The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-04-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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| PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
In letter to the electors of the Depart
ment of Dordogne, on the 9th, General
| Boulanger Said "Universal suffrage is
| our master. 1t is intolerable that dis
credited politicians should presume to
make it their servant"
! In Paris there is much curiosity as to
whence the Boulanger party obtained the
| funds necessary to carry on such an ex-
tensive campaign.
LORD SALISBURY said in a recent letter
| to Earl Carnarvon: 81 sent Mr.. Cham
| berlain to America unfettered by any or
| ders beyond informing him of the broad
! views of the government in regard to the
| Fisheries treaty, that it was TO be monu-
ment which should indicate the peaceful
| and cordial feeling existing between both
| nations"
THE sum of thirty marks was left by the
late Emperor of Germany to each invalid
soldier of the war of 1870.
In ALL the Emperor has donated 10000
marks for the relief of the German flood
| sufferers.
QUEEN VICTORIA will be an inmate Of the
palace during her visit to Charlottenberg.
CONFLICTING reports from Berlin, on
the 9th, represented Bismarck as acquiesc-
ing in the marriage of Prince Alexander
and the Princess Victoria, on the one
hand, and on the other as threatening to
resign if the question was again raised.
A SCHOOL TEACHER of Waterville, Conn,
Miss Jennie Stevens, has been missing for
several weeks, and it is feared she has met
with foul play.
AT Newark, N. j., Christopher Nugent
at one time owner of the largest morocco
manufactory in the world, died at his
home recently, poor man.
The will of the late John Roach, the
ship builder. was filed for probate in
New York City on the 9th.
EMPRESS VICTORIA and Princesses Vic
toria Sophie and Margaret visited Posen,
Prussia, on the 9th, to inquire as to the
condition of the sufferers by the floods,
and offer them relief.
On the l1th General w. II. Gibson and
L. j. Trutter, of Ohio, were chosen as
delegates to the National Republican con-
vention. They are both enthusiastic Sher
man men.
SAM JONES, the evangelist, is reported
as saying that Mr.. Cleveland will be re-
nominated despite the scheming of Bill
Scott, Bafnum and German, and elected,
too. After that, the Republicans will re-
turn to power.
On the 11th the will Of Jacob Sharpe, the
convicted New York boodler, was filed for
probate.
A CALL has been issued for the Michi-
gan Green back State convention to meet
at Lansing, May s, to select delegates to
the National convention, which meets at
Cincinnati, one week later.
THE Prii ceton Alumni Association of
Chicago bi,nqueted President Francis l..
Patton of Princeton College ct the Uni
versity Club.
NINE. DIss DE BAR, her husband, Gen
eral Diss De Bar, Dr. Benz. Lawrence
and his son Frank were arraigned in the
Tombs cout, New York City, ON the 12th,
charged with conspiring to- defraud Law
ger Marsh.
ENSIGN RYAN, ofIPittsburgh, Pa, who en-
ticed Miss Preston from her home, and
abandoned her in New York, agreed, on
the 18th, to make partial reparation by
marrying tkH wronged girl.
WARDEN WALSH of the Tombs New
York City, prison, resigned, under
charges, on the 18th.
THERE was some talk among Republic
ans. on the f2th, of filibustering against
'he Tariff bill, but it was not general.
JOSEPH TRrLoAR, chief clerk in the cor
ltbpuuueuCe DuItuu VI luc New OTk
custom -houss, refused, on the 18th, to
terminate his thirty five years of faithful
aervice by a voluntary resignation, and
vas summariiy discharged.
DIR. c. T. AGNEw was reported seriously
ill of peritonitis, at his residence in New
York, on the 18th.
john l.. SULLIVAN sailed from Liverpool
sor America on the l2th.
THE platform of the Oregon State Re-
publican CONVENTION denounces the Tariff
policy of the President
VIcE-PREsIDENT VAN HORNE of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad denies the report
from San Franc iseo referring 10 an alli-
auce between IL Canadian Pacific and the
Spreckels Sugar Refinery,
THE tube in the Emperor's throat has
been discovered to be defective, and DIR.
Mackenzie has ordered another one.
CONSUL GENERAL PHELAN says Ameri-
cans are very foolish in opposing the
Fisheries treaty, as it secures for us more
than could have been hoped. The people
of Nova Scotia with more reason, are all
opposed to the treaty.
MRS. MARGnRET MCCLAfN, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, On the 18th, brought suit
against Christopher Lamb to recover
5000 damages for the death OF her sou,
with the murder OF whom Lamb stands
charged.
Or the night Of the 18th the Jeffersonian
Club Of Newark, N. j., held reception in
honor of the 145th anniversaryof OF the birth
Of Thomas Jefferson.
Or the 18th the Owens Sunday bill
Jassed the Ohio Legislature and went to
rbe Governor for his signature.
THE charges against Assistant -Secre-
tary Maynard, of interference in the GUS
TOM house management 70 accomplish
political ends, has been reiterated by Mr..
Godkin, who has offered 10 produce the
witnesses. f
on the charge Of enhezzlement, Markau
commander Of the Roumanian hotilla, has
been tried by court-martial, convicted and
degraded from his rank, and sentenced 70
ten months imprisonment, and TO pay
costs.
DURING his brief stay in London ex-
Mayor Grace Of New York has been active
ly engaged in interviewing prominent
bankers and politicians, and has become
quite q social lion.
saE correspondents of the London ps-
pers agree that the crisis over the mar
i1age Of Prince A Alexander to Princess Vic
toria has been settled amicably, aud that