Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1900 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notes of Current Event*.

San Antonio. Texas, lias subscribed >3,000 for the Boers. Firemen, trainmen and telegraphers may form a new federation. Springfield, Mo., Hibernians resolved to send no money to the Boers. Dispatches from Baltimore say the proposed oyster trust has fallen through. George Smiley was hanged at, Holbrook, Ariz., for killing Foreman Sweeney. Lamp exploded at Coal Run, Pa„ and Chas. Ti|omas and Allen Stott burned to death. Charles Woodring, Scranton, Pa., lost his wages at gambling and committed suicide. ' • J nines White. 16, Mercer, Pa., was killed by the bursting of an electric starter for a gas engine. President McKinley has named Lewis K. Winston of Mississippi collector of customs at Natchez. L. 8. & M. 8. Railroad will employ no firemen more than 25 years old and under 160 pounds in weight.