Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

The Tift block. Buffalo, N. I\, was damaged by tire to the extent of übout $75,(XXI. The plant of the Mitchell, S. I)...electric light company was destroyed by a tire originating in the engine room. Loss, SI,(XX) ; no insurance. An engine drawing a west-lwuind freight train at Grey Court, X. Y., blew up, killing Engineer William C-ronk and Firemau Benrack of Port Jervis. The warehouse of'Tlall Bros.’ big fruitjar glass works at Muncie, Ind., was destroyed by fire. The loss will he al>out $285,000. The warehouse contained fully one-half the year's product. Only nbout S2O,<XX> insurance will I>e available to cover the loss. Lewis It. Clifton, a prominent citizen of Lucerne, Mo., clasped Miss Cora Miller about the waist and shot himself dead because she would not make up a quarrel. Miss Miller was after ward found standing in the center ofthe room holding Clifthn’s dead body in her arms.’ Martin Enssley, the former society loader of Memphis, Tonn., who was charged with having murderously assaulted his companion, Charles 11. Collins, at Meramec Highlands last summer and robbing him of SO,OOO, has been discharged from custody. At Cluytou Collins, the prosecuting witness, wax not present to testify. Most extraordinary crop conditions prevail In Nebraska The acreage of winter and spring wheat is almost one-third : heavier thau last year's big acreage. Much more spring wheat than usual was | put in after the war became imminent and wheat took such a shot upward. About ‘ one-fourth more acres wall be devoted to corn than last year. Other grain is in similar proportion. .The plant of the Baltimore Biscuit ‘ Company was damaged SOO,OOO by fire. Three hundred men had worked all day on “rush” orders for the Government, and this stock, as well as a large quantity of flour, was consumed and the machinery practically ruined. It la thought that | the fire will seriously delay the orders of B&he Government lor the army and aavy. Many houses in the villages of BiancaL villa and Bemposso, on the slopea of | Mount Aetna, Sicily, were wrecked by* Pin earthquake. The most violent shock I* was felt southward from Aetna for thirty