Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1901 — Telegraphic: Brevities. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphic: Brevities.

Tennessw has granted a charter for a colored university. John Snyder, Chicago, fatally shotTifc wife, then committed suicide. W. 11. Durr, formerly a theatrical man-, ager, killed himself at Chicago. rt protective legislation can be secured, Dr. Webb of New York will turn a herd qf moose loose in the Adirondacks. Wind Cave, at Ilupid City, S. D., is to be examined by the government, with a view to making it a national reservation. Lawrence Bryant, 5 years old, was killed by his ID-year-old brother while playing with a loaded gua at Le Itoy, N. Y. Frank Mitchell, a negro living at Akron, Ohio, cTaims to be 108 years old, and says ho well ’ remembers seeing George Washington. The brutal Spanish bull fights are as popular as ever in that land. The average number of horses killed in Spain every year exceeds 5,<XNf, while from 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. 11. Foster Howard of Milford, Mass., recently was a typical hobo. He had plenty of property and might have lived at his ease, but he preferred the life of a tramp, and spent all his days wander; uig and begging.