Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

■d Adjutant the work of which took nportatimu made baton Uml date. Tn Poetofflee Department ha* decided that packtgeQOt tobacco bearinr Internal revenue etampa can go through the malls aa fourthTn Secretary of the United States Treasury haa atoppod the practice of clerks in his Department employing substitutes. Dr. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon-Gen-eral of the Marine Hospital Bervice at Washington, did not, on the 10th, apprehend a repetition of the yellow-fever epidemic of last year In the South. He thought there might be sporadic cases, bat considered that the precautions taken would prevent any spread of the disease. Attornbt-Q rnerxl Dims has Issued s circular setting' forth that the Judicial Appropriation ant for the .present fiscal year ttein--Ims all Oonrt expenditures. The different items are quoted and directions given to Marshals to make their requisitions In accordance therewith. The circular cautions the Marshals against applying money received for one grade of services to that of another grade. A Washington dispatch of the 11th says that, judging horn information received at the Department of Justice, United States Marshals Intended to proceed with the duties of their OpBSS, SBd undoubtedly anticipated reimbursement by Congress. Tn* War Department at Washington has recently issued a statement giving the number of men. furqlshed the Union Army by each State and Territory and the District of Columbia from April 1% 1861, to the close of the war of the rebellion. It shows that the total nomber of volunteer* was 2,674,967, distributed as follows: Maine.. 71113,Miaaonri 109.111 New Hampshire. 36.629 Kentucky 71.025 Vermont 95.962 Kanos 20,151 Mssmchnaetts. ■ 152.048 Tennessee 31092 Rhode Island.... 29 899'Arkansan 8.299 Oonneetwnt 57 379 North Carolina.. 8,156 New York 46JJK7,Oahfomia 15,725 New Jersey 81.010 Nevada l.flfiQ Pennsylvania.. .966.1'7|Oregon 1,810 getewsm. IS.«7o|Washington Ter. 964 Maryland... 60,916 Nebraska 8157 Jw*» Virginia- .. 82,088 Colorado 4,908 Dot of Columbia 16^12,Dakota 206 Ohio 919,886 New Mexico 6,661 Indiana 197,147 Alabama 2576 Illinois. 269.147 Florida 2190 Michigan 89 372 Louisiana 8.224 JJteoonsin 98.424 Mtmmippi 546 Minnesota 25,062 Texas 1,966 low* 76 31)9 Indian Nation... 9608 The troops furnished by the Southern States were, with the exception of those of Louisiana, nearly all white. Florida furnished two regiments of cavalry, Alabama one white regiment, Mississippi one battalion and North Carolina two regiments of cstslry.

The East. Joseph Akins, aged seventy-one years,* living near Greensburg, Pa., a few dayr ago, shot and Instantly killed his wife, aged seventy-three, and, after telling his nearest neighbor that be had killed the “old woman,” placed the muzzle of the gun under his chin and deliberately fired and killed himself. The trouble leading to this tragedy is believed to have arisen from a quarrel about a little piece of property where they lived. The centennial anniversary of the burning of Fairfield, Conn., by British troops, under General Try on, was celebrated at Bridgeport on the Bth. A drunken woman of Jersey City a few evenings ago visited several saloons in New York, trying to sell her one-year-old habe for a glass of beer. She was arrested and promised to reform. The Massachusetts State authorities and the Fitchburg Railroad have come to an agreement for operating the Hoosac Tunnel. On the morning of the 9th, Manton Marble, the well-known ex-editor of the New York World, was quietly married to Mrs. A. W. Lombard, a wealthy widow, of that dtv. Neaelt 7DO Mormons arrived at Castle Garden, New York, on the 9th, on theßteamer Wyoming. Of this numbei', 381 came from Scandinavia, eighty from Switzerland and Germany, and the others from England and Scotland. They started at once for Utah. Most of the men are farmers. Joseph A. Bczzell, the man who murdered his fiance on the 3d of November, 1874, was hung at Concord, N. H-, on the 10th. What are claimed to be the fossil remains of a human being of large dimensions have recently been exhumed near Ta-tiamc Falla, N. Y. * Hanlan, the champion oarsman, reached New York from Europe on the morning of the 11th. The following were the closing quotations for produce la New York, on July 12th: No. 8 Chicago Spring Wheat, SLII®LI2; No. 8 Milwaukee, 81.1101.12. Oats, Western Mixed, 38>f®40)f c. Cora, Western Mixed, 42015 c. Pork, Mess, 89.50010.00. Lard, 96.12Jf06.20. Flour, Good to Choice, $4.6506.05; White Wheat Extra, $4.7505.25. Cattle, $7.75010.00 for Common to Extra. Sheep, (clipped) $3.2505.20. Hogs, $4.30® 4.50. At East Liberty, Pa., on July 12th, Cattle brought: Best, $5.0005.25; Medium, $3.95 04.50; Common, $3.3)03.50. Hogs sold— Yorkers, 93.8504.00; Philadelphia, $4.10® 4.90. Sheep brought s3.ooo4.6s—according to quality.' t At Baltimore, Md., on July 12th, Cattle brought: Best, $5.2505.50; Medium, 93.5004.51. Hogs sold at $3.900150 for Good. Sheep were quoted at $3.0004.25 for Good. * - ■

West and South. - A** FoerUiof Jalj picnic In Lanesboro, Minn., seventeen persons were poisoned from drinkinK wbat purported to be lemonade. It is thought that tartar-emetic was used in its composition instead of tartaric acid. Jambs H. Holland and Charles O. Wobroth, who had confessed to the murder of a man in New Kexlco a few days before, were hanged by a mob of cltlxens at Denver, Col., on the sth. Foe a Cheyenne Indians were hanged at Miles City, D. T., a few days ago, having been tried and convicted on the charge of wounding Sergeant Kennedy, of the Signal Service, and Wiling a private who accompanied hi™ Flftancisco. Judge Field, of theSupremfr Court, has decided what is known as the ting ordinance to be invalid, being in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment The ordinance prescribed that the queues of all Chinaman in the County Jail for petty offenses should be cut off, and it was expected to be s strong deterrent to that class of criminals. Is s candy factory at St Louis on the 7th, William C. Beeves shot his wife four times with a pistol, inflicting very dangerous wonada. The cause of the shooting was Jealousy. After the deed was done, and when it w*B believed that she must die of her Injuries, . *B»***fW*kneesafhis feet and begged her fOrglVeneis for his act The poor w.)man, wounded as she was, jumped to her feel, flung her a ms around his aeek, and assured him that ha had not only her forgiveness bat ai{ bar lore as waltT It was thought on the jnorniDg of the dth that.tba vwsnj might recover. ■ {.

The yacht Jeannette sailed from San Francisco, Cal., on the Bth, on an Arctic exploring expedition. Tee boiler of e steam flouring mill at CarNaif, Ky., exploded on the afternoon of the Bth, throwing the engineer, James Bummers, s distance of forty feet, mangling him terribly. He died tit two boats after the accident Mrs. Sanaa A Dorset, of Mississippi, who died a few days ago, left a will ulquealhlng her whole estate. Including two large planla tlons and au elegant villa at Beauvoir, to Jefferson Da via Ter German Young Men’s Christian Association of America assembled In annual convention at Cincinnati on the Bth. The sunual report of the officers gives marked evidence or the growth of the orgsnlqstion during the past year. The following officers were elected: President, F. Mashmeyer, Jr., of 8L Louis; Vice-President, H. W. Tuerchter, of Cincinnati ; Corresponding Secretary, L. Below, of St. Louis; Treasurer, L. Schwartz, of BL Louls. About a dozen cases of sunstroke occurred in 8L Louis on the 9th, four of them being fatal. Near Edington, Rock Island County, 111., on the 9th, a young man named Lee Robbins shot and instantly kll'ed his sister Matilda, aged twenty years, and then shot himself, dying in half an hour after the tragedy, it sectns the sister was engaged to he married, sod was at the time she was shot getting ready for the ceremony, to a young man named Richards, and that her brother had several times tried to Induce her to break the engagement, which ifie refused to do. The murderer and suicide was a very pleasant and respectable young man, about twenty-three years of age. It was reported from Memphis on the 9th that a death had occurred In that city from what is said to have been a well-developed case of yellow fever, the victim being a shoemaker named Frank Mulhrandon. He was taken sick on the sth and died on the 9th. An autopsy was held by several physicians, aud all agreed in pronouncing the descase to be yellow fever. None of the family of the de-ceased-consisting of s wife, four children, and a sister-in-law—had so far developed any symptomsof the disease in their persons, and the medical fraternity were of the opinion that Mulbrandon’s case was a sporadic one. Five new cases of yellow fever and one death were reported in Memphis on the morning of the 10th, but later Id the day it was stated that there were only two persons In the whole city prostrated by the disease—Judge Ray and his son. Two deaths had occurred—' Frank Mulhrandon and a son of Judge Ray. A panic prevailed amoDg the citizens, who were leaving as fast as possible. The Board of Health had issued an official order advising the people of the city who could do so to “quietly remove your families to a place of safety until we can at least tell whether the few cases of fever will assume an epidemic.” The people along the lines of the different routes of travel were assured by the Board that “ there can be no possible danger of infection for many days to come.” Judge Reuben Noble, the Democratic candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court of lowa has declined the nomination. By the explosion of a magazine near the Standard mine at Bodie, Cal., on the 10th, theTncllne works were blown to atoms and every thifig near them was leveled to the ground. The Summit works, a short distance off, were shattered to pieces, and many men were killed, and many others wounded. 'On the morning of the 11th, a terrific boiler “explosion occurred In thd manufactory of Adams & Selzer, at East Baltimore, Md., which caused the death of several persons, and serious injury to sixteen others. Among the killed were John Ulrich, the engineer, and Mr. Selzer, one of the proprietorA _ Severe and destructive wind and rain storms occurred in portions of Michigan and Ohio on the 11th. Ex-Governor William Allen, of Ohio, died suddenly at his home near Chlllicothe, on the morning of the 11 th. His first mention of illness was on the morning of the lOtli, t and he had symptoms of a chill on the afternoon of Uiat day. At 1:30 the next morning he rose suddenly from his bed, staggered to a chair, fell into it and died without a word. No new cases of yellow fever or additional deaths were reported in Memphis on the 11th. The excitement had considerably subsided, and many citizens who had made preparations to leave the city had concluded to remain and await further developmentA It was estimated that fully 5,000 .'people had left the day before. New Orleans, Vicksburg, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Norfolk, Oxford, Holly Bprings and Cairo had quarantined against Memphis. A telegram was received in Chicago from Dr. Saunders, a skillful physician of Memphis, stating that only four cases and two deaths had so far occurred, and an epidemic was not expected. Another death from yellow fever—Judge Ray—occurred In Memphis on the evening of the 13th. The remains were buried almost immediately after death in Elmwood Cemetery, under the auspices of the Masons. The son of the deceased was lying in a critical condition. No new cases of the fever had been reported since the 10th. It was estimated that fully 10,000 people had left the city, hut the excitement had considerably abated, as it Was believed the cases so far reported were sporadic, and that an epidemic would not set in. Ten Whites and five colored persons died from sdb-stroke in Charleston, S. C., on the 12th. • In Chicago, on July 12tb, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at 21.0001.00* cash; 99*@99*c for August; 9S@9B*c for September.! Cash Corn closed at 37c for No. 2; 37*c for August; 37*c for September. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 32c, and 28*c seller August. Rye No. 2, 52* c. Barley No. 2, 70@70*c for cast. Cash Mess Fork dosed at 28.60 08 65. Lard, cash, #5.9005.92*. Beeves —Extra brought 24.90£5.20; Choice, #4.60 @4.75; Good, 24.2504.50; Medium GradeA 23.7504 00; Butchers’ Btook, 22.5003.65. Stock Cattle, etc., 22.5003.40. Hogs—Good to Choice, 23.5003.90. Sheep Poor to Choice, 22.5004.75.

Foreieii Intellleence. Tint person who supplied Alexander SoJovleff, the man who attempted the assassination of the Czar, with the pistol used on that occasion has been sentenced to be hung. According to a Madrid dispatch of the 7th, the marriage of King Alfonso to the Archduchess of Austria had been definitely agreed upon. At Liverpool on the 7th, 1,300 sheep injected with the foot and tnouth disease were slaughtered. They came from Boston. The walls of the famous quadrilateral fortresses at Widin, SUestria, Rustchuk and Varna have been destroyed, in,, accordance -with the provisions of the Berlin treaty. .Afire at Irkutsk, Rpssia, on the 4th, destroyed over 400 houses. There was an exciting debate in the British House of Commons on the night of the 7th, over a motion to abolish flogging in the army and navy. The motion was negatived. The Government then, of its own motion, introduced a resolution that punishment by flogging should hereafter be confined to acts which are liable to he punished by death. AccoEDraru to Cape Towp (South Africa) telegrams received in London on the 7th. King Cetewayo had rejected the terms of peace offered him, and an advance would immediately be made along the whole line. Lieutenant Carey, who commanded the escort .When the Prince Imperial was killed, bad been censured by a Court of lO qurry Tdr a lack of military judgment and prudence. Off the evening of the Bth, the British House of Commons voted to create the office of Minister of Agriculture.’ . The Government Opposed the proposition, bat they were by * majority of twenty.

The Manchester (Eng.) money market was greatly disturbed on the Bth by reports of Impending monetary difficulties. There were several minor ftllurea A Montreal (Canada) telegram of the Bth aaya the reported finding of Charlie Korn in that Province turns out to be a miserable hoar perjie»ent«Lby a college student,*Wlh> furnished the item to a local paper. According to the St. Petersburg (/oloi ot the Wtii, tite cost to the Russians of the late war with Turkey was 2750.000,000, and 300,000 Russians lost their lives. A Rome dispatch of the 9th says the contributions of Petcr-pcnce for the. first half of the year 1879 were (140,000 greater than for the corresponding period In 1878. Because of the delay of the Porte to appoint the Commissioners to fix the Greek frontier, the Greek Deputies have been 'ailed to meet In extraordinary session on the 22d, to take aggressive action. On tile 9th, the French Chandler of Deputies passed Jules Ferry’s Educational bill, by a vote of 352 sic* to 159 iioce. DukiNo the session of the Council of State, In Paris on the. 10th, a man named Vcrdalct fired four.shots with a revolver at the members as they sat on the honchos. No one was hurt, but there was great excitement throughout Paris. Prince Alexander took the oath of fidelity to the Bulgarian Constitution, It Tlrnova on the lOtli. A fire at the Bulgarian eapilal on the 10th destroyed one hundred and fifty homo s. According to Paris dispatches of the 10th, tile French Government had refused permission to Marshal Canroticrt aud Ex-I’resi-dent MacMation to attend the funeral of the Prince Imperial. The Czar of Russia has issued an ukase granting religious liberty to dissenters from the Orthodox Church. It was telegraphed from France on the 10th that Prince Jerome Bonaparte had assumed the position of Chief of the lni|M j .rtallsts, and that he had become' convinced that Ids hour would soon come. A second lire has occurred at Irkutsk, 81beria, which destroyed the public buildings spared by the first conflagration. At Cronstadt, Ruisla,. ..the . other' day; -a torpedo boa,t,wa» blown up .while engaged in (iractfTtL Five men were killed outright, and fourteen were more or less seriously injured. On the 12th, the German Reichsrath was formally dissolved by Prince Bismarck after the passage of the new Tariff bill. The vote on the bill stood: Ayes, 317; noes, 117. The election for the new Parliament will lie held In October. According to a Bombay dispatch of the 13th, the district of Deccan bad been devastated by rats; Great distress had resulted. According to a St. Petersburg dispatch of the 13th, Herr Stund, First Secretary of the German Legation there, liatl .embraced Catholicism for the purpose of marrying an Ameiican heiress. TiiEEgyptlau steamer Bamanoot, cn route from Mauritius for Alexandria, recently foundered at sea, and twenty-three natives and two Europeans perished. The funeral services over the remains of the Prince Imperial were observed at Chiselhurst, the home of the ex Empress Eugenie, op the 12th. A large number of distinguished persons were in attendance, Including Prince Jerome, the Pretender, and his two sons, Queen Victoria and the British royal family. The Prince of Wales, tlie Duke of Edinburgh, the Dukes of Connaught and Cambridge and the Prince of Sweden served as pall-bearers. The dead Prince was laid beside Ills father.