Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1885 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

TUB BAST. Frank Kunkle, of Allegheny City, plaoed a mixture at turpentine, tar and linseed oil On the stove in his kitchen. The mixture boiled over, and an explosion followed, scattering the blazing fluid in all directions. The clothing of three children who were in the room took fire, but Kunkle rushed to the scene, throwing each in turn through a window into the yard. One of them died in an hour, bnt the others may Recover. Kunkle himself and another man roeived s severe burns.... Dr. Albert F. Goersen, wbo poisoned his wife five years' ago, was banged last week at Philadelphia. The following bulletin in regard to Gen. Grants health is telegraphed from New York:

There ia no lonirer doubt that the General’s malady has assumed an alarming form. Ur. Douglas thinks there is no reason to expect any Improvement of a permanent character. Ti e groat danger lies in t he loss of strength incident to the difficulty of giving him nourishment which he can retain on his stomach The retching which food induces aggravates the terrible agony he suffers from his malady. At such times not even cocaine is powerful enough to neutralize the pain. The recent prostt ation following the reception of the news from Washington, which was necessarily exciting and bracing, indicates how little strength the General has. The disease itself, too, has come to the surface at other points, indicating that it has been progressing rapidly within the past few days. The diseased tissue lies in such a place that the knife can not be used, and there is no hope of prolonging the life of the distinguished patient beyond a few weeks. Only a few of the most intimate friends of the family are admitted to the house, and no visitor entei s the sick chamber.

• After the banging of Dr. Goerson at Philadelphia, Joseph Barrett was found dead in his cell, and Joseph Taylor, under sentence of death, was discovered writhing in convulsions. Physicians attribute the casualties to fright— Paul Bauer, proprietor of the West Brighton Hotel, at Coney Island; Thomas Glass, proprietor of the Glass Palace Hotel, Brooklyn, and William Peters were sentenced at Brooklyn for pool-selling, the first to three months in the penitentiary and $750 fine, the second to two months and SSOO fine, and the third to twenty days and SIOO fine. Bauer is said to be worth $300,000.,..A hotel at Bradford, Pa., was set on firs fay the explosion of n lamp. Two men were btirned to death and two others were injured by flames. SnrON Cameron passed the 86th anniversary of his birth at his home in Harrisbnrg, Pa., being confined to his room by sickness. He hopes to be able to go to Fortress Monroe next week.