Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1895 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

Hetty Green announces that she will spend the summer in prayer. It is cheaper than spending the summer in Europe. John L. Sullivan’s benefit performance in New York the other night netted him about $6,000. This ought to last him at least two weeks. A thoughtless visitor began humming “Every Day’ll Be Sunday By and By” in New York the other day and a mob chased him nine miles. Gen. Campos has ordered 1,200 pounds of quinine from Spain. It’s no use; quinine will not stop the Spaniards from shaking in their boots. Several days ago Gen. Campos took complete control of the Cuban cable and announced that no news except reports of Spanish victories would be sent out henceforth. We haven’t heard from Cuba since then. Col. Fellows, the district attorney, has returned to his office in New York from England, where he has been spending the latter part of his vacation.. Walter Dennison, Ann Arbor, Mich., and H. F. Decon, Detroit, have been awarded scholarships for study in the American colleges at Athens and Rome. The bread riots in Tabreez continue. A mob has wrecked the house of the Governor, who has resigned hiß authority and promises a reduction in the price of bread. The London Court of Appeals has dismissed Countess Russell’s appeal against the judgment of April last, dismissing her suit against her husband, Earl Russell, for a restoration of conjugal rights.