The Russellville Democrat., 1882-06-01
GENERAL NEWS.

Aho NOdt dN NfifNlOhES, ACl' ter county, Ala. was burned last week. The records were lost.
 Tho wife of Hon. o. R. Singleton, congressman from Mississippi, is not expected to live, being afflicted with cancer.
 Maj. Charles Burdett, the dwarf with Forepaugh's circus, died last week. He was thirty-two years old and only thirty-two inches in height
 Miss Ada c. Sweet has been con firmed by the senate as pension agent at Chicago. The lady has ac- ceptably discharged the duties of the office for number of years.
 Philadelphia adyices say: Eugene V. Clad was found guilty of mutilating gold coin. He took $2. 50 out of five-dollar pieces, and $5 out of the tens, substituting platinum for the gold taken out.
 A Wilmington, Delaware, dispatch of May 9, says The greenback state convention--five delegates, all from Sussex county--met to-day. John G. Jackson, of Hokessin, was nominated for governor, and J. A. Whitlock, editor of the Newcastle Star, for congressman.
 Secretary Lincoln has information that Payne and twenty y-nine other colonists, while attempting to invade the Indian Territory, were captured by troops sent out from Fort Reno and taken back to Kansas. The au- thoritles have not decided what dls. position to make of them.
 A telegram from Nashville, dated May 20, says: The Methodist gen eral conference, alter adopting a res olution referring the question of the change of name of the Methodist church south to the annual conferen. ces, adjourned sine die. The next general conference meets on the first Wednesday in May, 1886, at Rich mopd, Va.
 The St. Louis Republicans spe- cial from Dallas, Texas, says that the supreme court has decided the long pending suit of the Grlgsby heirs against about 300 citizens of Dallas to recover some 5000 acres of land in the city and county, which belonged to what is known as the Grigsby survey. The decision is in favor of the heirs, and gives them the property, with the improvements, valued at nearly $2,000, GOO.
 The Washington Star says 1t is reported that five of the nine tariff commissioners have been agreed upon, viz: Ex Vice President Vince Ter, of New York; Alex. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, former democratic rep resentatiye in congress, now presi- dent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad; John L. Hayes, of Massachusetts, formerly president of the National wooden association; Henry ". Oliver, Of Pittsburg, a leading iron manufacturer; and R. B. Porter, formerly in charge of the statistical bureau of the census office.
 An associated press dispatch of May p from St. Louis says A dls- patch from New York city says it has been ascertained from a member of Gov. Crittenden's party. in that city, that on his return to Missouri he will conclude the negotiations for the surrender of Frank James, and, possibly, other members of the James gang, and thus put an end to the organization of brigands in Mis- souri. Frank James is now in Jack son county, and instead of meditat- ing on more mischief, is represented as being anxious to make the best terms possible for himself, Gov. Crittendon is fully informed as to his whereabouts, and means to have him in custody inside of ten days. It is asserted that the whole James gang will be broken up. The plans are all laid, and only await the gov ernor's return for execution.
 A Startled Husband.