The Russellville Democrat., 1886-12-08
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

 her husband, Jackson Brown. 1 Two hundred men were discharged from the Brooklyn navy yard.
 There was lively boom in mining stocks in New York Saturday.
 The Detroit pipe foundry work Turned, with loss of Sl00,000.
 James N. Stratton, lawyer of Mt Holly, N. J., committed suicide.
 Two slight shocks of earthquake fel at Summeryille, s. C., on the 29th.
 The Centropolis, one of the leading hotels of Kansas City, has been closed
 The papers have been signed to con test Speaker Carlisle's seat in congress
 John Dorr of DebIois, Me, wal beaten to d9ath by James Mclaughlin
 The Turner's of Chicago protest against the execution off the Anarchists
 Three more prominent failures were announced at San Francisco yesterday
 A strong effort will be made to secure early action on the St. Louis bridge bill.
 Henry NJ. Stanley, the African ex- plorer. is in New York and will lecture on Africa.
 s. $. Stucky returned to Nevada, Mo. and was arrested, charged with de frauding.
 Messrs. Morrison and Carlisle have decided to push tariff bill in the next congress.
 Springfield. H., is in the midst of a religious-political controversy over the chaplainship.
 Memphis, Tenn, is considering a proposition to enlarge and extend its water supply.
 Several arrests have been made at New York for attempts to tamper with the McQuade jury.
 On the morning of the 3d inst, a house at Tyrone, Pa, burned and con- sumed two inmates.
 George l.. Pryor, prominent citizen of vandalia, H., fell dead while walk ing through his yard.
 Eight slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Summerville, s. C., on the morning of the I'd inst.
 Hon. John M. Glover, of Missouri, has been served with copy of the contest for his seat in congress.
 Vessels on the lakes have been having a hard time in recent storms, and num- erous wreck are reported.
 The bail of Fotheringham the express messenger charged with robbing the car, has been fixed at $20,000.
 Bird Sherley, a Randolph county (MissourD farmer, killed himself. Financial trouble was the cause.
 Judgment was rendered at Boston against Ben Butler in favor of the Soldiers Home for over $l6,c00.
 Theodore Thomas has arrived in New York and refuses to talk. His agent speaks about the St. Louis success.
 The steamboat Richard, with a cargo of 307 bales of cotton, burned forty miles above the mouth of Red river.
 Two republican officials were arrested in Orange county, Indiana, charged with using money at the last election.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Worden died at St. Joseph, Mo, from the effects of an over dose of morphine, taken to allay pain.
 Col. Benton, district attorney for the western district of Missouri, is in dan- ger. The Sullivan letter has created a stir.
 The Chickasaw Guards hav0 decided to contend and compete for prizes at the national drill in Washington city next May.
 The Amalgamated association has decided not to be present at the Trades Union convention at Columbus, O., next year.
 The convention at Philadelphia laid out a plan for celebrating the centen- nial of the signing of the federal consti- tuition.
 The complete official returns of the late gubernatorial election in Tennessee foot up R. L. Taylor's majority at l7,D9l.
 Shipley, Dolsey & Co.,, one of the largest wholesale dry goods dealers in made an assignment on the 30th ult.
 Chicago is enjoying the sensation of a big dedication. Thos. $. Mize, cashier for coal merchant named Ames, em- bezzled Sll2,000.
 A story printed at New York that the Standard Oil company had purchased tut tdepldi 11tluo ID pioiiouhtSN i~&NS by all interested.
 Two thousand coal miners at Coal ton, Ohio, struck on the 30th ult., the employers refusing to pay an additional Dc per ton for mining.
 The Superior of the Oblate Fathers of Montreal has announced that no Knight of Labor will be allowed to par take of the Sacrament.
 wm. Knapp, Of Groyeton, Ind. ap- piled to the government for back pay as 2 soldier, and is now locked up as de- serter during the war.
 The San Francisco Mining Stock ex- change experienced almost panic on the 2d inst. caused by the failure oi several large brokers.
 Charles Carter notorious land swindler, has been arrested at Birming- ham, Ala. He is wanted in St. Lotus and several southern cities.
 The president has decided that the worst punishment that could be inflicted on Geronimo and his crowd of Indians is life confinement in Florida