Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1885 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Nelson Edwards, a New York dentist, spent two days in killing himself with a razor. His throat and body were horribly gashed. A court in New York granted a mo.tion to send a commission to England to examine witnesses in regard to the sanity of Mrs. Dudley, who sho* O’Donovan Rossa. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler has been •ued for 115,000 at Boston by the National

Soldiers' Home, the sum remaining unaccounted for since the defendant was Treasurer of the home. Wm. H. Carroll, the originator of miners' unions throughout Pennsylvania, fatally shot Henry Taylor, a business rival, at Wilkesbarre. Ex-President Arthur has caused the distribution of thousands of cards in New York, announcing his return to the practice of law. Kate Smulsey, of Fort Plain, N. ¥., who fasted for several months, passed away last week. Her weight decreased to twentyfive pounds. James Ellis & Co., flour merchants at Bradford, Pa., failed, with liabilities amounting to $300,0o0.„: -