The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-20
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL

PAT SPEEDY, of Chicago, is reported to have won S37 900 from the New York faro banks during a recent run of luck.
 A NEW YORK dispatch says that Citizen George Francis Train only awaits an in- vitation from the people of Jacksonville, Fla, to go to that city and stamp out the dreaded pest of yellow fever. His only stipulation is that when the work is done the people shall go to church and thank God, and not consider His human agent.
 THE streets were thronged, and there was great enthusiasm, on the 11th, when Emperor William arrived at Bremen haven.
 THIS autumn Miss Nellie Bay ard, the fifth daughter of the Secretary of State, will make her formal debut in society. ON the 18th returns from all but few plantations in the Second Congressional district of Maine gave Dingley, Repub- lican, 20,718; Allen, Democrat 15,279; Eustis, Prohibitionist, 75S; Howard, La- bor, 66S Republican gain, l, 743 over two years ago.
 UP to the 18th the committee on foreign relations had received no response from the Secretary of State to Senator Hoar's resolution asking for copies of protests made by the Administration, if any had been made, against the outrages per petrated by the Canadian authorizes upon American fishermen. Consideration of the Retaliation bill awaited the informa- tion asked for.
 THE debts of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria have been almost all cleared up, and there is good prospect of rebuild ing the royal fortune.
 ON the 18th J. Newton Gotthold, the well known theatrical manager, actor and elocutionist, died at his esidence. Sewickly Pa., of Bright's disease.
 GOVERNOR HILL of New York was re- nominated by exclamation by the Demo- cratic State convention at Buffalo, on the 18th. Lieutenant Governor Jones was also renominated by exclamation.
 ON the 12th Hon. Calvin $. Brice, chair man of the National Democratic cam paign committee, attended the reunion of his old regiment, the Eighteenth Ohio, at the National Encampment G. A. R., at Columbus, 0.
 A. J. STAGE, of Indiana, has been ap- pointed by the President to be assistant to the United States Commissioner General to the International Exposition at Paris.
 ON the 18th tho fourteenth annual re- union of the Seventieth Indiana General Harrison's) regiment was held at Clay ton, a small village twenty miles from Indianapolis. General Harrison was present, and spoke to an audience of l5, . 900 people.
 THE subscription for Matthew Arnold's widow makes poor progress in London, and Lord Coleridge has been obliged to issue another urgent appeal.
 JOHN B. ALLEN, of Seattle, was nomi- hated for Congress by the Republicans of Washington Territory, on the 18th.
 JUDGE THURMAN, 1t is said, has formed no definite programme for speaking dur ing the remainder of the campaign.
 COMPLETE returns from Maine give Bur- leigh 70, eos; Putnam, 6l, l0S; Cushing, ?, ,97l; Simmons, 979. Republican plural ity, IS, 495. Senate unanimously Repub- lican; House, 123 Republicans and 2s Democrats.
 Miss CLARA BARTON, president of the American branch of the Red Cross, Is re- ported to have said, on the 18th, that sub- scriptions for the yellow fever relief fund wero coming in at a gratifying rate.
 THE President has vetoed ninety nine bills, sixty-four House and thirty-hve Senate bills, during the present session of Congress-
 
 went to California in 1s49, died at Stock ton, aged eighty-four. He was Governor of Missouri from lSA to 1S4S.
 THE physicians of Hon. Samuel J. Ran dall say they hope for his recovery before the December session of Congress.
 SENATE resolution appropriating s200, . coo for the suppression of infection in the inter- State commerce of the United States, was passed by the House of Rep resentatives, on the i4th. This is intend ed to apply against the spread of yellow fever.
 PRESIDENT CARSoT, at a banquet given in his honor at Rouen. on tho night of the 18th, declared that the French Govern ment knew how to place constitutions al rights and indispensable liberties beyond the reach of all danger.
 MR. wM REDMOND, of Dublin, Ireland, has been sentenced to three monthsi inn prisonment, without hard labor, under the Crimes act.
 A JOHN JAcoR AsroR memorial cathe- dal will be erected in Sioux Falls. Dak