Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1878 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

■mwaUrnUti Talbot (Rep.) he. » majority Of Butler (National) lor lUMtt<|Htar. The latter carried the City ol Beaten by ebent 4,000 majority All thr RqffiMkm* raalttritolns for Oooxreea an '|nfcthft*lliiia District. Aim* hw The two Congressional Dto tlhnljl RiijiehlV e ■ lij about the average meJ9lv Tin# TitutiUtimi ltifelj Republican, candidate for Judge of the OHBt Of Appoato ill util The Republican! cMMi twenty-two of tki thirty-three Conan sms is, a gain of ire. In the City of New York the Anti-Tammany and Republican Statist, hunflbi by Oeoper for Mayor, wa* elect ed by a majority es mr M.OOO. . (ftfratofifoil liflirm- Republican. No ihioHon of Governor by the people. The Kepffijpjmas elect three Oougreeamw)—a gain of JRu Array Republicans probably elect five ■Wt (be seven Congressmen—a gain of two. (foment—Tbs apedal election In the Third Cougreeeiooal District resulted in the election of Bradley Bartow (Greenbacker). Nem aiwpihn Hgiilature Republican. Tha Rapubhcaas claimed the throe Coortom■—u a ffriari one. Head (Rep.) probably Mated Governor by a email majority over irtemi fill Democratic candidates bettered to be elected. Vote light and election Alabama—Meager returns. All Democratic oandMateelor Oongreaa elected, except in the Eighth District, where Lowe (Indu) defeats Garth (Dem.) Kmtucty All the Democratic Candida tee for Congress elected, except in the first District, when Tuner (led. Dam.) ta elected over the regular nominee, and in the Ninth, whan Dills (Rep.) to elected—a Republican Jhjlhat flic Democratic and one Republican Congreameen probably elected—the letter being a gain. gtomamsr—Congressional delegation will be compoeed of nine Democrats and one Republican—afDemocratic gain of one. Umar Democratic State ticket elected. No change ta tha Oon graaalon al delegation, being solidly Democratic. JftoUsWfyii Democratic, the opposition beVirginia —Congressional delegation will probably stand eight Democrats or Conservatives to one Republican—came as iu the present Congress. Gasrpta—The contest for Congressmen was between regular and independent Democratic Candida tee. Result doubtful in some of the districts. Stephens to re-elected in tbe Eighth. JMamarr —Hall (Dem.) elected Governor; Edward Martin (Dem.) Congressman. No Republican candidate, the opposition being Greenbackers. iMnoir—Republican by a large majority on the State ticket Legislature probably Republican on Joint ballot Chicago and Cook County elect the entire Republican county ticket, and the Republican candidates for Congress Aldrich. Davisvmd Barber —In the first, Second and Third Districts, are also elected, being a gain of one Congressman in tbe Second. J. R. Thomas (Rep.) to elected to Congress in the Eighteenth District, being another Republican gain, and Stevenson (Dem. and Greenback) to elected in the Thirteenth District, being a Democratic gain. Ihut P Forsyth (National Greenback) is eleetdd in the Fifteenth District, formerly Democratic. Michigan Croswell (Rep.), for Governor, has a plurality of about 40,000. Tbe opposition vote was divided rather evenly between the Democrats and Nationals. Entire (jongretsional delegation Republican—a gain of one in the First District. Legislature largely Republican, Wieconefn Congressmen, five Republicans and three Democrats, same as in Forty-fifth Congress Legislature largely Republican. Jfluurt Democratic State ticket elected by a large majority. All the Congressmen Democratic except in the Ninth District, iu which Ford (National Greenback) to elected—a Democratic gain of (our. ATSeMMoto—Republican on State ticket by over 10,000 majority. Legislature Republican. First mid Third Congressional Districts Republican; Second, Democratic —being again of onto for the Democrats. Petmxylvania —Republican by over 30,000 on State ticket Legislature largely Republican. Cmigii—lranii delegation, sixteen Republicans (agme as in Forty-fifth Congress), eight Democrats, one Greenback Democrat and two Greenback Republicans. Lemitriana —Democratic by s large majority. Entire Congressional delegation Democratic --a gain of one. JMraoka— Republican State and Congressional ticket elected by over 10,000 majority. Legislature Re publican. Kansas— State, Legislature and Congressmen Republican. South Carolina —Largely Democratic. Congressional delegation all Democratio—a gain of three. JVertfc Carolina —Republicans claimed s gain of one Congressman in the Third District, the delegation being composed of six Democrats sod two Republicans. Florida—The Democrats carry the First Congressional District, and the Republicans probably Die Second —being the same, politically, as in the present Congress. Dakota Territory— Bennett (Rep.) elected Hulnu-ufu fWtwwmn kw mfonnst T EDD majority W wartPwppiWfiß wj ■ WUv L)lßre uibjuiivj. Wyoming Territory —Downey (Rep.) elected Delegate to Congress by about 900 majority. Nevada —Daggett (Rep.)is elected Congressman by SOO or 000 majority. armsnt wssuntm. According to tbe annual report of the Conuntoalooer of Internal Revenue, the revenue collected during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, amounted to (111,089,816. The total tha prevtoue year was ♦118,995,184. The receipts were from the following sources: 1877. JB7B. *SSfi •Sffig Fermented liqoore 9.H&.W9 9.487.012 Total *111.088,516 Om the 7th, CapL Condon, tbe released Fenian, called upon the President, and warmly thanked him for securing bis release from prison. Tim Treasury Department purchased 600,000 ounces of silver on the 7Uu From the report of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, it appears that the coat of inland mail transportation for the fiscal yaw ending June 80 was $16,004,031. Cost Estimate for the next fiscal year for inland ATaawtttefOf theCaWnet In Washington, jsSSSSSicrfS: its annual convention, recently, at Taunton,

yaartohare haan 0190,601; expenses, 1186,079; balance, TB* anrreat receipts did hot agual ttMM of tha preceding year by $16,696. Tha «(bt, which two yean ago amosmted to *56,000, has been reduced by gift* ud pledges, to 69M96. Tha work among tha Chiasm and freedmeu to said to hare been productive of much good. ifwmau fallnwa !■> W mem IIIU w on! iurvyucTOTi • anurra iu now Tortt City during October, tha aggregate lltMllUra amounting to $8,316,613. This to an Increase of aevaaUao in number over the previous month, but the gross liabilities are sl.100,000 tom. Compared with October of last year, there to adecrease In number of twentythree, and In the total UabOltlee of 6400,000. ; Nor many minutes after bring Informed of hto election, on the evening of the sth, Alexander Smith, Republican Congressman-elect from the Twelfth (N. Y.) District, died from acute gastritis, occasioned by overwork and exposure during his canvass. Tun discovery was made in New Tork City, on tbe 7th, that the remains of tbe late A. T. Stewart had been, the night before, stolen from tbe family vault in St Mark's Churchyard. The casket was found broken open and the body was missing. The police were notified. It was thought that tbe body bad been stolen lu tbe hope that a reward would be offered for Its recovery. Ox the fith, Mrs. A. T. Stewart offered a reward of 636,000 for the recovery of the stolen body of her late husband and the conviction of tbe thieves. A proportionate sum would he paid for the recovery of the body. Aoooaoixo to a New York telegram of the Bth, the liabilities of Dodd, Brown A Co., of St. Louis, are $1,700,110. Actual available y>m ann . Tu New York Commercial Adeertiner ol the Bth contains a table of the next National House of Representatives, In which the Democrats are given 144 Congressmen; the Republican, 186, and Greenbacks™, 18, with California yet to elect. A jewxlrt store on Eighth avenue between Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth streets, New York, was robbed on the evening of the 7tb, a Urge number of persons witnessing the job. About six o’clock two men entered the store, one of whom closed the door and the other stood guard over the merchant and hto clerks with drawn revolvers. Two confederates stood outside and ordered the crowd away, while another broke the window cases and gathered np a bag full of watcliea and chains. The thieves got away with their plunder. Gold dooed In New York, on Nov. Btb, at The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 8 Chicago Spring, Wheat 95%@96c; No. 3 Milwaukee 97X@98c. Oats Western Mixed, 28)f@31c. Corn, Western Mixed, 46(3 48c. Pork, Mess, $7.80. Lard, 66.35 Flour, Good to Choice, $4.00464.50; White Wheat Extra, 64.5505.25. Cattle, 67.35® 8.75 for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]. Hogs, s3.ls®S. 25. At East Liberty, Pa., on Nov. Bth, Cattle brought: Best, $4.0004.75; Medium, 68.75 O 4.00; Common, 63.2503.75. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 62.75®2.30; Philadelphia*, 83.00® 3.15. Sheep brought $3.00®4.25— according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Nov. Bth, Cattle brought: Best, 64.62X04.75; Medium, 83.00®3.87X- Hogs sold at 64.0004.75 for Good. Sheep were quoted at 63.50@4-50 for Good. WKST AID SOUTH. A few days ago, a party of masked men stopped the stage running between Cheyenne and Deadwood, and took therefrom Mansfield and McLaughlin, a couple of road-agents who were being transported to the Utter place, for trial, upon the charges of robbery and murder, carried them to a grove of cottonwoodtrees by the roadside, and hanged them by the neck until they were dead. Thb entire eastern side of the public square In Bamboo, Wto., was burned, on the morning of tbe 6th. At a fire in a St. LouU tenement house, on the 6th, Christ Mneller and Mrs. Kettering were fatally burned. Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, met with a serious accident, on the 7th. While hunting, the Governor’s mule became frightened, and, tbe bridle breaking, he leaped from the saddle. By the fall, the Governor’s right leg was broken In two plaees, the bones protrading, and his ankle was badly hart. Thb Republican majorities in lows at the October election, on the State ticket, are given officially, as follows: For Secretary of State, 10,967; Auditor, 14,844; Treasurer, 10,788; Register of Land Office, 9,945; Attorney-Gen-eral, 15,196; Supreme Judge, 8,744; Supreme Cleric, 11,843; Reporter of Supreme Court, 16,906. Ix Chicago, ou Nov. 3th, Spring Wheat No. 3 closed at SIJaC cash; 82%c for December; 88Xe for January. Cash Corn closed at 81)£c for No. 2; 31Xc for December; 32Xc for January. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 19Xe, and 19Xc seller December. Rye No. 2,45 c. Barley No- 3,89 c for cash, 89c for December. Cash Mess Pork closed at $6.75. Lard, $5.75. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, 64.10 @4.40; Good, [email protected]; Medium Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, *[email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs-Good to Choice, [email protected]. Sheep Poor to Choice, $2.35(33.75THI PILLOW PBVBK. The total number of deaths from yellcw fever up to the 2d during the recent epidemlc> was set down at 12,617. Of these 3,917 oc-" curred at New Orleans; 8,108 at Memphis; 1,118 at Vicksburg; 327 at Grenada; 314 at Holly Springs; 32 at Cairo; 31 at St Louis; 32 near Gallipolto, Ohio, and 16 at Cincinnati. Tkebb were four deaths and one new case reported in Memphis, on tbe 4th, and three beyond the corporate limits. Two deatbs*occurred at Cairo, and there were six cases tn tbe infected district; the weather was mild and unfavorable. Thirty-one cases and four deaths is New Orleans. Nine cases and two deaths in Jackson, Miss., and three deaths lu Vicksburg, aud three In the adjoining country. Thb Board of Health of New Orleans, on, the 7th, adopted a resolution declaring It safe for absentees from that city to feturn. Two deaths on that day; no new casesOne new case in Vicksburg, on tfie 7th. No deaths. No deaths in Memphis, on the 7th. Three new cases of the fever were reported. A number of new cases <4 yellow fever were reported at Hickman, Ky., on the t th. Weather very sultry. f*- reaaiwK UTaujoHca. —— The London International Pedestrian Tournament in which twenty-three competitors participated, terminated on the night of the 3d. Corkey made 521 miles within the six days and was declared the winner. At the atari tbe betting was five to one agsinst Corker. Bt. Petersburg newspapers report many suicides and attempted suicides in the Russian Army in Bulgaria. Paris dispatches of tha 4th Bay that Russia sod Germany bad offered to act as mediators between Greece and Turkey. London telegrams at the 4th represent that there was * itekSdegietsiuD la t'rc cuttuu district. About 350,000 spindles and 7,000 looms in the Burnley mills were running on short time, sad several of the larger mills had ■ mopped production altogether. According to Simla telegrams of the 4th. Bhere All was at. Jellalabad, and threatened to attack the Brlttoh forces near the Khyber Pass and Qoettth, unleu the British troops themselves took the initiative. The ultimatum was placed In the hands of the Commander of the Ameer** forcesoh 2d, gad a copy sent

to tha Amur from reshawur by apodal maaBt. Phtbbsbubo dispatchea of tha sth asy that it has bun officially denied there that the Russian officers were participating in or encouraging the Insurrection in Bulgaria. Thomas Ahehn, tha last of the English Fenton prisoners, t>oen released from custody. Thb negotiations between Russia and the Vatican bare been suspended, the totter Power claiming that the attitude of Russia to such as to promise no satisfactory results. Ix &m Salvador, on the evening of Oct 6th, a disastrous earthquake occurred. The Towns of Jucuapa, Nueva, Guadeloupe, Santiago da Maria aud Chlnameca were entirely destroyed and many persons lost their lives. A Behlix telegram of the 6th says Rossis had repeated, confidentially,’ her previous assurance that she was resolved to faithfully carry out the provisions of the Berlin Treaty. A tremendous snow-storm recently occurs rod in Austria In Vienna tbe trees were broken down by the weight of snow, and telegraph wlraa, within a radius of 100 miles, were prostrated. On the 6tb, the anow was several feet deep in that city. Thb Hungarian Diet has rejected the motion for the Impeachment, of the Ministry, by a vote of 170 to 96. Ah India telegram, received on the 6th, says It had been ascertained that the Ameer was advancing from La poors, with the intention of fortifying the Khyber Pass. John Ghat A Co., iron-founders, in Scotland, have failed for a large amount W. Wilson A Co., printers, of Alexandria, Eng., have also failed. Liabilities, 6400,000. It was announced In London, on the 6th, that Russian pirates, were operating in the vicinity of NovsrZembls. A Lisbon dispatch announces that Portugal, France and England bad formed an alliance to punish the King of Dahomey. Ox the 7th, an attempt was made to assaesl-nate-Gen. Breque, formerly Spanish Minister of War. The Madrid authorities arrested the would-be assassin, who proved to be an exsoldier. According to a Bombay telegram of the 7th, the Afghans in Khyber Pass were rapidly deserting in consequence of sickness and hunger. Baron Piclbt, the discoverer of the liquefaction of oxygen, U reported hopelessly ill in Geneva, Switzerland. Paris dispatches of the 7th say that negotiations were pending for a conference of the Powers to revise the Treaty of Berlin. According to a Constantinople dispatch of theCth, the Bulgarian insurgents had burned fourteen villages in the District of Demotlca. Knight A Sox, Liverpool merchants, have (ailed for 6500,000. Robert Forrester, a large Glaagow colliery proprietor, haa also failed, owing 92,500,000. About $450,000 have been subscribed In London for tbe relief of the shareholders of the suspended City of Glasgow Bank. The health of the Czar has become exceedingly precarious, and fears of his speedy demise are generally entertained at the Russian capital. The Cabinet lately constructed in Greece has again fallen apart In consequence of a vote of want of confidence in the Chambers. On the Bth, another Cabinet was formed. According to a Constantinople dispatch of tbe Bth, it had transpired that the Russian army was constructing two lines of defense about Adrlanople. It was reported in London, on the Bth, that Schouvaloff, Russian Minister, had been recalled and appointed Gortschakoff’s successor. Telegrams from Northern and Eastern Europe report an extensive snow-fall on the 7th and Bth.