Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — News of Minor Note. [ARTICLE]

News of Minor Note.

The town of Portia, Ark., was damaged by fire to the extent of about $50,000. The Southern Pacific Railway Company announces it wants 5,000 laborers. At the closing session Of the National Association of Rural Mail Carriers, Atlanta, Go., won out for the next convention. The convention met at Peoria. Alltcrt T. Patrick, convicted murderer, has requested Gov. Higgins of New York not to entertain an application for executive clemency, unless it comes from Patrick himself. ‘