The Russellville Democrat., 1881-11-10
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.

At his death Washington was the richest President we ever had. He left an estate worth sS00,000.
 Senator Hill, of Georgia. is at Eureka Springs trying to ge. cured Of the cancereus affection of his tongue.
 The Iowa Methodist Conference severely rsprimanded minister for going to circus, and made him promise never to do it again.
 "A one half interest ia the Wat alula Springs of Franklin county, was sold last week to a prominent Memphis capitalist for sl0,0oo in railroad bonds.
 George c. Maynard, late mana ger of the telephone company at Washington, loaned Guiteau the money with which he bought the pistol to kill the President.
 General Grant, it is said, will spend the winter in Washington, so that his friends may have a friend at court" His friends expect that be will be a power with Arthur.
 Arrests ir Ireland continue, and the popular excitement is being hourly intensified. The prediction of the London press that bloody civil war is at hand IS not improba- ble.
 -Messrs. Ryan and Murray, oi the Pine BIuf Press and Eagle res pectively, have pooled their itsues and the Press Eagle is the result Success to the new hyphenated @moulder oi public opinion.
 -J. F. Kerrott, the defaulting as sistant post master st Little Rock upon entering plea of guilty before the U. $. Court at Little Rock, has been sentenced to hard labor at De troit for two and half years.
 -Europe borrowing capital 1T the United States is 2 new things reversal Of ths former order of thing It is reported that tue Rothschilds have determined to place in thi; country q Hungarian loan Of 300, COG. 900 horins, with every hope oi success.
 A Washington correspondent says: "President Arthur has be come to the politicians as much of sphinx as General Grant was Speaking of an interview with him the other day, prominent polisisa leader said: "You can't get a word out of him. He is complete mys tsTy. He is courteous, genial, pleas ant, glad to hear everything, and i, getting good advice in large qnanti ties; but he gives no intimation as tt his purposes"
 -AduIteratioa of articles Of food and drink is one Of the most direfu evils oi our day and generation, no only in this country. but in Europe 4 recent report of the newly-estab Iishsd analytical laboratory in Parii shows that out of 455 samples 0 wine purchased by the inspectors II the month of June, SIS were xdGl tersted; out Of 22 of cIder, lo; out 0 IS0 of milk and cream, l20; out 0 l9 of butter, 10. No fewer than 4 of the 54 samples of spices aaalyze' were condemned in a like manner The report on chocolate and sweet meats is scarcely mere favorable.
 The gold medals in commemors ton of President Garfield. which ar' now being struck at the Unite' Mint, at Philadelphia, Will have figure of the late President upol them, with appropriate inscriptions They will soon be ready for dlstrib utien. The largest of the gold med als will be about the size of silTe 25 cent piece, and win be wort ss.5O, their actual coinage value. ] smaller one, about the size Of 6 cent piece, will be worth s4.5o. Si!vs medals of tho same sizes will b worth sixty and twenty-five cents The medals will bs valuable and de sirablc keep sakes, and a large de mand for them is anticipated.
 The United States Senators an Representatives receivs the sam salary, viz. s5,0OO each per annuu with mileage of twenty cents pc mile, each session, to and froI Washington, and au annual allow ance of sl25 for stationery and new:
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