Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — An Adventurous Fellow. [ARTICLE]

An Adventurous Fellow.

A young man named Bennett has put his bicycle to profitable use in the Australian gold fields by establishing with it a postal route between Ooolgardie, the center of the mining district, nnd Dundos, which is two hundred and eighty miles away. Strapped on the wheel is a small letter-box, in which he carries letters between the two towns for a shilling a piece and telegrams for five shillings, making one round trip a week. A revolver, a sharp knife, and a water bottle comprise the rest of the outfit The 18-months-old daughter of a New York man died from a mosquito bite. The hlte made the child restless, and it scratched , it continually, causing inflammation.,