Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — Brieflets. [ARTICLE]

Brieflets.

Gen. Rosecrans is failing. Late estimates place the loss by the Crawford, N. J., fire at SIOO,OOO. The postoffice at Lincoln, Neb., was looted by robbers, who secured SSOO. A Detroit domestic named Lizzie Fleming is said to be suffering from leprosy. Two hundred delegates are attending the Southwest silver conference at El Paso, Texas. Harry M. Hodson goes to prison from Evansville, Ind., for four years for killing his father. St. Louis has been invaded by a gang of highwaymen, and robberies are of nightly occurrence. Citizens of Wolf Island, Ont., passed resolutions for reciprocity with the United States or annexation. Congressman Hoar was married at Concord, Masa, to Miss Mary Butterick. The wedding was private. The heirs of tho Gould estate are liable, under the New York law of 1892, to pay an inheritance tax of $1,000,OOo! The steamer Ethelwood has reached London with the first cargo of Florida oranges ever shipped to Great Britain. The operators of the Hocking Valley have decided to organize a company to buy and sell the entire output of the valley. Bishop John SHAXLEY.of the Catholic Diocese of North Dakota, openly pronounces prohibition a failure, and calls for a change. - Suits have been brought at Toledo involving every electric, street Tailway in the United States. The underside spring trolley and lighting from a powei circuit are the issue.