The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-20

 laid with imposing ceremonies. Four thousand Masons were present. A TELEPHONE line recently opened bo- tween Berlin and Breslau is the longest line in Germany. UP to the 18th the total number of deaths from yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla,
 had reached 100. and T06 cases had been reported up to that date. The majority of fatal cases were undoubtedly due to lack of physicians and trained nurses.
 There is still great need of physicians and nurses.
 Two AMERICAN barges, the Beaupre and the Pacific, were recently seized by ln- spector Kavanaugh, of Quebec, Can., for landing bituminous coal and other dutia- ble articles at the out-port of yalleyfieid
 without report or clearance from any place.
 IT Is reported that all hope has been abandoned of further rise of the Nile in Egypt this year, and famine is feared there.
 THE shortage in the harvest of France, is estimated, will reach 40, 900, 900 hecto- liters.
 MANY deaths from starvation are re- ported to have occurred among the In- dians of the British Northwest Terri tories, said to be owing to the dishonesty of their supply agents THE resignations of the Philadelphia members of the board of directors of the
 Keely Motor Company have been accept- ed and the vacancies filled by New York CTS. It is said that there are likely to be some interesting developments soon in the mystery of the Keely motor. THE St Leger stakes were won by Lord Col nsu Ca Prao af m gland, on the 18th.
 THE California Dried Fruit Association has been formed at San Francisco with 8
 capital of $250, 1000. CUT in grain freight rates was made by the Pennsylvania railroad, on the 18th, without consulting with the other roads, but was met promptly by the Lake Shore
 and other competing lines. A NOTICE to mariners has been Issued by the Light House Board to the effect that at about the end of September an attempt will be made to light Gedney's channel, New York bay, by six 100- candie power inoandescent electric lamps, In- closed in lanterns supported by spar buoys.
 ARRANGEMENTS have been completed by the Dominion Postmaster General by which the West India mails. which have hitherto been sent via New York, will hereafter be transmitted by the new line
 of steamships which will ply directly be-
 tween Halifax and the West Indies. FORTY FOUR new cases of yellow fever were reported at Jacksonville. Fla, on the 18th, and four deaths--Wm. A. Jones,
 Mrs. Thomas Bloody, J. A. Bogart and Mrs. Charley Peterson. Total cases to
 date, 7S7; deaths, 104. ZANZIBAR is reported quiet and the Sultan is withdrawing his troops. ON the 18th two inches of snow and sleet fell on Mt Washington, N. H., with the temperature four degrees below the | freezing point.
 THE official announcement is made that pensioners entitled to an increase of al- | lowance on account of total or partial deafness. will only be required to write | letter to the Commissioner of Pensions, | giving the name, certificate number and | services, and their case will be settled at the earliest practicable moment. PRIEsHKvALsKI has been granted, by l the Russian Government 4, 900 roubles | to enable him to proceed with the Central
 Asian expedition. THE Cooperative Implement and Hard ware Company, with houses in Creston | and Lenox, la, made an assignment on the 18th.
 | IT Is thought that the efforts of tho l Southern Ute Commission to treat for the removal of the Indians to Utah will not | be successful.
 | THE American Typothete, the National
 association of employing printers, con- vened in New York in annual session on
 the 18th inst.
 OWING to opposition in clerical circles the Russian negotiations with the Vati- can for the establishment of diplomatic relations have collapsed. ON the 18th the paying-teller of the
 Third National Bank of Buffalo, N. Y.,
 went to lunch, leaving a package contain
 ing g, ,o49 in bills on the counter. Twenty
 minutes later, when he returned, the
 money had disappeared. THE launching of the crui ser Baltimore
 has been postponed indefinitely. It was
 to have been launched at Philadelphia on | the 18th.
 SUBSCRIPTIONS in New York to the yell
 low fever relief fund, on the 14th, amount
 ed to $l,007.25.