Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1884 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Reeord of the Week. EASTERN. Jesse Carter (colored) was hanged at J*lttsburgh for twin*: accessory to a murder Be prayed and sunc on the scaffold, and asserted his innoceace. Near Miss Nivison’s Children’s Sanittartnm, at Bammonton, N. J., was found buried the remains of twenty-one children, incased in iwde pine boxes. Recently the ■death-rate it the institutiaa, which is a purely charitable one, has been excessive, the manageress ascribing* to the use«f Irish ■moss as food. The discovery caused much ■excitement, and the positions of the bodies Bhowed Slat but a hasty interment was given the little victims. Mr. Austin Oorbin, who ■acts as Treasurer for the institution, says he knows little of its management. Henry C. Work, the popular songwriter, died at Hartford, Cona. Courtney failed to materialize at Oak Point, N. Y., for his ra« with Ross, the latter rowing over the three-mile course (with turn) in 23:59*4The death is announced of Gen. •James Watson Webb, who made a national reputation as editor of the Courier and Enquirer, of New York. The schooner Fanny Fern was run ■down off Gleueester, Mass., by an outward•bound coal-oarrying steamer, and four of tihe crew were drowned. At Chappaqua, N. Y.. Miss Gabrielle •Greeley’s horse ran away, breaking her right ■shoulder aad injuring her internally.