Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1877 — EPITOME OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

CUMCNT PARAGRAPHS. Ludwig 111., Grand Duke of Hesse, is All POlea have been ordered to leave Bucharest. _ The Ohio Btato Fair will be held at Columbus, commencing Sept lu On the 18tli, ex-Gov. HendricXs and wtfo left New York In the steamer Scythia, for Europe. At a fire in Bridgeport Conn., on the night of the Tth, eleven persons were crushed to death by falling walls. The American Medical Association has akeu action favoring the removal of the Government duty on quinine. ■i '■ 1 1 e Three blocks in the business portion of Galveaton were burned on tbe morning of the Bth, involving a loss of about 81,800,000.

Hie Sultan of Turkey has issued an trade, which calls upon Turkish subjects, of whatever creed, to prepare immedially for active service. Senator Morion and party arrived at San frsncisco on the ISth, m nmt> for Ore. gon, where they were going to prosecute the Grover investigation. The President has removed G. R. G. Pitkin. United States Marshal for Louisiana, and directed a commission to be issued appointing Jack Wharton to fill the vacancy. There will be. it is said, 299 new moneyorder offices established on tbe 2d of July, distributed among the several States, and about 160 additional Postofflces will be made money-order offices on tbe Ist of October. Tbe Manhattan Club, of New York, gave a reception to ex-Govs. Tilden and Hendricks, on the evening «f the 13th. A. J. Vanderpool presided and introduced the the guests, who responded in short speeches. A disease resembling cholera is said to have recently broken out among the troops at Ringgold Barracks, near Brownsville, Texas. A similar disease has also appeared In that city, and several fatal eases are re ported. _ An appeal has been made to the people of other localities for aid in behalf of the sufferers from the Mount Carmel (Ill.) cyclone. Contributions may be sent to R. S. Gordon, Mayor, or Jndge T. J. Shannon, Chairman of the Relief Committee. According to a late Washington dispatch, tbe outstanding circulation of one and two-dollar notes was $51,404,511, and $10,183,887 were in the Treasury office reserved for use. The amount in the Engraving and Printing Bureau, nearly ready for delivery, was $9,804,973. Secretary-of-State Kvarts has recently received a communication from the United Btates Minister to Mexico to the effect that thettexi.-an authorities will co-operate with the authorities of this country on the Rio Grande, to prevent raids into Texas and break up cattle-stealing in that section. Passenger trains which left Chicago on the evening of tbe 10th, on the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago Railroads, reached New York City on the evening of the 11th, inside of twenty-five hours, the schedule time, being the quickest trips ou record. Tbe Lord Provost of Edinburgh has tendered to ex-President Grant a public recognition of the high “estimate” the Scotch “ hold of his character and the services which be, as President, rendered to the cause ot general peace, particularly in cementing the friendly relations between the United States and Great Britain.”

Near Point of Rocks, Md., on the 12*h, the regular accommodation train from Winchester, Y&., ran into an excursion train. Chas. H. Keifer, editor of the Examiner, Richard Detrow, Dorsey Walker and Howard Dickson, all of Frederick City! were killed, and eighteen wounded. The accident was attributable to the negligence of the trainmen. The new officers of the International Typographical Union are: President, Darwin R. Streeter, of St Louis; First Vice-Presi-dent, Edward Griffin, of Baltimore; Second Vice-President, Edwin Fitc-George, of Trenton, N. J.; Secretary aud Treasurer, John O'Donnell, of Boston, Mass.; Corresponding Secretary, John Armstrong, of Toronto, Canada. Hon. Peter Cooper, Greenback candi date for President st the last election, has addressed an open letter to President Hayes, criticising the past financial policy of the Government, and indicating that which, in his opinion, ought to be pursued in the future. He says “ our National currency mast be made receivable for all purposes throughout the country, and interconvertible with 3 per cent. Government bonds,” and declares that such a currency would be worth mors to the country than all the gold jn Jie* ever discovered on the continent According tn a recent Washington Associated Press dispatch, “ President Hayes, although informer years predisposed, like many other hard-money men, to adhere to the prevalent doctrine of finance writers in favor of a single gold standard, has materially changed his views during the progress of toe general discussions regarding the wis- . dom and propriety of the act of 1873, which demonetised the old legal-tender silver dol. lar. He Is now in favor of its remoeetisstom, sad of the adoption ot toe double standard of gold and silver; or, in other words, be favors a full return to the con'dition of things In relation to these subjects which existed previous to the legislation of 1813, being convinced that such s return to toe former system will greatly pro. mote toe resumption of specie payments- an object tost he regard* as of the first importance. While, however, he considers toe legislation of 1873 to have been hasty and uncalled for interference with toe legal-tender powers Of a large portion of our circulating medium, he has not yet formed any determination to bring toe snbject officially to the attention of Congress, although it is by no

means Improbable that be may bereafb-r conclude thst acme recommendations on Ida part of the nature above outlined will be advisable.”