The Russellville Democrat., 1881-07-28
RUssEIIynIE POPE COUNTY,

IT is believed the Czar will commute the sentence Of Hesse Helfman, the woman con- demned to death for complicity in the mur- der of the late Czar.
 BY imperial ukase, granted at the sugges- ton of Gen. Ignatief, on the 2zd inst, sem tence of death passed on Hesse Helfmann has been commuted,
 GORDON, convicted of having alter his arrest under the coercion act melted a crowd to murder, has been sentenced to one years simprisonme1it. ZIG
 DoN CARLos has formally photested against his expulsion from. France, aa being uncalled for by any act on bis part. Don. Carlos has started for England.
 TURKISH war material has already been removed from the second zone of ceded ter ritory. and it is believed the treaty term for final transfer to Greece will be shortened.
 ALLAN RurHERroRD, lately employed in the City stables, Toronto, has been informed by letteer from Scotlandthat he is Earl Of Teviot and master of a rent roll ot f600oO per annum. sf4.a asr ~
 THE Persian Goyernm ment has ordered the provincial authorities to send detailed in- formation of the extent and causes of emil grafton, which however has slackened in some districts, fei
 THE great. strike of the nail-makers of Staffordshire, which began last month, when 30,000 operatives went out, has ended, the masters having conceded the 30per cent advance demanded.
 DALHoUsIE College, Nova Scotia, is the second university in the Dominion of Canada to concede to all it's privileges to women; Queens university at Kingston having already done so. aa~ as.u 8ss A STEAMER arrived in the Thames from Clyde which was steered by an electric ap- paratris. The steering gear worked well, but the compasses were so affected by the electricity as to be useless. B
 ,. LARGE quantities. of telegraph, wire are being imported to Tiensin to connect that port with southern towns and Europe. The enterprise has been confided to the Great Northern (Danish) Telegraph com pany.
 CANADIAN women have been doing a thriving business i'm smuggling baby car riages at some point along the line by com ing to the American side with an infant in their arms, and wheeling the child back in carriage.
 IN compliance with the Sultan's orders, Sheik ul Islam and forty Ulemas are ex- amining documents connected with the recent trial of Midhat Pasha and his associ- ates. They win have to decide if the sen tences arc in accordance with the religious law am e 9fs
 THE corporation of Dublin has politely declined the offer of the Alliance < Dublin Consumers Gas company to make series of experiments in lighting the streets by electricity, even though the company are willing to make the experiments Is under the direct control of the corporation.
 | pp. HaI ,..fa :, the inspector of police at the housed of com. mons, and informed him that he does not intend to bring a mob to Westminster on the 3d of August, but says he cannot pre- vent a crowd gathering. The police will exclude the public from the palace yard that day. eax 2Bl
 THE executors of Lord Baconsfeld have sent in the necessary papers for probate and have sworn the gross assets, including insurances, at 75,000 pounds, which is re. duced by corresponding charges and debts to little over 60,000 pounds, upon which probate duty is paid, but this amount in cludes the valuable library, the heirlooms and other inconvertible property.
 BRADLAUeH has served formal notice upon the Speaker and other officers of the Commons, protesting against his previous exclusion from the house as illegal, and giving notice that on or before the Sd oi August he will present himself at the table of the House; that anyone endeavoring to prevent him will be acting illegally and he will resist by physical force and endeavoI to overcome it if offered. s
 IT is reported that Bismarck is very high. ly pleased over the unpleasantness existing between France and Italy in relation to the Tunisian affair, He has done all in his power to bring the quarrel about, and is, oi course, gratifed at the success of. his efforts. In addition to this he believes that the Rhine frontier will be safe while France is ardently engaged in African exploration and is in friction with Italian interests. IN the House of Comons Gladgtone an under the land bill. They are Sergeant O'Hagan, Edw. Falconer Lytton, Liberal member of parliament, and John K. Yer. non. The Home Rulers received the last name with prolonged groans. O'Don' nel will divide the house on each name Vernon is Lord Pembroke's agent, and well known in Ireland.
 THE emigration fever which rages in Europe has now also reached Hungary. In former years that country, with it's com paratively sparse population, has not sent off many emigrants; but bad crops and the intolerable burden of military conseription have given such an impetus to the emi- grafton movement that the government has become alarmed, and is trying hard to stem it-ofcourse with very poor results.
 THE Khedive of Egypt has informed France that he would act in conformity with the wishes of the Porte, and therefore would not recognize the proposed French protectorate in Tunis. This statement has caused some surprise in Paris, where it bas been believed that the intrigues carried on in Cairo and Alexandria by the French em- bassies would sway the Khedive to the French side. In Paris it is the belief that the present attitude of the Khedive is due to the preponderating influence of the Eng. fish government. sra M
 Personal.
 l.. P. MORTON, minister to France, sailed for Havre. e. tst
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