Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1887 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. __ Sadie Bigelow and Lizzie Hart, aged 18 and 19, respectively, quarreled with their lovers, at Boston, and upon returning to their rooms swallowed poison, and died a few hours later. The Bigelow woman was the wife of a business man, from whom she separated, owing to his abuse. ....Ten buildings were destroyed by fire at Greensburg, Pa. Loss, $100,000. Gen. William W. Loring, the wellknown Confederate General who, as Loring Pasha, claimed to have saved the Egyptian army in Abyssinia about ten years ago, died last week at New York. Gen. Loring was born in North Carolina about 69 years ago. When only 16 years old he ran away to fight "in the war for Texan independence. He rose to be a Captain. When the Seminole war broke out he fought himself into a Lieutenancy of the United States army. He followed the army to Mexico, and lost an arm in the battle of Chapultepec, and came out as Major of the First Mounted Rifles, United States army. Then he was promoted Colonel, and in this position be led a famous march from Fort Leavenworth to Oregon without losing a man. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Bartholdi statue. The Secretary of the Lighthouse Board has reported that the torch arm is particularly weak, and may possibly break some of these days and entail loss of life to visitors. He recommends that the arm be closed to visitors. on the other hand, claim that the alleged weakness of the statue is all “bosh.”