Rensselaer Union, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1879 — General News Summary. [ARTICLE]

General News Summary.

From WMhinfton. Several complaint* hare recently been ! made to the Treasury Department In Waeb-1 ingtou of tbe scarcity of note* of small denominations st tbe West. A telegram of tbe 1 24th says tbe United States Treasurer will furnish new notes of soefa denominations as may be desired in return for bankers’ drafts in New York, and will transmit them as tbe applicants may Indicate, but without risk or expense to tbe Government. A Washington telegram of tbe 27th says information bad been received there of the arrest in New York of a man named George Brown, who was said to be implicated in frauds on the Pension Bureau amounting to thousands of dollars. It was stated that for a number of rears he had had possession of pension certificates upon which he had regularly collected money in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, by procuring persons to (icrsonate the pensioners. The East. At a Convention of Free Thinkers recently held at Chautauqua, N. Y., the platform adopted by the Liberal Leaguers at Cincinnati was unanimously indorsed. •'A State Convention of Prohibitionists was held at Altoona, t*a., on the 23d. George E- Turner, Chairman of the Convention,stated that he had interrogated the Republican, Democratic and Greenback-Labor candidates, but they had so far declined to place themselves on record on the questions addressed to them, hence the Prohibitionists were impelled to take separate political action. Resolutions were then adopted, and William L. Richardson was nominated by acclamation for State Treasurer. Diking the first twelve weeks of the current fiscal year, embracing the period from July 1 to September 20, the imports of specie at New York exceeded the exports by *25,306,314. ... A State Convention of the Prohibition party of Massachusetts was held at Boston on the 24th. Rev. D. C. Eddy was nominated for Governor; T. K. Earl for Lieutenant-Gov-ernor; Charles Almy for Secretary of Btatc; D. N. Skillings for Treasurer; J. H. Ormc for Auditor, and 8. M. Fairfield for AttorneyGeneral. The, usual prohibitory resolutions were adopted, and in addition one invoking the co-operation of women In the work of the P»rty. and favoring the ballot for her sex. A New York dispatch says the Bank of Commerce on the 26th made its last pavment to the Treasury on account of the United States four-per-cent bonds, and the First National Bank made its last payment on the same account on the 27th. The latter was said to be the final settlement of all transactions lu l njtcd States four-per-eenta on domestic accounts. The New York grain dealers on the 27th adopted a resolution changing the time of buying and selling graiu by the cental from October 1 to January 1. -a The so-called great international pedestrian contest for the Astleybelt ended on the night of the 27tb. Tbe official score of the nine contestants who remained on the track to the close of the walk is as follows: Rowell, 538 miles; Merritt, 515; Hazael, Hart, 482*{; Guy on, 471; Weston, 455; Ennis, 450}*; Krofane, 450Jtf; Taylor, 250)*. Tde Providence (R. I.) Club, haring won fifty-three games up to the 27th, have secured the base-ball championship for the ensuing year. Boston was second; Chicago, third; Buffalo, fourth; Cincinnati, fifth; Cleveland, sixth; Troy, seveuth; Syracuse, eighth. The following were the closing quoUtlons for produce in New York, on September 27th: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, *1.1901.20; No. 2 Milwaukee, *1.1901.20. Oats, Western Mixed, 36)*@5B}*c. Com, Western Mixed, s*tfs3j)*c. Pork, Mess, *9.20(90.25. Lard, . *»»- 45(016.47}*. Flour, Good to Choice, *5.35 (''»?.■:»; White Wheat Extra, *5.10(95.50. (. attie, *6.75(910.00 for Common to Extra. Sheep, *3.50(95.10. Hogs, *3.75(94.10. At East Liberty, Pa., on September 27th, Cattle brought: Best, *5.00(96.25; Fair to Good, *4.25(94.75; Common, *3.00(93.30. Hogs sold—Yorkers, *3.80(93.90; Philadelphias, *4.00(94.05. Sheep brought *3.00(94.25 —according to quality. At Baltimore, MtL, on September 27th, Cat- ■ Bcßt> S - Medium, *fr Ho K» *° ld *4.50(95.50 for Good. Sheep were quoted at *3.00(94.25 for Good. %

West <qul Sontli. The boiler of the steam tug Charles W. Parker exploded in the lake near Chicago on the morning of the 22d. Robert Leary (Cantain), William Burton (steward), John Callaghan (engineer) and John P. Rogers (fireman) were blown into the lake and killed. The only other person on board the boat at the time of the accident was Henry McGuire (deck-hand), who was blown a distance of half a block and was picked up by another tug in a terribly mangled condition, but it was thought he might possibly survive the Injuries he received. Cou.kei. emigrants of all ages to the numvr,of,*bo! t one hundred and fifty, from mlh h t i arrlTcd ,n 8t on the Hght of the U3d, on their way to Kansas. Tlu-y claimed to be bona fide emigrants, able to pay their way aud to take up land when they should reaeh their destination u A r, L 7 1 r ,II , C ’ Ky ’* tcw ago, Gus liurkle died, after great suffering, from eatTwn J" ~,ißUke for mushrooms. Two or his brothers were lying in acriUeal condition from the same cause Tun Colorado State Democratic Convention met on the 23d and nominated George Q. Richmond for Supreme Judge. A platform was adopted denouncing Hayes’ vetoes; condemning the purpose of the Republicans to nominate General Grant for the Presidency: denouncing the crime by which the country was cheated out of its President and ViJPresident: declaring the demonetization of rilrer , breach of tnwt; favori the unlimited coinage of silver; etc-, etc. * The Presidential party attended the State Rcosho, Kansas, on the 25th. A large Tnd (Vn ™ in atte l d The President Sbc ™“ '“*■ brt »«r St,lc s “ ITr *e' i«ort.tlon i f lowa met in annual Convention at Des Jloines on the 25th. Mrs. M. C. Callanan, of l>cs Moines, was chosen President of the f ( rj nUon - Report * °* the different socier* rCad ’ and were generally of a favorable character. The resolutions adopted declare against taxation and laws without rerro««UU„n: and property wherein the hut band in the event of the wife’s death, has l c disposal of all the.property, whereas the wife has only a portion; in favor of petitioning the coming Legislature for the ballot; in

the 25th the Minnesota State Democrat“l 8t - P ‘ ul "<* nominated Edward Rice for Governor; E. P. Bamum for F - A - Borer f ° r ® ecre_ A ‘ tor Treasurer; P. ;. l ß * bc^ ck -Attorney-General; William CohnUe for Railroad Commissioner. The piatfonm favors cold and silver, and paper redeemable m gold and silver; the unlimited coinagh of silver and its monetization free ;.™'* P *“« >•*•“ *-nl c ~ form in Clvi]-Service; the abolition of all sumptuary laws; free ballots and honest eoonts; etc., etc.

Tn entire bofiatM portico of Carroll, lowa, waa destroyed by fire on the morning o i the 25th—over thirty business bouses, six lawyers' and doctors’ oAeea, a church, tank, hotel, livery stable, fifteen shops and dwelling houses, four saloons and other buildings being bonked. Loss estimated at *BOO,OOO. Gnnu Grant was at Oakland, CaL, on the 25th, where a hearty and enthusiastic greeting was extended to him by the dty authorities and dtiaens generally. In the afternoon the ex-President and party attended a camp-fire of the Federal and Confederate soldiers of Alameda County. Tables were spread covered with tin plates, cops, knives and forks, and supplied with hard-tack, pork and beans, coffee and tobacco. When General Grant had been introduced to the surrounding throng he addressed them as follows: Gentlemen of the Two Armies and Navies: I am very proud of the welcome you have given me to-day. lam particularly nappy to see good-will and cordiality existing between the soldiers of the two armies, and I have an abiding faith that this good feeling will always exist. Thus united, we have nothing to fear from any Nation in the world. lam satisfied, from my travels tn foreign lands, that no country will wish to meet us as a united people. Thor will be perfectly willing to do us justice without an appeal to arms, and as that is all that Americans want, I am confident that our country has a long career of peace and prosperity before her. Mr. awn Mbs. Frzdrrick Long, living about thirteen miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Mich., put their three children to bed early on the evening of the 24th and went to a prayer-meeting. Soon after they left a neighbor discovered the house to be on fire, and tbe neighbors around soor. arrived on the scene. One of them broke tn the front door, but wss unable to enter the building because of tbe Intense heat. He succeeded, however, in getting out one of the children, but the other two—little boys seven and two years old, respectively—perished in the fire.

Dennis Keabnet called at the Palace Hotel lu San Francisco on the 25th and sent up his card to General Grant, but the latter declined to receive him. General Grant and wife, accompanied by the Mayor of San Francisco and other city officials, and several eminent gentlemen and ladies, made a visit to San Jose on the 26th, where they were met and heartily welcomed by the Mayor and City Council of San Jose and a vast throng of people. The City of Deadwood, D T., was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the 36th. About one hundred and twenty-five business buildings and a large number of residences were consumed, and two thousand people were rendered homeless. The loss was estimated at from *1,500,000 to *2,000,000. The work of rebuilding would begin at once, and buildings of a more substantial character than those destroyed would be erected. On tbe 27th a large bowlder of white quartz rock from near the Wilderness, In Virginia, was placed to mark the spot where Stonewall Jackson received his death wound. A simple inscription will be put on the stone. j Pkesioent Hates was tendered a reception at the Capitol building in Topeka, Kan., on the 27th, by the Governor and State officers. A large number of ladles and gentlemen were presented to the President and General Sherman, after which short speeches were made by the two distinguished guests. Wentworth Rawlins, a young New Yorker, left New York City in July last on a pleasure trip to the West on a bicycle. He arrived at Chicago on fte 27th of September, haring made the entire distance on the two-wheeled velocipede. He was received and banqueted by the Chicago Bicyele Club. In Chicago, September 27th, Spring Wheat, No. 2,closed at *[email protected])* cash; *1.05X<3 1.05J* for October; tl.oß@loß}* for November. Cash Corn closed at 37(g37)*c for No. 2; 37@37)*c for October; 36)0987 for November. Cash Oats, No. 2, sold at 25%@ 25}*c; 26}*@26}*c seller October; 27)*@27)*c for November. Rye, No. 2,60 c. Barley, No. 2,79080 c. Cash Mess Pork closed at *9.70 @9.75. Lard, cash, *6.12)406.15. Beeves —Extra brought *4.9005.25; Choice, *4.45 @4.75; Good, *[email protected]; Medium Grades, *3.0003.75; Butchers’ Stock, *2.4002.75. Stock Cattle, etc., *2.2502.90. Hogs—Good to Choice, *3.0003.50. Sheep—Boor to Choice, *2.5004.50.

The Yellow Fever. TJhere were sixteen new cases and six deaths reported in Memphis on the 22d. At a meeting of merchants and citizens held at the Cotton Exchange a series of resolutions was adopted protesting against the strict quarantine regulations of the National and State Boards of Health, causing an almost entire suspension of business, and especially urging the State Board to repeal order Number 6 forbidding seed cotton being brought to the city for sale and to be ginned, and declaring that past experience had unmistakably shown that no contagion had ever been carried through the medium of seed cotton to any .portion of the world, not even to operatives who had worked up the cotton, though thousands of bales had been ginned in Memphis and other cities during the prevalence of yellowfever epidemics in past years. Dr. J. D. Plunkett, of the State Board of Health, was hung in effigy on the night of the 21st, but this action is said to have been generally condemned. A notice was served on the State, and local officials on the 22d, by the Sheriff, and by N. W. Bpecrs, Jr., of an intention to apply for an injunction to restrain them from any further interference with the entry of cotton into the City of Memphis. One new case of yellow fever, imported from Morgan City, was reported to the New Orleans Board of Health on the 23d. Ten new cases and four deaths were reported in Memphis on the 24th. Dr. Plunkett, President of the State Board of Health, telegraphed to Mr. Johnson, Superintendent of Quarantine at Memphis, that he had been advised by counsel that the election of Galloway as Special Judge of the Circuit Court was utterly void, and an injunction issued by him wa§ also void. Mr. Johnson was, therefore, instructed to continue to enforce Rule No. 6 precisely as if the injunction. (Issued by Galloway on the morning of the 24th) had not been granted. There were seven new cases (four white) and five deaths reported in Memphis on the 25th. Five cases of fever were reported to have developed among the negroes on President’s Island, five miles south of the city. Six new cases and six deaths in Memphis on the 26th. Four cases of fever were reported at Oak Grove, ten miles south of Bailey Station, Tenn., and two deaths had recently occurred. The new cases reported in Memphis during the week ending on the 27th numbered sixty-three—forty-one whites and twenty-two colored; total deaths, thirty-one—twenty-six of whom were whites. Total number of cases to date, 1,279;- deaths, 382. Thirteen new cases (ten colored) and six deaths were reported on the 2Sth. It was reported on the 27th that one new case had occurred at Concordia since last report, but no additional yellow-fever deaths had been reported. Foreign intelligence. It was announced on the 22d that Sir Garnet Wolseley had signed a treaty of peace with the Zulu chiefs. Cctewayo had been taken to Cape Town. An incendiary fire recently nearly destroyed the city of Kieff, in Southern Russia. The city was fired in eight places. The loss was enormous and many lives were destroyed. According to a Vienna dispatch of the 22d the visit of Prince Bismarck to Count Andrassy, the Austrian Premier, which occurred on the 21st, had resulted In the settlement of all misunderstanding between the two powers, and the formation of an offensive and defensive alliance against Panslavism. Official intelligence was received on the 23d that the Russian advance column in Cen-

tnl Asia tad :beea defeated by the Tekke Turcomans, with a lorn of 700 killed, and that It had been forced to tall tack on Bearma. > On the evening of the 28d the French Committee having In charge the proposed FrenchAmerican commercial treaty gave a banquet to Fernando Wood, of New York, at Paris. United States Minister Noyes and ConmlGeaeral Fairchild, among othera, were present. According to a London dispatch of tbe 34th the bicycle riders of France and England had decided to make a professional visit to tbe United States. The champions of both countries would accompany them. ' Folk fires, presumably started by Nihilists, have recently oceurted at Astrakhan. The losses were great. One steamboat with twelve barges on the Volga, all laden with naphtha, and one railroad train, similarly laden, were burned. London telegrams of the 25th aay that 800 of the tenants on Lord Normanby’s estate, tn Ireland, had refused to pay any more rents, and had threatened the agent, who offered to make reasonable deductions, with personal violence. The affair had created intense excitement throughout Tipperary. Stanley, the African explorer, left Sierra Leone on the 28d for the River Congo, with the steamer Albion. According to Cairo (Egypt) dispatches of the 25th, General Gordon had had a parley with the leader of the Abyssinian forces, which had resulted In their withdrawal from the Egyptian frontier. General Gordon had left to visit the Abyssinian King. Thx Catholic Bishops of Belgium have instructed their clergy to refuse absolution to parents whose children frequent public schools, and to teachers and pupils in normal schools. A Berlin dispatch of the 26th says the rinderpest had broken out at Koenigs berg, in Russia. It was also extending its ravages In Eastern Poland.

Accohding to a Belgrade telegram of the 26th an affray had occurred on the Danube near Tekia, in Servia, between Servian customs officers and a party of Austrian smugglers, In which ten of the latter were killed. The Russian official Messenger of the 26th reports that during August there were 2,987 fires in Russia, involving a loss of 20,000,000 roubles. A Liverpool dispatch of the 28th says that, in consequence of the prevalence of the foot and mouth disease In a cargo of sheep lately landed at that point, the Privy Council had issued an order placing American sheep in the same category with American cattle. Notices of a ten per cent, reduction In wages were posted on the 2Stb in nearly all the earthenware and china factories in Staffordshire. The men are reported to be determined to resist the reduction, which will affect 80,000 workmen. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 28th says the march of the Russian expedition to Mcrv had been countermanded. It was believed that Herat would be menaced. Accobdino to a Constantinople telegram of the 28th an understanding between Greece and Turkey had become impossible, and both Powers were actively engaged In warlike preparations. A dispatch was received from the Viceroy of India on the 28th announcing the arrival at Kushi of Yakoob Khan, the Ameer of Afghanistan, with an imposing retinue. He reports that the gates of Cabul were closed, and that a condition of anarchy prevailed. The British force was within two days’ march of Cabul. The Government of the Dominion of Canada has prohibited the importation of American cattle.