Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

On Um Mth «*., rreeMent Haye* proclaimed a declaration between the Untied State* and *NCk Britain, for the reciprocal protection of trade-mark, tn the two countries, which Bedaratton te to the effect that the aubjeeta or rMftta* of each of the contracting jxrUo. shall have. In the dominion* and poamMalon* of the other, on complying with the law* thereof, the name right* a* belong to native •abject* or citizen*, either at present or here after to be granted, in everything relating to property in trade mark* or trade-labels. Tai Secretary of the Treasury, on the 30th nit., iasaed the aixty-fourth call for the redemption of 85.000,030 of 5-30 bond* of 1865, Interest to cease on the 30th of October next. Tn subscription* to the 4-per-cent. loan daring the month of April were 24,973,150; May, 27,530,500; June, •8,002,100; July, 819,272,200. Total for the four saonths, *30,882,930. Tas public-debt statement, as published on the Ist, indicates the following: Total debt, including interest of 896,179.243, 83.304,896,<M; cash in Treasury, •200,316,170; debt less cash in Treasury, 88,085,580,525; decrease during July, 8206,307. Junes Miij.ku, of the United States Bupreme Court, was so far recovered from the effects of the dangerous surgical operation performed upon him a few weeks ago, as to ride out, on the Ist A oommunhatiox ha* boon addressed, by Commissioner Raum, of the Internal Revenue Department, Washington, to the Revenue Collectors in Southern Districts, where trouble* have arisen on account of illicit distilling, setting forth the willingness of the Government to deal leniently with all who will stop their violat ion of the law.

THZ XAST. Tub Maine Republicans held their State Convention at Portland, on the 3qth ult. Gov. Cqpnor was unanimously renominated, and a platform was adopted favoring wise prohibitory legislation; declaring that, until the citizens of each State are protected by the National Government in their Constitutional rights, civil and political, in the several States, the work of the Republican party is unfinished; that our currency must be made as good as coin and redeemable in it, and congratulating the country on the “unmistakable evidence that the near approach to a stable currency is pre oaring the way for an early and permanent revival of business and industry,” Some carrier-pigeons which were started on a race from Columbus, Ohio, for Naw York City, on the morning of the 26th ult.. were not heardJrom until the morning of the 31st, when they landed at Lancaster, Pa., 125 miles from their destination, having fiown a distance of 375 miles toward their home. The prizes offered had been withdrawn. The Greenbackers of Vermont met in State Convention at Burlington, on the Ist, and. after the adoption of a platform, adjourned to meet at St, Albans, on the 22d, for the nomination of State officers. The resolutions adopted demand that all money issued by the Government shall be a full legal tender for all purposes; that money shall be created in quantities sufficient for the wants of trade; that there shall be no privileged class of creditors; that the public lands shall be donated to actual settlers; that sinecures shall be abolished and Governmental affairs economically administered; that a graded income tax be assessed on incomes of 82,000 and upward, etc., etc. . | lx New York City, during July, there were sixty-seven failures, with aggregate liabilities 0185,738,171. Gold closed in New York, on August 2d, at ItOt*. The following were the closing quotation* for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *1.075£@1.06; No. 2 Milwaukee, Oats, Western, Com, Western, Mixed, 43@49c. Pork, Mess, 810.75. Lard, 87.55. Flour, Good to Choice, [email protected]. Winter Wheat, 85.80@ 6.50. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]. Hogs, 84.60®4.70. AT East Liberty, Pa., on August 2d, Cattle brought: Best, |5.12%@5.25; Medium, 84.50 @5.00; Common, Hogs sold— Yorkers, »[email protected]; 4.90. Sheep brought [email protected] —according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on August 2d, Cattle brought: Best, [email protected]; Medium, f337J-5(«4.37J~j. Hogs sold at 26.00(0)6.75 for Good. Sheep were quoted at [email protected] for good.

WEST AMD MOl'Tfl. Ejkly in last June, a Deputy United States Marshal, attended by three Deputy Revenue Collectors, attempted to arrest a man in Pickens County, 8. C., on a charge of illicitly distilling whisky. One of the hired men of the accused made an alleged forcible resistance to the officer, and was killed. The four men were indicted for murder, and a conflict of authority grew out of the case between the State and Federal Courts, the State authorities contending for the sole jurisdiction of the State Court. Judge Kershaw refused to grant writ* of transfer to the United States Circuit Court. It was decided at Washington, on the 27th, to insist upon the transfer of the case to the latter court, and measures would be taken accordingly.

On the 29th, the President of the Board of Health of New Orleans reported, that the yellow fever prevailed in that city to such an extent that it would not be proper to issue clear bills of health to vessels leaving that port. Vp to noon on that day, the total eases reported were eighty, and the deaths thirty-three. Quarantine had been established at most of the ports on the Mississippi below Cairo. Ansouncbment was maoe, on the 29th, that 3. H. McVicker, the well-known theatrical manager, of Chicago, had filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The immediate cause of the failure is said to have been the judgment of *507,000 against him and others as bondsmen of Gage, the defaulting City Treasurer. The total liabilities, including the judgment, are *650,000. Thb conditions were very favorable for astronomical observations of the eclipse of the sun. on the 29th, especially on the line of totality in the Western States and Territories. Prof. Colbert, of the Chicago Astronomical Society, reports that Ilia observations at Denver tend to show that the .moon’s path in the heavens lay a little further to the southward' than indicated by the lunar tables, or else that the estimate of the moon’s diameter is too large—perhaps both. The duration there of the totality was two minutes, forty and one-half seconds—three and one-half seconds less than the computed time. ‘ The measures made by Mr. Easterday indicated that the corona extended out on an average about twenty-six minutes of arc, corresponding to a distance of fully 700,000 miles, ell around the sun. The chromosphere was distinctly . seen by Prof. Hough, indicating a thickness of some 3,000 mile*. The protuberances were niueh less prominent than at most of the rtoent eclipses. The scarcity of red lines tends to confirm the theory pf connection with sun spots, thia present time being near the minWW qf stjeb spots. No signs of Vulcan yere discovered any of the parties at DenM T* Ot An “ Ar^ r ’ Mh!l1 ’ wm at Separation, Wyo. T.. and discovered an |ntta-Mercurial planet of the size of a four fad a half-ipagnitude star, about

deg. southwest of the sun. Mr. Lockyer, who w«* with Prof. Wataon, say* the corona was ten time* brighter than in 1871, showing a great variation of *uch brightnea* between the maximum and minimum period* of *unapota. On this occasion the corona vanished instantly, while tn 1871 It remained visible for several minute* after totality. Edison’s experiments, at Rawlins, with the taaimetcr, are said to have lieen quite satisfactory. The obaervation* at Fort W.wth, Tex., were a perfect success. Several photograph* of the eclipse were taken, in different localities. A Ban Fhakcisoo telegram of the 29th ult. say* the Indian war in Oregon was considered virtually at an end, and volunteer* wen l t>eing discharged The Republican State Central Committee of Wisconsin adopted a platform, in the shape of an address, on the 81st ult., declaring adherence to the principles of th* Republican National platform of 1876, and the sentiments expressed in Mr. Haye*’ letter of acceptance; demanding that all citizens, without dlstlnction, shall enjoy equal rights before the law in all sections of the Union; rejoicing in the prospect of the resumption of specie payment before the close of the present year, and declaring that a stable currency possessing intrinsic value—coin, or paper convertible at par into gold or sliver, at the pleasure of the bolder—is the only secure foundation of permanent business prosperity; declaring that the investigation respecting the last Presidential election has wholly failed to disclose any improper action by President Hayes. Theke was received at New Orleans, on the 81st ult., the first bale of new cotton from the Mississippi Valley, raised in Adams County, Miss. It was classed good middling and sold at auction at eighteen and a quarter cents per pound. The report that Gen. Mackenzie had again crossed the Rio Grande, Into Mexico, was de-

nied on the 31*t ult The river was to j high' for crossing. Everything was reported quiet on the border. Font colored men, in Jail at Monroe, La., on a charge of murder, were taken possession of by a mob, on the morning of the 30th ult, and hanged to a tree, in the Court-House Square of the town. Thb corner on July wheat, which had existed in Milwaukee and Chicago during the month, culminated on the afternoon of the 31st ult. In Milwaukee, Spring No. 2, during tlie day, sold for 81-20 to 81.30, and in Chicago for 21.08 to 21.10, and many settlements were made at these figures. A great many operators in both places, however, declined to fulfill (Jieir contracts, preferring to have the differences ascertained by arbitrators. It is believed that the manipulators of the corner have realized from 2300,000 to 2500,000. A monument to Jonathan Walker, of the “Branded Hand,” was unveiled at Muskegon, Mich., on the Ist. The monument is of granite, and on one of Its sides is an inscription reading: “This monument is erected to thd memory of Capt. Jonathan Walker, by his anti-slavery friend, Photius Fisk, Chaplain of the United States Navy.” The monument was unveiled by ladles, who placed a wreath of flowers over it. Letters were read from the poet Whittier and Fred Douglass. Parker Pillsbury delivered a lengthy address. The Town of Clinton, in DeWitt County, 111,, was visited bv a destructive tornado, on the evening of the 31st ult., which prostrated a ’ large number of dwellings and business structures, and greatly damaged the growing crops. The storm extended throughout Central Illinois, and was fruitful in damage Jo buildings and crops. Several persons were killed by lightning and a great many structures burned.

At the South Carolina State DemocraticConvention, held on the Ist, Gov. Hampton and the other State officers were unanimously renominated. The platform adopted reaffirms the platform of 1876; guarantees full protection to all classes of citizens; opposes fusion with Republicans; advises the encouragement of immigration, etc., etc. The Board of Health of New Orleans reported thirty-six new cases of yellow fever in that city and seven deaths for the twentyfout hours ending at noon on the 2d. Two eases had been brought to Cincinnati from the South, one of which had proved fatal; but a telegram from that city, on the 2d, says no apprehensions were felt of the spread of the disease there. Quarantine regulations were being strictlv enforced in most or all of the Southwestern cities. Ox the Istf Alta City, the oldest mining town in Utah, was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Judge Varnes lay down upon a sofa in the Swan House, with a cigar in his mouth, and the flames started from this cigar. ; Of the 200 buildings in the town, 175 were burned. Mr. Varnes, the innocent and careless cause of the tire, perished in the flames. Pkof. Watson is said to feel certain that, during the recent eclipse, he discovered the planet Vulcan southwest of the sun, about 2 deg. distant. Prof. Draper succeeded in getting a photograph of the spectrum of the corona, thus proving that most of the light of the eOrona is reflected from the sun, and is not due to ignited gas.

? In Chicago, on August 2d, Spring Wheat Ntte 2 closed at cash, 97c for August, 91Jjc for September. Cash Corn closed at 39%c for No. 2,39 c for August, 38%c for September. Cash Oats Nd. 2 fold at 24i,ic; and seller September. Rye No. 2,50 c. Barley No. 2, 74%@75c for cash, 81.19%(«S1.20 for September (New.) Cash Mess Pork closed at 29.-87 X." Lard, 87.35, Beeves—Extra, Choice, 24.40(04.65; Good, - 23.75@4>15; Medium Grades, 2&[email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, 82 [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., 22.50(33.25. Hogs brought [email protected] 'for . Good to Choice. Sheep sold at for Poor to Choice.