The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-21

fT is said that at least twenty of the forty-four military graduates at West Point will be placed on the additional list waiting for companies.
 FoR the week ending June 9 the prog- ress of the manufacturing industries of the country, as reported to the Neso En- terprise, New York publication, shows: Seyenty-four manufacturing companies, S27, ,534, 900; q mining companies, S25, ,O25, : GOO; 63 mills, etc, $2, 502,000; 4 railroads, S1, ,3O0,000; 13 bridges, S1,025, 900; 37 churches, S1, 115,000; waterworks, $1,- PIG, TIA; 222 buildings, ST33, 200; g electric light companies, S957,000; gas com panies, $23s. GOO.
 ON the 18th timber boom in the St Louis river at Colquet Wis, gave way, liberating l5O,0O0,000 feet of logs.
 ON the Snyder farm, in Henry town ship, near Findlay O., on the 11th, c. c. Harris drilled into an oil well which filled an 500 barrel tank in three hours, at which rate the we'll will produce 6,400 barrels per day, making it the largest oil we'll yet discovered in any field.
 THE roads leading out of Pittsburgh, Pa., threaten a lively rate war to the Na- tional convention at Chicago.
 IN the Chickasaw Nation large numbers of negroes are preparing to migrate to Oklahoma, where they will acquire land titles and engage in farming. They are prohibited from enjoying land rights in the Nation.
 Ar Helena, Mont, we'll authenticated rumors are aho at to the effect that Re- publican daily morning newspaper is to be established there, and issued within the next thirty days.
 THE discovery of four cases of smaH- pox in the town has caused much alarm among the denizens of Haverstraw, N. Y.
 ACCORDING to the recently published statistics of the Stock Yards Company of Chicago and of the Board of Trade, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad maintains it's lead on all other lines in the number of cars of livestock and grain brought to that market. This fact indi- cates the rapidity with which the road must have recovered from it's recent labor troubles, and furnishes additional evi- dence of the efficient manner in which the management handled the recent strikes of employees on its lines. Evidently, from business standpoint the road is in able hands.
 ON the 14th the bill to aid the Worlds Exposition and Permanent Exhibition of the Three Americas, to be held in Wash ington in 1892, and carrying eliminary appropriation of $25,000, was favorably reported to the House.
 AT Berlin, on the 18th, the International bicycle races attracted large number of spectators. Herr Lehr, of Frankfort, the winner of the Emperor's prize, and now champion of Europe, fell in the race, but was not much hurt.
 ON the 14th the Secretary of the Treas- ury recommended an appropriation of S3, 800 for an electric plant in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
 ON the 14th the German steamer Pemp- tos, from Singapore, with number of pilgrims on board, which was reported overdue at Jedda, and which it was feared was lost, arrived at Alden in tow with her shaft broken.
 AT Mitchellstown, Ireland, the tenants on the estates of the Countess of Kings ton were granted a reduction of twenty per cent. in their rent, on the 14th.
 ACCORDING to the report of the State Board of Equalization Nebraska has 4,902 miles of railroad, of total assessed val uation of trifle over S29,000,0 000
 THE political leaders of Germany are censured by Austrian journals for ''wor. rying the Emperor into a relapse"
 SWINToN'S English History has been excluded by the Boston School Board from use in the city schools, on the ground that it treats the subject of the doctrine of indulgences in a manner un- fair and offensive to Catholics.
 NORTHERN MINNESOTA andiDakota re- ports indicate that the storm of the night of the 18th was severe and the losses heavy. At Forman, Dak., the storm ap- preached the magnitude of tornado, traversing the country from northwest to southeast. Several buildings were blown down and one or two were destroyed by lightning.
 ON the 18th Right Hon. Wm. H. Smith, government leader in the House of Com- mons, announced to that body the news of the German Emperor's death, and gave notice that, on the 18th, he would move an address of deep sorrow at the calamity which had overtaken the royal family and people of Germany.
 Ar Fall River, Mass, the American Mills were struck by lightning on the night of the 10th, and totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $50, 900.
 RAIN fell continuously for thirty-four hours at Nashville, Minn., on the 18th and 14th.