The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-11

| Bankers Association was held at Cin-
cinnah on the ID.
| THE two Iargw sugar rehneries OF the
hrm of De Castro & Donner, OF Brooklyn,
N. Y. were closed down on the 3D., pur-
suant to orders issued by President Have
meyer Of the Sugar Trust One thousand
mon were thrown out of work.
THE Americanist Congress will hold its
next meeting at Paris in 1889.
South GERMAN papers report that the
police received warning of an Anarchist
plot TO kill Emperor William during biz.
journey from Munich to Vienna, the
route which was c..ssanss4.
AT Gettysbmrg, on the Sd, the One Hun
dred and Twenty fifth and One Hundred
and Twenty sixth New York Regiment
monuments were dedicated with impos-
ing services.
FIFTY veterans OF the one hundred and
twenty-ffth New York infantry dedicat-
cd monument on the battle- field OF
Gettysburg, Pa, on the I'd.
A COMMISSION OF the British Associa-
ton, which has for some time past been
investigating the liquor traffic among tho
African races, announced, on the I'd, that
In 1885 Holland sent to Africa L099, 146
gallons of spirits, and In 1886 the city OF
Boston at one time sent 737,550 gallons Of
rum. Since 1883 Hamburg and Bremen
have sent to Africa 100000 900 gallons OF
spurious liquors.
AT Napa, Cal, on tho Sd, tho worlds
pacing record of one mile for three-year.
olds was beaten by Gold Leaf. Time,
2:15.
In Rochester, N Y, on the Sd, Dennis
Gallagher, Of Buffalo, N. Y. defeated
Lucine Mons Christol, Of Cincinnati. In q
thrce-round Gr4co- Roman wrestling con-
test, for 500 side. Christol won the first
bout and Gallagher the next two easily.
THE Omaha (Neb.) Herald employees
contributed S145.50 for the relief OF the
Jacksonville (Fis.) yellow fever suffer-
ers.
THE fair OF the Bay State Agricultural
Society opened at Springfield, Mass, on
4th. The prospects were most hattering.
THE Mexican rains have ceased Tho
losses throughout the country by cyclone
and foods are estimated to exceed $3,-
900, 600
AT the imperial banquet In Vienna,
given on the 4th, in honor Of Emperor
William of Germany, the table was ar.
ranged in the form OF horseshoe, the
distinguished visitor being seated at the
center between the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the Empress Elizabeth.
OK the 4th the situation at Jacksonville,
Fla, was eported as more hopeful. The
weather was quite warm, but delightful.
RECENT extensive floods In the region
Of the Alps and the Jura in Switzerland,
have rendered many families homeless.
NEXT year an International congress
will be held in Switzerland, to discuss
means for tho suppression of immoral
literature.
THE city OF Fernandina, Fla, has a
Howard Association, formed of members
who went through the yellow fever cpl
demic In that town In 1877.
PRESENT indications point to the stormi.
est session of the British Parliament that
has been witnessed for years.
THE damage caused by the late frost to
the tobacco cropin the South Side section
of Virginia is very great, and more tnan
one- fourth Of the crop has been COM
pletely ruined.
Or the 1,10O, 900 foreigners In France,
only 100000 are naturalized, and only
one-fourth of the citizens OF foreign ex-
traction were born in France.
THE English collieries situation is be-
coming critical. The 100000 miners in
sist on the ten per cont advance in
wages, and threaten to strike unless their
demand is complied with. Meantime the
price Of coal is steadily increasing
The statement of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad for August shows
decrease in gross earnings Of sos, 600, an
increase in operating expenses Of $751;
115, and decrease of net earnings Of
S275, 5,515.
BEFORE the over-worked and UNDER
paid employees of the North Side Chicago
street. car men had actually quit work,
scabs were hurrying from all parts Of the
country to secure their places.
ON the 5th the New York Mail and Er-
press, which had been ''rap Office since
1888, discharged its non-union printers,
and appointed member of Typograph-
ical Union No. 6 as foreman OF the new
force.
A RuMoR was current in Chicago, on
the 4th, that q large quantity Of dyna-
mite had been found secreted In North
Side basement. Search by Captain
Setback failed to discover the explosive.
OK the 4th the Sixty third Indiana VOL
unteer Infantry held their ninth annual
reunion at Covington, Ind. About three
hundred members we're present