The Russellville Democrat., 1883-01-18

Gov. Begoie, of Michigan, when he went to Lansing to be inaugurat- ed, declined to take carriage and footed it to the Capitol.
 The Lower House of Congress has passed bill to pay Georgia $35,- 900 expended by her in the work of common defense in 1fT7.
 Mathew Franklin Whittier, the only brother of John G. Whittier, the poet, is dead. He was the author of the famous Ethan Spike" letters.
 The supreme court of Philadel. phia in a recent case decided that taxes paid under a mistake of law cannot f4e recovered by the tax pay CT
 Elizabeth Stanton not only plays billiards, hut advises 1t as recrea- tion for her sex. The billiard cue is more formidable weapon than the broomstick, the rolling pin or poker.
 A Silk Growers Association has been organized in the city of Mem phis. Its membership, which num- bers 400, is not confined to that city, but is extended over the south generally.
 Congressman Gunter has introdu- ced bill in the house of representa- tives, granting the right of way for railroad through the lands of the United States at the Fort Smith mil itary reservation.
 Philadelphia News: Brigham Young's grave is utterly neglected and his widows never visit it. They went there once to cry over hls re- mains, but 1t made the ground so sloppy that they all caught cold
 "German silver" contains no sill yer whatever, being copper, zinc and nickel mixed. It was first made in Europe at Hildbug hansen, Germa- ny, but had been known by the Chi nese for centuries. Detroit Free Press.
 The Atlanta Constitution says the haldsomest Christmas present of the season was check for $35, 900 on the Park National Bank, sent by Mir. James Jackson, of New Or leans, to his son-in-law, Mir. Willis Reagan, of this city.
 Gothamites pay $7,000,OO0 a year for religion and $22,000,000 for drinks. Alabamians, according to their State Auditors report, have $305,6I3 invested in mechanlchal tools and farming implements, and $354,247 in guns, pistols and dirks.
 A little girl at Glendale, Mo-, has received free pass, good for life, on the Missouri Pacific railroad. See ing two trains approaching each oth- CT on a curve, she stopped one by frantically waving her apron, thus averting disaster.
 There are hundreds of acres of cotton between Austin and San An tonic, Texas on the International line, which will not be picked, owing to the scarcity of labor. Hundreds of thousands ofdollars will be lost Tn the state this season on this account
 In case which went up from Wis. consin, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that prop. erty granted by the government and xna,,,.io1 n aI t.l, cannot be levied upon by the state laws, is not subject to execution un. der the federal laws.
 Deacon Richard Smiths wicked partners never could overcome his opposition to Sunday publications But Halstead in three days time in- duced the Deacon to write an edito, rial over his own signature confess ing that 1t pays and is therefore proper to print Sunday papers.
 The remarkable durability of nor. tar in Italy, fact which is we'll known, is attributed by the London Builder to the practice of allowing the lime to remain in pit covered with water for two years before it is used, whereas in England lime is slaked and used the same day.
 With Gov. Butler, of Massachu setts, squinting at all the girls, and Gov. Stephens kissing all the ladies and the rest of the party saving wood and saying nothing, from this distance we see no reason why the Democracy should not swoop in the Presidency in 1884. Blacksheal News and Signal.
 A dedication covering $100,00( has been discovered in connection with the offices of the City Assessor and Tax Collector of Louisville. The disclosure has occasioned much ex citement in view of the good stand ing of the parties implicated, whose names are David Ferguson, now . collector of back taxes, and George w. Leyi, former Deputy Assessor and now assistant Chief of the Fire Department
 The following interesting facts art taken from railroad journal; The total number of locomotives in tho world is something in excess of 66.