Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1898 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

EASTERN.

At a meeting of the Chicago platform Democrats in New York. Henry George, the son of the single tax advocate, was nominated to head an independent Democratic ticket. Judge Henry T. Snmpsei, of Centerville, Pa., while engaged in arranging some gearing at one of the circular saws while, it was in motion, was caught by a saw and cut in two. Kate Phillips. 23 years old, a variety actress, tried to kill herself at New York by taking laudanum. She comes from Illinois, ran away from her husband, and fears be means her injury. Peter Crick. Peter Corwnl. John Loronski and Martin Siraotociteh, miners, were burned to death by a gas explosion in the Lehigh shops of the Lehigh VnlJey Colil Company in Midvale, Pa. A special from Dover, N. 11., says: N. A. & J. Sawyer, woolen manufacturers have assigned. Liabilities are estimated at $1,000,900. Ex-Governor Charles 11. Sawyer is {’resident of the corporation. Scott liiglis, 35 years old. an actor until recently in Miss Julia Arthur’s company, shot and killed himself in a New York theatrical boarding house. Inglis had lieen dismissed by Miss Arthur’s manager. Robert Covcney. 15 years of age. died at the Boston city hospital as a result of injuries sustained while playing football on Franklin field, that city. Three players fell upon him and caused an injury to his spine, which resulted in total paralysis. A sad accident, resulting in the drowning of a small child, occurred at the home of Emanuel Noll, at Heilefontaine, Pa. The cistern, containing nine feet of water, had been left uncovered by an inmate of the house, and Anna Lamb, 5 years old. toddled to the reservoir and fell in. William Eagan, a noted baseball player who has at different periods in the last several years boon a member of the St. Louis, Syracuse, Pittsburg and other professional clubs, tried to kill bis wife and hud also planned to kill himself at Camden, N. .1. While intoxicated lit' tired three shots at his wife, none of which took effect, and tried to shoot himself, but was prevented by a policeman. Richard Smith, a young lumberman, ha’s come down from the Adirondaeks to New York to have his nose doctored. It lias been growing all his life and shows no signs of stopping. Four months before Smith was born his mother was.struck on the nose bv her husband in a lit of anger. She tried to stop the flow of blood by pressing the nostrils tightly with her thumb and forefinger. I’pon the nose of the child when it was born was a mark on each side resembling a linger print. Smith’s nose lias enlarged from where it joins the forehead to the tip. now below his chin and hiding his mouth. It is as large as the two double lists of a mail.