The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-23
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS GATHERED
 FROM ALL SOURCES.
Abbreviated and Adapted to Convey 1n- formation on Great Variety of Subjects for Readers Everywhere.

CT Sidney on the Ohio river.
 JOHN RUSSELL YoUEG, a well known New York journalist, has been appointed minis ter of the United States to China.
 MARY McELRoY, aged 106 years, perished in the flames which destroyed the 1esidence of her grandson neal Greensburg, Ind.
 SAMUKL BLATcHoFBD of New York has been by the president appointed associate justice of the supreme court Of the United States.
 LORD GEORGE FRANCIS MONTAGUE, an at tache of the British legislation, died in Washington of diphtheris, after an illness three days
 TIE circulation of standard silver dollars for the week ending March II was $144, 800 against $260, 199 for the corresponding per iod last year.
 KILLARNEY says he believes matters are rapidly mending in Ireland. Nambers of tenants are coming forward to claim the advantages of the land act.
 CRIMINAL proceedings are to be begun against stock operators who have been in dustriouslv circulating rumors hurtful Jay Gould's credit.I
 Cor. JOHN NJ SwIsHER of Austin, Texas, who fought under Gen. Sam Houston, at the battle of San Jacinto, is among the recent arrivals at the national capital.
 THE Pullman Palace Car Company re- fused to pay the Texas State tax, amount ing to 5000, and the Attorney General was instructed to bring suit to recover same
 Gov. CRITTEEDEN has granted pardon to Alonzo Armstrong, of Platte county, Mo, sentenced to the penitentiary in March, 1881, for term of two years for grand lar ceny
 TROUBLE in the family is suspected of be. ing the cause of the death of John Van Dyke wealthy citizen of Ionia, Mich after a mysterious illness of sixteen hours.
 Gov. BLACK BURN, of Kentucky, has grant ed a respite of sixty days to Neal and Graft, under conviction and senten ce for the murder of the Gibbon family at Ash land.
 EUGENE STEPH eNsoN, of Indianapolis, shot himself through the heart because his par euts, being protestant, objected to his mar risge with young woman who was a Catholic.
 Col. CRISP, of Independence, Mo, has been acquitted of the charge of mur Ter preferred against him at Sulphur Springs, Texas, for .crime alleged to have been committed 20 years ago.
 SARAH E. HowE president of tbe Wo- mans bank, Boston, known as the Ladies' deposit, which proved swindle in October 1880, has been sentenced to three years i'm prisonment in the house of correction.
 PRINCE BUAK1, father of the king of the Ashantees denies the story that 200 young girls have been massacred for the purpose of using their blood to mix mortar with which to repair one of the state buildings.
 GEORGE WASHINGTON SEARS, of St. Louis, who killed Sarah Freeman in August, 1881, has pleaded guilty to charge of murder in the secord degree and been sentenced to imprisonment for life. Both colored.
 MICHAEL McCAFFRIE, of Waterbury, Vt formerly an inmate of the insane asylum, killed his mother aud wife, tum bled the bodies into a cellar, and then drove into town with his seven children. the oldest aged Ii.
 JAY GOULD is said to have set at rest all doubts of his financial status by showing a deputation of Wall street financiers snug little bundle of $70,000, 900 in stocks and bonds that have never been hypothecated for loans.
 A BOX was washed up on the beach at Fortress Monroe, Va, in which paper this was found: Whoever picks this up, report that the Fleet Wing is in terrible condition and about to be wrecked off Cape Charles. No hope for soul on board' No date is given.
 A DEPUrArGoN of Pueblo Indian chiefs desire 10 have a consultation with Gov. Roberts, of Texas, and being poor, have been provided by Manager Hoxie, with the necessary transportation. They de- cline to state the object of their mission.
 IN the United States Circuit Court, at Mil waukee in the case of the Northern Transit Company, of Michigan, against the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, jury the return ed a verdict for plaintiff in the sum Of Sl11, lG6.65. A motion for new trial was made by defendants.
 A NoB in Denver attacked a chinese fun eral where two Chinamen were being buried, drove away the mourners, and jumped upon the collins in the open grave shouting, Down with the Chinamenm The flight oi the Celestials probably pre- vented bloodshed.
 DISPATCHES from Ashland, Ky, state that the bloody coat of Wm. Neal, one of the men charged with the murder of the Gib- bon family, was found under a bridge not more than 50 feet from the scene of the murder, The coat is fully identified and proof is clear that he wore this coat on the day preceding the murder.
 A DISPATCH from Panama says: Intelli gence has just reached here of an appalling earthquake in Cesta Rica. Advices thus far received state four towns have been de stroyed These are Alsiuells, San Ramo, Grecis and Herikia. In Alsjuelia alone several thousand lives were lost. Those left alive there are homeless. Thousands of inhabitants were swallowed up and the destruction of property was wide spread.
 Ex MAYoRJ. N. THURMoND was shot and killed in the county court room at Dallas, Texas, by Robert E. Cowart, a prominent lawyer. Both were violent partisan poli- ticians, and bitter feeling had been exist ing between them for several years. A cor oners jury decided the killing was in self defense and Cowart was admitted to bail in S200. He was subsequently, indicted for murder by the grand jury then in session.
 AN autopsy was held on the body of J. NJ. Butler, at Denver, Colo, supposed to have died from the effects of vaccination, The stomach and intestines were found to be covered with ulcers. Ulcers had broken out on his face and body, and his vaccinated arm had been covered with gan grenous sores and swelled almost to burst ing. It was decided that death resulted from blood poisoning, caused by vaccina. tion.
 WHEN Rev. Geo. Milne preached his fare well sermon to the congregation of Unity Church, Chicago, the editice was crow ded to oyeItiOwing. During his remarks Dr. Milne reviewed the causes which led to his resignation, the subsequent request of the lay part of his congregation for him to re- main despite that he did not believe in the immortality of man, and denounced in caustio language [ Uaitsrianism as prsctced at the present time He concluded his re