Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — NEWS NUGGETS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS NUGGETS.

At Philadelphia the transcontinental railroad of Russia has placed an order for locomotives to be delivered in December. At Tacoma, Wash., members of the G. A. R. refused to adopt resolutions in favor of admitting Confederates to National Soldiers' Homes. At London Sir Robert Peel has compromised with his creditors at 50 per cent. Mrs, Langtry, who, it was rumored about a month ago, was contemplating marriage with Sir Robert as soon as she obtained a divorce from her husband, was among the persona to whom he was indebted. He owes her'about £4,500. It is reported in the South the-Swedcs will establish a large eoiony in West Florida. President Lane of the Southern Cbtton Growers’ Association has just returned from a tour of the South, and says the cotton crop will be six and one-half million bales. He predicts January cotton will sell for 10 cents a hundred. At London the trial of Jaber. 8. Balfour was begun for alleged wrecking of the Liberator group of companies. At London a verdict was rendered that the Marquis of Waterford committed suicide while in a fit of temporary insanity. The the Wilke Star steamship line has obtained the American contract for carrying the mails for a decade through the Majestic of ita the St. Louis in placing the New York mails in London. It is stated that the rate of the contract ia to b# 16 shilling* per mile. [■* * . - 1