Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1898 — BREVITIES. [ARTICLE]

BREVITIES.

At Albany, Ore,,'the Waterloo woolen mills, owned by Thomas Kay, burned. Loss $50,000, A. special from Morton, Miss, reports that the business portion of the town Was destroyed by tire. At Kenton, Ohio, a Toledo and Ohio Central fast train wounded Michael McCann and killed his wife and daughter. A syndicate has purchased for .$175,000 the canneries controlled by the California Canneries companies. It will make an effort to. control the British market for California canned fruits. Mrs. Biekley, 75 years old, aiyl an adopted son, about 50 years of age, Were found dead in their dilapidated home, three miles from Sellersville, Pa, Every evidence points to death by starvation. v. Riotous demonstrations of threatening proportions, in favor of the army and against 7 the Sagastn government, are reported in the streets rtf-Madrid, and troops are held in readiness in case of emergency. The authorities of the Missouri experiment station have determined to continue their experiments with sugar beets at least another year, as their work lias not definitely settled whether the cultivation of the beet will be profitable. A mammoth pocket of natural gas was struck at Baldwinsvillo, N. Y. It is estimated that the well which was reached will yield 50,000,000 cubic feet a day. It la impossible to approach within 0(H) feet of the well, and the engineers are at a loss how to control the monster. Juetiec Hiscock at Herkimer, N Y., has appoint(*d Nicholas Kcrnau of Utica assignee and A. M. Mills of Little Palls receiver for Alfred Dolge Son, manufacturers, of Dolgeville, Herkimer County. The proceedings were brought by Rudolph Dolge of New York, The liabilities are laid to be $1,1150,000. Near McGhee Station, Tenn., John McGhee and his son Joe shot and killed HeniT.and J£rnest Howard and James Murrand and mortally wounded Tom Howard. The Howards were brothers and Sons-in-law of McGhee. The, killing was the result of a family feud. The McGhees are prominent people and highly connected. It i« believed that the last chapter in the famous Dr. Briggs case has now been concluded. At a meeting of the New York presbytery a letter from Dr. Briggs was rand, withdrawing from the Presbyterian Church, The resignation was accepted. raßaSffi/lbfrtf .• '•*'*.■***■* "* ** '