The Springdale news., 1889-05-31

| CAPTAIN FARQUHAR, who commanded the ill-fated Trenton when she was cast away at Apia, arrived at Washington on the 27th and had a long interview with Secretary Tracy. Thes ecretary after- ward took him over to the State Depart ment to see Secretary Blaine. IN the Connecticut Senate, on the 27th, the Governors veto of the Oleomargarine bill was sustained by a vote of II to '. | DR. FRANK BAKER of the Light House Board, has been appointed assistant su- perintendent of the Life Saving Service.
 THE American Starch Manufacturing Company, located at Columbus, Ind, as- signed, on the 27th for the benefit of it's | creditors. Assets and liabilities, $l0),- GOO. The works had been idle for sev- eral months.
 AN anti nti-Progressist mob in Belgrade, Servia, on the 27th, stoned the house of eX-Premier Grarachinine, and then de- mohshed several club houses and printing offices. The troops charged the mob, and three persons were killed. Three soldier were also killed. The mob rushed from house to house searching for Progressists, who were competed to secret themselves everywhere.
 RENO, Mont, suffered from $500, 900 fire on the 26th. One theater, one depot, one round-house, two Touring mills, five hotels, six business houses and eighteen dwellings were consumed.
 THE Island of Crete is seeking anneXa- tion 10 Greece.
 THE Prince and Princess of Wales, on the 27th, received Minister and Mrs. Lin- coin at Marlborough House.
 SAMUEL J. RUBY, of Iowa, has been ap- pointed Consul at Belfast, Ireland.
 TIE West Superior (Mich.) Chamber of Commerce has issued invitations to all the leading commercial bodies of the East and Northwest to send delegates to waterways convention to be held in that city August 9. This convention will present a memorial to Congress to make larger appropriations for the deepening of the harbors on the great lakes.
 MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE, of Boston, re- celved many congratulations and evil denccs of esteem, on the 21th, the seven- tieth anniversary of her birth. Her house was overwhelmed with floral gifts, and many friends called i'll person, while many others sent letters and telegrams.
 TsCHIGoRIN and Weiss drew again, on the 27th, in their attempt to play off the chess tournament tie. They therefore divided the first prize of Sl, ,l50 and the title of champion of the world.
 KING HUMBERr and the Prince of Ma ples arrived at Frankfort on the 27th, on their way home from Berlin. The King there met Empress Frederick, and held an extended conversation with her.
 TIE immigrant steamship Chicago, from Hull aud Newcastle for New York, was injured i'll a collision outside of Hull, on the 2Jth.
 AGNES ROBERTSON, the former wife of Dion Bouci"ault, secured judgment against the actor for alimouy, which he had not paid, and the court gave her per mission to sell Boucicault's English copy rights. Boucicault, on the 27th, entered an appeal ill the case, and the Court prohibited, temporarily, the seizure and sale of the copyrights.
 TIE steamer Scrvia, which arrived ut Queenstown, on the 47th, reported passing the wreck of the steamer David w. Hunt, of Bath, Me. They searched in vain for her boats or crew.
 IT is rumored ill Paris that King Hnm- bert renounced his intended visit to Strasburg in difference to a telegram from Queen Marguerite, at Rome, appeal ing to him not to give such an affront to the French.
 THREE children of Charles Paronto. at Eastonburg, Vt, while playing in the barn, on the 2Gth, set fire to straw and the barn was burned, together with a seven-y -year-old boy. Paronto was so badly burned in trying to rescue the child, that his recovery IS doubtful.
 ALBERT MARTIN, colored, who commit ted an assault upon Mrs. John Gills, near Port Huron, Mich, was lynched on the morning of the 27th.
 OK the morning of the 2Tth it was dis covered that tsome time during the pre- vious day Sunday the Chicago post office had been robbed of cighty-six reg istered letters. The amount they con- tained is not known.
 TIE var ships Adams and Iroqaois are to be dispatched to Behring sea to main- tain our rights U the seal fisheries as against the Canadian poachers and their armed protectors.
 A GRAND council of the five Indian na- lions in Indian Territory is to be held at Purcell, l. T., beginning June 3.
 TIE appointments of General Lew Wallace and Beverly Tucker as commits sioners to visit Hayti and San Domingo have been withdrawn, on account, 1t IS alleged, of certain incidents in MT. Fuckers career that havo been brought to the notice of the Administration.