The Russellville Democrat., 1888-05-17

On the 10th, among the bills approved by
| the President, were the following; To
authorize the city of Chicago to erect
| crib in Lake Michigan for water-works
| purposes; to amend the act authorizing
the Postmaster General to adjust certain
claims of postmasters for loss by burg
| larry, fire, etc. authorizing the erection OF
a public building at Lancaster, Pa.
| On the 10th the following bonds were
offered to the Government: $3,520,0o0 reg
istered As, at 1877 to 1913; $4,000 coupon
As, at 1877 to t2Tsl; s110,5oO registered AIS,
at t07sl to los; S57, 900 coupon As, at 1914
| to 1879: of which 900, 900 registered AIS
were accepted ST i07R.
THE stoppage Of work in Minnesota
| quarry, it is reported, will prevent the
| completion of the Chicago Auditorium in
time for the Republican National conven-
| ton.
In Washington delegates from the
| Wool Growers associations of Ohio, In
diana and Texas are lobbying against the
| free-wool clause in the Mills Tariff bill.
| OK the 7th the steamship Bolivia, which
left New York April 10th, with party of
| Mexican pilgrims on board, bound for
| Rome, arrived at Naples.
IT is announced that the trotting match
| for the Sportsman's stake of $4,000, with
| Vl,uoO ltt huNlCd, W hthhS PlAstA nv
Rochester, n. Y, ON July 4, is off; Mr.
| Hamlin, owner of Belle Hamlin, declining
| to nominate that horse.
| A REDUCED condition of winter wheat
in the Central States, as n result of low
temperature and deficient rainfall is
shown by the Department of Agriculture
| May crop report, issued on the 10th.
| On the 9th the Progressive Cabinet
| Makers Union of New York City placed a
| boycott on the Pioneer, an Anarchist pa
! per of Chicago, because it allowed itself
| to be frightened into keeping its actions
within the law.
On the 11th advices from Rio Janeiro
stated that the Brazilian Chamber of Dep
uties had passed bill for the immediate
| abolition of slavery.
| IT is stated that the proposed opening
of the great Sioux reservation will be of
no present benefit to would-be settlers,
as three years must elapse before the
necessary signatures by the Indians, sur
yeys, etc, can be completed, after which
| only homesteaders can occupy it.
In order to put stop to the admission
| OF Chinese immigrants to the colony the
Government of New Zealand has adopted
| the novel expedient of proclaiming all
| Chinese ports as infected.
| 1T is said that the Mexican Secretary of
War has notified army officers along the
border that hereafter the penalty of death
viii be imposed for crossing over into the
! United States with troops and interfering
with the affairs of citizens of a friendly
nation
| AT Newport KY, the new barracks will
be named Ft Hancock, and will be used
as a resting place for troops that have
| been on active duty.
AT the meeting of the National Assem-
| bly, of Retail Lumbermen at Davenport,
Ia, recently, officers were elected as fol-
| lows: President, j. p. Smith, of Fowler,
Ind; ce-president, j. r. Cunningham,
of Norborne, Mo-; secretary and treas
urer, w. C. Wright, of Chicago.
On the 11th it was stated that the Ne
vada Bank of San Francisco would soon
be reorganized 1t was said that the new
president would have 500, 200 of the stock,
| and the new cashier S250,000. Flood and
Mackay will assume ali bad debts, and
| will take the shares not subscribed for.
Fair has received all the money he put in
after the wheat deal, amounting to 81
| 100000.
IT is reported that the House committee
on Pacific railroads has decided to formu-
! late a bill dealing with the Indebtedness
of the Central Pacific railroad to the Gov
ernment. The Union Pacific bill, already
reported, will be taken as basis for the
! committees work.
| In the vicinity of Waterloo, Ia, up to
| the 10th, rain had fallen on fifty consecu-
| tive days, the rainfall being over seven
inches. The precipitation was general all
| over Northern Iowa.
| OK the 11th the Secretary of the Treasury
| sent to the House a communication re-
commencing that $4,000 be appropriated
to supply deficiency in the salaries of
! government store-keepers and gaugers.
| On the 1lth Mayor Smith of Cincinnati
| issued an order to the superintendent of
| police of that city, that officers be in
! structed to arrest on the spot, in their re-
! spective districts, all saloon keepers
| found violating the Owens law.
THE Fisheries treaty has been passed by
both houses OF the Newfoundland Legis-
| lature.
| IT is said that the people of Buffalo, N.
! Y, are disposed to hold the natural gas
company responsible for all damages oc-
casioned by the series of explosions which
took place in that city on the 10th.