Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1892 — OTHER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

A real estate boom la on in Clinton county. Three firemen were faliy injured In a lire at Albany, N. Y., Monday. Ten Welsh operators at the Elwood tinplate works have stopped work. A new Christian church was dedicated at New Mt. Pleasant, Jay Sun- = . day. I There have been twenty-five cases of , ! choiera at Hamburg iu the last week, and ’ two deaths, -f 3 “Bate” Hawkina has again appeared at Shelbyville, and is prosecuting saloon men who sold him whisky. The watchman at Roann wm entertained by a stranger wnile a confederate robbed a hardware store. 3 The Presbyterian church at Pleasant Hili, Clark county, was burned, Monday, Losßsl,sCo; do insurance. ' Ex-Congressman Janie* B. Cheadle was ( married to Miss America; Moore; at' Ktriri lin, Clinton county, Tuesday, I Broker Sibley, of Chicago, whose disastrous failure occnrred Monday, claims that tho collapse was the result ot a special combination whose purpose was to “do” him. Warrants have been issued at Indianapolis for the arrest of F. D. Somerby et al., prominent Iron Hallers, for embezzement. and requisitions will be secured for the men on the various States where they may be found.

There is little reason to doubt that the President will soon issue an order extending the civil-service law and roles so aa to include all letter carriers and clerks in free delivery postoffices, These offices now number 601, and give employ men t to about 11,200 carriers and 9,3(0 chHts. making 20,500 in all. Much interest has been aroused among the agricultural societies of the State in the election of now members of the State Board of Agriculture, which takes place* at Indianapolis January 4. At that time the terms of eight members will expire. Those members whoso terms expire are candidates for re-election, and there are several other candidates from nearly every district. The members are elected by delegates from the agricultural societies of the State. J On Jan. 5. the U. S. district court will take up the trial of criminal cases. Tuesday the trial jury was drawn as fbllows: John C. Alexander. Greenfield; Elliottß. Barr. Goodlaud; Benjamin P. Brown, Franklin; Aaron T. Cotton, BlnIfton; Alpheus Dillon. Brazil; James Goodwin. Fairland; Matbias 8. Herbst. New Albany; J Howard, Livonia: Weeden Hume. Pleasantville; Francisco Lord. West Liberty; dharies Mylar. West Pork; James Massey, Hebron; John S. McCorkle, Evansville:-Eugene Mocrow, Bluffton; Norman Marklebam. South ,Bend; DavldS. Morris. Union City; P. J. Nay* lor, Sharpsville; William F. Pratt,Greenfield; John Rohrer, South Bend; Ellas Scott. Jackson borough; George S.earce. Danville; William Trueblood, Kokomo; David W’arner. South Bend; Henry Williams, Crawfordsville. ‘ * Cornelius Vanderbuill has bought al| the lots adjoining his present magnificent residence in New York, which he Is now demolishing, together with the sluctures upou the recently purchased ground, aad will erect a palace of fabulous beauty upon the site thus acquired. It is" estimated that tbo cost of the new building and grounds will exceed F-’,000.000. It is said tbo Rothcnllds will establish a groat beer trust in this country, with headquarters in New York, millions of capital are be used in theentcr. prise. Sites have already bean «a»ur«d in New Haven. Bridgeport and Hartford. CL, Chicago, Columbut, O„ an« San Francisco, V • ■ .HfO#