Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1883 — SMALL TALK. [ARTICLE]

SMALL TALK.

The .Atlanta Constitution is building itself a new office out of Georgia granite, A Bridgeport-(Ct.) gentleman will publish all the rejected poems he can find. The name of the only negro member of the House of Representatives is Of Hara. Potatoes in Southern Illinois are 25 cents a bushel, and dealers do not want them at that. Detroit can show cedar-block pavements laid eight years ago which are yet in good condition. Allan Pinkerton sues Philadelphia for $2.0 X) for catching Major Phipps, the almshouse thief. Frank S. Thomas, a gambler in poor health, killed himtelf in Galveston, leaving a note saying: “I take this means of getting well. A plain box is all 1 want.” A man with a wooden leg may be said to be stumping the town.