Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — THE NEWS CONDENSED, [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED,

Tin- kAst. v The Governor of Pennsylvania has urged the Attorney General to proeeo«te persons who have boon systematically defrauding r the State in the soldiers orphans' schools. Ho draws a terrible picture of thq unwwahed clothing, poor food; and cohlftgious diseases. — ; A suit brought against the Penn Bank directors by a depositor aho claimed that ho had been induced to leave his inouey in a bank known by defendants to be insolvent, resulted in a verdirffoY the plaintiff of $24,<123.41. This decision of the Pittsburgh court will, it is supposed, result in the immediate institution of hundreds of similar suits... .At Merrick. L. 1,, l>r. Thomas S. Taylor, in attempting to put a bullet through n tomato can, placed on the head of his coachman, Thaddeus Gretman. shot the latter dead. A UPFrAtO speoial to the Chicago Timen says: “The statement of Rev. William Cleveland, brother of the President, that the latter will marry Miss Frances Folsom,the lovely daughter of the late Oscar Folsom, leaves no doubt of the fact that the White House wedding will take place. The wedding, it is said, will he* of the most quiet character possible, and it is to be solemnized in June. There will not be a dozen persons present, and, if it is possible, the time of its occurrence will be kept secret until after the ceremony. Miss Folsom is modest, retiring, and sensitive, and her wishes are that there shall be no display. In this it is. understood the President concurs.” A remarkable tale comes from Lewiston. Me. A young man been for months in failing health, and doctors could not fathom his case. It was not understood until a snake thrust its head from the young man's mouth. His sister seized it and landed it safely at her feet, hut the operation killed her brother, as the snake’s tail had grown into his body, and the separation ruptured a blood vessel... The giving way of a vessel at Pittsburgh containing one thousand pounds of molten steel seriously injured a number of persons ... The carpet firm of Learn & Snyder, of McKeesport, Pa., has made an assignment to secure d Ats of $40,000 ... The elephant Alice, Jumbo's London partner, has arrived in New York.