Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — News of Minor Notes [ARTICLE]

News of Minor Notes

Diphtheria at Waverly, Mo., put a stop to all church and social gatherings. " At Commercial, Ky„ the 3yenr-old son of Pat Corbin, while playing about a fire in the yard, was burned to death. The United States torpedo bpgt Bowa* vraa launched at Seattle, Wash., on a Friday, in defiance of all superstition and prejudice’ v All the officers of the United States artillery who have been absent from their stations on college details have been ordered to rejoin their commands immediately. , A canal Twenty-two miles in length, diverting the waters of the Colorado river, is being constructed near Yuma, A. T., by private capital. It will reclaim a Valley of 30,000 acres.