The Russellville Democrat., 1888-11-29
TIE recent failure Of the Arm Of FeadoI

caused the failure of two firms at Moscow
and six at Odessa
THE finest street pageant ever wit
messed in Charleston, y. c., was the
trades display, on the night of the 21st,
given as feature of the gala week.
ON the 20th All-Saints Episcopal Cathe-
dral, at Albany, N. Y, was dedicated,
with imposing ceremonies. Bishop Pot
ter Of New York preached the sermon.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the inaugural guaran-
tee fund reached S25, 900 on the 10th.
On the 23d the Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton convention at Cincinnai adjourned.
In order to meet expenses 1t is proposed
to fix the price of tickets to the inaugural
ball at ten dollars-double the amount
heretofore prevailing.
On the 21st the thermometer registered
eight degrees below zero at Montreal,
Can.
A GERMAN gendarme, it is reported,
arrested French employe Of the Avi-
court railway station while working in
his own garden on German territory, on
the 10th.
DESPITE the complaints of Switzerland
the German Government has discontinued
the customs Office at Lucelle. between
Alsace and Jura Bernoise, intending to
deavor to penetrate Alsace from that
direction.
1T is reported that the whole plan of
the blockade of Zanzibar has been
changed so as to include the entire coast.
THE opinion is prevalent in Germany
that it will be necessary to hold another
election for members OF the Reichstag
next autumn.
GREAT excitement and much rioting,
particularly in Belgrade, where the peo-
pie came in collision with the soldiery
several times, attended the elections for
members of the Servian Skuptschine, on
the 2lst. Many persons were injured,
some of them seriously.
ABOUT half the land owned by the late
Joshua Jones, west Of Central Park, New
York City, has been sold at auction by
the executor of the estate and realized
about two million dollars The property
was bought by Mr.. Jones' father, in 1908,
for less than three thousand dollars.
THE Osceola (Ia) Bank closed on the
22d. and was placed in the hands OF a re-
ceiver The capital was S25, 900. There
is said to be 800, 900 on deposit, with ohly
So, 900 in the vault
THE last ttwenty- sec ond) volume Of the
Tenth census report has been issued. In
addition there are two volumes of COM
pendulum of the census.
On the 22d the New York State Board
of Arbitration met to investigate the re :
cent street-railway strike in Brooklyn.
TEN Brooklyn policemen who refused
to remove distractions from car tracks
during the recent street. car riot were
fined ten days pay each and also
cautioned that repetition of such an
off t,YtId cfY1t i'm n aI
On the % Canadian Pacific shares were
pressed for sale in London, on rumors
that branch is to be built to Detroit,
Mich.
THE Journal de 81 Petersbourg denies
that secret treaty has been entered into
with Corea, but admits that Corea has
granted to Russia facilities for trade
across the frontier.
On the 23d, by cave-in near Wilkes
barre, Pa, the water supply of the city
was suddenly cut off, and a large mine
was submerged, from which the miners
barely escaped with their lives.
INDIAN AGENT JOHN BLAIR states that
the Chippewas are slowly becoming ex-
tinct
THE Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ca,
have sent bale of new cotton TO the
Governors Foot Guard of Hartford,
Conn.,, for the benefit of their armory
fair.
The project for the consolidation of the
Cuban debt, it is believed, will prove a
failure, on account of the different opin-
ions entertained on the subject by the
ministers at Madrid.
DURING the month of October 40, 365 inn
migrants came to this country, against
A, 1865 in October, 1887. Germany fur
nished the greatest number, 10, 1866; Eu-
gland and Wales, 7,477; Ireland, $500;
Sweden and Norway, A, $50; Italy, 2,7S5,
and Scotland, 209i
IT is reported that the Woolen Goods
Association of New York will petition
Congress to class worsted import ations
with wooden cloth.
IMPROVED machinery is being imported
into Cuba, with the object of increasing
the sugar production of the next cane
crop
DURING October exports of merchandise
aggregated in value STA, III, 405, against
SIC 033, 439 in October, 1887. Imports for
the month were valued at $66, 234, 653,
against 500 963, ,257 in October 1887.