Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

The John B. Prescott, the largest schooner ever built, has been launched at Rockland, Me. “Badger” Moire has been placed in Sing Sing prison, where he will serve his 19-year sentence. A New York girl has been placed in an insane asylum, the victim of excessive cigarette smoking. The Emperor of Germany appreciates the “loftiness of the Cxar's peace ideas," bnt thinks it advisable to strengthen his own forces.