Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Bishop Walker, of North Dakota, has decided to accept the election of the Episcopal diocese council as bishop of Western New Y’ork. Obituary: At Sydney, Australia, Sadie McDonald, the soubrette. —At Philadelphia, Capt. Jam&s Reynolds, a Mexican war veteran, formerly of Mascoutah. 111. —At Hillsboro, 111.. Rev. William T. Cole. —At Ashland, Ohio, Don F. Taylor.—At Terre Haute, Ind., Prof. Heich. valuable pointers for American bicycle makers who desire to introduce their machines into Germany are contained in a report to the State Department by United States Consul Tingley, at Brunswick, Germany. He predicts that the German market will next year grow to very large proportions, and by proper methods American manufacturers can secure a good share of it. They must, however, begin at once to perfect their plans, for the campaign will open veryearly next spring, and the next season will see in Germany as great enthusiasm for the sport as now exists in the United States. The Consul says the German Wheels are heavy, clumsy And of poor material, but because their price is lower than that asked for the.high-grade Amer-, lean wheels and because the latter are persistently misrepresented by the Gerr man merchants the Americans have been' Jtept out of the market.