Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1898 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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Patrick Fay. who died of old age ia Boston, left SBO,OOO, laid by from tips he had received while a waiter. The Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company has made an assignment. This company has been running fifteen years, has enjoyed exceptional credit and has paid regular dividends. > An important.gas deal, which has been on for the last three years, was consummated at Pittsburg, Pa„ by the consolidation of the illuminating gas companies of Allegheny County. The capital stock of the new company is $11,000,000. Frank Murphy, aged 40 years, is dead, and two other men, named Thompson and Hunt, are in the hospital in Newark, N. J., as the result of “scorching.” Thompson and Hunt on a tandem and Murphy on a single bicycle ran into a cab while racing.