The Russellville Democrat., 1888-01-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ON the night of the l7th Senator and Mrs. Stanford gave a dinner at Washing ton, in honor of Mrs Grant, wife of the late President. Among those present were Senator Jones, of Nevada; Mme. Romero, General Beale, Admiral Porter, General Rucker and Senator Stewart.
 ON behalf of himself and Mrs. Cleve- land, the President has accepted ex-Gov- ernor Cornelps invitation to attend the twelfth annual commencement of Cornell University, at Ithca N. Y., next June, conditioned upon the possible emergeu cies of official duties at that time.
 THE accident to Mrs John 4. Logan, says the New York Tribune, by which she was thrown from a carriage, has left lasting results. Her friends are informed by let ters that she has severe pain almost con stantly in the injured shoulder. Mrs. Logan is said to have grown old rapidly since the Generals death, and to have lost much of her old-time vivacity and energy.
 THE resignation of Mir. Frederick Eli son, of Indiana, as United States Consul at St. Helena, has been received by the Secretary of State.
 IT is said that "Grendma" Garfiel d is gradually sinking and it is thought that
 
 longer Mrs. J. A. Garfield, Miss Mollie Garfield and one of the boys are in Europe. "Grandma" Garfield is at Men tor at the old homestead, and is attended ty her daughter, Mrs Trobridge.
 ON the 17th Jacob Sharpe swore that he expects to die soon, and that he wants to settle up all his earthly affairs without delay, in order that he may die in peace. The suit in which he made this melan- choly affidavit is one brought against him to recover an unpaid bill for wire fence.
 0N the 10th Balfour was hooted and called jar by the populace of Dublin.
 ON the 18th Representative Belmont, chairman of the House committee on for eign affairs. said that he did not believe fish would be put on the free list in any tariff bill to be introduced at the present session of Congress, and that certainly any proposition to admit fish free, or to reduce the duty upon it, would be unfavor ably regarded by the foreign affairs com ntittee.
 ON the 10th a number of gentlemen, headed by Senator Beck and Represent alive Butterworth. called on the Presi- dent to invite him 10 open the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley at Clncin- natl next summer. Mir. Goodale, the president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, presented the matter, and in reply the President said that he would go unless public duties which he could not neglect should prevent
 THE prefeet of police at St. Petersburg, General Dresser, states that the police are convinced that there has been no organ. ized plot against the Czar's life recently. But no police in the world, he says, can prevent attempts of individual desper- adoes to kill the Czar.
 THE newly-appointed Minister to Mexi- CO., General Bragg, is in daily consuta- tion with tho principal officers of the State Department in reference to his duties. There are now pending large number of diplomatic questions between the United States and Mexico, which re- quire careful treatment Among these is the demand recently renewed by Sec retary Bayard that Mexico must renounce the claim to extra territorial jurisdiction which Is made in the Cutting and other cases.
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULDRow has been relieved by Secretary Villas of the care of land decisions. Mir Villas has taken this class of work under his own supervision.
 IN Russia Lord Randolph Churchill is being lionized by the royalty the nobility and the aristocracy.
 IN tho Kentucky Legislature a bill has been introduced practically prohibiting marriage with any nan whose morals are not of the purest.
 DON CARLOS says he wants Spain to be- come a great nation, and says he is will. ing to fight to make her such.
 ON the 20th Lieutenant Thies, Quarter master Third infantry, died at Fort Shaw, Mont, of erysipelas, after an illness of but few days. He entered the service as private in 1864
 ON the night of the 20th John P. Req, Commander in. Chief of the c. A. R. i; Adjutant-Ceneral Fish, of Minneapolis, and Quartermastsr-Gsner John Taylor, of Philadelphia, were rendered q recep ton by Lafayette Post c. A, R. in Nsw York. aai ia ihtHoe eF4 1o& laama5ais siin y
 ON the a0th MT William O'Brien, editor of United Treiaad, was reiensed from Tullamore prison, A number of other : similar offenders were sent to jail during the day.
 THe supreme chaneelor Of the world, Knights of Pythias, Mr. Howard Doug. lass, states that ths necessary funds have been secured for the entsftaAment bf tAe memtsrs et the grand lodge of the United States, and thst thUir aext msetng W wll t ..lII' Ia. -k4