The Russellville Democrat., 1889-06-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


JOHN GRASS, of Standing Rock d. T..
the leading chief of the Sioux Nation,
says that while its provisions are not en-
tirely objectionable to them, his peo-
pie will sign the Sioux bill.
FIRE was discovered on the Cunard Line
steamer Servia upon her arrival at Liver
pool on the 2Sth. 1t caused little alarm.
as 1t was found that only few bales OF
| cotton, composing part of the cargo OF
the forward hold, were smolderlng. The
danger might have been serious had the
vessel been at sea and the fire not dis
covered promptly.
In the Anti -Progressist riot which oc-
Cured in Belgrade, Servia, on the night
OF the 27th, gendarme was killed, a
Lieutenant badly wounded and Colonel
commanding some Of the military was
dragged from his horse by the mob and
| maltreated
THE fourteenth annual convention of
Mutual Life and Accident Underwriters
began at the National Hotel in Washing
ton on the 2sth. About fifty companies
were represented.
CARNEGIE, PHIPPs & Co., of Pittsburgh,
Pa, have postponed the enforcement Of
their new scale until after the conclusion
OF the Amalgamated convention.
MILLARD WILLIAMS, arrested at South
Bend, Ind, for completely in the Cronin
murder case, is not the person wanted,
and was released on the goth.
A JUDGMENT against Clark Robinson
! Griggs, of New York, for s. 1914, 1854 was
filed in the county clerks Office at Elmira,
| N, Y, on the 29tk. The judgment is in
| favor of the executors Of the estate OF
| Cornelius Garrison, of Baltimore
| II. G. LOWELL, who has for long time
| been assistant to the chief clerk of the
| Treasury Department, was, on the 29th,
suddenly stricken with a dangerous af-
| fection of the brain. 1t is understood
that a serious affection of the heart CON-
| plicates the case.
THE seventy fifth annual meeting of the
| American Tract Society was held in Bos-
| ton on the Goth. William C. Chaplin was
elected president for the ensuing year.
| The reports showed that the work of the
| society is being constantly enlarged.
A DISPATCH from st. Charles, Mimi,
| says warrant has been received at that
place from Rockford, ILL.,, for the arrest
of George Schweinfurth. the head of the
Beekmanites. Schweinfurth is said to be
in st. Charles among his followers, OF
whom there are quite large number.
SENATOR PAYNE, of Ohio, announces
o.
be candidate for reelection to the
United States Senate.
WHILE raising barn on the Boerster
farm, near Loyal Oak, o., on the Goth, the
frame work fell, crushing q score of per-
sons, three Of whom are supposed to be
fatally hurt.
A DISEASE OF an exceptionally virulent
and fatal character has broken out in
Tukadagun, japan. Those attacked with
it die within five hours after being taken.
1T is reported that the brewery of Geo.
Bechtel, on Staten Island, N. Y, has
been purchased by an English syndicate,
the price being 81, 10000.
The Hawaiian Princess Kalulani sailed,
on the Goth, on the steamship Germanic
for Liverpool.
THE Dutch and Belgian societies formed
to teach the rising generation the his.
tory and inculcate the doctrines and
ideas of the French revolution of CEN
tury ago, have gained a membership that
has attracted the unfavorable notice of
their respective governments, and meas
ures are being taken to prevent their
further growth and nullify their inhu
ence.
THE Connecticut Senate, on the Goth,
passed the House bill forbiddiug rail-
roads from issuing free passes to men,
bers OF the Legislature, and ordering the
State Comptroller 70 furnish necessary
railroad tickets.
FIRE occurred, May 3 at Yokote- Akita-
Ken, Japan, destroying over !, 900 houses.
The Mikado has subscribed $1,000 out OF
his own purse for the relief of the suf-
ferers.
A BILL to increase the specific tax on
railroads from two and three per cent.
according TO the amount of their gross
earnings) to three and four per cent,
was brought up in the Michigan House
on the Goth. The conflict was short, but
decisive, and ended in the defeat of the
bill beyond recall.
ADMIRAL GHERARDr, who arrived in
New York from Hayti, on the Goth, on the
United States steamship Galena, says it
is true that Hippolyte is rapidly gaining
the advantage over Legitime.
THE deputation of Unionist members of
Parliament appointed at q recent meeting
Of Unionists called upon Lord Salisbury,
on the Goth, aud presented petition ask
ing for the abolition OF the Office OF Vice
roy of Ireland, and the merging its duties
into those of the Chief Secretary. The
Premier replied that he would faithfully
consider the request
THERE is q movement on DOT in Helena,
Mont, TO form syndicate of lumber
dealers, who propose to make an advance
in prices. The enormous amount of
buildings being put up, mostly frame, is
the cause of it.
DECORATION DAY was very generally
observed throughout the country this
year, though in some localities the eere-
monies were greatly interfered with by
rain.
FIVE men were killed and seven in
jured by the falling walls of an uncom-
pleted tobacco factory in Danville, Va,
on the Both.
A HUNGARIAN was placed at one Of the
furnaces of the Pottstown (Pa) Iron
Company, on the night of the Goth, to
help, whereupon the puddle helpers noti-
fed the bosses that unless he was taken
away at the end Of an hour they would
leave the mill. The request was not COM
piled with, and the helpers went on
strike. There are fifteen furnaces in the
mill.
DIR. H. L. MOODY, Of Washington, one
OF the shrewdest forgers in the country,
it is alleged, has just been captured by
Chicago detectives. He had eluded the
best OF the Government post office and
secret-service detectives for upward OF a
year. For eight months one man had done
nothing else but follow him, and the chase
had led him to all parts of the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
CARROLL a. BARCLAYS mammoth -four
ing mill at Adairville, Ind, was struck by
lightning, on the 10Th, and was burned 70
the ground, Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000
THE Belgrade police have made one
hundred arrests Of persons involved in
the late riot there. Ex-Premier Cara
shanine is among those arrested, wit
nesses averring that he melted the Pro-
gressists 10 the riot
A SOUTH BOUND passenger train on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road was
wrecked at Perrysburg, o., on the 3Oth, by
an open switch. The engine was thrown
down an embankment and two OF the
cnnnhes ware hrnkan 10 riacea Savarnl