The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-19

 boats left Pittsburgh, Pa, having about twelve million bushels of coal in tow for points down the Ohio river ADvIcEs from Odessa indicate an inn- mense harvest in Southern Russia, and the prospect of enormous expectations of breadstuffs in the fall.
 Os the evening of the iith the water in the harbor of Marquette, Mich, fell twen- ty-six inches in few minutes. A dense cloud swept out and over the lake a short time before, and is believed to have been a gigantic water-sp or tornado, which
 drove the water before it in such quantis ties as to cause the strange phenotnenon4 IN India the crop prospects are said to be improving with the cessation of the drought and all fears of a famine have passed away.
 CONSTRUCTION work on the Montana Central railroad was brought to a sudden
 cessation, on the 11th, when the navvies
 reached the s'claim" of John A. Leggatt,
 near Gambetta lode, by the owner, who looked just like he meant it, fourishing big six-shooter and demanding settle-
 ment with the company.
 ON the 11th severe snow-storm, fol-
 lowed by rain and wind, prevailed in por- tions of Vermont. .
 
 12, there was fierce gale and tremend.
 ous sea. Schooners and boats wdre driven
 ashore in many places.
 REPORTS for July make the wheat crop
 late and unpromising throughout Europe, Russia excepted. The rye crop will be
 short in Central Europe.
 IN consequence of the recent soldiers' fight at Yildiz Palace two Turkish
 Generals and several other officers were, on the 11th, degraded and imprisoned. ON the 12th the Iron Age published an estimate of the pig iron production for
 the first SIX months of 1888, showing a to-
 tai of 2034, 173 gross tons, against 3,359,-
 B23 tons during the second half of 1887. Anthracite pig iron has fallen of from ,015, ,125 gross tons the second half of 1886, to S42,375 the first half of 1888. Coke iron.
 has fallen of from 2,O63,76D to 1901, ,2s1 tons, and charcoal iron from 2S1 ,032 tons to 239. SIS tons. FEE xpHgfk PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says that sym pathy and pity for the convict's family l led him, on the 18th, to commute the sen tence of Wm. G. Mckee, who was con-
 victed in May, 1888, of. robbing post office in North Carolina, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, to eight months in jail.
  company Emperor William as an escort on his visit to Russia will be the largest that Germany has ever put out to sea- It | will consist of six iron clads, four dis | patch ships, four vessels of the training | squadron and fiotilla of torpedo boats. THREE firms signed the Amalgamated scale, on the 18th, viz: The Wayne lron-
 works, of Pittsburgh Pa, 600 employees; Lang SS Co.,, at Chartres, Pa, 400 men,
 and tie Licking Iron Company, of Cov-
 ington, Ky, employing 1000 men, A BRILLIANT state dinner was held at l Potsdam, on the evening of the 18th All the foreign ministers and ambassadors
 were present. The representatives of the Italian Government sat at the right or | Emperor William and those of Austria at
 the left of his Imperial Majesty, who con- yersed affably with the guests present. | THE gas we'll at Cannonsburg, Pa, is
 said to be the largest in the world. The | gas presents the appearance of column
 of blue steel for some distance after | leaving the pipe. Tools and rope weigh- l ing six thousand pounds were thrown out | of the shaft like sparks from a rocket. | ON the 18th case of leprosy at Les | grand, Ia., was reported to the State
 Board of Health This Is the first case
 known in Iowa The patient is young Norwegian named Helen Halverson, who
 came from Norway in June, 1886. | EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt through out Greece, on the 12th. No reports of | damage have been received.
 0N the 18th the United States steamer | Charleston, which is being constructed at
 the Union Iron- works in San Francisco, | will be launched.
 | DURING the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, the total expenditure for the im- provement of Cleveland co. harbor, was | Sl51,s2i Major 0verman, of the Engi-
 neers' Corps, who has charge of the work,
 estimates the amount required for the l completion of the existing project at
 S619, 250, and thinks that S30,000 can be | profitably expended in the next fiscal | year.
 | LATE reports say that the half breeds l on the banks of the Saskatchewan are | getting desperate, and are preparing for
 another armed rebellion against the Do-
 minion Government. The people claim
 that since the late rebellion their condi- | tion has been rapidly growing worse, until
 now it is simply deplorable