Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1898 — News of Minor Note. [ARTICLE]

News of Minor Note.

Artificially spotted tobacco raised in Connecticut is said to be on the market A plague hospital at Bombay was destroyed by fire. Three patients died from shock. George Duffy, an 8-year-old boy, has confessed to setting fire to houses in Hoboken, N. J, with malicious intent. From all parts of China come report* of attacks by natives on foreigners. The whole country seem* to be in a state of anarchy. Flour is now being pressed into bricks for use on the march and in camp. The British Government is testing it for use in the army. A bill has been introduced in the Kentucky Legislature which fixes daily rates in first-class hotels in the State at $1.50; boarding houses, 50c, and restaurant meals, 25c. The handsome farm house of Alvin Feagans, near Knobnoster, Mo., was destroyed by fire, and an infant child was rescued from the burning building after its clothing had caught fire. Hearing the cries of an angry mob outside the jail in which he was confined at Richmond. Ark., Alexander Johnson, a negro boy, charged with grand larceny, drew a razor and cut his throat. The melon growers of Rocky Ford, Colo., an irrigated valley, famous for its delicious melons, have organized an association for the purpose of testing the matter of cold storage, in order to better control sales nnd profits resulting' from the overstocking of the market when tin melons ripen. John Bachman, a convict, made a daring attempt to escape from Sing Sing prison. Bachmnnu worked in the clqthhig department, ami managed to stow himself away in a (1-foot packing case billed to St. Louis. The keeper, however, discovered him nnd took him back to prison. He is serving a life sentence for a minder committed in 1895.