Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — i PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

i PEOPLE.

W. D. Howells will begin the account of his First Visit to New England in the May Harper’s. This trip was undertaken when he was a young newspaper writer Jn_ Columbus, Ohio, and in the course of it he fioet most of the men who, thirtyfiveyears ago, made Boston the literary center of America. Governor Greenhalge, who had the honor of naming the new holiday iD Massachusetts, April 19, which commemorates the opening of the war between the cdlonies and England, is himself a native of England. Eight years ago the body Solomon Krepps was buried in Taylor’s Cemetery, near Brownsville, Pa. It bas just been discovered that the body has turned to stone. The hair and beard are crisp, like threads of glass.. To keep his body out of the hands of the dissectors, Thomas Eoloson, of Garrett, 111., made a dying request that he be buried in the lawn directly in front of his residence. His wife will respect his wishes. John Wade, the twelve-year-old son of N. S. Wade, of Wentzville, Mo., is a lad of promising growth. He is five feet seven inches in height and already weighs 282 pounds: R. J. Walldcn, having become tired of life, tied a valise around his neck, to make sure that he would sink, and jumped into a bayou, at Houston, Texas. The valise kept him afloat until he was rescued.