Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1892 — OTHER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

There are 797 convicts in the prison north. Willie, aged ten, son of William Cooney, of Michigan City, was struck by a train, losing both legs. The tin-plate bil! passed the Honse Friday afternoon, under a susoension of the rules, by a vote of 3C7 to 50. A "rich strike of quartz was made at i Cripple creek. Cal., an assay of ore taken 1 one foot below the surface giving $9,300. The reciprocity treaty with the United States is unpopular in Brazil. The government is obtaining data, preparatory to negotiate the revision. A' sensational rumor is afloat in Eau ' Claire, Wis., that William Anderson, the logging contractor recently murdered by unknown persons, may have had ! 5),C00 upon his person when killed. Government officers are closely* watch- . ng the Cal ifo rn ia • coast to prevent the jlandlng of a shipload of Chinamen, whom a Brittish Columbia vessel is trying to smuggle into the United States. - Phillip Bullion, confined in the Elkhart county jail three years for finally been released, he confessing judgmentin fayor of his creditor for the entire amount and promising to pay as soon as possible. — The county Democracy in New York has decided to renew its old fight against Tammany. The inoveme'ui; was opposed by some of the members cn the ground that it might injure the chances of the national ticket. Ralph Conover, of Terre Haute, under-

took to befriend a young relative, who was intoxicated, aud he was attacked by ~ four unknown men, who stabbed him several Umes about the face and neck and cutoff his nose. , The Press Association says that Lord Salisbury has instructed the British charge d’affairs at Washington to request the United States-Government for an explanation in reward to the recent -seizure - in Port EticheK harbor, Alaska, of the British steamer Coquillan by tho United StatesTevTnuecaulseFCorwin. The steamship/record from New York to Southampton has been broken by the Fuerst Bismarck, which has made the tiip in six days, eleven hours and forty-nine minutes, actual sailing time, being thirtyfour minutes less than the best time hereto fore. The Fuerst Bismarck already held the record both eastward and westward from Southampton. Henry Colerick, the well-known attorney of Ft. Wayne, who is summering with his family at Rome Ci ty>attempted to send up a rocket, but afer going a short distance the direction was deflected and the point struck him near the eye. Mr. Colerick is blinded in both eyes as a result, and therp is fear that the Injury may be permanent. . A fire at Jblietteville destroyed all the business hoefses save two. The principal loscr§ included Joseph Stephenson, hardware, $2,0C0; Robert Lansford, drug store, SIZJOO; Mrs. Nancy Walker, butcher shop, 84GO; Joel Jackson, livery stable, $400; A. grocery, 21,500; M. Brendle, — restaurant, ?E(D, and the office of Dr. J. M. Parr. Several smaller buildings were also destroyed. The aggregate loss is placed at S6,C(O Warden J. B. Patten, of the Prison South, has a great work on hand in the building of a monster wall and other improvements at the prison. The wall, which will include the entire west side, is nearly half a mile long,lacking only a few feet, and will need four million brick for its completion. It stands on a foundation five feet wide and six feet deep and is ■ itself- twenty-sisvw'ißChw finck,'' wfttr“ buttresses two feet square at every ten Tho brick wall will be thirty feet high, with six feet additional slate roof and iron top, making a total of thirty-six feet. At each corner there will be a tower fourteen feet square and fifty-five feet high, for the guards. It will take altogether two years to complete the work. One year’s work has already been done upon it. It will cost the State only $24,000, and the entire structure will be built by convicts,thirty-eigjAof whom are at work upon It right aldngT The work these men do really costs the State nothing, since they are only the everflow not used by contractors, When Captain Patten took hold es this work, which he himself laid out and is superintending, there was only one competent bricklayer among the men employed. Now all of the force are doing as good work as regular mechanics, and they are laying 20,000 brick a day. The Sons of Veterans in their annual encampment - at-FL - Wayne last- week elected the following officers: Senior Commander—Hardin Green, of Union City. Junior Vice-Commander—Harry Axtell, of Bloomington. * Division Council—Colonel Newton and Messrs. Harvey and Walker. Delegate-at-large to the National Encampment —Rev, T. H. Drake, of Rensselaer. Delegates—E. H. Bookwaiter, of Fort Wayne; Charles Beeson, of Winchester, and Captain Noel, of Star City. It was decided to hold the .ndxt annual encampment at Terre Haute.