The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WM. SCULLY, alias Lord Scully," the Illinois landlord, it is said, will offer his farms for sale and dispose of all his prop erty in the State. By the enforcement of the Alien Land law Scully's system of track renting" has been broken up, his tenants refusing to pay rent.
 ON the 2sth the Democracy of Delaware held their State convention at Dover.
 ON the 2Sth committee from the Ohio Republican Club visited General Harri- son at Middle Bass, to invite him to at- tend demonstration at Fort Meigs in September.
 IT was reported on the 2Sth that Admiral Porter was lying quite ill at his cottage at Jamestown R. l.
 Ar Ashland. Wis. Tommy Warren and John Van Hee st fought on the 2Sth, with two-ounce gloves in the Palace Theater. Van Heest quit in the fourth round, al- though the referee had allowed him to have the best of the champion as to fouls.
 IT is reported that there are prospects for serious trouble over the governorship of the Chickasaw Nation. On the face of the returns w. l.. Byrd appears 10 be elected, but the friends of Governor Guy claim his reelection by small majority.
 THE board of directors of the Sioux City Qa.) Base- Ball Club have released Manager Bryan, having first fined him $500 for refusing to play the Milwaukee club two weeks ago, which involved the Sioux City club in q fine of $500.
 THE House committee on fo reign af- fairs, on the 2oth, completed the Wilson bill, giving the President additional pow CTS under the Retaliatory act.
 IT is said that MT. Fred Gebhardt, who was booked to sail for Europe, on the 23d, postponed his departure until the 1st to await the pleasure of Mrs. Langtry.
 ON the 29.h the will of Charles Crocker, of San Francisco, was filed. It appoints his widow as executrix, and disposes of an estate worth S25, 2j0, ,000-one- half of which goes to his widow, the remainder being divided between four children.
 Ar the Interstate Grangers' Exhibition at Williams Grove, Pa, on the 29th, the speakers took strong grounds against tariff reduction.
 ON the 29th Mrs. Bro ,ks, mother of the murderer Maxwell, recently hanged in St. Louis, and her daughter, sailed from New York for England.
 OFFENDED by Speaker Carlisle's selec- tions in appointing second conference committee on the Army Appropriation bill, Mir. Tracy. who was dropped out, has resigned from all the committees to which he had been appointed at the beginning of the session.
 ON the 30th the minority report of the Congressional committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Public Printing Office was submitted to the House.
 TIE question has been raised whether General W. II. Seward, who was chosen I. .t.. NJ II vention as an eleetor-at- large is, by reason of his dictatorship in a National bank. disqualified to act as an ele ct0r. The General declares that if necessary. he will resign his dictatorship.
 TIE PdH Mall Gazette calls upon Mir. Gladstone and his other late colleagues to head the movement for the defense of Mir. Parnell.
 ALL day on the s0th General Harrison did nothing but lounge around the porch of -the Middle Bass Island club house and stroll about the grounds. He was making the most Of his resting spell.
 ON the 30th the presidential fishing party took twenty five bass from the James river near Glen Allen, Va
 ON the 3Gth Queen Natalie, the unhappy wlfe of the King of Servia, left France for Bucharest
 THE German Emperor is expected to arrive in Rome on the 9th. Elaborate preparations for his reception are in progress.
 JUDGE THURMAN has decided to attend the grand Democratic demonstration in New York He will leave Columbus, on the 9th, and speak in Giimore's Garden on the evening of the Tth. The judge is in vigorous health since his TO turn from the Northwest.
 THE injunction obtained by Manager Hll to restrain Margaret Mather from playing except under his management has been dissolved
 GENERAL PEgJEvALsKY has started on an exploring expedition Co Central Asia He expects to go as far as the capital of Thibet, by way of Lake Lepnon, in Chi nose Turkestan.
 ON the 3lst Admiral Porter's son au- thorized definite statement that the crisis In his fathers case had been safely passed