Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1890 — OF INTEREST TO BOOKWORMS. [ARTICLE]

OF INTEREST TO BOOKWORMS.

Eleventh Annual Conference of the American Library Association. Fabyans (N. H.) dispatch: The American Library Association holds its eleventh annual conference this week at Fabvan House in the White mountains. The meetings of the association have steadily increased in interest and importance since its foundation until they have not only succeeded in attracting all wideawake and progressive librarians of the country, but have also gathered in as participants a number of college professors and other educators, writers, publishers, literary students, and trustees of libraries, who have been able to find in these yearly convocations of booklovers valuable information or inspiration. 4. Special Election in Breckinridge's District Little Rock (Ark.) dispatch: Gov. Eagle will issue a proclamation at once calling a special election in the Second Arkansas Congressional district to fill the vacancy caused by the ousting of C. R. Breckinridge by the Republican majority in the House. The date of the special election will be Nov. ■♦, the time fixed for the regular election in all the Congressional districts. A large vein of pure white sand, suitable for making glass, has been found near Pittsburg, Pa. The discovery will save the glass manufacturers of that city thousands of dollars annually, as they have hitherto been obliged to send across the Alleghany Mountains for their sand. The pumps in the Gold Hill mine at Grass Valley, Cal., were uncovered recently after lying nine years . under water. They were put to work and lifted water as well as the first day they were down.