Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1877 — PROGRESS OF THE COUNT. [ARTICLE]

PROGRESS OF THE COUNT.

There wu no important cbaage in the condition of the pretfdenti*: vote farestigation reported by the newspapers of | yeeterday morning. The tripartite com • nhtioa, mit is called, commenced its M Thursday. Both houses of congress meth the hall of the house of rjqpwnietires on that day, with Mr. Ferry, president of the senate, as presiding officer. Certificates of the electoral votes of Alabama, Arhnnsns, Connecticut, Colorado and Delaware’were opened and counted without objection. Upon Florida being called it wa> found that three sets of papers purporting to bo the electoral vote of that ftfte yas in the custody of the president of the senate. Objections, yere ipade under the provisions of the new bill to each set and they were all transferred to the tripartite copmission for investigation and decidua which was the true set, and the joint session of congress adjourned, the senate retiring to its own chambers. The remainder of last Thursday, and Friday and Monday were consumed by the commission in listening to the argument of counsel on both sides. Tuesday was devoted to the deliberations of the communion in secret session, and it was announced at a late hour that they would not reach a decision until 3 o’clock p. ns. of yesterday. After, their disposal of the Florida case it is presumed that the counting of the votes will proceed without interruption until Louisiana is reached in alphabetical order. Then they will proceed until Oregon is called when a naw question, involving new principles, will be sprung in the objections. Then uninterrupted proceedings will be resumed nntil South Carolina is reached. When the objections to the vote of this state are settled the count will draw rapidly to a close without the interposition of further objections or interruptions. Although at this hour nothing positive may be stated as to the final result , we feel strongly hopeful that it will establish the fact of the election pf Mr, Hayes to the presidency. Indeed we cannot think that it will be other wise, and from the tone of the New York which is perhap one of the ablest of Mr. Tilden’s newspaper advocates, judge that the better informed Hass of democrats believe that a decision ju favor of the latter can only be reached •through some unforeseen accident or fortuitous combination of circumstances. The action qf Hon. David Dudley Field, who w esppeid champion of Mr. Tilden's interests before (the committees pf the JjpW*pf representatives, in resprtipg to the most contemptible tricks of the low pettifogger in order to bolster up a seemingly desperate and hopeless cause, strongly confirms this opinion.

A special dispatch to the Chicago Timet from South Bend, dated February 6. says: Last night two of the performers In a variety show, Ned Mason and Flo were married on the stage i>y U««’. John L. Boyd. There was the itufead . erowd usually seen at a variety slipw. Not a woman was there. Smoking and beer-drinking ceased during .the ceremony. At its close the members of the troupe came, upon 'the Mage to congratulate the bride, and the i*nd inap brought down the fcodse by kissing her and leaving one side of her face blackened with the burnt cork from iiis. Nothing ielse has been talked about to-day on the streets, in places of business, and elsewhere. About the 20tb of November last *Ned Mason,”, a* his name is given on the bills, took out license in this county uisej $e name of p. Alerser, and was maiyied to Mia Emma F. Bull, a respectable ur; sophisticated maiden living with her parajfe about four miles last of town, Justice Jacksop iug the ceremony. After remaining at Other's four or five weeks and givfng low variety performances in neighboring school houses in company with a pai calling himself •‘Prof.” Lott who claimed to hail from Watseka, Mason jor and the professor suddenly beca&U scarce. We believe hia wife is Mill living with her father. Ned Mason is a low scoundrel who ought to be serving the state at Michigan Cgy, February 6. Opening and ,closing quotations of gold in New York at 1051; Bales during the day at Chicago market reported active and Annex, byt no* higher, cows add at >3.2O@W, *3.2503.50, good shipping #.-35@4 50. Hogs active, fem, and » shade higher; fair tp light heavy |5,[email protected], good to choice heavy 15.8506.59. fair —jMfjpji l - dull and tuuu i ua). J nd&n apol is :

quotations of butter 17(a 18c for chtfee table, sod as low m 10($1Sc for cQmwoo; eggs.lSq live turkeys 7ic per popud; I chickens 11 per doaen, geese, fol! feathered, $5.40 per doaeu; du«k» t2,W per doaen. . .-ui'-i Aftek the 4th pf March the political complexion of the United States senate will be 42 republicans and 34 democrats. At present writing we consider the indications 49 strong as to amount to a probability that Hon. William A. W heeler, of New York, will be the president of that body. An English journal, the London Spectator, suggests the restoration of the Jews with Lord Beaconsfield, Disraeli, as first king. And, by the way, most a remarkable influx of Jews to Palestine is announced by eastern papers. They oome from all quarters of the globe. * I '» I -B It is announced that Jefferson Davis is about to commence writing a book of the reminiscenses of his public career. He will be assisted by Mrs. Dorsey, the Southern poetess, and a gentleman of Mobile whose name is not published ; possibly Mr. Semmcs. In spite of our pleadings the Delphi Timet continues to inflict the tale of the domestic tribulations of its editor upon the public ear. Its latest advice, undoubtedly resulting from personal experiment, is to “avoid contention with your mother-in-law.”