Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

MMNB W-ft,4 01 the tMK the Halted State. Treasury kald (348,716JW0 In Government bond* to sceora National Bank circulation; (18,808,400 towcare public deposits, aud (4,860,600 to ncm aabecripCtOM to the 4-per-cent loan. Tn October retarna to the Department of Afrieultare indicate the average condition of the cotton crop to be 00. Compared with October, 1877, the growing crop show* an improvement of 11 per cent. Wlpi the Increased I acreage planted, the present crop promised to produce Kara than (,000,000 bales. kabt. A Firß at Edinburgh, Pa., on the 13th, al. moat entirely destroyed the town. About Ob buddings were bwrned, Involvings loss estimated at (860,080 to (400,000. Many families were rendered houseless, and much suffering existed. r~ Thb Greenback State Convention met at Providence, R. 1., on the Nth, and, after four hours' fruitless effort* to effect an organisation,' divided into two District Conventions. Lycurgus Sayles was nominated for Congress In the Eastern and J. Francis Smith in the Western District Jiismt 8. Morrill has been re-elected to the United States Senate by the Vermont Legislature. Ix the New York Ihroid of the 15th, Manton Marble publishes a sweeping denial of the charges connecting him with the cipher dispatches sent to and from the South daring the Returning-Board excitement in 1876. He afllnna that be never, directly or indirectly, sought, or assented to any scheme, to purchase or secure for Tilden the State Canvassers’ ssrtMcate of the vote of Florida. There was great excitement on the New York Stock Board, on the 15th, in consequence of the failure of the firm of Haar A Co., Wall-street brokers, for (230,000. The partners were subsequently arrested and held to bail in the sum of 180.000 each, to answer to a charge of fraud preferred by William Belden & Co. “ 7 The Concord (N. H.) Savings Bank suspended on the 15th. Tbb Prohibition State Convention of New Hampshire, at Nashua, on the 16th, renominated Asa 8. Kendall for Governor. Sawuel J. Tilden published a card in the New York newspapers, on the 17th. in which be denied emphatically that he either sent, received or authorized any of tbe cipher telegrams, lately published, and relating to the Presidential count in the disputed States. He says the Returning Boards were known to be corrupt before their acts proved it, and that his election was confessed by the self-con-victed participants in the fraud. His nomination and triumph were unbought and he was g- Thb returns for October to the Department of Agriculture place the average condition of the corn crop at 96 pe r cent., an increase of 4 per cent, over the September average. The total yield will not vary largely from 1,300,000,000. Tbe yield of wheat will exceed that of last year, a total of over 400,000.000 being indicated. The oat crop will probably be somewhat larger than the fine crop of 1877. Ciarkson N. Potter has declined a renomination in tbe Twelfth New York Congressional District ‘ . Gold closed in New York, on Oct 18th, at 100%. The following were the closing quotations for produce: Na 2 Chicago Spring, Wheat (New), 95%@96c; No. 2 Milwaukee (New), [email protected]. Oats—Western Mixed, 25%@31c. Corn, Western Mixed, 46@47c. Pork, Mess, (8.75. Lard, >6.60. Flour, Good -to Choice, ([email protected]; White Wheat Extra, ([email protected]. Cattle, (7.00@ 10.00 for Good to Extra. Sheep, ([email protected]. Hogs, ([email protected]. .AT.Jtast Liberty, Pa., on Oct Iflth, Cattle brought: Best, ([email protected]; Medium, (4.00 @4.35; Common, ([email protected]. Hogs sold — Yorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphias, |3.50@ 3.70. Sheep brought ([email protected] —according to quality. KT" Baltimore, Md., bn det. ißth, Cattie brought: Best ([email protected]; Medium, (3.62%@4.00. Hogs sold at ([email protected] for Good. Sheep were quoted at ([email protected] for Good. WEST AJB SOnH. Letters from the vicinity of Culbertson, Neb., were received at Des Moines, lowa, on the 12th, which stated that tbe Indians had murdered thirty white people in that section, and earned off two girls from a ranch In that neighborhood. The Indians were driving off all the stock they could. Eugene A. Cbosix, who enjoyed consider able notoriety during the count, died at his tome in Portland, Ore., on the 12th. A council was held at Camp. Sheridan, th Nebraska, on the 13th, between Col. Thornburg and Red Cloud’s band, at which the latter agreed to detain and surrender tbe Cheyennes if they at any time came to them. It has been ascertained that the Cheyennes tn their passage across tbe States of Kansas and Nebraska killed eighty-seven white persons and a large amount of stock. News was brought to Natchez, Miss., on tbe 15th, from Waterproof, La., that 2,500 armed negroes had surrounded the latter place, and threatened to sack and burn the town. A call for armed assistance was made on Natchez, and 100 men would be sent if needed. During tbe recent races on the course of tbe Chicago Jockey and Trotting Club, the horse Hopeful made tbe unprecedented time of a mile in 2:1634. to wagon. The owner of Hopeful has issued a challenge to "all tbe world for a trial of speed with his horse. President Hates was present at the State Fair at Winchester, Va., on the 16th. He was welcomed in a speech by Gov. Holliday, who introduced him to the assembled people. The President responded in a speech in which he alluded to bis first personal knowledge of the country there as having been obtained through the rough school of the great Civil War, and to tbe auspicious circumstances under which he this time visited its people. During the celebration of a wedding in a evening of dense: ly crowded, an alarm was given that the structure was falling. A terrible panic ensued, and tbe unreasoning crowd made a wild rush for the doors and windows. The bride, "gf®»m *Ha eight <sf their immediate attendants were crushed and trampled to death, and from fifty to sixty women and children more or less seriously injured. Ox the 16th, the California Constitutional Convention adopted a resolution memorializing the President and Senate of the United States to so modify the Burlingame Treaty as . to prohibit Chinese immigration. The New York Mine books, recently seized .. at Marquette while they were being used as evidence In the case of the United States against Samuel J. Tilden, were returned to the office from which they were taken, on the With, in obedience to an order of the United States District Court. Official returns from the late election in Ohio give the following totals for Secretary of .Mate: Barnes (Rep.), 374,120; Paige (Dem ), 270,066; Ray (Nat), 88,832; Robinson (Prohibition), 5,674. Barnes'plurality, 3,154. The Congratamen elected are: Republican—First District, Butterworth, 720 majority; Second. Young, W\ Fourth, Keffer, 5J110; Twelfth. N«s Blxteontb, McKinley, 1,8(4; fov-

enteenth, Monroe, 2,678; Eighteenth, Updegraff, 2,679; Nineteenth, Garfield, 9,618; Twentieth, Townsend, 5,810. Democrats— Third District McMahon, 1,087; Fifth, Lefevre, 1,828; Sixth, HtH, 4.088; Seventh, Hurd, 1,204; Eighth, Finley, 1,255; Ninth, Converse. 988; Tenth, Ewing. 334; Eleventh, Dickey, 1,368; Thirteenth, Warner, 128; Fourteenth. Atherton, 2,287; Fifteenth, Geddes, 4,578. . It waa reported, on the 16th, that a fight occurred with the negroes, tbe day before, In Goldman’s Field, some four miles above Waterproof, La, in which thirty-six negroe* were killed, and the remainder dispersed. Another account say* the killed numbered ten. The general Impression was that the negroes would not again assemble. Considerable excitement existed at Lincoln, Neb., on the 17th, concerning the safety of two surveying parties of ’forty men, wbo were surveying Government lands on the Niobrara River, in tbe immediate track of the Cheyennes on their recent raid. No word had been received from them for nearly two weeks. A detachment of cavalry from Ciimp Robinson had been ordered to search after them. In Chicago, on Oct. 18th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at 80c cash; 81 %c for November; and 8234 c for December. Cash Corn closed at 34%c for No. 2; 34%c for November; 38%c for December. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 18%c, and 19c seller November.. Rye No. 2, 42%c. Barley No. 2, (1.05 for cash, (1.02 for December (New). Cash Mess Pork closed at (7.75. Lard, (6.20. Beeves —Extra brought ([email protected]; Choice, (4.15 @4.40; Good, |[email protected]; Medium Grades, (3.1 ft@B;4o BuU»her*’ Stock, ([email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., ([email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, ([email protected]. Sheep Poor to Choice, ([email protected].

.. --- tßk jnnuuow FEVER. There were four cases of genuine yellow fever at Fulton, Ky., on the 14th. There was continued hot weather in the Mississippi Valley, on the 15th, and the outlook was very discouraging. The fever was making its appearance in new localities. The President of the Memphis Howard Association had-made an extended tour through Tennessee, and discovered sickness and destitution at nearly every point visited. Gwlng to tbe general suspension of business, people at various places were actually starving, and fresh appeals for aid would be necessary. Deaths In New Orleans, thirty ; cases reported, 135. At Memphis and vicinity there were thirty-one deaths. Four new cases and three deaths at Helena, Ark., during the twenty-four hours ending at noon, on the 15th. People were leaving the city in great numbers. Tbe Howards had all they needed except money, which they needed badly. During the same twenty-four hours there were two deaths and three new cases at Cairo, 111. Little Rock, Ark., was quarantined against Helena. There were four deaths and twentyJour_new cases at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 15th. The only surviving son of Jefferson Davis, Sr., was among the victims of tbe fever, on the 16th. He was twenty-one years of age. There were eight deaths within and fifteen outside tbe city limits of Memphis. The deaths in New Orleans numbered twenty-six; Cairo, two, and three new cases; Chattanooga, four and fourteen new cases. There was no material abatement of the disease in the smaller towns. The situation at Brownsville, Tenn., wss very discouraging. There had been over 500 cases and 150 deaths to date, and 130 cases were then under treatment. The deaths within the preceding forty eight hours numbered ten. w It was stated In Cincinnati, on the 17th, that tbe yellow fever had not disappeared from Gallipolis, Ohio. Seven deaths had occurred within a week in the infected district, a short distance -below the latter city, where the steamer Porter had been anchored. The physicians pronounced them to lie genuine casesofyellowfever. The excitement at Helena, Ark., was abating, on the 17th. Six of seven physicians contended that the disease prevailing there was not yellow fever. A Memphis dispatch of the 17th states that people were still returning. ..to that city to fall victims to the fever, nearly all of that description proving fatal. The advent of cooler weather at the South had raised high hopes of permanent relief s<x>n, in many localities, where frost was looked for. The deaths in Memphis numbered, sixteen, and the new eases forty eight in-city and suburbs. At New Orleans 128 cases were reported, and the deaths were twenty-fonr. Six new cases and six deaths were reported at Mobile, Ala.; eight new cases and two deaths at Chattanooga, Tenn.; five new’ cases and one death at Brownsville. A Vicksburg telegram of the 17th gives news of the death ot Lieut. Benner, of the relief boat Chambers. He died on the morning of the 17th. The announcement of his death cast a pall of sadness over the entire city, and caused a deep feeling of sorrow at Washington and elsewhere throughout the country. He voluntarily accompanied the steamer on its .mission of mercy into the infected district, and had expressed the belief that, by his long service In the South during the war, he had become acclimated. He caught the disease by having given up his stateroom to a lady from the infected district, who was at the time herself suffering from the disease, though she may have been unaware of the fact. Lieut. Benner served throughout the war, in the Eighteenth Illinois Volunteers. In 1867 he was appointed Second Lieutenant of the Eighteenth Infantry (regulars), and was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1875. It'was reported from Washington, on the 17th, that Gov. Shepherd had, with the approval of the Secretary of War, telegraphed to Lieut. Hall to return with the steamer to St. Louis,-And there put it in quarantine. A light trost formed at Memphis and other Southern points on the morning of the 18th. Both frost and ice were reported eight miles north of Montgomery, Ala., and the frost at Little Rock, Ark., was a heavy one. Dr. Roswell Waldo, Surgeon of the Marine Hospital at Cairo," 111., died of the fever on the morning of the 18th. There were thirty-six deaths in New Or leans on tbe 18th; new cases, eighty-nine. Total number of cases to date, 12,182; deaths, 3,635. Twenty deaths at Memphis, fourteen of them being in the city proper. Several eases and deaths were reported from other localities. The hopes of the people were much elated by the cooler weather. According te a Constantinople dispatch of the 13th, the Russians were marching on Adrianople from the north. .; ~~~~ , Baboeski, a position near Constantinople, lately occupied by the-Russiana, was--httcly abandoned and the Turks immediately took possession. On the 13th, Gen. Todleben notified the Turks that the troops must be withdrawn or he would proceed to Miake' Tt forcibly. An order was issued by the Porte di reeling the withdrawal bf the Turkish troops. Bibhop DupaNUoup,' of Orleans, a member ot the French Senate, died suddenly, on the WiThe Poite, on the 14th, directed the immediate completion of the; defensive lines of Constantinople. Some of tbe nomadic tribes near Bagdad have revolted against their Turkish rulers. The latter have made an urgent call upon tbe Forte for reinforootßeata. Tt was repbHhd Viemta, on the 14th, that Montenegro and Routnanla had refused to givs-up fheii -Turkish prisoners until the allotment of territory agreed upon by the Berlin Treaty had been made, and their respective monetary compensation paid. i* The Turkish Government has Earned tbe CoMteutiuople press not*to expies anti.

Russian sentiments, as Turkey was on the most friendly terms with Russia. » AocoßDiNd to a l<ondon telegram of the 15ti>, the Turks and Cretans bad settled their difficulties. * A panic in tne Glasgow Iron trade prevailed, on the 15th, In consequence of the reported failure of several leading firms.— ' Berlin dlsoatches of the 16th announce that tbe Emperor William will resume tbe reins of Government on the Ist of December. The German Central Socialist Committee, being convinced of the certainty of the passage of the bill for the repression of Socialism by the German Parliament, have voluntarily disbanded. In their parting address they call upon the members ot the organization to labor for the propagation of their political Ideas in private. The Commander of the Austrian forces in Northern Bosnia has telegraphed his Government that he has subdqed the District of Kardlna at tbe cost 6f 500 killed and a large number wounded. lx consequence of over-production ot cotton goods and a consequent glut in the market, several of the largest mills in Lancashire, Eng., have suspended operations. The Rothschilds have agreed to loan Egypt (30,000,000 to clear off her floating debt. A crisis existed in the Italian Cabinet, on 'the 17th, attributed to the dissatisfaction of Aha.. Moderate* w-i;]j Jhp homw jyilicy of the Premier. The Archbishop of Salonica, the anti-Rua-slan candidate, has been elected Greek Patriarch for Turkey. ACOOXPIXO tOR fitlPfo (India) telegram of large numbers, in the Khyber Pass. The British were rapidly forwarding reinforcements to Peshawur and Kobat, to oppose a possible irruption of Afghaps Into India. The Sultan of Turkey Informed the British Minister, on the 17th, that he had written to the Ameer of Afghanistan, advising him, as a good Mussulman, to make terms with England., It was recently reported from Paris that the awards to American exhibitors at the French Exposition numbered 750, eomprielng ten grand prizes, thirty diplomas of honor, 134 gold, 200 silver and 220 bronze medals, and 156 honorable mentions. Tbe aggregate is larger than the whole number of American exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition of 1867, or at the Vienna Exposition of 1875, and is a larger proportion awarded to exhibitors than to sisy other Nation represented at the present Exposition. lx a letter recently received at New York from the City of Mexico it is stated that, on the 29th ult., at Atzala, a mob, incited bypriests, killed twenty Protestants and wounded a number of others. In Pueblo the mob threatened to break up the Protestant Missions. President Diaz had promised the Rev. Dr. Butler to do allln his power to protect all religious denominations. The report of the Committee of Investigation into the affairs of the» lately-suspended City of Glasgow Bank, published on the 19th, shows that the institution has been recklessly managed, being loaded down with bad debts and worthless securities. The losses aggregate £5,190,983, to meet which will require an assessment of £SOO per share. Austria has given notice that full amnesty has been granted to the Bosnian refugees in Servla. ~ ’ •’ The Mohammedans in the Dobrudscba have organized a military force to resist the Roumanian occupation of their territory.