The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


 stranger who was sunstruok in Washing ton, on the 9th, telegraphed from Chicago that he would go on and claim the body, which he requested should be held until his arrival
 A MEETING of Indiana Knights of Labor held ill Indianapolis with closed doors, on the 7th, passed resolutions arraigning General Harrison's public and private record as unfriendly to organized labor.
 THE delegations visiting General Har- rison, on the Tth, were from Tippecanoe and Vanderbergcounties, the former con- sistiug of over ], ,000 men, with whom were many ladies. .-
 THE recent sudden changes in the weather in New York have had the effect of developing pleuro- pneumonia to an alarming extent in cattle in and about New York City. In Westchester County over POO head of cattle suffering from this disease were, on the 7th, ordered killed by the authorities, and many other herds have been isolated and doomed.
 THE memoirs of the late Emperor Frederick which were reported to have been sent to England and locked up at Windsor, have been returned to Berlin.
 THE second session of the International Congress of Commercial Law will be opened at Brussels, Belgium, on Septem- Der 30.
 THE card-ro hands in the mills at Blackburn, England, notified the masters, on the 7th, that unless they were granted an advance of ten per cent, they would strike. This would involve the stoppage of 15.000 looms and 100000 spindles, and throw 5000 operatives out of employ ment.
 THE German Catholic Orphans' Asylum of Brooklyn was twice fired by an eleven year old inmate named Annie Owens, who hoped to make her escape during the excitement She was sent to the House of Refuge on the 7th.
 IT was reported, on the 7th, that Tas- cott the alleged murderer of Shell, the Chicago banker, and a young woman companion, were in San Diego, Cal
 THE Sulgrove estate in Northampton shire, England, the home of the fore fathers of George Washington, fell under the hammer on the Tth.
 THE mile and half-mile championship bicycle race at Birmingham, England, on the sth, was won by Temple, of Amer ica.
 THE London press generally speak in fitting terms of General Sheridan. The Daily Netos, of the 7th, says: "Sheridan deserves to rank next after the highest. His name will long be a memory and an incentive to great people," The Post: "America loses soldier whose deeds and brilliancy endeared him to the whole people," The iStdnddrd: "In Sheridan his country found fitting man at a fitting time,"
 FIRE broke out in the immense blaming mill of c. Lee, at Saginaw City, Mich, on the sth, destroying nearly half mile of solid mill plants and lumber piles along the river.
 BY fire In a tenement house in New York, on the sth, four persons were burned to death.
 THE Court at St. John, N. B., has af- frmed the validity of the Scott act in Portland. The judgment has fallen like a funeral pail upon the liquor dealers of that city. The act was adopted in 1886, has never been enforced owing to doubts of its validity.
 THE brakemen on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, in Minnesota, who have been getting S55 per month, are on a strike for S65, stopping the fifteen ore trains run between the mines and Two Harbors.
 THE Michigan Republican State con- vention met in Detroit on the Sth, effected a temporary organization, ap- pointed committees, and passed resolu- tions of regret at the death of Geneaal Sheridan.
 DURING the six months, ended June 30, the total number of immigrants arrived in Ontario was 64,000 Of this number 10000 proceeded to the United States.
 JOSEPH E. MCDONALD has signifed his acceptance of the position of member of the advisory committee of the National Democratic committee. The advisory committee consists of prominent Dem- crats in different parts of the country se lected by the National Democratic com- mittee.
 THE Indiana Republican State conven- ton met in Indianapolis, on the 9th, and nominated the following ticket; For Governor, A. P. Hovey; Lieutenant- Governor. Ira J. Chase; Secretary of State, Charles F. Griffin; Auditor of State. Bruce Carr; State Treasurer, Julius A. Lemcke; Attorney General, Lewis T. Kitchener.
 LIEUTENANT WIssMAN, the explorer, has left Berlin for Egypt It is believed that he is charged by King Leopold, whom he visited recently, to propose to the Khe- dive that an expedition be sent for the re- lief of Emin Bey and Henry Nj. Stanley.
 TIE following is the ticket placed in nomination by the Republican State con- vention of Michigan, at Detroit, on the 9th: For Governor, Cyrus q. Luce; Lieu tenant Governor, James s. Mcdonald; Secretary of State, R. Osmun; State Treasurer, Geo Maltz; Auditor Geaeral, H. H. Aplin; State Land Commissioner Roscoe D. Dix; Attorney General, s. V. R. Trowbridge; Superintendent of Pub lie Instruction, Perry F. Powers.
 JUDGE c. A. 0. MCCLELLAN of Auburn,