Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — CENSUS EMPLOYES. [ARTICLE]

CENSUS EMPLOYES.

Robert Porter, Superintendent of the Census Bureau, Makes Appointments. Robert Porter, superintendent of the census bureau, has appointed Dr. Charles A. Ashburner and John H. Jones special agents to collect statistics of coal for the eleventh census. Ashburner was formerly in charge of the geological survey in Pennsylvania. Jones was the statistician for the Pennsylvania railroad compuny. James H. Blodgett, Rockford, 111., has been appointed special agent to collect the educational statistics. James M. Swank of Philadelphia has been appointed special agent to collect sta-* tistics of the iron and steel trade, and Joseph D. Weeks of Pittsburg has been appointed special agent to collect statistics of petroleum, coke, natural gas, and glass. Burned to Death for His Crime. Lexngton (Ky.) dispatch: The 1% year-old daughter of William Oates, a wealthy farmer of Wayne county, Kentucky. was assaulted Saturday by a negro servant. As soon as the crime was made known a posse was organized and a search began for the negro. He was found and identified and after some delay was placed In a trench. Dry rails were placed on him. 4-Iter being saturated with coal oil the r&fls were set on fire. The fiend was burned to a crisp.