The Springdale news., 1889-05-10

IT Is ledi ueu tldt Ieff1n, the man who 1 fired at President Carnot in Paris, on the 1 5th, was recently under treatment for in- sanity. He had not lorg been released from a mad house.
 AN attempt was made, on the Jth, to en- force the Sunday law in Indianapolis, Ind, and, as far as outward appearances went 1t was success. Four saloon keepers were arrested, however. CAPTAIN WIssMANN's force, 900 strong, has arrived at Bogomayo, Africa and ac- tive hostilities with the natives at that place are imminent.
 lN the New York State Assembly, on the 9th, on MT. Sexton's motion the Gov ernor was requested to return the Ballot Reform bill for verbal amendment This, 1t was thoug ht, would kill the bill
 IN his address, on the occasion of the opening of the E xposition, on the 9th, Premier Tirard declared that the exhibi- tion was a proof that the people of France still possessed all the qualities for which they had been noted. In spite of the acuteness of the economic crisis they had been able to collect a splendid array of exhibits.
 A RADICAL banquet was held at Jerni, France, on the night of the 6th to cele- brate the centenary of the French revo- lution of 17s9. The affair ended in a street riot in which many persons were injured.
 LARGE bodies of armed men surrounded the polls at La Fayette, La., on the 9th, and refused to allow any colored man to vote. The sheriff promptly closed the polls, and reported to the Governor. Later ten of the regulators were arrested.
 TIE monitor Puritan has been unlocked and is at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
 ExPREsIDENT CLEvELAND's seal brown horses and the rest of his stable equip ment in Washington were sold at auction on the 9th. Poor prices were realized.
 THE Secretary of State is informed that Peru will send delegate to the confer ence of American States, which meets in Washington on the 4th of October next.
 IT is asserted that Mr. Alexander, the noted philanthropist and collector of paintings, is the donor of the building for the new portrait gallery in London to which Lord Salisbury referred in his speech at the recent Royal Academy din- ner. The cost of the gallery when com. pleted will be S100,000.
 TIE French Exposition was opened, on the 9th, by President Carnot. Largo crowds were present, and the scene was a very brilliant one.
 TIE fetes in celebration of the opening of the Paris Exposition were carried out according to programme on the night of the 9th. The Eiffel tower. the central dome of the Exhibition building and ths gardens surrounding the buildings wero splendidly illuminated, and i'll all parts of the city were to be seen evidences of the enthusiasm with which the people regard the great fair and their sympathy with the institutions whose application to the Government of France the Exposition commemorates.
 ARCHBISHOP WALSH has written let ter urging the application to all Ireland of the plan of settlement adopted on the Vandeleur estate. The Times opposes the suggestion.
 TIE case of Howard, the alleged chief of the electric sugar frauds, was called in New York City on the 6th. Howard was confronted with an indictment charg- ing him with grand larceny. He de- murred to the indictment. The demurrer was overrulod, and the prisoner was again remanded to await trial.
 THE Lord Mayor of London, accompa- nied by the sheriffs, took his departure for Paris, on the Gth, to attend the Expo sition. He abandoned the idea of travel ing in state.
 TIE American Peace Society held it's annual meeting in Boston, on the 9th, President F. $. Tobey i'll the chair. Mir. Tobey was reelected president for the ensuing year, with Rev. R. B. Howard as cores spouding secretary. Delegates were appointed to attend the Paris Peace Con- gress. new departure was made by the admission of ladies as members of the society.
 MATTHEW GRIFFITH, of Cass City, Mich, on the 9th identified one of the victims of the recent wreck on the Grand Trunk railway as his cousin, George Conlen.
 DURING fight at a Hungarian christen- ing near Houtzdale, Pa., on the 9th, one man, Joseph Teeser. was killed, and sew CT u others were severely injured. Seven persons were lodged i'll jail.
 MUNICIPAL elections were held, on the 6th in all the cities and towns of North Carolina, and the Democrats carried tho day easily.
 TIE Northern Pacific railroad trestle near Walbridge, Wis, on the Superior line, was burned on the 5th.
 MAJOR JOSEPH SANGER Inspector Gen eral, has been ordered to make inspec- tions of military schools in Iowa, h. diana and Minnesota.