Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1877 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

President Hatk and hi. party reached on the evening of the Mlh, from lhair Now England trip. Ex-Gov. Wilu and Gen. Aadenon, of the Returning Board, arrtvad at Washington on the IMA. They nM their rlilt And no COanncUoo with the Information filed agalaat tAem In New Orleans. a L. SruriOK, son Of the lata Secretary Stanton, died la Washington, on the 29th, A Wasm Moron dispatch of the 2Mb says Gan. Terry haring brought Information that Sttttag 8011, with warriors, was in csmp this side of the British Uaes, sU proceedings la regard to selecting a commission to arrange tor Als return to the United States had been suspended for the present. A WasmHeroic special of the Slat ult. soys that Sec’y McCrary and others at the War Department did not believe the report that Sitting Ball had left Canada and was advancing to meet Chief Joseph. Neither flea. Sherman nor Gen. Sheridan placed faith hi the statements of Gen. Miles’ scouts, sad were of the opinion that the rumors In regard to Bitting Ball’s return may have been heard upon the movements of a small band of hla warriors. _____ TUB BAST. Mono was transmitted distinctly over the etegraph wires from New fork City to Hartford, Conn., and back, a distance of 340 miles, on the 20th, while testing the new Edison telephone. A Pmnrow (Pa.) telegram of the 27th says the Pennsylvania Coal Company’s miners had resolved to resume labor when they were allowed 10 per cent, advance A call has been issued for a State Republican Nominating Convention to meet at Rochester, N. T-, on the 20th of September. Tn New Jersey Republican* will meet in State Convention at Tienton on the 25th of September. Tn Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar tn session at Cleveland, on the 2»lh, elected Dr. Vincent L. Hurlbut, of Chicago, Moat Eminent Grand Commander of the Knighte Templar of the United States, and selected Chicago » tj» e place for holdingthe next Triennial Conclave. Gold closed In New Tork, on Aug. Slat, at The following were the closing quotation* for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, (New), $1.28J<«1.30; No. 2, Milwaukee, (New), $1.21. Oats, Western and State, 28435 c. Corn, Western Mixed, 58 456 c. Pork, Mess, $13.10. Lard, S&BS. Flour, good to choice, $5.70<g6.10; Winter Wheat, $6.1506.75. Cattle, 9*@l2c for good to extra. Sheep, [email protected]. Hogs, [email protected]. At East Liberty, Pa., on Aug. 81st, Cattle brought: Best, $6 [email protected]; Medium, $5.00 @5.75; Common, [email protected]. flogs sold —Porkers, [email protected]; Philadelphia®, $5.50 @sd6o. Sheep brought [email protected] to quality. . At Baltimore, Kd., on Aug. 31st, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, $3.25 @4£V Hogs sold at [email protected] for Good. Bheep were quoted at [email protected] for Good.

WBT AND NOTH. ■ Two n*ANB of the eastern end of the Union Pacific bridge, at Omaha, were -blown down by a whirlwind, on the night of the 25th. John Pierson, the watchman at that end of the structure, was carried down the embankment, but not ao badly injured b t that he attempted, soon after the accident, to signal the w.tchman at the other end of the bridge to stop a train which was to start across the bridge at four o’clock a. m. Falling to get any response to his signal, be crossed the river in a boat during the storm, and reached Omaha In time to slop the train. The damage to the bridge was estimated at over SIOO,OOO, and it will take three months’ time to repair it. Txw dead body of the daughter of 8. C. Rose, of Washington Oonnty, Neb., who disappeared mysteriously, on the 14th, under circumstance* suggesting a second Charlie Rom ease, was discovered in Davis Creek, two miles from her father’s house, on the 26th. Can. Wilkinson, an aide of Gen. Howard, telegraphed from Lewiston, Idaho, on the 24th, to the effect that the council with the Northern Indians had been quite successful, all the Chiefs haring signed an agreement that they would go on the reservations designated. The Indians seemed peaceably disposed, and it was thought there would be no further occasion for apprehend. Ing hostilities from those tribes. A dispatch was received by Gen. Gibbon, at Fort Ellis, MonL, on the 27th, from Lieut Schofield, stating that the Nes Perces, under Chief Joseph, had, on the 24th, attacked a party and killed seven men, and captured two women and one man. Of another party attacked by them, nine were kilted and one escaped. The main camp of the Indians had crossed the Tellowetone, the warriors going back, on the 25th, to fight Gen. Howard. Tn Illinois State Savings Institution, at Chicago, suspended on the 28th, an assignment of the bank being made to Col. Abner Taylor. The liability to abont 14,000 depositor* is nearly $3,000,000, and the assets are said to be comparatively valueless, although on the face they nearly equal the liabilities. A statement of the condition of the affairs of the bank would be made as soon as an examination could be had. Tn lowa Democratic State Convention met at Marshalltown on the 29th, and nominated, by acclamation, John P. Irish for Governor; C. C. James for Lieutenant-Gov-ernor; N. E. J. Boardman for Supreme Judge, and G. D. Culle-on for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The platform adopted dedans in favor of a tariff for revenue only; the Immediate repeal of the Resumption act; the remonetisation of sliver; against further contraction and in favor of the retention of a greenback currency, and its substitution for National Bank bills; and congratulate* the country upon the acceptance, by the present National Administration, t 4 the Constitution a and padfle policy of Ideal self-government in the Bouthern States, ao long advocated by tbe Democratic party. The resolutions adopted also declare that TUden and Hendricks were duly elected President and Vice-President; favor a repeal of the Prohibitory Liquor law •<tn« State; Met that the righto of capital and labor are equally sound and alike entitled to legal protection, etc., etc. Bnionax Youwo died at Salt Lake city, on toe afternoon of the jßtb, after a six days’ Illness of cholera morbus. He was seventysi* yean of age, and had been President of the Mormon Church done 1644. The Church will bo managed by « quorum of the Twelve WMrdMMM. * e ° at * l * DCt Uheld “ nd A vwnNiwiD accident occurred on the Chicago, Bock Island A Pacific Railroad, abont seven miles from DeaMolnea. on toe morning of ton 20th. by which several lives wen toil, nod many other peraona received aeriona Injuries. A sodden rise In the east toaoch of Four Mile Creek had, it aoema, Bttdennioed the foundation* of the railroad

bridge over that stream and a portion of the structure had given away during the night, leering, the rails In position. The weatbound express came along about halfpast two In the morning and passed on to the bridge or culvert, when the engine, Baruum’s advertising car, the baggage, mall and throe passenger can went Into the stream, a distance down of twenty feet, and Were almoet completely demolished. The eceae at the time of tbe accident Is tald to have been terrific, the rain falling Id torrents, accompanied by wind, lightning and thunder. Up to the night of the 29th, twenty dead bodies had been taken from the wreck, and forty or fifty other persons were seriously or slightly Injured. Thu Chicago Interstate Exposition was fonnslly opened on the evening of the 29th. Thu Virginia Conaervatlve State Committee have selected Gen. James G. Field as candidate for Attorney General, and the Governor has appointed him to fill the unexpired term of the late Atty.-Gcn. Daniels, who was the Democratic candidate for reflection. Ton Grand Jury, at Columbia, 8. C., on the 29th ult, found true bills against ex LleuL-Gov. Gresvcs, ex-Treasurcrs Parker and Cardoaa, ex-Comptrolleri Dunn and Hoge, ex-Bpcaker Lee, and others, on various charges of fraud In connection with the discharge of their official duties. Ex-CoNrxDKitATi Admiral. Bemmes died at Port Clear, Ala., on the morning of the 30th ult. Thk Minnesota Republican Convention, for the nomination of a Slate ticket, la to be held at St Paul, on the 27tb Inst Bknator Morton was reported to be still improving, on the SOth ult, and his complete recovery was confidently looked for by his phyalciaus. Thr eight men condemned to from two to four months’ Imprisonment and a fine of fifty dollar* each, for Interfering with the operation of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad, were discharged from further durance by Judge Drummond, at Chicago, on. the 2Utb ult, on entering into bonds to keep the peace for one year.

Ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon died at Lawrence, Kan., on tbe night of the SOth ult Tun excitement In Chicago caused by the failure of the State Savings Institution continued on the SOth ult, large numbers of depoeltors congregating on the street in front of the bank building, and freely commenting on the outrageous swindle which had been perpetrated upon them, and showing bv their words and manner that, if they could have got hold of the absconding President, Spencer, or Cashier, Guild, they would have dealt with them In a summary manner. Some of the scenes and Incidents among the impoverished patrons of the defunct Institution are described as being pathetic and affecting in the extreme. Very many, including worklngwomen and laboring men with large families, had deposited their small savings during years of hard labor and close economy, in the bank, having implicit falt’i in its solvency, only to find, as the truth leaks out, that they have been systematically and unmercifully robbed of tbe profits of their toll and privations, and that, too, at a time when they need It most for the support of selves and families. The whereabouts of Spencer and Guild still remained a mystery, and Bulkley, tbe Assistant Cashier, who had much to do with the management of tbe bank, bad also failed to put in an appearance, and could not be found They have doubtless left for parts unknown. Tbe investigation into the bank affairs bad so far developed evidence of deliberate swindling on the part of the management. What percentage would be realized by depositors was still, on the SOth, a matter of conjecture, but it would be small, indeed. The dallv papers of the city are very severe In their strictures upon the management of the bunk, and especially upou the absconding officers, who seem to have deliberately laid their plans to leave tbe city before tbs final crash came. Runs were taking place on other savings banks in the city, but confidence seemed to be felt in business circles that no further failures would take place.

Ten blocks of business houses and dwellings in Paris, Tex., were destroyed by fire, on the 81st ult. Three hotels, the Postofflce, telegraph and express offices, were among the buildings burned. Many families were rendered homeless. Several lives were reported lost, but only one body had been found. Loss estimated at $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. It is said that a man named Taylor started the fire by pouring oil on the floor of a saloon and igniting it, remarking that he would burn the town. He was arrested and lodged in jail. "On the 90th ult, at Ossawatomie, Kan., the monujnent to John Brown was formally dedicated. Senator Ingalls delivered the dedicatory addre.-s, and Messrs. Haskell, Clark, Anthony and others, made short speeches. About 10,000 persons participated in the ceremonies. In Chicago, on Aug. 81st, Spring Wheat No. 2, closed at [email protected] cash. Cash corn ?«t(feed at 42%c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 aold at 23t£c; and 23j£c seller September. Rye No. 2, 52%c. Barley No. 2 (New), September delivery, 67(g 68c. Cash Mess Pork closed at $12.25. Lard, $8.20. Beeves—Extra brought $5.60@600; Choice, [email protected]; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, $3.25@ 4.25; Butchers’ Stock, DO; StockCattle, etc., $2.75(83.50. Hogs brought [email protected] for Good to Choice. Sheep aold at $3.50(g4.25 for Poor to Choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. According to London dispatches of the 27th, the Russians, since crossing the Danube, bad lost, from sickness and the casualties of war, the enormous aggregate of 50,000 mien. Thb famine in India has already cost the Indian Government £8,000,000, and is now involving a monthly expenditure of £500,000. An extraordinary session of the Servian Skuptchina has been convoked, to decide definitively between war and continuance of neutrality. A London telegram of the 27th says Gladstone had written lelters to a Greek merchant In Constantinople, urging the Greeks to nnite with the Sclavs in an attack on Turkey. There was ereat excitement throughout Great Britain in consequence. A Paris dispatch of the 27tb says the French Ministry had resolved to prosecute Gambetta Before the Tribunal at Lille, for insulting President MacMahon and his Cabinet. Their was great excitement through out France, and it was feared that revolution would be precipitated. Tbs Army and Xaty Journal says Osman Pasha, the Victor in the Plevna battles, Is none other than ex-Marshal Bar&lne, of France, who was in command at the Gravelotte Battle, in the Franco-German War. Russian dispatches of the 97th state that the Russian troops still retained possession of Schipka Pass, and had not yielded an inch of their original position. The hills about the Pass were covered with Turkish dead, and It was believed the Turkish losses during the eight days’ fighting bad exceeded the Russian losses at Plevna. According to Pesth specials of the 28;h, the Bosnian insurgents had been totally defeated near Csernypotak and driven across the Austrian frontier. London telegrams of the 28th say the Roumanian Army would hereafter act with the Russians. The Servian Army, numbering 40,000 men. had been ordered to be ready for active service within three days. In several Hungarian Catholic chuff be* U dcumt have been sung «Ad prayers offered

for further Turkish victories. The Vatican haa Instructed the Bishops to prevent this in future. By a fire lu a mine near the City of Mexico, on the 19tb, twenty-four live* were lost and many other peraona were aerousty Injured. | According to a London dispatch of the 29th, the war had already cost Rusal* 800,000,000 rouble*. Thr Porte has directed the concentration of an army of 20,000 men at Timok, on the Servian frontier, and threatens the deposition of Prlnoc Milan If Servla begins war. Thb editor of the Madras Times, under date of Aug. 1, writes that 500,000 peraona bad already died lu Southern India from starvation, and that one-sixth of tbe entire population would die. Da Li’CCa, one of the largest merchants In Rome, Italy, has failed for $400,000, and absconded: A Pnra dispatch of the 31st ult. savs an English officer, just returned from Bchipka, says the loss on both sides from the Turkish assaults upon the Pass would aggregate 20,000 In killed and wounded, and that the dead outnumbered the wounded. Up to that time neither side had gained a substantial advantage from the tremendous sacrifice. The British Consul at Belgrade ha* remonstrated with the Prince of Servla on Its warlike attitude, declaring that, if the Servians be defeated, the Principality would be abandoned to the discretion of Turkey. -ON the 31st ult., Gambctta appeared before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, to answer to the charge of “insultingthe President andCablnctand exciting hatred between citizen*. ”, Thk Journal (In Alpes, a French newspaper, has been summoned before the Correctional Tribunal, for publishing an insulting remark relative to Gen. Grant. The freedom of tbe City of Glasgow was presented to tUe latter on the 31st ult. Shcmla telegrams of tbe 31st ult. announce that the Turks were assuming the offensive along the whole line. They had crossed the River Lorn and, after a brisk engagement lasting nine hours, driven tbe Russians from the right bank. The Turks admit a loss of 3,000 men and claim that the Russians lost 4,000. Prince Charles, of Roumania, baß assumed command of the United Russian and Roumanian Armies, comprising the western detachment An Erzeroum telegram of the 21st ult says tbe Russians had changed front, aud were then between the Turkish Armies and Adrianople. Constantinople dispatches of the 81st ult say the Turks were making supreme efforts to increase their fighting forces, and were quietly, but swiftly, putting every male capable of bearing arms into the army.