The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-04

THr mailman who tried to kill the King of Roumania four months ago was ade- tective who had been employed to protect the King. He confessed, on the 2Jth, that he carried dagger and a revolvsr about for year with which to Xii the King.
 A DISPATCH says that the City-of Mexico will not declare quarantine against the United States until real cases of yellow fever appear in New Orleans or Texas.
 TIE Egyptian corn crop Is large in quantity and superior in quality,
 A rEpEeRAM was received by Inc Marine Hospital Bureau from Go9efnot Perry of Florida, on the 26th, requesting thss nurses be sent to Fernandina
 ON the 26 h, in a rowing match At Sye- ney, N. S. w, for f2)0 side, Mattsrson beat Milsen sy E ESe boEs lengths.
 Two pEsrFts from yellow fever were re- ported at Live Oak. Fla. bn the S0th.
 THE State Veterinarian, on the 2oth. pronounced the disease among the cattle near " abash. Ind, supposed to be pleuro- pneumonia, Texas fever.
 THE New York Lyeeum Theater benefit 6f s.Lord Chumley," with Sothern, netted S9OO %. on the 25th. Manager Frohman sent the amount to Mayor Hewitt fot the Jacksonville sufferers.
 THE intimation Is made by the semi official German press that the publica- tion of the extracts from the diary of the late Emperor Frederick will be made tho subject of inquiry by the government.
 Ar Santiago de Cuba yellow fever reigns supreme, both in the city and in the mili- tary hospital outside. The mortality is appalling.
 Ar a conference of miners held at Man chester, England, on the 27th. tbe d9les, gates te which represented 2500oO miners, it was decided to cause general strike on October 29 unless an advance of ten per cent. was made in wages. It was also agreed that an advance would not be accepted unless it was made gen. eral,
 THE investigation of the affairs of the Supreme Lodge of the United Order of Honor of Indiana, which recently col; lapsed, resulted in the discovery that there is in the hands of the supreme off, cers, and unaccounted for on the books, Sg, 000 An effort will be made to recover the money.
 THE various bills on the subject of trusts were taken under consideration and talked over at length but without reach- conc usion, at the meeting of the House committee on the judiciary. on the 27th
 PRECAUTIONARY measures have been take in the barracks at Saragossa, &c., vile and other places Tn Spain, owing to fears of a military emute.
 Ul the 2Tth eight members of the Jack sonville tFla.) police force were reported of duty. suffering from attacks of the yellow fever.
 THE reunion of the Forty-seventh Indi- ana regiment at Tpton, on the 18th, was attended by over two thousand people.
 THE question of 6 revision of the con- stitution of France was discussed in the council of Ministers recently but no re- suit was reached.
 IT has been ascert aimed that twenty members of the Home Rule delegation Tn the British Parliament are the recipie nts of stipends from the National League or other funds.
 THE English Radicals are opposed to the proposition 10 reinforce the garrison at Suakim wi British troops asserting that the military party is exaggerating the strength of the hostile natives in order to justify reconquest of the ast- ern Soudan.
 THE Northern Pacific Railroad Con- pany, 1t is reverted, recently negotiated a sale of TOO, 00o acres of it's land grant, 5O,ooO acres to be selected this fall and the remainder next year. The purchasers are said to be New York and German capitalists.
 TIE French Minister of Marine refuses to submit to a reduction of ihs Nay al budget by the council of Ma sters.
 IT is proven by documents selzed by the British authorities in the palace of the Raiah of Sikkim, that the uprising ot the Thibetans was instigated by tho Chinese Government, acting through the Llama of Thibet.
 THE suggestion to close the whale fish, cries of Hudson bay and straits tenn porarily, in view of the rapid depletion of the whales, is being considered by the Dominion Government. It is said that the business is carried on almost exclu- sively by New Eng glanders.
 THE French Minister of Agriculture re- ports a shortage of 12,000 900 hectolitres in the grain harvest ot the present year.
 ON the 18th over one hundred thousand little folks thronged the Cincinnati Ex- position--children' day.
 THE centennial celebration at Colum. ble, Pa, closed with proeessions, boat races. exhibition militia drill, band con- test and fantastic parade, on the 2Sth.