The Springdale news., 1888-07-27

ON the 2lst the twenty seventh anni- versary of the battle of Bull Run was celebrated on the battle field by sur vivors of the battle and their friends
 OS the 18th an earthquake shock, witn- out damage sas felt at Dumfries, Scot land.
 ABOUT 5000 900 feet of lumber was de- stroyed, on the 18th, by fire in the lumber piles on the docks of Montgomery. Cham paign & Co.,. at Lakeside, Mich. A large proportion of this was choice stock and the loss can not fall short of S60, 000 about half of which amount is covered by insur- ance.
 ON the 20th all the Indian Commission, with the exception of Judge Wright, of Tennessee, left Bismarck, Dak., for Standing Rock agency, and held their first conference with the Indians on the 2lst.
 CoMTE DE PARIS reply to deputation of Parisian workingmen, who called upon him at the Sheen House, was publisSed by Le Soleu and other Royalist papers, on the 20th. The police have made no attempt to interfere with the sale of the papers,
 ACCORDING to the report of the director of the mint for the year 1887 the product of gold amounted to S33, ,0O0 000, and of sil- yer to S153, 257 ,000. Coinage of the hints during the calendar year amounted to S60, ,379, ,15l.
 A SELECT committee Q; the House of Commons has recommended the closing of all public houses throughout Ireland on Sundays hereafter, and at nine o'clock on Saturday nights.
 Ar Perham, Minn., the grasshopper war Al, n GOO bushels have been caught, the farmers are still catching them at lively rate. None to speak of have flown.
 THE steel cruiser Charleston, the first Government vessel ever built on the Pa cifc coast, was launched from the ship yards Of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, on the 18th, and was witnessed by an immense crowd.
 DURING the review of the Russian troops at Krasnoe, the Kaiser, noticing regi- II ent with adecoration, marking its pres- ence at the capture ot Berlin, smiled and remarked that that was an event of 8 century ago, and had been forgotten.
 OS the night of the 22d the total eclipse of the moon was seen from New York City under the most favorable circum- stances, and satisfactory observations were recorded by the astronomers at Columbia College. The sky was eloudless throughout.
 THE Astronomers at Cambridge and Boston were prevented by misty weather from taking observations of the lunar eclipse on the night of the 22d.
 THE Czar and the German Emperor re- viewed 50,O00 men and 16s field guns at Krasnoe, Russia, on the 22d. The Elm peror William greatly admired the troops. especially the Cossaek artillery.
 AN effort will be made to induce the Governor of Ohio to commute the sen- tence of Blinky Morgan, sentenced 10 hang al Columbus, August 3, to impris- onment for life.
 ON the 22d the steamers Amalf and Roetia, from Hamburg, landed 1,2S, im migrants at Castle Garden.
 A VILLAGE near Wady Halfa, Egypt. was attacked by four hundred rebels on the Dist, but they were defeated and re- pulsed with great slaughter.
 CHARLES r. SMITH, lighthouse keeper at Fire Island, N. Y, and Edward J. Udahl, his assistant, were dismissed by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the 23d, for earelessness and negligence.
 A CUT in freight rates was announced by ths Union Pacific Railway Company, on the 23d, at points in Utah between Yampa and Lehi Junction, of thirty cents on first class freight, twenty cents on second, third and fourth classes, fifteen cents on fifth class, twenty cents on \, and eight cents on B. C, D and E.
 ON the 23i the Senate adopted the conference report on the River and liar bor bill, which practically passed the measure and left it ready for the Pfesi- dents signature.
 BALTIMORE Md, according to the school census, just completed, has ll0, 731 school children.
 A SHORT meeting was held by the Sem ate committee to which was referred the reports of the Pacific Railroad Commits sioners, on the 23d, but nothing was done except to order the printing of certain papers.
 ON the 23d the striking engineers and firemen of McCeok, Neb., voted unani- mously to continue the strike against the Chicago Burlington X Quincy Railroad Company.
 IT has been decided by Manager Good ing of tue Minneapolis Base Ball Club to remain in the Western Association.
 IT has been decided by the British Cabinet 10 hold an autumn session of Parliament. The two houses will adjourn in the SC cond week of August, and will raassemble in October.