Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1883 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Polk, the defaulting Tennessee Treasurer, has been held in SIOO,OOO for his appearance for trial. A boiler in the paper mills at Elkton, Md, exploded with such force as to nearly wreck the building, killing two men and injuring eight othera A fire at Washington, Hempstead county, Ark, swept away business property valued at $50,000. At Pine Hill, Ky., some workmen attempted to dry Hercules powder cartridges, the result being the loss of three Uvea A bill to abolish the whipping-post has been defeated in the Delaware House of Representatives, after having gone through the Senate.