Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1899 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

Candy has been added to the army ration by order of the Secretary of War. Mineralville. Pa., will celebrate Dewey day (May 1) with a big parade and patriotic exercises. Nearly 800 Spanish merchants sailed from Havana on the steamship Montserrat for Spain, to avoid outrages by Cuban soldiers. A decision has been rendered in favor of Miss Leah Maud Decker, the school teacher at Good Ground, L. 1., who was accused of making love to one of her pupils. ’ A New York man has recently bought the match factory at Calabaaar, a village about twelve miles from Havana, and Will soon be turning out real American matches. Maj. M. R. Marks of Orlando, Fla.,is financing an electric propelling device which will, he maintains, carry a ship Southampton I, threo 7