The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-03-29
RUssELLvILLE POPE CO. Ark THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1sss

Dominion Temperance Alliance, in session
at Toronto, indorsed the proposition for
| national convention to form a Prohibition
or third party.
| On the 21st the steamer Pomona, which
| was spoken at sea on the 18th inst, under
| sail, with her propeller gone, had not yet
| arrived. Fears are entertained for her
! safety.
| DAMAGE is feared az the cities along the
| Delaware, as the water in the river is
frozen to the bottom, and any sudden
rise viii force the water into new chan
| nels.
Or the 21st the annual meeting of the
| Holste in Freisian Cattle Breeders Asso-
citation occurred at Buffalo, N. Y.
| OK the 21st patent was granted to
Elias e. Ries and Albert II. Henderson.
| Of Baltimore, Md, on an apparatus for
increasing the tractive power of locomo-
tives and other vehicles propelled by elec-
tricity.
On the 21st over one hundred OF the
| striking weavers of the Salmon Falls IN
| H.) Cotton Mills returned to work.
In France a new recruiting bill has been
| prepared, which subjects all citizens to
service for twenty five years, with partial
exemptions in the case Of students and
others, with equivalent in taxes, which it
is estimated will result in revenue of
| 25. .000, ,000f yearly.
On the 21st storm of great severity
| preVa lied on the Atlantic coast.
In the Mansion House ard of Dublin
| the local branch of the National League
| has passed a resolution condemning
Mayor Hewitt of New York for refusing
| to allow the Irish flag to be hoisted on he
| City Hall on st. Patrick's Day, and de-
carihg that such refusal was an insult to
| the Irish race throughout the world.
On the 22d the directors of the Philadel-
phia Commercial Exchange appointed
committee to correspond with the various
commercial bodies of the country with
view to holding conference at Washing
ton to formulate charges for the consid-
| GRAFTON of the Interstate Commerce Com
| mission.
AT Washington patent has been
granted for a new clock which will run
| for years after being once wound up.
1t has neither pendulum nor balance
wheel.
On the 22d the water in the Mohawk
river at AIMS terdam, N. Y, rose seven
| fee t in three hours, owing to an ice gorge.
The tracks of the New York Central were
covered with water, and the town of Port
Jackson was complete inundated.
OK the 22d the Ohio State Senate adopt
ed a resolution to investigate reports to
the effect that three members had so
lici ted bribes to oppose the passage of a
bill to prevent the importation into the
State of foreign beef
WITH the exception of France, all the
countries represented at the recent Sugar
| Bounties Conference, have sent replies to
the British Government favorable to the
abolition of sugar bounties.
On the 23d the report that the 1900"
| line would advance rates to the seaboard,
| in conjunction with other roads, was
| denied.
AT Hornellsville, N. Y, the switchmen
of the Erie railway went on strike on
the 23d. The grievances are reported to
| be low wages and an Objectionable yard
master.
GOVERNOR Ross of Texas has called
special session of the Legislature to pro-
vide means flor reducing the surplus in
the State treasury.
On the 23d heavy bank failure oc-
CURED at Wilimantic, Conn.
In New York the recent decline in the
price of Missouri Pacific stock is attrib-
uted to newspaper attacks.
ABOUT April 1 the works of the North
Chicago Rolling Mill Company, at South
Chicago, will be shut down and proba-
bly, remain idle until July l. Lack of
orders is the cause of the shutdown.
More than two thousand men will be
thrown quito employment.
For seven days ending the 23d the num-
Der of business fail ures, as reported by Z.
G.. Dun & Co., were: For the United
States, 212; for Canada, 81; total, 343; as
compared with $50 for the corresponding
period last year.
On the evening of the 23d large mad
tiger.cat, frothing at the mouth, entered
the cafe of the Central Park New York;
Hotel, terribly frightening the ladies
present.
On the 23d a wrestling match for ST.
600 a side, between Evan Lewis, of Chi
cago, and Jack Wannop. of England,
was arranged.
On the 23d tine arlington road filed a
bill in the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago to compel the Rock Island road
to handle its freight.
On the 23d the Rhode Island Legislature
adjourned sine die.