The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11

has rendered the free and exclusive use o her villa at Newport, R. |, to the Presiden and Mrs. Garfield for September and Octo Der
 among the dens and dives of New York Miss Minnie Brooks was first converted from the evil of her ways and turned hei house into q mission meeting place. Sbt sold her furniture and finery, and is resolved to devote herself henceforth and forever tc the reforming of her class. She has been joined by several Christian workers, and many of the wild and wayward young girls ofthe neighborhood are following in the footsteps of Minnie to better lie
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 THE dead body of prisoner was found in the Atchison jail, eaten by rats. l INDIANS are on the war path in the re- l zion of the Sacramento Mountains
 PARTIES have been arrested at Sedalia charged with assisting prisoners to escape.
 TERRIBLE brutality was shown at the burial of the Talbott boys. Mrs. Talbott was threatened by mob. A brother ofthe boys is blacking boots to support his mother.
 l ]. w. WATERMAN is the name of citi- zen of San Bernardino county, Cal, who is reported to have refused an offer from Eas- tern parties of S2, 900 for his wonderful silver mine
 The Chicago Times says it learns from a creditable source, that the Grand Trunk, in order 10 hasten the end Of the war, will soon begin selling tickets from Chicago to Boston for &.
 l FoUR masked men, heavily armed, enter cd the farm house of Robert Marvel, near 1 Indianapolis, robbed the aged couple of | S630, and tied them up so securely that l they could not release themselves for hours
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 | MONTPELIER, President Madison's home and burial place, was sold for $20,000. | Ar Texsrkana a lady discovered dead man standing upright against her fence | THE children of Robert E. Little, of Ken 1 lucky filed a suit against J. H. Arnold, the murderer of their father for $50, 0,00o. | DURING the movement of the cotton and sugar crops, from eight to ten million silver dollars will be put out of the New Orleans mint.
 FIRED HUFFMAN, a survivor of Waterloo died recently at Louisville. Ky, aged S4 years At the battle of Waterloo he re- ceiyed bayonet thrust in his side.
 A GALVESTON News special from C,rsicana says: At the annual reunion of Parsons Confederate Cavalry bregade, resolutions expressive of deep sympathy with the wounded President and thankfulness at his promised recovery were adopted unani- mously.
 NEW ORLEANS, July 59.-At o'clock this morning the work of changing the gauge of the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Rrailroad iGreat Jackson route) from feet to the standard guage was begun, and the entire line from New Orleans to Cairo, distance of $50 miles, exclusive of sid ings, together with the Kosciusko branch, 21 miles was completed and trains running in all directions at 3 P. M to day. Over 5000 men were employed, and the expense will be about $300000.
 THE ceremony of laying the corner stone of the monument to Gov. Casewell, revolu- tionary war governor, attracted 10000 per sons to the village of Kingston, N. c. Sen ator Vance and Gov. Jarvis made addresses. The cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies. At the parade number of troops were over come with heat. One Adam Hough, who came to Raleigh with Sherman's army in 1865 and has lived there ever since, on leaving the ranks, drank two glasses of iced beer and died.
 KENTUCKY elected state treasurer, nine teen senators and 100 representatives, and in the Third district, composed of twenty one counties, ajudge of the court of appeals J. w Tate is reelected treasurer, without opposition, and J H. Lewis appellate judge by large majority. The election, except in few places, was very quiet one, and small vote was boiled. Returns show immaterial Republican gains in both sena- tors and representatives. The last legisla- ture stood: Senate thirty-four Democrats and four Republicans; in the house eighty Democrats and twenty Republicans and La. oOtlx 1a 1.srs 91atrt elected will stand it is impossible to say. but it will certainly be overwhelmingly Demo- cratic and with big majority favorable to the re election of Mir Beck to the United States senate. As all votes not boiled are couE ted against the call of constitutional convention, that important measure is again defeated by the public apathy.
 THE Yorktown celebration begins, under the auspices of the Centennial association, on the 18th of 0cs0ber and continues until the 18th, when the national ceremonies be- gin. Congressman Goode, president of the association, will deliver the opening address, and on alternate days an address will be delivered by the secretary of the treasury, Carl Schurx and F. R. Condert and Prof. Charlier. Religious services will be con. ducted Sunday, the 16th, in the morning by the Rt. Rev. J. J. Kean, Catholic bishop of Richmond, assisted by the Most Rev. Jas. Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore and pri- mate of the Catholic church of the United States, and in the evening by Rev. Jas. Hall of New York. The festivities will embrace pyrotechnic displays, concerts and na- tional regatta on the 18th. The Moore house, the scene of the equalization, will be used for the reception of visitors and for headquarters of the governor of Virginia. One room will be reserved for the exhibi- ton of revolutionary relics.
 THE following is the outline of the plat form prepared for the sub committee, con servative, of the State central committee of Virginia and to be presented to the Con- seryative Democratic convention through the committee on platform. It irssts on the preservation of public faith, State and national, and denounces repudiation in whatever form; recognizes the lawful debt of Verginia as show by the public debt re. cords, and proposes the Democratic Con- servative party shall continue the efforts to unify the public deht of the State, and will endeavor by amicahle arrangements with her creditors to secure a reduction in the rate of interest conformably to the general decline of rates of interest on public secu- rites; insists on a capitation tax as prere- uuisite for voting, and for the maintenance of the public school system founded by the | Conservative party; denounces as mons | trous the attempt to pack the supreme court l of the State in order to secure the particular decision; declares the elections in Virginia have have been fair and free so that they were never questioned by those who were | hostile to the State, but that it was reserved | for the recreant sons of Virginia to publish | fh;s lihel mon her fair fame Ex-COngress-