the regular Republican ticket. The steamship Peking, which arrived ■t San Francisco, Friday, browght 162 cases of prepared opium, valued at 1133,000, tl o duty on which amounts to SBO COO. It is the largest importation for some time past, It is announced at Pittsburg that no more gas will be supplied for puddling furnaces. The gas companies deny that this move is made because of a scarcity of pas. but because it can be disposed of to better advantage. Seventeen liquor dealers were arrested in Faw Paw county, Mich., under the local option law, which the Supreme Court re centiy decided constitutional. Paw Paw is the only “dry” county in the State, and the result of these cases will be watched with much interest. Tuesday every window-glass factory in Findlay, 0., went into the new trust which has been organized to control the produc. tion and sale of window glasv. This trust embraces all the window glass houses in the United States west of Pittsburg, with the single except of one at Celina. O. The Chicago Anarchists will commemorato on November 11 the death of Spies, Fisher, Engle and Parsons, who were hanged on that day three years ago. The program as outlined includes a visit to the anarchists’ graves at Waldheim, where addresses will be made. While playing about a stove on which sat a pan of polling water, two children of Nicholas Brandt, of Dubuque, la., aged respectively two and three and a half years, managed to upset the stove and ths hot water was poured over them. They both died within a few hours. —A-SantoFe train was wrecked near-To-peka, Friday, and a large number of passengers were injured. A collision took place on the C. H. & D. near Oxford, O. Three train men were injured. A train went through a' bridge near .Dubijcjue, la. A boy was killed and four men badTyTgr jured. Il is reported that Mr. J. Black, the newly appointed Consul of the United States at Pesth, while journeying to that city to assume the duties of his office,com mentedpublicly upon Austrian affairs in a manner which has offended the government It is further said that the government has withheld its exequatur from MrBlack, and will perhaps refuse to issue.it at all. A special from Omaha says: The relations between Ex-Senator Charles H Vanwyck and President Burrows,- of the Farmers’ Alliance.are becoming decidedly strained. Vanwyck, who was one of the chief organizers of the Farmers' Alliance movement, prints an open letter in which he denounces Burrows in unmeasured ’terms. He refuses to be read odt of the Alliance, and accuses Burrows of manipu lating the Alliance for his own personal . ends. =_ ... - ■ ....

A special from Kansas City says: When the first reports were sent out that rich leads of gold-bearing quartz had been found in the Arbuckle Mountains in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, the stories were thought to have 1 been exaggerated, I>ut now the news comes that several car-loads of rich quartz have been taken from the minds. The company recently chartered tooperate the mines will meet at Tishomingo, the capital bt the Chickasaw Nation, next Saturday, and take steps to put a large amount of stock on the market. Sena-or Tabor, of Colorado, who has had specimens of the quartz, pronounces it the richest he ever saw. Inspector General Dumont, in his an*, nual report of the Steamboat Inspecting Service of the United States, presents some interesting figures for the fiscal year during which there were thirty-four ae cidents, resulting in the loss of 245 lives. Five hundred million passengers were carried by steam vessels during ths year, and General Dumont asserts that no method of travel present* so low a percentage of casualties. President Palmer, es the National World’s Columbian Commission, has received a letter from Secretary Wind rm in regard to the expenses of the commission

The Secretary first state* that of the 81.-. 50O,(0J appropriated, $400,000 must be used in the construction of a govern merit builaing, leaving $1,100,v00 Tor other expenses. Foz the fiscal year ending June 30. 1891. ,-there is appropriated jointly 8200,000 for the expenses of the commission and the use Of the government board of control. ■ The government board has estimated that ' it will need $50,000. leaving $150,000 for the ; jseTfiiß comm is »i on.' The Becr e tary I then shows that in salaries foroffleers and other expenses the. commission has disposed of; KO,OOO of this 8150. GOO, and that the expenses of meetings of the executive committee now in session and of the meeting of the commission to be held on Novi | 15 will bring the total up to SIIO,OOO, leaving only $50,000 to run the cemmisaion on from that date till June 30,1891. The Tom Thumb Combination reached j Louisville on Monday, and thesame afternoon t wbila William J. Maxwell, the ’ manager, Was walking along Jefferson street, be met Miss Ida May Pike, a woman of soiled reputation, and. within an hour they had plighted their troth. The next I morning they crossed the river to Jeffer. sonville, and were united in marriage by I Elder J, S. Ti bbett.s.--- I The weddlßgiwas kept secret until Tuesday night, when it I was frankly avowed by Mr. Maxwell, and was afterward approved by Mrs. General Tom Thumb, as she expresses it 1 , because it may be the means of saving a life from ruin. Mr. Maxwell has been maniager of this company for several years, and is aged about forty. Previous to this mar riage he was a widower .