Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1869 — CURRENT ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

CURRENT ITEMS.

„ f;i i , ti it w Springfield, Ohio, claims a population of 15,000. ’ ™ .: Brigham Yousn is asserted tdl>e the ai erected at Rbtoe tyM J® Tat Portland ; (Me> taiiok-esscsi have lately had their ypgeq increased twentyfive per cent. ' w ■’ . TtV T , T)b. Hayes brought over 400 photographs of AreUtv scenery from his last cruise icewartj, : . Tub male pupils of the Dayton (Ohio) Dref and Dumb Asylum have formed themselves into a baeerUtll club. :.. Tbb Hoosac Tunnel .was damagejUo the •amount <rf‘flo,ooo- or $12,000 by the,recent flood in Massachusetts. •) ~ • T , u £ I Sl*? 1 - 4wufl jfendali has recently contributed $17,000 for the, endowment: andteWefiorf m mission scftbAls to’ Wank-, ,■ fioj-; b •* lie, hadn’t V enough brains to drife a- mule across a t^n-acreloty” A ciTizkk in ■ Ciieshire, Conn.', recently* sbdti -an • American eagle in 4lte set of off a lamb weigheu-forty •''3Tn: : Blfcnoß attempted ta ptevfentia. pig^op, siKKrtinspsaarph to Stows York the other day, on the ground qf'oriielty, but was unsuccessful.— - 1 ' Kl j A DKUNiuar man was picked"Up l by a looffwithoubserioaßhbjuryt.)ll ' - ! > , At Chateau, Thielrry, Fbtnoet a.man en &-iKnni and oite hand wegegnaUed to the wocii, and ‘ College has discovered: amther asteroid ftf the list, and, %,,ft .of Dr. JP-f*. own, list. The new, member has the appearance of a star of the tenth magnitude! iuiu i: Know s housn -in Wuodfbrd Hollow, va, was swept away, during the great’ 'frd4htst;i*#nd Mr. amd Sfi*!.'Charles hotter, Lynnm Knapp and. LauurJtivers were Rev. Obanue Clark, D. D., the oldest •Effiseopal minister on the Pacific coaat, died in ■Sanranvisoo on thafith us. October, aged 72. He went to California from hishatlVe Bttte, Twe Commissioner of the IntcmaTltcv-' emje holds that a.lawyer having two! dfstuici. offices or places of business, must pay a special tax‘for each office or place sl, winch he does business, , ■ assailant is fined S2O, the money ought tv MaWAE 1 China, i 1«» »’«*.-• <>(lJ .ctfj ~i3l . A “ wercbaot p*ino*;t lost agnldoheck' for SSOO in Boston.. *An honest youCIV working on a small ; safary fottrid'tt; Overhauled tbfi owner.op Oustr*ij kharfj nrnl restored it. M. P. gave him thirty <xnt»fTiikfe* is in Ltindon a n iarge 'tmlfoqn <m ; exhibition which makes short aSCßttw for, the convenience of the public, ftned and hauled down* by a yope which fe' attached, md the charge to from three' to . ftv® W 1 * % 2,000 fjfcptemho*, WiSi io duvltt " lei**' xj * ->M r ., Im.vjuhatily after the: news of thb re®^Wti£?QtJßPsbi'i ! cable diapatchito*Mil (jbinnelL to inquire, whether, he brought aqy journals or writings; bdt received'a reply. i« f » 1 ApMawfuil, PtonCe, the remMns of 2C% .o*l%, 9 ajriprs h»v« A . ftlWfi*, Wsb quite an arsenal of Jances, javelins, and axes, besidik' httokles, earrltfgS’ btATiug, el«w and /topper. |x)wls v and a* quantity of lutir pins. *- - , Tnk Aifitioliarlesof sofite of the stations in Central China arr assumtogi the cosfar as cofomromisißg themeelvem Tttoir cbjdet is Wins to wiu preaclT whcqL ihey One of the Sandwich Islands claims I'WtobiggfM apple Crobvd m <hs|ror*L, Itaving ope that to twenty miles long, and ftom'fWfi toten' mileff-Wde. The frdit is, i the native wiki apple, very dellefons, but, i.tWCtoPkli lit Uocaywi ttorne-OfithctteeS' bear fifty barrels apteo*,..- *, t ’Kt^^Sitr 1 aratost’ the oflh# i nneuLrialag lhoalty ;«Mid iaffirmad htabflfef ;blhU yiueitlal arUhjnetMMf’ HBtodoffiaoit*’ ..i. r i *

children than dld anjr if A’i diseases of childhood. '• *t. ** i a '• > *»■■■■: 4&ZSp&3tSSjZ£ JJ&SSS describartwe Of ftaefnatlhg pHtSov, rather more than the average height,, possessing a charming oval face, ftUl. of intelligence ; a pair of bright black eyes, from winch dart glances full of firehnd meaning; and heautiftd, hair, arranged in the most woptlerfol with long, streaming lochs behind, TpE papers are just now tellinma very good fitcry qt tho otrfertse olw and Gbuhh -risk hiviOed a Well-know n gentleman of wit and leisniu to took at hie Sound stCamlmate. . FisJa called particular attention to the state-rqom, fifted up for his OWB Use, pdlhtifig Cut aipona its decorations a pair of fine portrtTO orjay Gould and liinfKlfl “Thtroto ah'Obvious omission there,” .sold hi» friend.. What is It f" said Fisk. “ j don’t spq the piopure of our Saviour crucified hanging up' between them:”' ,J, ‘ '■ DtrMRG the season Cf 18«li; 'up to October 2, -the'Red Btoeking BasC-Ball Club, of Cincinnati, i.played 61 gifnbs. Thev were everywhere ,yiqtoriouiv ttodr closest 4to 2. 1 ThCfr Wcbdst ilccHb wair with the Buckeye 'Club, of Clnotonal'u whom they by# lu:j to A Tiic-totai mumber of runs by the Res,Btockinsa ot their opponents' 5(59; their ayeiTtge, runs to game,"41.09; of their oppontmtft,, 10.6. Two VEirr long fuHcfrtl prCCcasions, following tho remawi3 of two prominent busiapsf tfieu pf Cleveland, -Bokmi Corning and Bamuel K Ilutchiuson, passed each .otheKon Buolid ‘gtreei, in tliat xity, on a ‘recetft''Bunday.‘ The Cleveland Herald says: ‘•‘Tti toCatly helghtCnedthe deep solemnity of the, I’atotv 1 ’atotv passing, by tho thought ttot the two old friends who had been identified with, the active business interests or tne' city, Were mooting each othcm-for'tte hfettime, thougli! they passed in sllencdaid to death.” ; , One of,thoseouriotiH fiases-oflprcsenti-menf, of which we, so often hear, has lately occurred- iff AiSafita,’ Gk. A Workman in the reilroad shops. there persistently said hg had had a revelation that h%ahould die at *l2 dn a Tu'cSfoyf'Hnd at hi* request a follow-workman promised to toll the belj of the works at that hour. The day and’thB 7 hefitr cjtme; the man dressed himself in hie best, aad lajrt down upon histoid to await the ’speedy coming of the’ dread tnesSShgfcr; tne -solemn ante of tbe torit was sounded; butrthp man —did not tlje.; . • ; m • ■ • The Russian Government cannot sunprefis the skoptoi." ’Duly a sow weeks .sipos WPatty of 4QO fit, bmaUcs left me town of Balatschow, and proceeded to •a netghbonng wood A madman lon after choosing ljfapostfo»frhni* Ohd partyVcafled ’fdi\‘human sacrifice > Five- victims Were # 'once selected, placed on a number of Wagons which had been plied up for thV purpose, and burned, alive. A wfaqmn, dCizea the shaft Of the cart and beat two young girls ■ to-dsath ; wh4W another Tcrtude wfe first trodden uqder foot, ami tpeft lifotoliy torn to pieces by the fanatical crowd. ■ ‘RdcEN-rLTi ha GlaSgclw, armafi*Known as “Steeple Jack,’! who: euros hisliving top-of a chimney, having ladderaaWreslMtforiifoMWM/Iwto npparahif ght in descending, and he was opliged to remain there an hour and antiSdiat this great height, while the heat-aeeending tr*ao tho hires totow Ht sioeubjeoSiMg him to •toWAoreucA;’“At- 4a»t’ be was vweoed, a stronger chain having been attdeMed to the No*aKirOße,..as»d.,,daaw*; u|»! : by the .<torjag workmen. titwh-. ■ii- A ifi»oLß>A<m> wMow amawo of*Buncosk, Mass., named Mrs. Lhutotoi Me, for swrm^tkna/pastoretored to.pnyAer highway tax. She was not actuated by any inconvenience in the payment- of her rates; for she 19 "Worth considerable properly, but shQctoiolpssed a dislike to the principle of the tine. She was told by the Murveyor tha* sHb wfiist tax in Yl°t k ft Sdf fft M«» -o»4sii Her reply was that she would work it out, Accordingly, the other*'day she betrigWanew hae-joriietl menwhS w»re at work on the iighway, and labored until sunflototi ddßtga ‘tlkyffi Wcdk" She stddfthat.elforwußdd be Ttm band toe:next dayand continue hyr worjL , .