The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
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 THE revenue cutter Corwin has sailed for the Artic.
 THE Welland canal is now reported open for business In this respect it has the start of the Erie by at least ten days.
 THE small pox has spread at North Adams, Mass to such an extent, that the board of health is alarmed and pest being built.
 THE Western Agricultural Society of Maryland have sued Henry Ward Beecher for breach of contract in failing to deliver a lecture at their exposition.
 THE United States court grand jury has indicted five directors of the deiunct First National bank of Newark, N. J., for con- spiracy and aiding and abetting Justification of books and reports of the bank.
 THE people of Philadelphia have tender regard for horse flesh. They propose intro ducing in their city the San Francisco sys- tenn of propelling street cars by an endlesss cable instead of the well known quadruped which usually draws these modern imita- tions of Noah's ark.
 HoY. D. D T. MooRE, ex-mayor of the city of Rochester, the former editor and proprietor of MOOre's RtlrdI NeV Yorker now agricultural editor of the Christian dt Work 2l6 Broadway, New York city, with some associates, will establish colony in Southern Missouri upon the plan Of Tom Hughes Rugby of Tennessee.
 THE bill to relieve mortgaged property from double taxation has passed both houses of the Massachusetts legislature. The meas ure has been repeatedly proposed in that State, but as repeatedly defeated till now. The bill as passed is lengthy and elaborate l in it's application to banks, but the substance of it is that when property is mortgaged the mortgagor and the mortgagee shall each pay that proportion of the tax which his interest in the property repre- sents
 | PRESIDENT BARTLETT ot Dartmouth Col | lege has succeeded in getting himself into ] hot water. A large number of alumni have sent a memorial to the trustees requesting an investigation of certain rumors that are | likely to impair the standing of the college | It is claimed that the official head Of the ] institution is not only discorteous and over l bearing towards the members of the faculty but belongs to that old school of teachers who sheer at special and optional courses o study as the Hrestaurant plan of education, | A committee of inquiry has been appoint ed.
 IN the Pennsylvania House of Aepresen tatives, Mir. Bierly, of Lyeoming County 1 presented, by request, petition of the clti' | zens of Lackawanna County, asking for th' impeaohment of Governor Hoyt and Attor ney General Palmer for their action in refer enee to the iudici ary of that county. Tn, petition claimed that the Judges appointed to serve for five years should only hay' haen anpointed until the next general elect ion. and that the action of the Governor II witbhoIding the commission of the Judge since claiming to be elected was an infrac ton of the Constitution and laws of tn State. It further asks impeachment on tn grounds of corrupt conduct in pardonlhl Kemble and his companions from the pun ishment due them for their crimes. Ruddi mon offered a resolution characterizing tn petition as impertinent, improper ah' apcandalous that 1t should be returned an, tha nroceedings examined from the record This was followed by an amendment to rs