The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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ship James j. Lowell, derelict. Moth
ing was seen or heard of the crew.
WHILE Mr.. Clark, a charcoal burner
| living twelve miles southeast OF Dcs
| Moines, Ia, was away from home. on
| the ed, his wife went out to the char
coal pit, leaving two children in the
house. The house caught fire. and the
children perished the in flames
THE Adventists of Virginia held an
| all-day and all-night meeting at Spott-
| sylvania on the ed, to watch for the
| coming Of the King of Kings. 1t was the
| forty-ninth anniversary of the going out
of the church to meet the Lord in Octo-
| Der, 1884. Delegations from Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New York and Virginia
| were in attendance.
| THE Zanzibar Commission on the ed,
after a cordial interview with Prince
| Bismarck, started from Berlin for Lon
| don.
| IN the Superior Court at Boston, on
| the Esd, in the case of Henry Reeb, Jr.,
VS.. DIR. William Thorton, to recover
| about SIS, 1000 alleged to have been lost
at game of roulette at the Savage
Club last January, the jury, after delib-
Grating fifteen minutes. returned ver-
| dict in favor of the defendant
THE two vacancies in the Quartermas-
| ter's Department were filled on the 22d
| by the appointment of First Lieutenant
Theo. L. True, Fourth Infantry, and
First Lieutenant John +. McHyde,
| Eighth Infantry.
AT the Granger Qnd.) crossing Of the
Cincinnati, Wabash g. Michigan and the
Grand Trunk railroads. on the 23d, a
| Grand Trunk engine exploded, instantly
Killing Engineer Thomas Callahan and
| Fireman John Maddox. Low water in
| the boiler caused the accident.
WHILE train of coal cars and truck
were being hoisted up the Ashley plane
| in Luzern County, Pa, on the 22d, the
wire cable broke just as they had almost
| reached the top of the mountain, and
the cars descended the plane at a fright
full speed, and were smashed into frag
ments at the bottom. There were three
men on the truck, all of whom were bu-
| ried in the debris, but strange to say
| they were taken out alive, though very
badly injured.
The jury in the case of William ii.
Bartholomew at Easton, Pa, charged
with the murder of Aaron w. billiard,
returned verdict Of guilty of murder in
the first degree on the 22d.
DIR. PHILIPPE RECORD, the celebrated
French surgeon, who was, for many
years known in Paris as THE Great
American Doctor" is dead. DIR. Ricord
was born in Baltimore, Md, December
10, 1900.
THE typhoid symptoms among the
Yale College students is causing much
uneasiness, and several of the men who
showed symptoms of typhoid in mild
form and several suffering from typhoid
malaria have been sent to their homes
to recuperate.
A SUDDEN rise in the river Neva has
flooded the whole lower portion of the
city of st. Petersburg and large num-
Der of streets are under water from one
end to the other. No lives were re-
ported lost, but in many instances wom-
en- and children living near the river
bank were only saved from drowning
by rescuers who went out to them in
boats.
A COLD day but warm reception met
the Pan-American delegates in the
Cream City on the 23d. After a day of
royal entertainment spent in visiting
points Of interest, they left at midnight
for Minneapolis, Mimi.
MoNsIGNoR GADD sailed, on the esd,
on the steamer Adriatic, from Liver
pool for New York, to take part in the
ceremonials connected with the coming
Baltimore centenary.
THE Hungarian patriot Kossuth is
about to become naturalized citizen OF
Italy, and is to be nominated as can
didate for the Italian Senate.
CHARLES McILvAINE was found guilty
In Brooklyn, on the Esd, of murder in
the first degree for killing Grocer Luca
while committing burglary on the
premises of the latter.
By the burning of barn at Tisenaich,
SAKE Weimar, on the night of the 22d,
six boys who were asleep inside were
burned to death.
WHILE Cashier George c. Werner of
the German Savings Bank of Newark,
n. j., was counting his cash, on the 22d,
two men entered the bank and told him
that a lady who was seated in carriage
outside wanted TO speak TO him. Wer-
ner went out, followed by one OF the
men. When he returned he found that
81, 600 in bills had disappeared. The
thieves made good their escape.
COUNT OKUMA, Japanese Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, upon whose life an at
tempt was made few days ago, was
more seriously wounded than was at
first supposed. The wound, which was
in the leg, assumed such state that
amputation became necessary.
THE win OF the late Herr Tauchnitz
head OF the well-known publishing
house of Leipsic, whose reprints are to
be found in every library in America,
leaves his entire estate TO the city of
Leipsic for various charitable and bene-
ficent purposes.
THE will of the late B. II. Babbitt
leaves the entire fortune OF the testator
to his wife and two daughters, and di-
rects that the soap business be con-
tinued
THE city Of Bradford, England, has
voted e25,O00 to extend the city's cleo
tric lighting system.
lhE suoberrahean river recently AIS
covered in the Department of 10th,
France, has been traced distance OF
seven miles to point where it takes an
abrupt lunge into the bowels OF the
earth TO depth impossible to fathom.
DURING the few moments that the New
York Worlds Fair guarantee fund was
open, on the Gath, the following amounts
were pledged; G. Vanderbilt, $l00, 900;
New York Central & Hudson River Rail-
road Company, slo0, 200; Wagner Palace
Car Company, $4,000; Joseph Pulitzer,
$50, 600
THE special commission TO inquire
into the charges made by the London
Times against Mr.. Parnell and other