The Springdale news., 1889-05-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

| ON the 3l Sir Julian pauncefote pre- sented his credentials to President Harri son a> Envoy Extraordinary aud Minister | Plenipotentiary from Great Britain to the United States.
 TIE funeral of Hon. W. H. Barnum late chairman of the Democratic National committee, occurred on the 3d, at Lime Rock, Conn.,
 FoUR children were burned to death in the destruction of their hom at Abing- l don, Md, on the 3d. GENERAL BoULANGER will hold a con- ference with his followers in London on the 10th.
 PROF. HARRISON, who was arrested an committed to Londonderry jail for trial for supplying food to the besieged ten- ants of Gweedore, Ireland, was taken into court at Dublin, on the 3d, and, after a hearing of the case, discharged, HENRY CAMMETT of the Geolo gical Sur vey, has been appointed biographer of the census
 THREE children of Portuguese family named Silvey were left alone in the hou e at Ashtabula, O.. on the 3d. The building took fire, and one of the children was burned to death and the other two were fatally burned.
 MICHAEL RIzzALO, one of the murderers of Paymaster Mcclure, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, will be hanged on Tuesday, June 9, i'll Luzerne County. Governor Beaver signed the death warrant on the Sd.
 A DISPATCH from Cape Town, Africa, announces the death of Lord Walter Campbell, the third son of the Duke of Argyle, from fever contracted while travelling in South Africa.
 THE horses attached to an Indianap oils undertakcr's wagon loaded with corpses being removed from Green Lawn to Crown Hill Cemetery, ran off and scat tered the corpseS along the streets for half a square, presenting Q sickening sight.
 CARRIAGE containing Q number of passengers was struck by a train on the Pennsylvania railroad, at Bridesburg crossing, near Philadelphia, on the 3l. Two persons were killed and four badly injured.
 MR. NYNER's Minthe won the 1000- guineas stakes for three year-old Allies, on the 3d, the last day of the first New market tEngland) spring meeting.
 kERN's cigar box factory, at New Or leans, was burned on the Sd. Loss, $i0, : 00); no insurance.
 THE Dowager Empress Augusta of Ger many, on the Sd, presented to Chief Chap lain Reichter heavy gold chain to wear on state occasions.
 SECRETARY WINDOW was slightly indis- posed, on the Fl, and, on the advice of his physician, decided not to leave his room.
 THE block miners of Brazil, d., rejected, on the Sd, by a vote of 26S to fl72 the scale of prices prepared by the oper- ators.
 SUIT has been instituted in the Superior Court at Keokuk, la, by the Fort Madi- son Lumber Company against the Chi cago, Burlington X Quincy Railroad Com pany for $i0, 900 damages arising from a destructive fire ignited by sparks from a passing locomotive.
 DETAILS of the defeat of the Abyssinian army and the death of King John state that the Abyssinians attacked the strong hold of the deryishes at Nelammch on March 10, but were repulsed with many wounded. On March F the dervishes as sumed the aggressive, and comp letely routed the Kings forces. Among the large number killed were King John and his principal generals, Ras Are and Ras Ailm.
 MR. CoNYBEARE Gladstonian NJ. P. for the Camborne division of Cornwall Ire- land, has been convicted of violating the Crimes act and sentenced to three months Imprisonment without hard labor.
 THE parochial residence of the Church of the Holy Name at Chicopee, Mass, was broken into, on the night of the Sd, and all the silyerware in the dining room and S250 in money fcom the library were stolep.
 A DESTRUCTIVE explosion of fire damp occurred at the Beechwood (Pa.) colliery on the Sd. One man was fatally injured, and considerable damage was done to the property.
 HERR MEYER. of Berlin, the largest ivory importer in the world, and a broth erin law of Carl Schurz, died at Kiel, Germany, on the 3d.
 OWING to the activity of the sugar mar ket, freight rates on sugar from Mauri tins to England advanced ten shillings ton on the 3d.
 TIE Emperor and Empress of Germany arrived at Kiel, on the 9th, to attend the ceremony of baptising the t-born son of Prince Henry and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse. The Emperor held the child during the ceremony. The young Prince was christened Waldemar Will helm Ludwig Friedrich Victor Heinrich.
 THE Bangor House, at Bangor Me, was partially destroyed by fire, early on the morning of the 5th, many guests escaping in their night clothes and losing their baggage and effects. Loss, about S31, ,0)); partially insured.
 \ CoUgT Of inquiry at Bermuda has found that the brig Richard H. B. Buck, which was burned at that place last month, was set afrc by sailors while on q drunken carouse on liquor stolen from casks in the cargo.
 REPORTS from all parts of Western, Southern and Eastern Oregon and from Washington Territory show most en- couraging condition of crops.
 TIE steamship Wieland. of the Ham burg American Packet Line, arrived at New York City, on the 4th, having .n board the remainder of the passeng ITS of the il-fated steamship Danmark, which foundered at sea
 As PRESIDENT CARNoT was leaving the Palace of the Elysee to attend the cen tenniai celebration at Versailles, on the 9th, a stranger drew a pistol and, point ing directly at him, fired. The man was immediately seized, and a rush was made toward the President to discover the ex- tent of his injury. NJ. Carnot quickly as- sured the crowd that lie was not hurt, and the excitement was over.
 THE tool house of the Washington Ice Company and sixteen ice houses, together with G0,000 tons of ice, and twenty Lake Shore freight cars, at Stone Lake, near La Porte, lnd., were destroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss, 5000.
 IT is said that the English syndicate, which has been buying up all the large breweries in tho East, has offered $2,j)0,- coo for the Philadelphia brewery i'll San Francisco.
 Ex-JUDGE SAMUEL r. CHASE died at Saco, Me, on the jth, aged fifty-one years, of paralysis. He was a prominent Re- publican and had held number ot im- portant positions.
 NEARLY 1 300 immigrants were landed at Castle Garden on the 5th: 1869 fror9 Liverpool; BIS from Glasgow; 72I from Copenhagen; 7l0 from Antwerp; 665 from Havre, and 291 from Hamburg.
 IN the British House of Commons, on ihe Gth Mir l.. Atherley Jones (Glad- stonian) moved 10 adjourn, in order to discuss the question of the conviction of