Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1900 — WEEK’S NEWS RECORD [ARTICLE]

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

An epidemic of black cancer rash prevails at West Derby, a suburb of Newport, Vt. About fifty houses have been closed and everything possible is being done to prevent further spread of the plague. M. Danysz of the Pasteurs Institute has found a microbe which will wipe ruts out of existence. He bus tried the effect of his microbe in warehouses, farms and other places, and in 50 per cent of cases the rats completely disappeared. Dr. John W. Hamilton, recently chosen a bishop ofAhe Methodist Episcopal Church, is a vigorous advocate of temperance and ah upholder of the rights of women. He is described by the Boston Globe as “a rather rare combination of devout minister of the gospel and acute man of business.” Since the enactment of Wisconsin's marriage license law ..the .mimber of marriages in Milwaukee has decreased 33 per cent. In 1888 the number of ceremonies performed in that city was 4,206, and in 1889 there were but 2,810 weddings. Milwaukee hud formerly been the “Gretna Green” for couples from Btates adjacent to Wisconsin. At the first performance of Sotisa's band in the American section of the Paris Exposition the enthusiasm of the great audience of Americans that gathered to hear it did not break all bounds until the "Cuke Walk” and other rag-time pieces were played. Then the American colony became delirious. The Frenchmen present couldn’t understand it. The standing of the clubs in the National League is aa follows: W.’L. W. L. Philadelphia 27 15 St. L0ui5....'20 22 Brooklyn ...25 ItiChicago 20 23 Pittsburg ...23 23 New York... 17 23 Boston 19 2i» Cincinnati ...16 25 Following is the standing in the American League: W. L. w j Indianapolis 28 12 Minneapolis. 24 23 Chicago ....26 I'.lKansas City. 23 25 Milwaukee ..2.5 20 Buffalo 16 28 Cleveland ...23 20 Detroit 13 30 The mini volcanoes situated in the vicinity of Laytonville, Cal., have burst into alarming activity. The first intimation the inhabitants had of the phenomenon was when an immense cloud 6f vapor issued from the mouth of the craters, accompanied by a sound like far-away thunder. The disturbance is so violent that great redwood trees are swayed when the mud and vapor shoots high over the rims of the craters and Hows down the hillside like a lava stream into one of the tributaries of the Eel river. The murky craters are filled with a bluish mud of about the consistency of boiling tar, but the mud is icy cold. The roar of the volcanoes can be heard for miles ar. on cl. .—. '