Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1901 — This and That. [ARTICLE]

This and That.

Indian Territory lins more than doubled its population in ten years. Thieves stole n $2,500 brooch from Mrs. Louise Bowers, Chicago. Africa contains 80.000,000 Mohammedans to about 200,(MX),000 inhabitants. Said that Maj. Unge of the Swedish army? has invented a noiseless torpedo. Among the 670 members of the new House of Commons two are above 80 years of age. Lord Brougham co.mmonly spent three Or four weeks in study before writing a great speech. Cincinnati mining company has opened* a three-foot vein of silver ore on Pike’s Peak. Seventy-two degrees below zero was the record low temperature registered by Schwatkn, on the Grand Fish river, in Canada. Jacob Mertz, Omaha, willed his property to bis intended bride, then a magistrate tied the nuptial knot. She was Barbara Lisy. E. R. Steyner, Pittsburg, Pa., president of the Federal Oil Company, is not enthused over the reported big strike at Beaumont, Texas. He says it’s a crevice well. Manila has about 165,000 inhabitants. There is a smaller number of saloons there in proportion to tiie population than in any city of similar size in the United States. The National Live Stock Association selected Chicago ns the place fuf holding its annual meeting next year. A memorial was sent to President McKinley, asking that the association be allowed to select an assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Col. Pink Hawkins, the oldest Creek Of the (‘reck nation, diol nt his home, west of Eufaula, I. T. He went- to the Indian Territory with the first lot of Creeks that came from Alabama, nnd since that time has held many important offices of the tribe, nt one time being second chief.