Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1895 — News of Minor Note. [ARTICLE]

News of Minor Note.

Baron Schenck was accidentally killed at a race meeting at Darmstadt. Frank Kabntchnik, the Cleveland firebug, was given nineteen years in prison. Fire destroyed business and residence property at Oswego, N. Y., valued at SIOO,OOO. Congressman “Tom” Reed is riding a bicycle at Washington, but has not appeared in public. R. N. Tnylor, an Ohio ex-Congxessman, has deserted his wife and tied to the Sandwich Islands. Two negro orclight tri-n-tiers were killed by coming in contact with a live wire at Augusta, Ga. A toy balloon caused the destruction of the Santa Rita copper and Iron mill at Silver City, N. M. The loss was SIOO,000. At Russell, Ky., Charles Sutton, aged 8, and Homer Likens, tigtd 7, were drowned. Likens lost his life in trying to save Sutton.

Pingree’s Potato Patches. Detroit now has 1,386 farmers, each of whom has been donated one-third of an acre in which'to plant potatoes, beans, turnips and squash. All the plats thrown into one piece would make a farm of over 500 acres. There are still over forty acres to be assigned and donations of land are being made daily. Each farmer Is given two and a half bushels of seed potatoes and two quarts of beans to plant, which will cover about two-thirds of the lots. Later they will be provided with turnip and squash seeds. At the end of the season each lotholder will be required to report the amount of his crop, so It may be ascertained accurately the profit of the scheme. Holders of lots Hill be required to take turns watching the patches of ground in which their lots are located to keep away cattle and prevent destruction of the crops in any way.