Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1892 — OTHER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

The rebellion in Venezuela is growing tn strength. Indian police at Sisseton killed two land hunters Saturday. A mother and five children were killed in a fire at Posen Sunday. Burglars at Quincy, 111., got away with $20,000 worth of jewelry Saturday. Pennsylvania moonshiners beat an agedr witness to death with a rock Saturday. Eighty free-coinage men are said to have formed a filibustering combine in the House. Fifer and Harrison carried most qf the Illinois Republican county primaries Saturday. Tin is reported to have been found near Chattanooga. Tenn., where a company ha 9 been formed to work the mine. The-main school building at Crawfords*ville burned Saturday evening, causing a loss of $75,000. The water works gave put. C Fifty persons are known to have teen killed in the great Kansas cyclone, and still the list is incomplete. Four towns were completely ruined, and a dozen others were badly wrecked. Ex-President Cleveland, Ex-Speaker Reed. Governor McKinley, Governor Boyd, ex-Governor Campbell and Governor Winan were among its speakers wh o entertained little Rhode Island Saturday night. Nearly the whole State was out to hear them.

A perfectly petrified ham of a hog was recently found in a field on the poor farm near Salem, and is now there in-possession of George W. Roseberry. The specimen is almost perfect, even showing the saw marks on the rock. The line of division between the flesh and skin is also very plain. The flesh side is beautifully ornamented with a shell fish and other water animals. It Is a fine piece o f nature’s handiwork. A terrific bail and rain storm passed near Wheeling, W. Va.. at 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. In Martin’s Ferry the hail stones were as large as hen’s eggs, and great damage was done to windows, hundreds of which were broken. The streets were badly damaged by the heavy rain. Washouts are reported on the railroads. It is reported that much live stock in the fields iii the country was injured by the hail; in some instances the horns of the cattle were broken off. A telephone _ message from Martin’s Ferry says that nearly every window facing the west was broken. Chairman Gowdy, of the Republican State Central Committee has annc_nced bis executive committee as follows;R. B. F. Peirce, Indianapolis. J. B. Homan, Danville. J W. T. Durbin, Anderson. • Moses G. McLain, Indianapolis. W. M. Milford, Indianapblis. George Knox. Indianapolis. | George M. Youngs Vincennes. A P. Hendrickson. India napohk Theodore Sbockney. Union City. F.. H. Tripp, North Vernon. A. A. Winslow. Hammond.