The Russellville Democrat., 1885-04-30
News and Notes.

Earthquakes, wars, ahA wars fill up the measure oi exciting news.
 The names of places and persons in inc threatened Russo Afghan con flict may be expected to cause strike among news editors and com .positors.
 The decision of the Supreme Court in the Virginia coupon cases is another blow to Mahoneism. The little man must feel that the stars in their courses are fighting against him.
 It is hardly worth while to dis, cuss the question whether General Grant has cancer or not. II ne has not, doubtless he will new speed ily recover; If he has, it may take year or more to get in it's work ef death. Let the doctors, the disease, and the General settle it.
 The war clsud in the East has sud denly grown blacker. A few days will decide the momentous question. It looks pew as though war is lnevi- table unless one side or the other makes large and humiliating con sessions. If either of them is pre- pared to make such concessions, one would not infer it from anything that has occurred during the last two weeks.
 It is plain that if she saw a good chance to injure England and rccov CT her own lost prestige, France would join hands with Russia in the impending struggle. What would be the effect of such action? Manl festly to preclpitate that general con, fiagration in Europe which has been so long pending, and is so confident iy predicted by those who have watched closely the movements on the Old World chess board. Russia aud France allied on one side, i'm plies England, Italy and perhaps Germany, on the other, in case of Icollission en the Continent If the fighting is confined to Asia there will be no great upheaval; but II France continues her aggressive tone and naturally drifts into an alliance with .Russia--after that, the earth quake.
 The general public is thoroughly satisfied with Mir. Cleveland thus far, and he has it's entire confidence. Disappointed office seekers will find 1t an uphill work to create public sentiment against the Administra tion because their little schemes have failed, or are likely to fail. This is the era when public office IS public trust" and is not bestowed merely because the person applying for it has been active in party mat ters. A man may be capable of "whooping up the boys" but not be suitable man for consulship. or a postmaster, or clerk. The Presi dent seems to weigh all applicants for important places carefully, and when appointments are made the the appointees are generally bound to be from the best material at hand. So long as he does this the public will be satisfied with his policy.
 The bitterness of the Democratic feud in Ohio can be estimated by the efforts of the faction opposed to Minister Pendleton to put some sort of disgrace on him before he leaves for Berlin. The dinner given him last Thursday night in Cincinnati was decided success, notwithstand- ing the absence Of Mir. Thurman, Mir. Mcdonald and others, and the contempible telegraphic dispatch sent out the day before from Colum bus that Allen o. Meyers would tes- tify next day before Legislative committee that an attempt had been made to buy his vote for Pendleton for United States Senator. Meyers said the bribe was offered by Mir. J. H. Robinson, and that he refused it, the amount offered being $l, ,0o0. Mir. Robinson says Meyers lies. and that proof of the mans falsity lies Tn his assertion that be refused bribe; he IS not that kind of man. Speaker Carlisle sent to the dinner party a very fine letter of regrets, in winch he complimented Mir. Pendleten highly, and felicitated the Govern ment on his acceptance of the Ger man mission.