Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1882 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Juan B, Alvarado, who was Governor of California from 1836 to 1843, died at San Pablo. At Dayton, W. T., every store, hotel and bank in the town was consumed by fire, which destroyed six business blocks. Loss, $300,000. Crop reports have been received by the Michigan Secretary of State from 685 townships. The acreage of wheat this year is 1,718,155, and the estimated yield is 31,420,834 bushels. Last .year’s acreage was 1,669,405, which yielded 20,173,471 bushels. Capt. Payne, of “Oklahoma,” called upon Secretary Teller. The Secretary told the Captain it would be imprudent to attempt to in the Territory himself and perhaps disastrous to lead others there. Under the Repression act sixteen counties, eight cities and four baronies of Ireland have been proclaimed. Three disastrous conflagrations occurred in New York city at nearly the same time. They broke out, respectively, in Whitehall, Pearl and Washington streets, and tbe damage occasioned will reach $900,000.