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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
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Another "Terrible Struggle" Reported to
 Have Occurred Near Port an- Prince in
 which Que Man was slaughtered After
 Terrific Fighting, Several Others Being Badly Bruised.
 NEW YoRK, July 26.-The steamship Frederick Hendriok. which arrived yes- terday from Port-au-PrInce, brought word of still another terrible struggle near the Haytien capital. One man was slaughtered during the conflict and sew eral others received severe bruises. The battle was brought about under the follow ing circumstances: On July IS the day be- fore the Frederick Hendrick sailed, Hippo lyte's forces, laboring under the impress sion that the small fortress at La Coupe had been evacuated by Legitime, marched forward boldly and took it by storm. It is an advantageous position for either side, being but two miles distance from Port-au- Prince and in a commanding spot The forces of Legitime had not evacuated it, and were aroused to action by the sudden and unprecedented attac of the troops under HippoIyte's General Before the latter had time to apologize for entering the fort in so uncere- monious q manner Legitime's troops had poured into the ranks of Hippolyte de- structive yolley. Actual fighting resulted at once, and as has been said, one hero paid the penalty of his intrepidity. Tue foroes of Hippolyte then succeeded in withdrawing from the false attitude in which they had been placed and another victory was scored for the arms of Le- gitine.
 Legitime has just foated I 000.000 'tsourdes"-a gourde is equal to about 6heents-which will make a total debt incurred thus far on both sides of about 5000 900 gourdes.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01

CARBON & JOHNSON, builders and con- gGctors, of Ishpeming, Mich, failed the sther day with heavy liabilities and small assets.
 THE Prohibitionists of Ohio held a mon- ster meeting recently at Zanesville in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the formation of the party.
 A SEVERE storm swept over Morristown and other places in Minnesota on the af- ternoon of the 25th
 HARVESTING of wheat has begun in Da- 6ota two weeks earlier than usual. The quality is reported first-class.
 GOVERNOR HOARD has appointed as Wis consin delegates to the Waterways Con. Vention to be held at Superior August 6: Stephen Bull, of Racine; David Vance, of Milwaukee, and John Schuette, of Mani- towock.
 ZENA PITCHER KINK lawyer and real estate dealer of Ann Arbor, Mich, who for twenty years has been treasurer of the fund for supernunuated professors of the University of Michigan, is an embez- EIer. The amount is estimated to be fully S100. GOO
 HENRY TYSON, who killed John King, in Denver last May, for being too intimate with Vina Tyson, with whom the former had lived ten years as man and wife, has been sentenced to the gallows. Tyson formerly resided in Kansas City, and in that city he was arrested for this crime.
 A CYCLONE passed through Lebanon, Ind, on the 28th, unroofng an entire block and deluging property. Crops were greatly damaged
 THE Cincinnati dry docks buildings were destroyed by fire early the other morning, causing sec, 000 loss. It is thoughtto have been incendiary.
 EDITOR WEST, of the Chicago Times, after q protracted fight has concluded to retire from the management
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
GENERAL,

Two vessels have been wrecked off Bor- neo recently, but in each case the crew escaped.
 NUMEROUS lynchings w9fe reported in the papers of the 23d. Among them were the lynching of the celebrated Kate Max well and her paramour for cattle thieving by rapchmen in Wyoming Two Mexican horse thieves were lynehed in Socorro County, N, NJ. Two negroes were lynched for murder near Grsenville, Miss. A negro was lynched at Covington, Ga, also for murder, and another for the same crime near Lewisburg, W. Va. An attempt to lynch two other negroes at Clinton, La., failed, because of the prisoners being taken to New Orleans for safe keeping.
 BANDS of Cretan insurgents have seized thetowns of Names and Sidonia, expelled the authorities and burned the archives.
 VBNAux, the French billiard champion, and Eugene Carter of the United States, played match game of cushion caroms al Paris recently. The game was won by Carter, who scored 1O0 points against ViRnaux's 40.
 lr Is stated that Germany and Austria have instructed ex-King Milan to restore the supreme power in Servia in order to check Russian intrigues.
 TIE Gillian Government has secured 8 900 of the men thrown out of work on the Panama canal.
 INVENTOR EDISON is contesting the de- cision of the chief of the Canadian patent office in cancelling Edison's patents for incandescent electric lighting on the ground of want of jurisdiction.
 TIE English judges have refused to or der the issuance of a summons against the Duks of Cambridge for assaulting Mir Simms, journalist, during a recent re- view of the fire brigade.
 THE German Southwest African Com pany is said to be negotiating for the sale of all it's African possessions to an English syndicate,
 THE London Standard amour ces that France has offered the Pope an asylum and to restore his temporal power. The Pope, however, declined the offer fearing Go foment war.
 THE production of pig iron the past six months is stated 10 be the largest on record.
 MINISTER TERRELL now at Brussels, has recovered from the recent injury to his knee.
 LEoITIME has appealed to Mir. Thomp- son, the American Minister in Hayti, to arbtrate his differences with Hippolyte.
 AN order mas been issued by the French High Court of Justice depriving General Boulangsr and Count Dillon of their civil and political rights and declaring them ineligible for election 10 any office.
 A REGENT fire at Soochow. China, burned twenty-three hours, destroying s7,0)0 dwellings, Over l,2)0 persons per- ished in the flames and 400 others were killed Nearly ITO 900 people were obliged % camp cut without shelter and were dying at tue rate ei lQo day iFom want cad sEpesgga
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01


 By the explosion of the boiler of Rhodes' saw mill in Boone County, Ark, one man was killed and n woman, a girl and boy badly injured.
 IY the case of Frank Capel, of Arkansas, who was convicted of murder and sem fenced to be hanged July IS, 1889, and who was respited until August 9, the President has ordered a communication to life impris- onment
 JAY GOULD has brought suit in the United States Court at Little Rock, Ark, to recover S425 900 from the Little Rock, Mi ssissippi River & Texas railroad The money is secured by the mortgage of land belong glng to the road named, which mort gage Gould wants foreclosed. H@
 THE Western Cut Nail Association held a meeting at Wheeling, ". Va., the other day and resolved to form a National trust, controlling the entire nail market of the country.
 REV. FATHER JAMES CURLY, the vener- able director of the Georgetown CD @ College Observatory, died on the 23d. He was born in Roscommou County, Ireland, October 9, 1796 and was at the time of his death the oldest priest in America, per haps in the world. He was connected with the Georgetown College for sixty two years.
 Two false Christs, it is reported, have appeared in Liberty County, Ga. A child has been sacrificed and three persons fa- tally hurt A negro revolution was feared. The sheriff went to the scene with an armed posse.
 DENGUE fever is reported at Gainesville, Fla.
 THE impression prevailed at the Naval Academy at Annapolis Md, that the court martial which tried Commander Harrington for grounding the Constella- ton had found him guilty. It was ru- mored that the punishment was some- thing like years suspension.
 LIGHTNING struck the house of ". B. Cunningham at Ben Brook, near Fort Worth Tex, the other morning. instantly killing Mrs. Cunningham. At the time the house was struck MT. Cunningham, his wife and one child were on the same bed The father and child were not hurt.
 KILRAtN, the pugilist went on a tear at Baltimore, Md, the other night, amusing himself in smashing windows, etc, acting as though he had won the fight with Sullivan.
 COLONEL KING's answer to Mrs. General Pillows cross bill has been filed in the chancery court at Memphis, Tenn. Col onel King recounts many things com prised in his original bill and gives copies of several letters said to have been re- ceived by him from Mrs. Pillow, which place the lady in rather compromising position.
 CHARLES SELLERS was executed at Ray vile, La, on the 20th for the murder of Bunyan Adams in Richard Parish. Also Tom Bowling, colored, at Baton Rouge for the murder of Philip Walso, white.
 A MOB of Paris, Ky, lynched James Kelly, colored, for outrage on a Mrs. Crow recently.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


 ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER bas decided in tbe case oi @ naval cadet who tend cred his res EnaGon and had it received. but subsequently, obtained it's withdrawal from the Secretary of the Navy, that the Secretarv's withdrawal had O legal effect ,ard the cadet has ceased to be in the ser- vice.
 ACTING LAND COMMISSIONER STONE holds that au euJryman in Oklahoma may sell from bis entry st pc for building pur- poses when no material damage is thereby done to the land.
 SECRETARY NOBLE has ordered an in- vesugatiou of tLe recent rerating of pcn- stous by Commissioner Tanner.
 4 NEwLY-INvENTtD knapsack has boen under examination m tho War Depart ment Two thou sand were ordered for use in the army as an experiment.. Tue ad- vantage oyer the knapsack now in use consists in having the weight transferred from the shoulders to tho hips of soldiers. DAVID ". WEARe. of Missouri, chief ! of division in the Pension Office, has re- signed and an Indiana man has been ap- pointed his suece BOT.
 SECRETARIES NnDoM and Tracy have returned to Wasf iugton from New York.
 THE court martial of Colonel [ etcher, charged with conduct unbccoming gem tleman and officer, commenced ht Fort Omaha on the 25 b.
 THE Surgeon General has received q telegram nom the president of the Gaines vile (Fla.) Board of Health, denying that cases of dengue fever existed there.
 HE work of inve tigaiing the Pension Office vii probably occupy several weeks. ". C. ELAM. a Republican editor of Vir- guia, ha, been appointed chief of the di- vision of railroads in the General Land- office.
 TIE Chippewa Indian Commission is having great q Gicu " at White Earth. Several stormy sessions have baen held. Up to recent date not single signature to the Nelson bi had been secured.
 SECRETARY WINDOW has appointed So- lon Norton, of Buffalo. " Y, to be in- spector of customs in the Cleveland, O, district.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
sentence Iiemitted.

WAsHNGros, July 27.--The Secretary of the Navy has remitted the sentence imposed by court-martial on Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry R. Smith, who disappeared from the Essex at Ne Y York last April and who was not discov- cred for several days. He was charged with absence from his station and duty, pleaded guilty, and the court sentenced him to six months suspension from rank and duty on furlough pay, and to retain his present number on the list of passed assistant paymasters, with the recom- mendation that the Secretary of the Navy remit the sentence, because the court be- iieyed smith not mentally responsible for his action. - f
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
THE WEST.

SIX of the striking coal handlers of West Superior, Wis, have been restei on or- Gers from the mayor, The militia were on duty, but more trouble was feared.
 ELLIOT F. SHEPARD, in behalf of the American Sabbath Union, asked the North Dakota Constitutional conven ton recently that provisions encouraging Sab bath observance te engra fled in the Con- sttutiou. The one- house plan was de- feated
 scorr ToDn, aged ten, and Charles Hosier aged eleven, were drowned west of Anderson, lnd.. the other day, and . while hunting for the bodies Stephen Bxby lost hs life.
 TIE s aodard Oil Company is said to be buying up the natural gas lands of Ono and Indiana at about ten times their former value
 THE Chinatown district of Sacramento. Cal, was destroyed by fire on the 24th.
 A J. BLErHEs, proprietor of Inc Mime apols Tribune has purchased the Even ng Star Of that city. and, beginning Au. gnst % will conduct it under the name of the Evening frbune. Tho intentionis to ran an all day paper. The price paid has not been made public.
 JOHN and Jessie D2an. children of Farmer were drowned in creek near Hu- ron, Dak., recent dv, whle whding
 inE siayers of Seattle Katey Maxwell he@ hef partner AyerA 10 Wyoming have yen arrested Tkg
 HE ldAho Consfilrtionsl convention aWlys4 at the eecisiou 70 cut of al @0F @9As s1em ths Ekal el saafAee
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
MEAT FOR LAWYERS.
Curious Legal Sequels to the Conemaugh ..f Valley Flood.

 aUf Valley Flood.
 There are other losses, difficulties and embarrassments beyond all yet indicated that may come in tho wake of this deluge. Great numbers of important papers and documentary evidence have been washed away and in part or wholly destroyed-ev dences of debts due or of credits claimed notes, bills, bonds, agreements contract. book accounts memoranda of work an' labor done-and papers relating to all of the great variety of relations between debtor and creditor and employer and emr ployed It will require the highest exercise of honesty, equity and forbearance to bring justice and right out of the coil that might come from the loss of such mass of papers Fortunately, Johnstown is not county seat, or there might have to be added the destruction of court dookets th6 records of deeds, wills, leases and other documents relating to the titles Of real property which would have caused enor- nous trouble. But the greatest of all the embarrass- ments remains yet to be menioned-thau relating to the inheritance of real property growing out of the tnpossibility of proving the precise moment of the death of any property owner husband wife father, son. sister brother, who was overwhelmed, snd who perished in this cataclysm; tho kindred impossibility of proving which oi several direct or possible heirs, grantees, or devisees pershed before the other; and the still further impossibility in the in' stances of unrecovered or unrecognized dead, of proving even the fact of death it5 self These unprovable facts all touch ana affect the descent of property the inher- itance of property--and there must be large number of instances wherem such questions must arise, seeing that the major part of whole communities, as well as of whole families, have been destroyed-hun- dreds, perhaps thousands, at the same tT stqat, so far as we can tell and other hum dreds, and perhaps thousands, have gone out Of human sight nobody can tell where,
 Only lawyers can fully understand what difficulties what long continued litigation and losses may arise from the uncertainty as Co whether the father perished first or the child; whether the wife was the first to die or the husbandi whether the brother or sister lived a moment longer than the father or the mother for upon such survi- worship depends, in many instances, tho direction that property must take under our inter State laws or in the execution of wills; for here all of a family. or all of them, at least, who did perish, went at one fell swoop, without leaving sign or trace as to the moment of tho deoease of any one of them And what an opportunity thero is for protenders and false claimants of kim ship Philadelphia Ledgar
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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
Negroes crazed by False Christi

The negroes of Liberty County Ga., are in state of excitement over the preach- ings of q man named Bell, pseudo Christ" who has been melting the igno- rant people of the country and telling them that be will lead them irto the promised land of Canaan. Hundreds have left their farms and occupations to follow the false Christ. Bell was tried for lunacy and sent to an asylum. His successor, negro named James, began preaching and telling the people that human sacri- fee was demanded. In remote part Of the county q woman, who was one of James, followers, slew her little niece, cutting symbols on the body and then throwing 1t in ditch. The woman was arrested and is in jail. The white people fear the violence of the excited negroes who are following James, and Bells teaoh- ings,
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
Colonel A. F. Jones Mysteriously Missing
 From Cincinnati.

CrNcfNNArL July 27,-Colouel A. E. Jones, the we'll known physician Snd historical writer, has been missing from his home on Walnut Hills since Thurs day afternoon. Dr. R. c. Jones. his son, said his father left the house at about half past three o'clock, but did not say where he was going. He was in good health aud humor and no reason caa be- assigned for his absence. Colonel Jones is member of the Pioneer Society, an of the Historical Society, and took prominent part ia the recent celebration as Colnmbgs Hs is aboaE s1y.y-nye ytaTs ela
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
Death From Loekiaw.

Stephen A. Leonard, Jr., son of an ex- councilman of that name, died at Mobile, Ala, in great agony from lookjaw. The case was peculiar from the fact that the wound causing loekjaw was Q simple skin cut on the end of the index finger with pocket knife. Stiifening of the muscles began and attacks of conyulsions set in, growing more frequent until the end.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
ENGLAND'S sEVENTY-FOoTER

Probability that Lord Duuraven's Yacht,
 the yaIkyrie. May be Brought Over to
 Compete with Some of Our American
 Flyers--It Will Not be for the Americas
 Cop, However.
 BOSTON, July 27.-Yachtsmen are again talking about the prospects of seeing the Valkyrie pitted against some of the American 70-footers, the interest being reawakened by the published state ments to the effect that General Paine had already arranged matches between her and the Titania and the Katrina. General Paine was notin town yesterday, put MT. Burgess, who knows. all the inn oortant yachting transactions made by General Paine, says that the announce- ment that matches have been made is a little premature. General Paine's law partner, Mr. George II. Richards, also denied that any matches had been made. MT. Burgess said: "On receipt o1 Lord Dunraven's letter, General Paine ad- dressed letters of inquiry to the owners of the T0-footers, asking if they would en- gage in a match race with tue Valkyrie. The answers were favorable to the idea of racing the Valkyrit, but there can be no international racing connected with this and it is understood that Lord Dun- raven will not come until trial races are held 10 decide on the yacht which would have defended the America's cup. If he insists upon this there can be 70 race.
 The terms suggested by the owners of the American 70-footers have already been forwarded to Lord Dunl ayen by General Paine. The Paine cup i. an iu- ternational cup, and if Lord Duaraven really wants sport he can have enough of it eOnteudinp for fhis IL is ths in- tention of the Eastern Yacht Club to Nold trial races to select Q defender of this cup in case it is challenged for, and the own- CTS of the four leading American TO- Hooters have agreed to enter their yacEts in the trials. Lord Dunraven would fia q glory enough in beating the fastest ot
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01

Mrs. M. D K. Murtagh, the mother of Mrs Leo yogel, of St. Augustine, Fla, lied in that city at tho advanced age Of and highly respected, and leaves many friends who win sincerely moQgn her aeAlh
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
A Fatal Neero 0uarrel.

Near Franklin, Ky, George Harris. and Sam Bryant eolored, quarreled over BryanPs charge that Harris stole some tobacco plants. Bryant made a move as if to pull a pistol, and Harris hit him across the stomach with a stick, killing him almost instantly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
A Young Bridegroom's Death.

Mir. Will Brown, son of Captain sam- uel Brown, inc Pittsburgh (Pa) coal king, turfman, etc, died at Princeton, Ky, a few days ago, of typhoid fever. Mir. Brown was married more than month ago. He was an engneer on the Ohio Valley railroad, owned by his fa- ther
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
4 Captured Mnonshlner.

Deputy United States Marshal Sparrits reports the seizure of. au extensive illicit disdllery seven miles from Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tenn. The still, when captured, was hot, and gave every evidence of having been recently desert- ed. Only one man was arrested, George Cartner, on whose land the still was To- cated.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
A Bright Authoress Dead.

The death of Noe Eliza Loften- Phillips, wife of w. W. Pugh, Jr., occurred at Lin wood, La. Mrs. Pusu was well known in literary circles. She contributed to the literature of the South many sketches un- der the nom de pl"me of Aria"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
4 GeergIa Jaage KlIIed.

Judge John Clark, judge Of Pataula (Ga.) Circuit, and one of the most noted judges in Georgia, lost his life at smith, vile. He was attempting to jump from u moving train, when he was thrown under the wheels and his head almost entirely severed from his body.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
A Fool and Ills Money.

Samuel Cole, a nephew of Colonel E. W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn, was sent to the work-house at Knoxville Tor thirty days on a charge of drunkenness. He arrived there with S3000, and had good time. He was dead broke when sentenced
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
The Tennessee Wheel and Alliance Con
 solidate.

The Tennessee State Wheel and the State Alliance met, and the unanimous ratification of the consolidation of the two orders, as ordered by the Meridian (Miss.) council, followed. It requires three-fourths of the States to ratify this order, and Tennessee is the first State to act upon it. The Alliance of south Caro- lima and the Wheelers of Arkansas were notified of this action by telegr aph. The State Alliance elected J. P. Buch anan president and E. A. Gardner secretary.