Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — Current Condensations. [ARTICLE]

Current Condensations.

The total capital invested in British railways.ls about $5,000,000,000. Court dress In Berlin is to be modeled on the Venetian costume of the renaissance. One of the enterprising papers published In Brazil tells its readers that Mr. Tammany has been elected President of New York. One of|tbe most remarkable exports of the gold coast is that of monkey skins. During tbe last five years an average of 175,000 skins have been annually exported. Lady Halle, the violinist, who was Mrs. Norman Neruda, Is to have a testimonial in London next year to celebrate her first appearance as a 7-year-old prodigy fifty years ago. Plans are in progress for tbe settlement near Phoenix, Arlz., of a large Mormon colony. Brigham Young, of Salt Lake City, Is now negotiating for the purchase of the Buckeye Irrigation canal and a large area of land adjacent thereto for this purpose. Tbe canal beads on the Gila river, twenty-five miles from Phoenix, and 100,000 acres can be irrigated by extending it across tbe Hassayampa. Pointer dogs can always be trained to steal. Many of them are natural thieves without training, and any of tihe species can be dog of this kind in northwest Wasliington. He will pica up anything he can find around a yard or outside of a store, but bis specialty is In ladlesV pocketbooks and handibags. When be sees one of these he grabs it and runs, always succeeding in getting out of sight before be can be captured or followed. No owner has ever been seen, 'hence no complaints have been made at police beadquarters, but there is 'little doubt, If if were possible to follow tbe animal, that It would be found that be has been carefully trained as a purse snatcher, and that he takes bis booty borne to his master. He seems to be aware that be Is doing wrong, jumping fences and dodging around bouses when running away.