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The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

ON the 10th Foresters' Day was cele- brated in New York City with a parade and the usual picnic and summer nights festival.
 NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the United States has been in treaty rela- tions with Persia since 1856, the Ambas- sador who is now en route will be the first Persian representative ever accredited to our Government
 Ar San Francisco the anniversary of the admission of California into the Union was generally celebrated on tho 10th. The Stock Exchange was closed.
 THE Department of Agriculture Sep tember report makes the average condi- ton of cotton s3.S-a decline of 3.5 points since the last report
 To ENABLE the railroads to handle the throngs attending the National Encamp- ment c. A. R., all freight traffic in and out of Columbus, O., was suspended, on the 10th. for seven days.
 THE American Society of Professional Dancers began their annual session in New York City on the 10th
 Ir is said that leading Canadian im- porters are forestalling the Presidents threatened retaliation by arranging to receive their goods over the Inter- Oceanic (Canadian) railway, instead of the New York and Boston roads.
 THE thirty anniversary of the admis- sion of California into the Union was generally celebrated in the Senate on the 10th.
 THE elections for members of the Pro- vincial councils which occurred through out Spain, on the 10th, resulted in tri- umph for the Liberals. The Carlists succeeded in electing only few of their candidates.
 THE House and Senate conferees on the Army Appropriation bill reported, on the 10th, that they had reached an agreement THE steamship Alaska took the passen- gers of the disabled steamship Nevada, from New York for Europe. on the 11th.
 THE Portuguese gun boat Bengo is at Tangier, to support Portugal's clatrus against the Sultan of Morocco. IN Spain several rivers have over flowed their banks and inundated the ad- jacent country, causing great destruction of property. Many persons have been drowned, and the panic-stricken inhabit- ants have taken refuge in the mountains. UPON reflection and council of mutual friends, the heated, unparliamen tary and
 personal expressions used in debate by Senators Morgan and Mitchell, on the 10th have been stricken from the Record. TIE Bohemian Diet opened on the 18th, the German members declining to sit CONGRESS has been asked by the actin z Secretary of War 10 appropriate $S5, 0O0 for the establishment of light and fog signal on Oyster Bed shoals, opposite Rockland Lake Park, Hudson river. N. r. A BILL will be laid before the British Parliament in November respecting tho storage of petroleum Since he existing act was passed the trade with America has increased tenfold, and the author ities declare that their present powers are insufficient, hence the numerous eX- plosions.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-20

Pass smoothly over the peryerseness of those you have to do with, and go straight forward. It is abundantly sufficient tpat you have the testimony of good con science toward God.--John Wesley.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-20
RussEILv1ILE POPE CO., ARK THURSDAY SEPTEMBER

OS the grounds of the Oswego Agri- cultural Society, on the 14th, Governor Hill of New York spoke to 5000 people.
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From WASHINGTON.

The President on the lS-h pardoned
William IL Walters ami Thomas Hender-
son. convicted in Utah Of unlawful cOhabi-
tation
GEORGE " HEIsTE was elected president
of the National Tobacco Association at its
session in Washington on the 18Th No
action was taken on the toblccO-tax ques-
ton.
AT the session Of the American Shipping
and Industrial League in Washington on
the ISLh resolutions were adopted demand
ing immediate provision Tor coast dsfenses,
restoration Of American shipping, building
OF a strong navy AMI Improvement of riv-
ers and harbOrs Jos ph Wheeler. OF Ala
bam3. was elected president
THE Nation ! Board of Trade at its eight
eenth annual meeting on thu 18Th in
Washington elected Frederick Fraley, Of
PhiIadelphia, president
TIE Committee on Appropriations in the
HOUSE Of Representatives made ready on
the 80 the annual Pension Bill ItapprO-
pirates $50, 273. 500
TEE new law relating to permissible writ
ing ana printing on second, third and
fOurth-cIass mail matter went into effect on
TIE 20eh
THERE were 27G business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on tie 201h, IS. inst 3I2 the previous seven
d1ys
At twenty-sx leading clearing houses in
the United ates the exchanges during the
wceS ended on the DIST aggregated $91T.-
95I 37s. against 1913. 46$ 1872 the pre-
vious week AS compared with the CORE
spending week Of 1857 the decrease
amounted TO ) 6 per cent
OS the 23d the United States Supreme
Court affirmed the sentence OF death passed
upon Hugh NJ Brooks, alias W. IL Maxwell,
who murdered c. A. Freller in St LOUIS
hotel in 1888
President CLEVELAND on the DBL nOmi-
mated Marshal Mcdonald, of the District OF
Columbia, to be Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries
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THE EAST.

JAMES GRINDER, II Rochester, n. Y, the
father of nine children, fatally beat his
wife with a Ratchet on the n and then
committed suicide
Tbs Pennsylvania Democrats viii hold
their SAFE convention in Harrisburg May
%
The Legislature of Rhode Island convened
on the 18th at Providence
Ed CoFFEx. OF Pittsburgh, who recently
cut his throat when refused q pardon by
the PENNSYLVANIA hoard confessed on the
- h that he killed Mic Jacoby, for whose
mr-5er Frank Small was hanged a few
weeks ago
THE steamship Britannia, long overdue.
with eigh5 hundred immigrants on board,
arrived in New York on the l9th
The death Of Mrs Mary Man, aged one
hundred AMI two years and Two months,
occurred on the 10Th at Fairlee, Vt
AT Butler, Pa, two employees were caught
in grin ling machine in the glass factory
ON the ] . and ground to death
4 FATrH-CyE- cow ntiOn was causing
great exc L lnent on the 2O-h ut Read NJ,
Pa. and many cases OF alleged cures were
reported
IuE execution OF james Z Nowiin took
place Il Cambridge Mss, on the 2Och, for
the murder oi George A Goldman, lis en-
ployer, January :. 1887.
MEs CELIA HESDHCKs. the -woman's
banA7 linsncler o. Philadelphia, had, it was
ssi3 on the ooh sw udlei friends and ac-
quaiut5nces out Of 100000
JAMES MARTIN. an inmate of the Soldiers
and Slilors' Home and hero OF many bat
ties. was frozen to death on the 2Oth near
Erie. Ia
NEAR Dunkirk, n T.. a gas well was
yielding one million feet per day on the
2Ist
4 PORTION Of the HOlyolze Mass Envelope
Company's mil was burned on the 22d.
Loss S325. 900
OK the 21st Oscar I. Beckwith, the Austei-
litz muir jerer. was santsnre1 20 be hanged
March |. at Hudson. y Y This was the
sixth time he had been sentenced
N port .ons OF Vermont and New Hamp-
shire the mercury reg stored so degrees be-
low zero on the 2ist
4 FRE in Philadelphia on the 22d among
lniIl.n STOKES caused . loss of merry
SJOO. 600
THE doors Of the First National Bank Of
Auburn. y \. were cosed on tn 2}d, the
result o. q defaicat on OF S2O3.0dO on the
pars OF its cashier, Charles OBrien, who
had fisd
THREE earthquaSs shocks occurred on the
morning Of the 2.li az Nowburyport, Mass.
and houses four mics from town were vio-
lensIy shaken
DANIEL. DRIsc1IL was hanged on the 23d
in New York Ciyy for the murder OF Lizzie
Clarity on June 26. 1856
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

BIS There IS growing confidence that
the Republicans are bound to succeed
in the next election. The Club Con-
vention has increased that confidence.
Cincinnati Commercial
EEy'.A tariff for revenue only" is q
tariff FOR the benefit of foreign manu-
facturers, and for the destruction OF
industries which have done so much o
make US a great nation. (O.)
journal
Ia Congressman Frank Lawler. of
Chicago, predicts that Blaine. if nom
mated. will secure almost the entire
Irish-American vote. He thinks he
viii more than recover his 1884 losses
in New York. Pittsburgh Commercial.
@~In a contest between brains and
beef the latter may gain . temporary
advantage, but brains is bound to win
in the end. And that is one reason
why we are confident Of a grand Re-
publican victory in the Presidential
campaign now entered upon. -Clere-
lGRd Lender.
BD~ Eugene Higgins having retired
from the Treasury nepaT ment. IS al
ready booked for the place Of 81 TX Of
the lower house Of the Ms.-yyIar1 Legs
lature. Hi g rs record at Washing
ton has MADE him glorious in the sight
of the Maryland Democraey.-Phiiade
ptia Bulletin.
B3The country should not fail to
take note of the significant fact that
the Secretary of the Treasury has just
transmitted to Congress estimates TO
meet deficiencies for the Lest fiscal
year and for tie current one amoant-
ing TO Ss.656. 152 As IN illustration
Of Democratic economy, these figures
are specially interesting and ins rae
hve.-Ss. Louis GLabe- Democrat
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FOREIGN INTEt.t.IcENcE,

IL Vienna seven persons committed
suicide on the 18Th fer various reasons.
The Norwegian bark Freidis was wrecked
of the Irish coast recently and thirteen OF
the crew were drowned
Or the 18Th w. Lane, an Irish member
of Parliament, was sentenced to a month :
imprisonment for melting tenants to resis1
builiffz
ADvICEs OF the 18th from Mardin, in Tur-
key, say that ten thousand people were
starving there and call for immediate re-
lief
A SMALL boat capsized on the 10Th near
Victoria, B. C.. and fourteen Cinnamon, in
tending 70 smuggle themselves into Wash
ingtOn Territory, were drowned
The steamer Cascapadia collided with and
sunk the steamer Oxford off Gibraltar on
the 18th, and twenty persons were
drowned
A CROWD on the 10Th hooted and insulted
Chief Secretary Balfour upon his appear
ance in the streets of Dublin
WHILE four thousand workmen were on
the 10Th making breakwater TO stem the
Hoangho floods in China they were ingulfed
u a sudden rush of water and nearly all
were drowned
IN an interview at Venice on the Goth Don
Car.os i'd that Spain must strengthen her
great powers He said unless the present
monarchy was replaced he thought a re-
public would soon come.
ADvIcEs of the 20th say that. in retalia-
ton Tor the hard fight being made by the
Temperance people of Leeds County, Ont
eleven bindings had been burned at Irish
Greek, and the Methodist church, and a
tannery at Kemptville.
On the ooh William OBrien, editor of
United ireland, was released from Tulla-
more fail. where he had been confined since
October 81
THE ship yards at Granville. France. We're
burned on the DIST throwing eight hun
bred men ont Of employment
A FIRE at Montreal, Can on the Dist de-
stroyed properly to the value of 100000
THE cash accounts of the late Manitoba
ministry showed a shortage of 1915, 900 on
the ODD
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BURNED 10 pEAIti.


rsrrib'e Result a Board.ng.iIause Fire
Ia Minnesota Zen of the Ianatcs Lose
Their Lives.
ST PAUL. Minn.. Jan 23-word haa
reached here Of the burning OF a Loarding-
house and the loss of ten lives early Satur-
day morning at the village of Tower, st
Louis County, this State The Place where
the horrible cremation occurred wGs
three-story wooden structure occupied rs
saloon and boarding house By n Barn
ably A large number of peopla lived
there, and when the fire broke out all were
asleep Some OF those on the second floor
We're aroused shortly lfter ! o'c' sex by the
cracking or blazing rafters, and sprang out
OF bed 10 lind themselves surrounded
by fire The cries of alarm soon
aws kened the rest Of the inmates.
and all except those already overcome
made for the doors and windows The
night was one OF the most bitterly cold
ever experienced in the place, the Their
mometer registering 90 degrees below zero,
and the terrified hoarders, Icing unable to
dress themselves owing to the terrible
rapldity with which the flames spread, were
compelled 20 rush into the icy atmosphere
half dressed Several persons who occupied
rooms on the top floor jumped from the
windows in their eagerness to escape, end
ali who did SO were more or less seriously
injured
The best information obtainable puts the
number of deaths at ten. but the names OF
only four could be learned These are as
follows; Robert Whtford, William Byrns,
Michael Trump and Daniel oConaell The
irs;-nmned was an original Sc tier of the
village in 1880 the hers being woodmen.
Nearly every inhabitant of the village
was at the $, enc of the Il, rrible disaster, and
every assistaL ee was given to those who os-
cared with their lives rom the blazing
buildings. Some Of the lesouers and near
ly all the rescued were frost-bltten to a
greater or less degree. The financial loss
through the fire Will reach $40, 600 with
only q small insurance
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seated after the expiration OF the four days
there had been no such abuse Of that discretion
in this case as would justify a rev rsal
Of the judgment on that account That
part of the decision is certainly not
repugnant to any provision OF the
constitution or laws OF the United
States, and it is OF itself eonciu-
sivc II disposed Of the constitutional question
presented in the argument without a direct de-
c sion, and upon ground which was not
evasive merely, but real, and which can not be
rev ewed by Us. Such be ng the case the de-
clsion of the Federal question was not neces-
sary to the Judgment rendered, and conse-
quently was not sufficient to give us iurisdic-
ton"
ST LOUIS, Jan. n The decision in the
United States Supreme Court in the case of
Hugh ~ Brooks, alias Maxwell unnerved
the little chlorOfOrmer when it was told
him. For the first time he showed I'M
mistakable signs of uneasiness, and paced
up and down the corridor of the jail with
a nervous tread, his face displaying a
gloomy and deathly pallor He would
nos believe the statements made to
him. and refused to talk until he had seen
his attorney Mr. Fauntleroy, one of tue
attorneys for the defense, was much taken
aback, and sad the only hope he now had
was to apply 70 the Supreme Court for ire
hearing, AM, in event of anoth failure, 10
seek Executive clemency, from which
source he had some hope.
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WISCONSIN.

The total sales of beer by nine of Mil
waukee's breweries during the year 1887
aggreg ted 1870, S2T barrels, an increase
of n, 100 barrels over the previous year.
The sales of one brewery amounted TO 460.-
600 barrels
A fire at Attoon a few days ago de-
stroyed the skating rink and two bue less
buildings Loss, $1,000
Waskeshaw County has set aside 81, 500
for the care of INDECENT soldiers and their
families
The State Supreme Court has reversed the
decision of the superior court of Milwau-
kee and ordered judgment for S1s1. GAO 63
and interest ct Z per cent since July II,
1883. to be entered against Peter Nc
Geoch in favor of Daniel Wells, McGeoch's
partner in the disastrous lard correr of
June, 1883
Twenty-three students have entered the
short course in agriculture at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin
The State Poultry Association viii hold
its annual meeting at Fond du Lac Feb
ruary 7-10
company has been formed at Monroe
to mine for lead on the Skinner range,
about eight miles from Monroe.
The earnings OF the Wisconsin Central in
creased 81, 900 for the first week Of 1883
over the first week of last year.
There are seventeen hundred inmates of
tn National Soldiers Home at Milwaukee.
and the manager has had to refuse ad-
mission 10 recent applicants for lack of
room.
The armory of Company z. Third Regi-
ment with guns uniforms, etc. was burned
az Wausau the other morning, with loss of
50, 600 and no insurance.
GAINESVILLE is flooded with dangerous coun-
terfeit silver dollars Among the victims
are many Of the most prominent merchants
The counterfeits, it is believed, came from
the northern part of the Safe
The third quarterly report OF Adjutant-
General Barry, W seonsin Department., G.
A r., shows 10. $50 members in good stand
ing. besides fourteen Pos which failed to
report, and 81 ,575 expended by the order
for charitable purposes during the quart T.
All tax sales made in Brown County for
three years past have been invalidated by
a circuit court decision at Green Bay, and
the surrender OF land sold on tax title has
been ordered because of a verbal defect in
the county treasurer's affidavit of his notice
Of sale
Sherman 4 Dell. the oldest auctioneers in
Milwaukee,. assigned recently, with LA
bilities Of $40. 600
The library addition to the State His
torical Society for the past year were 2.7s7
volumes and !, 998 pamphlets, a total of
4. 1888 thus making TIE total strength OF the
library 123. 449 books and panphietz
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LATER.

NEWARK. Ohio, suffered $4,000 fire on
the z4th.
ScoTT's hat factory at Reading, Pa,
burned on the oath. Loss $4,000.
THE Porting Sc minister to the United
States di j at W ashington Jan. "a.
GEO. ". French who was Chief Justice of
DAKOTA from lo69.tO 1873 has died in Flor da
A BILL has been introduced in the Senate
to make Duluth a port of appraisal, by
5 nator c. X. Davis.
The Tuesday snow storm in Northern
Minnesota was very embarrassing 20 the
railroads.
ONE thousand head OF cattle were frozen
t. death IN Hill County, Texas during the
recent b.izzsrd.
WINE cellars upon Putin Bay island,
Lake Erie. were destroyed by fire on the
oath; loss $1,000, insurance SSO,OJJ.
THE Governor of Missouri has vetoed the
bin providing for a constitutional conven-
ton.
TIE sherman and Blaine men in Ohio,
are already engaged in hot fight for the
State delegation.
Iris rumored that Joseph Chamberlain
viii succeed Lord LanSdOwne as Governor
General of Canada.
The Boston banquet to Senator sherman
has teen postponed on account of the death
Of Col. MOulfOn. the husband of the young
est sister OF General and Senator fisherman.
r. ". CHApB = RE has bought the in
terest of Mr.. Stiilman, of Minneapolis, in
the Rochester National bank, and the
former gentleman is now president of the
bank
FRANK GRIFFIN, of Milwaukee, who was
arrested some time ago for the theft of $50
from the Duluth Opera house. the money
being found in bis stocking, was acquitted
at Duluth
AT Shell Rock, Freeborn County, Mimi,
Sanford Tanner a wealthy and erratlc
achelor was receRtly robbed by
pretended detective of Sl.500 in money and
200 IN various securities.
AT Chester. Pa, q dozen people were
poisoned by e ting scrapple which had been
tinctured with Rough on Rats by
butcher to eAec-minate the rodents. Tn
victims were all saved by emeticS-
BARSUx & Bailey proprietors of the big
circus. find il impossible TO travel any
more in this country, 50 they viii go 20
Europe. They cannot use the railroads
here at the prices asked.
ABOUT $4,000 is still owing TO Messrs But
Ter. Pryor and Tucker for their defense Of
the anarchists Nr. Tucker has not ony
renowned all claims for the $500 due him,
J but hiss contributed $50 to the support OF
the families
SUIT for divorce has been begun in St
Paul against John Wilkin in which Il IS
al eyed that although married in $50 to
ne true wife he has since become the hus-
band Of four other ladies, all of whom were
residents OF St. Paul.
A SPAN OF horses belonging to Frank
Gates. OF Viola. Olmstead county, ran
away and were afterward found standing
/ in the snow two miles from town with their
tongues AMI legs 50 badly frozen that they
had 90 be killed.
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9. l. Pinkham, Of Lynn, Mass, brother az
Lydia Pinkham, arrived in Sioux Falls re-
Gently for the purpose of establishing n
wholesale boot and shoe house.
The first stage coach rescued Deadwood
| September 3, 1876; previous 10 that time
private parties delivered letters at ten,
twenty five and fifty cents each.
man in Flint County has published
card in the Rsdheld Journal requesting sa-
looms TO sell him no drinks under any cir
cumstances He has got tired OF sswelled
head"
At Huron recently meeting of members
of the Constitutional convention of 1855
adopted memorial to Congress asking for
the admission of Dakota as two States
One hundred emigrants from Bslfort,
France. started recently for Dakot1. There
were signs that emigration from France was
increasing.
The great depth Of the snow in many por-
tions of Dakota enables the rabbits to de-
nude the apple trees of their twigs
Incendiary fires are OF such frequency n
Pierre that should an offender in that di-
rection be caught he is very likely to have
his trial before Judge Lynch
1t was believed that Rev Henry n Spring
er, Methodist minister, persisted in The To
cent blizzard near Clark. Emil GiibertsOu,
formerly OF Chicago, was frozen to death
two miles west Of Hitchcock, while on his
way to his claim.
The Pope has made Sioux Falls the see
city of the Catholic diocese of South Da-
ko5a.
It is said that near Parker. small town
IN Turner County, twenty-eig gilt school chill
dren persisted in the recent great storm.
From oae school the entire number-seven-
teen-were overtaken by the storm and all
frozen to death
Carpenters general store at Bath was
burned the other night Loss, $40. 600
The Omaha, Yankton & Northwestern
railroad. to extend northwest from Omaha
into Dakota, was incorporated recently at
Lincoln, Neb capital, 50. 600. 600
Governor Church has Issued a proclama-
ton giving the official results of the recent
election on the division OF the Territory
The total number of votes cast was O.. 6IS;
81. 7S4 for division, and 81. 9I3 Against
The result, barring few scattering votes,
gives majority for division Of 8. ISL Local
option was carried in sixty-four out Of the
eighty-s counties
The mining excitement on the North Fork
Of Powder river is on the increase The
White Pine mine, situated on the high d.
vide between the two creeks. is the center
from which the excitement and prospect
ing radiates
OF the population Of Dakota POS. 600 are
in North Dakota and $50. 600 are in South
Dakota
The Sioux Falls druggists have published
a notice declaring that they viii not sell
intoxicating liquors Of any kind except
upon the written prescription OF physi-
clan
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FORCED 10 SUSPEND.

An Auburn N. W Bank Compelled Go
Close Its Doors Though the Defalca-
tiOn of Two Employees, Who Are Miss
ing.
AUBURN, n. T., Jan 24 The First Nation
al Bank or this city did not pen its doors
Yesterday morping Charles O'Brien, the
cashier is absent from the city, and there
are rumors, at present impossible to verify,
that his accounts are involved. The bank
was one of the oldess in the State. al
claims will be paid in full Its capital was
S15O,0O0
c sh.er Charles O'Brien and Bookkeeper
T. l. Morse left town together Saturday
afternoon United States Bank Examiner
i saw Clark is in charge of the bank, and
with the directors is making an effort to
ascertain its condition All information
is refused but it 81 ems that OBrien took
$4,000 in securities with him.