The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-28

posted Il ,UO0 forfeit to TOW u0uDle- scull race, the contestants to be John Teemer and Albert Hamm against Jake Gaudaur and John Mckay. The course is to be three miles with turn, for the champlonship of the world, and the race will take place August p, over g course to be yet decided upon. A LOCOMOTIVE weighing 10000 pounds was built in sixteen hours and thirty five minutes, and turned out ready for use at the Pennsylvania company's shops on the 18th. This lowers the record, which had previously been twenty-four hours, the time taken by the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works to build an engine.
 AT San Francisco Savage, Son & Co.,, proprietors of the Empire Foundry, one of the oldest firms on the Pacific coast, assigned on the 20th. Liabilities not stated, but are estimated at Sl00.000; as- sets, S15O,000 The failure was due to low bids on work. Many contracts were still on hand.
 ON the 20th the United States steamer Yantic arrived at Fortress Mo0pe from Santiago de Cuba, whither she was dis patched on May IS, in consequence of the American Ministers report of an im- pending revolution. She found that there had been but little danger of an outbreak. President Solomon of Hayti, colored man, upon learning of rising, had ban- ished the ringleaders and restored quiet- ness.
 THE Cleveland (O.) Base Ball Club has released Wm Stemmeyer, the pitcher, who came from the Bostons of 1887. He was given the choice of re- lease or vacation without pay until he could pitch, and he chose the former. He hoe 1xr, att bad fhra ua All were bad ones.
 Ar Erie, Pa, on the 2lst, first mortgage bonds were recorded against the Pitts burgh, Chenango & Lake Erie railroad for S2, ,500, ,0000 by the Central Trust Com pany of New York. The bonds are 10 run fifty years, at five per cent, and the pro- ceeds are to be used in the extension of the system north of Pittsburgh to com- pete with the Pennsylvania oompany's lines.
 AT Sandy Hook, on the Fist, the yacht Greyling won the annual regatta of tho New York Yacht Club; the yacht Kahino second.
 ON the 21st the joint wage committee of iron manufacturers and the Amalgamat- ed Association met in Pittsburgh, Pa, but were unable to reach settlement Another conference was. .appointedfor the
 
 workmen to sign their scale and avert a lockout.
 ON the 21st the Vanderbilt directors met in New York City and declared a dividend on the Lake Shore of two per cent; Michigan Central, three per cent, and Canada Southern, one and quarter per cent.
 IT is reported that the Tory caucus, on the 21st, which Lord Salisbury called for the purpose of investigating the recent government defeats in and out of Parlia- ment, and of suggesting certain measures calculated to put a stop to such embar- rassments in the future, was failure.
 THE failure of Fratelli, Nessii& Barber mi, silk merchants of Vienna and Como, was announced on the 21st.
 IT is said that scheme is on foot, under the management of the Santa Fe railroad, to establish colony of 5000 freshly imported Belgians in the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico.
 ON the night of the 22d small cyclon Q passed east of Lyons, Ia. It struck the grounds of the Shooting Society, scatter ing the large frame shooting gallery over the surrounding fields, and doing sf, 200 damages to the grounds. Large trees were twisted off, and other cyclonic freaks WeTe pltycu-
 ON the 26th and 27th the annual conven- tion of the Third Qa.) district W. c. T. U. will be held in Waterloo.
 THE Mexican Government is preparing money -order system for the domestic mail service.
 RECENTLY, work was commenced on the Peninsular railway from San Diego, Cal, to Ensenada, Lower California.
 AT the capital of Mexico ten new street cars from this country have been received for one of the street. car lines of that city.
 AT Washington the Mexican Minister has been authorized to negotiate treaties of amity, commerce and navigation with Japan and China
 PRINCE BISMARCK, at the nfaeting of the German Bundesrath, on the 22d, laid special stress on the peaceful character of the political situation, and intimated that the government would adhere to the principles which had hitherto guided it's policy.
 THE joint committee of the Austrian delegations, after three -hours' debate, on the 22d, unanimously voted 6 war credit of 47,000,00 forins.