Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1899 — Told in a Few Lines. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Lines.

Sixteen cases of smallpox in Nicetown, negro suburb of Philadelphia. Natives in Alaska now kill otters. The skins are worth S6OO apiece. Counterfeiting outfit was found in the Greentree Hotel, Shreveport, La. Bank of England has subscribed 91,000 for the sufferers in the Dawson fire. A Huntington, W. Va., plant is manufacturing clay shingles. Eighty men are employed. Thomas Eves, 45, Versailles, Kjr., was drowned in the Kentucky river, at Lilliard’s ferry. Claims by Germans in Samoa for indemnification for the destruction of property in the recent bombardment have been left to the findings of the Samoan commission. ■ ' . v:* s “little Dick,” said to be the shrewdest burglar in America, arrested in Detroit. In his possession were fifteen gold yratebas, 120 diamonds and ninety-nine large opals. Coatmakers’ Beneficial Association of Cincinnati has been incorporated by sweat shop proprietors. Their purpose is to place •west shops on a higher plage, and eventually abolish them.