Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1887 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE BAST. William C. Hioßman, of Boston, hra flod to after swindling capitalists oat of *50,000 by a scheme to manufacture an article called/toagarine” out of common starch. Hickman has rich and influential relatives at Philadelphia. The yachts Dauntless and Coronet started from New York for the transatlantic race. The starting point in the race was Owl’s Head, and the course is to Roche's Point, Queenstown, Ireland. The Dauntless was slightly ahead nR the boats faded from sight... .Tom Rallard, the famous counterfeiter, now serving, a term of thirty years in the Albany penitentiary, is said to be a mental and physical wreck, intent only upon suicide. The funeral of Henry Ward Beecher, at Greenwood Cemetery, New York, was attended by an immense concourse of the deceased's friends and parishioners. Beecher and the other relatives took an affecting farewell as the remains at Plymouth Church. The prayer of Pastor Halliday at the grave was of an unusually touching description. The Will of Mr. Beecher bequeaths his life insurance policy to his widow, the sum to be invested and paid to her in quarterly payments. The remainder of his estate is left to his childxt*n. Fears are entertained that Mrs. Beecher will not long survive her husband. Mr. J. Q. A, Ward, the sculptor, made a very satisfactory cast of the great preacher’s face. , ■