Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1886 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. Samuel Brigham, a bank cashier at Norwich, Conn., has been held in $15,000 bail for larceny. The second and concluding volume of Blaine’s “Twenty Years in Congress” has been published. It embraces the period between Johnson’s installation as President and Garfield’s electioa The earlier chapters aro occupied mainly with the reconstruction problem, the contest between the President and Congress, and the impeachment trial Grant’s eight years’ administration is discussed m a generous and catholic spirit, and tho closing chapters . deal with current questions of political discussion. A passenger train was derailed at Tamaqua, Penn., some of the cars falling over an embankment and being consumed by lire. Two passengers were probably fatally injurod, and a number of others -were badly hurt. In thirteen years the creditors of the Sprague estate liavo received but fifteen per cent, of their claims. During tho same time Trustee Cliafee has drawn over $300,000 for his services. Silas Blakeslee, an aged man living near Wallingford, Conn., gave 10 cents to a stranger who saved him from drowning. James Hammer, a leading citizen of Lowville, Pa., who stood high in church circles, has disappeared, having squandered a fund of SIO,OOO of which he was trustee. Gen. Hazen, of the Signal Service, has sued the New York Times for SIOO,OOO damages for libel. A man named Lillie owns a mill at Shamokin Hill, Pa. His twin daughters, Kate and Susie, aged 0 years, strayed to an up stairs room where a shaft was revolving. The little ones ventured too near the machinery, and their clothes caught in tho shaft. After having been thrown around for an hour they were found by an older sister. Whoa tho machinery was stopped their bodies were found to be terribly lacerated. Katie was dead, and Susie has but little clianpo of recovery. At the auction of Lorillard’s horses in New Jersey, the Dwyer Brothers paid $17,500 for Pontiac, an imported black colt. The total imports of general merchandise, exclusive of dry goods, at New York during the woek were valued at $7,857,400. Reports throughout the Atlantic States indicate that the recent storm was one of the most destructive in years. The Cypress Hills .Street Railway depot and sheds at Brooklyn were destroyed by fire, burning many cars. Lt.su, SIOO,OOO.