Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1888 — WEEKLY BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN STATES. Samuel Steveks, a Connecticut milkman, mourns the loss of ten cows m one night The flooring of the stable gave way and the cows, which were fastened with halters to upright posts, were hanged by the neck until dead. Close upon the heels of the prosecution of the liquor dealers and a gang of burglars at Union City, Pa., came an attempt to assassinate Prosecuting Attorney Frank McClintock, his wife, and two children. Some unknown person placed two gas-pipe dynamite bombs beside Mr. McClintock’s residence, one under his bedroom and the othir under the front of the building. The one at the front of the house exploded, but owing to defect in construction only the front of the bouse was blown up and the inmates were not hurt. The other bomb had been lighted and placed under McClintock’s sleeping apartments, and but for the fact that the fuse was only half burned McClintock’s family would have been blown into eternity. The New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion elected Gen. Schofield Commander. The Massachusetts Supreme Court has denied a rehearing of the case of Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, the Somerville poisoner convicted of the murder of Arthur Freeman, her brother-in-law. This means that Mrs. Robinson must hang unless the Governor and his council commute the sentence to imprisonment The experience of the New York elevated railroads as defendants in damage suits emphasizes the importance of securing right of way either by purchase, lease, or condemnation proceedings. Large sums of money are being quietly paid out by the Manhattan people in settlement of claims, as recent decisions of the courts establish the fact that damages can be collected for loss of rental to buildings in the past and in the future, and for all damage to the property itself, besides punitive damages for trespass in the original invasion of the streets. The strike at the Ejgar Thompson Steel Woiks at Braddock, Pa., has been declared off by the Knights of Labor.