Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — BREVITIES. [ARTICLE]

BREVITIES.

An entire square in Wadsworth village, Ohio, was swept clean by fire. The boundary dispute between San Domingo and Hayti has been settled. Dr. Henry Otto Clauss, a wealthy physician. kiljed himself at New York. S. Dow Ehvood, president of the Wayne County Savings Hank, is drad at Detroit. (Jen. Merriatn declares that there is no suitable camping ground for American troops in Hawaii. The infant daughter of Commander and Consul Booth-Tucker of the Salvation army died at New York. A package of jewelry valued at 10,000, belonging Jo Pugilist Jin) Corbett, is missing from Un Anbury Park hotel. Rev. H. H. Schnclledraessler died at Muhlenberg hospital, in Plainfield. N. J., from hiccoughs. He was (IS years of age. At Glasgow, l\y., Mrs. William Holes, a widow. Was murdered by John Franklin, her son-in-law, owing to family troubles. Colorado Prohibitionists have declared for free silver and nominated a State ticket headed by Uev. C. B. Spencer for -Governor. St. Patrick's Church, at Audenried, Pa., is slowly sinking into the mines, and nbandomnent of the property probably will be necessary. Lieut. Col. Nicholas Seim, chief surgi'ou, United Stab 1 * volunteers, has been honorably dmdiurged from the service of the United States. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. in session in Toronto, ailowinl $25,000 iu beneficiaries’ claims, making $4,101,147 paid out on death or disability insurance this year. 1 A rear end collision between freight trains occurred on the Union Pacific near Grand Island, Neb. Engineer Roddy was fatally scalded, his engine demolished and several cars wrecked. By the explosion of a toiler on the farm of John Pollock, near Hnderlin, N. I)„ Eugene Shields, engineer, was killed mid Charles Everson, firemnn, and Bert Dingman, tankman, ware badly scalded. The engine belonged to a threshing outfit. Michigan Republicans have renominaU'd Gov. H. 8. Pitigreo. The Democratic ticket in Connecticut Is headed by Daniel 4 N. .Morgan for Governor. The Fourth Street and Arsenal Street Railway of St. Louis was sold at auction on a mortgage foreclosure, the purchaser ben# Johu H. Oyurall, who paid $191,0T). • The Bolua Valley State Bank at Hastirgtvlowa, was robbed the other .night by . l-ackmaen. who blear the safe to pieces. The robbers, of wtom than* were probably three,' secured $2,135 and escaped with Caeir booty. : *4W 4. sm, m*