Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — MINOR NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

For the Week Ending; Nov. 10. Earthquake - shocks were felt*tn pertions of Ai ywl Gqfmadyj,.- -• * (Hiway Df*S, a/ncgS'o, Sc.k'brfffecA his iO?d liM-th.tiuyfiff’lvroxyirte, Temff — Augusta hi|gUjriq buildiW in Augusta, Ga., was destroyed by fire. During" the past season 5150,000 hors ked ip Ciucinimti nst coo in 1804. The Ncz Forces Indian reservation in the state of Washington was opened for settlement. A son has been born to Prince Ferdinand, ruler of Bulgaria, and his wife. Princess Marie Louise. - ----- I,A ~ A fright comet has been discovered iu the constellation Virgo by Prof. Perrine, of the Lick observatory. A' forest fire burned over 50,000 acres near Santa Rosa, Cak.destroyinghouses and barns and other property. Frank Baker, John Kinch and William Keen were drowned at Clayton, X. Y., by the upsetting of a skiff. Charleß Schaefer, of Chicago, committed suicide m New York because he had lost his employment and money. Manager Short, of the Commercial bank at Sale, Victoria, shot his wife and two children and. then killed hinjself. Eben D. Jordan, head of the great dry goods firm of Jordan, Marsh & Co., died at his home in Boston, aged 73 yeafs. At BrusselSi Belgium, the cashier of the Societe Generate 'has absconded, leaving a deficit in his accounts of 2,500,000 francs. John White, a prisoner in the county iail at New Martinsville, W. Ya.,escaped, and fatally shot three fnen .who , attempted to capture, him. The Chicago Evening Jpurhal and the Evening Press were consolidated and placed under the management of the Evening Press company, j JatneseGoingaCcolored), who assaulted Miss Lillie Jones near Frederick, Md., was taken from the jail by a mob of 300 men and hanged. " "Z The National Grange, in session at IVorcester, Mass., reelected J. H. Brigham, of Delta, 0., as national master to serve his fourth term.

Albert England, a post office robber, was lynehed near Velonfa, Ark,,by nine men to prevent him telling about a large number of robberies. —lndians to the. number of 200 Were caught by troops ’in •aTcaHyou’ uear Bo*South America,~arttl killed to a man by rolling stones on them from above. • White railroad tie cutters at Moss Bluff, Fla., who resented the introduction of negro laborers, raided their cabins at night, killing three and wounding many more. The Choctaw Indian council has passed a bill making it treason, punishable by death, to sell land to a noncitizen or to urge a change in the present government. At Fountain Ferry, Ky., E. J. Berio, of Boston, broke the two-mile flying start record. He made the two iniles in 3:43 1-5, breaking the record of 3:48 made by Cox a few days ago.