Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — Telegraphic Brevities. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic Brevities.

John Houlihan died at Britain, Conn., from the effects of a blow received in a prize fight with “Patsy” Nolan. Miss Frankie Brewer, daughter of Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, died of consumption in San Antonio, Texas. The malthouse of the Hinchcliffe brewery in Paterson, X. J., and a silk factory and a dwelling were burned. Loss, $213 - 000; insurance, SIOO,OOO. Miss Alice Lukens, of Chicago, who was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Wilson in Everett, Mass., committed suicide by hanging herself with bed clothes to her bed.