Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1885 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. A warehouse in Brooklyn recently shipped to Turkey 40, (/JO stand of arms, valued at $.(00,000, on which the Droids had loaned a large sum to the manufacturer. Six men were killed by the explosion of a tug-boat’s boiler in the East River, opposite New York. Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, was arrested on a libel suit entered by Mayor Grace, who claims $50,000 damages. Mr. Pulitzer was released on $5,000 bail. The Grand Jury at New York has indicted General Shaler for receiving bribes. Seven men robbed Ben tel & Co.’s bank at Freedom, Pennsylvania, blowing open the safe, and securing $12,000 in cash and securities. The fire following tho explosion destroyed several thousand dollars. The burglars kept tho citizens at bay with revolvers, which they fired several times. Through the failure of a grip on a cable train at the East river bride two cars slipped back down the curve at the Brooklyn end, crashing into another train. Five persons received serious injuries, among them being Conductor F. E. Meyers. The bridge officials report that the cable road has carried 38,500,000 passengers without losing a life.