Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1879 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

In Ualtefl States Senate Sated Committee appointed la pursuance of foe BUlne rcaolu Sitting )or an Inquiry aa to whether the fl i«MI nil mu! rifhte of oMaena In an; State 4fit the Union had been violated at the recent election*, heM a meeting, on the SOth. Pro* eat-Taßer, «araeran (W), Kirkwood, Bayer J, Baiter and Borland. A reaoloUon reof the President eopiee of docu naota end nmt of wttna«««i upon which he baaed hi* reference to the alleged election trend* mentioned In hi* annual message, wa* loet by a strict party vote—3 to 3. A reeolutten was thee adopted calling on Mr. Blaine to famish specification* upon which the com nrtttee might base Me Inquiry, end carry out the tnetrodlona embraced to the resolution oteed by that gentleman. Two Dwocoanc Members of Congress died hi Waatlngtoo, on tee 21*1. Gen. Aipheua 6. Williams, from the First Michigan District, and Beverly B. Douglas*, from the lint Virginia District Gen. Williams' funeral took place on the morning of the 22J, when hte remain* were taken to the depot to be forwarded to Detroit Tn Secretary of the Treasury, on the 21st issued e circular to Customs officers, authorising them to receive, after Jan. I, United State* note*, as well as gold coin and standard attror dollar*, in payment of duties oh A SPCGUL from Washington, on the 53d, to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, says that for the first time in seventeen years gold had come into general circulation there. The banks paid It out on checks the same as cuitoncy, customers taking it without objection in moat cases. Travelers and those expecting to soon leave the city called for currency In preference to gold- At the Treasury Department creditors* having coin obligations, in many instances, called for legal-tender notes. Some Treasury nltlals predicted tint gold would be a drug la the market in sixty days. Tn Assistant-Treasurers of the United States were instructed, oh the 2ttth, to make no distinction between coin and legal-tenders after the Ist of January. Piter llcMnuKi, a well-known resident of Washington, died In that city, ou the 25tb, ram the effects of a bite Inflicted by soother man with whate he bed an altercation over two mouths befotc. wmmteAwr. lx the United States District Court, at New York City, on the 20th, the jury bellore whom was tried the case at James E. Whalen «*. ' Gen. Sheridan, brought In a verdict for the defendant. The suit was for the recovery of over #400,C00 for the seizure of the Klllona plantation, St. Charles Parish, La., in August 1867, and the ejectment of Whalen, by the military order of Gen. Sheridan, who was then Military Governor. A motion would be made for a new trial. A New Yodk special of a recent date says Manchester papers declared that the New Hampshire Tramp law had proved a great success. A year ago the country towns were at the mercy of a horde of wandering vagrants, who despoiled property, threatened lives and spread terror in households. Now life and property are secure, women and children come and go tn safety, and the old curse is almost entirely removed, without injury to sny deterring poor. Heavy snow-storms prevailed at the East, oe foe 23d and 231. Three feet ou a level had fallen at Buffalo, N. Y., and in other localities. The cold was Intense. Margaret Murphy, of Brooklyn, N. Y., while intoxicated a few evening, ago, lifted a tour-mouths old baby of Mrs. Ewing from its cradle and began dancing it on her knee. Losing hw balance, she fell with the child on a rod-hot stove. The baby was burned to death, and the woman was badly injured. Tux St Louie express bound West on the New York Central Railroad, while stopping at a station five miles east of Buffalo, N. Y., •a the 33d, was ran Into by the Chicago exprom bound West, and two men named A. Gay and Michael Mahoney were killed, and j one named George Vick had a leg broken. Tux Directors of the Mount Sinai (Hebrew) Hospital of New York City, after considering a proffer of SSOO by ex-Judge Henry Hilton, on behalf of Mrs. A. T. Stewart, and discussing communications by mail and telegraph from Israelites of Cincinnati, advising the refusal of the money, unanimously voted, on the 231, that the gift should not lie accepted through Judge Hilton, and the Secretary was authorized to write a letter to that effect. The snow was four feet deep on the level In the ridnitT of Oswego, N. Y- on the 25tb, and all trains on local railroads bad been abandoned. The news from other localities wee that a general blockade of trains exist ed on tiie New York Central and Erie Roads west of Rochester, the snow-drifts being from six to eight feet deep. Ox Christmas night, ex Congressman Owen • Jones, of Penns)lvania, went out to visit a neighbor. He was found lying by the road side and frozen to death three or four hours later. Mr. Jones was a member of the Fortyfifth Congress. Rxv. Leonard Woods, a distinguished New England theologian and author, and formerly President of B mdoin College in Maine, died, on the 16th. GOLD dosed in New York, on l>ec. 26th, at par. The following were the dosing quotations for produce: No. 3 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee, 97c® SI.OO. Oats, Western Mixed, 2% Coro, Western Mixed, 46) j @ 47c. Pork, Mess, $7.15(17.50. Lard, $5.75@a»0. Flour, Good to Choice, $4.0504.50; White Wheat Extra, $4.55(2)5.25. Cattle, $7.65(99.50 for Good to Extra. Sheep, $3.70(3)5.75 Hogs, [email protected]. A* East Liberty, Pa., on Dec. 2*th. Cattle brought: Beat, $4.25@4 75; Medium, $3.50® 4.16; Common, $3.00®3.5j. Hogs aoldVorkera, #&Bs®i7s; Philadelphia*, $2.70® 2.8 A Sheep brought [email protected] —according to quality. A» Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 26th, Cattle brought;, Best, Medium, •S.l3X@S.«2*. Hogs sold at for Good. Sheep were quoted at $3.50(94.75 for Good.

Mrnrr Aim south. O* Uie3otb, the 8t Louis bridge wm sold at tuction for •3,000,000, to a gentleman reprotosMny the English bondholders. The Indianapolis Barings Bank nas forced into liquidation, on the SOtli, by the Auditor of State. The usual promise to pay in full is Geoboe W. Dcpkee, Stale Printer in Lou■ isiana, and proprietor of the New Orleans Democrat, was indicted for fraud, on the 30th. He ta charged with having overcharged the State its 000 At ZasasvUe, Ohio, oh Use 31st, Dr. ihrrt, couvicted of grave obbing, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and to pay a fine of •MOB, Eaton, his aocouplice, was sentenced Di»PATC**a were received in Hpy Orleans, jH «»»*•, so the effect that a Deputy tTnifed StfitM Manba), who bad been subpmnaing «iiaeeM»ißproweuUo&s for vkMops of the startedtrom Caddo Parish with two colored witnesses named Clerk «4 White, and that when atCsJetJonD Of the f» to put » pr<-

muted n warrant for the arreet of the two man, took pqmemlou of them and started In the direction of Shreveport. On the way a roob took fob {filsonen, and. It Is supposed. At Janesville, Wls., on the 26th, Mrs. Melinda Mack was convicted of the murder of bar husband, a tanner, reaiding near that city, and sentenced to Imprisonment for life. A hired men named Dickerson, indicted with her a* an accomplice In the crime, testified that she did the killing, and that he assisted her to caivy the body of the victim Into the stable, where It waa placed, as found, at the heels of a horse, to give the appearance of having been kicked and trampled to death. Dickerson's trial will follow. Tnn Indian Bureau at Washington received a telegram on the 96th, from Yakima, W. T., to the effect that the Indian Chief Moses snd ten of his principal men had been caf tuml, and that the other Indians were getting on to the reservation aa fast as possible. Not a gun had been fired. This news was regarded with great satisfaction by the Bureau, as Indicating that the recent imminent danger of an Indian war in Washington Territory had been -averted by the action of the agents of the Interior Department and other civil authorities. In Chicago, on Dec. 26th, Spring Wheat Na 2 closed st BS%c cash; 83%c for January; 64’hC for February. Cash Corn closed at for No. 2; 30Jfc for January; 84Jfc for May. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at lV%c, and seller January. Rye No. 2,44 c. Barley No. 2, 9S)£c for cash, SI.OO for January. Cash Mess Pork closed st #6.1507.40. Lard, $5.37>f Peeves —Extra brought #4.50®5.00; Choice, $4.00 Q 4.25; Good, $3.40®3.90; Medium Grades, $3.00(93.40; Butchers’ Stock, [email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., $9.4502.75. Hogs—Good to Choice, $2-5002.30. Sheep—Poor to Choice, t9jOsH-ltfl. . , - -