Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Ciude petroleum has been found at Sun Prnririe, Wis. The neeounts of ex-rastninster Sipie of Hamilton, Mich., who recently disappeared, have been found short. Two masked highwaymen held up the Boonville stage near Ukiah, Cal., and J. R. Barnett, a passenger, was shot by one of the robbers and instantly kilTed. A deal has been closed whereby Carnegie obtains control of the big Norrie Iron ore mine owned by the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company of Milwaukee.