The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-22
THE EAST.

THE decree of absolute divorce recently granted to Mary E. Flack from her hus- band James A. Flack, sheriff Of New York. on her petition has been annulIed. In her affidavit Mrs. Flack stated that she had never applied for divorce.
 DR ALEXANDER BROWN MoTT, q noted American surgeon, son of the famous surgeon, Valentine Mott died at his coun- try seat near Yonkers, N. Y., on the l2th of pneumonia.
 STEPHEN F. SHERMAN, manager of the Associated elevators at Buffalo, N. Y., and his assistant, Edward C. Loyeridge, have been arrested for hypoihecating" warehouse receipts. The frauds were said to amount to S175,000.
 A RECENT rainstorm at Easton, Pa, was the most violent ever seen in that section Within two hours the water in the Lehigh river rose eight feet Two bridges and a dam on the Clinton branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad and all the Warren Coun- ty bridges between Phillipsburg and Stewartsyills were swept away. The banks of the Morris canal were broken in two places.
 A FULL statement of the situation of the leather firm of A. H. Batchellor & O., of Boston, who failed recently, is
 
 are about S1, 300, 900 and the assets will probably pay 50 cents on the dollar.
 FIRE in New York City recently caused S60, 900 damage to the Giles Lithographidg Company, E. r. Bulard's tool factory and the building.
 FOUR more bodies were found in cellars in Johnstown, Pa., on the 14th.
 THE letter carriers of Portsmouth, N. H. |, have refused to resign at the demand of Postmaster Sides.
 THE six-year- daughter of Jacob Mann, a otel-keeper of Hicksville, N. Y., died recently from the effects of a large drink of whisky which she had taken for a cold.
 A RECEPTION and banquet was given to Henry George recently at Philadelphia by the Henry George Club, as a welcome after the tour abroad, where his single tax theory has been adopted by Liberal clubs.
 JAMES D. LEARY. the ship builder, of New York, will soon build timber raft in British Columbia and tow it to San Francisco. He was the builder of the two Joggins rafts, one of which broke up on the way to New York from Nova Scotia.
 ELIAS LOOMS, IL. D., Munson professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at Yale, died at the New Haven Conn. Hospital on the 18th.
 AT a curve on the Reading railroad near Hamburg Pa, the Wiliamsport express ran into the rear end of freight train standing on the track. Seven cars of the freight train were completely wrecked.
 A TERRIFIC cloudbuTst occurred at Pat erson, N J., the other morning. Streets were washed out, cellars flooded and the oha nat hq " feT out of the manhoes.
 TnE vicinity Of Mammoth, Pa, was vis- tied by a snow storm shortly after day light on the morning of the 18th. The white flakes fell until the ground was completely covered.
 TIE price of pig iron at Pittsburgh has been advanced Sl per ton because Of the high prices of coke and freight transpor- tation.
 NAPOLEON GAUDETTE, a horse thief, es- capped from the jail at St Albans, Vt, the other night by burrowing under the jail to the street with chisel,
 TIE schooner A. Nickery with 21, 900 bushels Of corn, has been wrecked near Watertown, N Y. The crew escaped.
 WILLIAM TRAINER, the young man who entered Broker Leib's office, 269 Broad way, New York, few days ago, pointed pistol at him and demanded his money and fired at him when he refused to com ply, has been sentenced to fifteen years and six months in the State prison.
 TIE new cruiser Boston's damage by running aground off Newport R |, is quite serious, extending over space of thirty-sx feet long.
 BEEN <. ALLEN, the former president or the -Foi ty-sscond street railway, New York, who was convicted of fraudulently Issuing the company's stock, has been sentenced to fourte 'n years at hard labor in the States prison, The prisoner had entered plea of guilty.
 IHREE passengers were instantly killed and many others injured by an accident on the West Pennsy lvania road near Frseport, Pa, recently.
 THE pressmen employed on the New York World struck recently for better wages aud a new foreman.
 GAS explosion at Grand and Clinton streets, New York, caused the fatal inc jury u' two or three persons and the se- r.ous injury of quite 9 number Of otherA A crowd had been attracted watching bpeFetlops te discover lsaks