Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — Sparks from the Wires, [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires,

Florida’s crop of pineapples this year Is 2,300,000. The Government is reported to hove chattered three Alaska steamers to transport troops to Honolulu. Twenty lepers who were released from the hospital by the Spaniards at Santiago during the bombardment are still at large. The New Yorif Cotton Exchange proposes to suspend brokers who perpetrate “wash" sales by means of fictitious quotations.