The Springdale news., 1889-02-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

News from Everywhere.
 SIDNEY T. FAIRCHILD, the venerable father of the Secretary of the Treasury, died at Cazenovia, N Y, on the 18th.
 ANDREW CARNEGIE says that what Pitts burgh has most to fear is not Southern competition but failure of natural gas,
 Sc LITTLE doubt is there that an extra session of Congress will be called that the Republicans are actively preparing for it.
 THE steamer Carondelet sailed from New York for Hayti. on the 14th, with 133 cases of rifles, shells and ammunition on board.
 COMMODORE GEORGE BELKNAP has been ordered to duty i'll command of the Asiatic squadron, vice Rear Admiral Chandler, deceased.
 TIE strikes in the northern part of France are extending rapidly owing 10 the active agitation and indictment of the Soefalists.
 MORE heavy snow-falls are reported throughout Central Germany. The rail- roads converging at Frankfort are badly blocked by drifts.
 THE mild winter in Northern Montana Is said to be unusually hard on cattle, causing a lack of water, more detrimental than scarcity of food.
 PRINCE LEOPOLD, son of the late Prince Frederick Charles, the Red Prince" is betrothed to Princess Sophie, sister of the LT4Y,raeG 1f fyarf47oTy
 THE United States steamer Galena, with Rear Admiral Gherardi oH board, sailed from Key West, Fla, on the l7th, for Port au- Prince, Hayti.
 STANLEY WATERLOO has assumed edito- rial man8gementof the Washington Crit ic and his breezy. Western style of jour- nalism is creating sensation.
 Iv fsSs the lumber exported from the United States 10 Havana, Cuba amounted to |, ,3a9 70 cubic feet-s, ,4a3.9f3 feet white pine and 7,936, TT feet yellow pine.
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 THE President and Mrs. Cleveland will become guests of the Victoria Hotel. New York City, after the 4th of March. Apart ments have already been engaged.
 TIE Pennsylvania brewers met at Phila- delphia. on the 1fth, and adopted q protest against the submission of a prohibitery amendment to the Constitution to popa- lar vote.
 THERE is not much hope for the passage of the River and Harbor bill. Sentiment Ill the House k very strong against ii, md Chairman Blanchard has become dis outraged.
 A BILL before the Minnesota Leglsla- tuHe proposes to prohibit aliens or for eigu corporations from owning land in that State fiji for agricultural or grazing purposes.
 TuE Upper House of the Prussian Diet, on the 18th, unanimously voted the addi- ton to the Emperor's civil list. Prince Bismarck was present, but took to part in the discussion.
 TIE eaving- in of an old mine at Scran- ton. Pa, has cut off all the gas and water pipes i'll the Heighharhooa and interrupt ed travel on the streets to a very incon- yenient degree.
 Mss STANLEY was the winner of the six-days' female bicycle tournament at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, which closed at midnight of the l5th. She covered distance of G2t miles and laps.
 Miss EMMA ALrHAus. who awoke on February from thirty-fve days trance, at Attiea \. Y. is in a precarious condition, and can live but a short time, according 10 the opinion of local physi- cians.
 THE Frankfort (Germany) Gazette sug gests that the three governments inter- ested should recall their present Samoan agents on the ground that they have iu- terfered overmuch m the quarrels of the natives.
 GIUSEPPE VILLA. one of the murderers of Paymaster Mcclure, near Nitkesbarre, Pa, some weeks ago, was arrested, on the l6th, at his home in Italy. A considerable part of the stolen money was found in his possession.
 WILLIAM F. JoNEs. the cashier of tho Continental Oll Company of Denver, Col, who took S2 600 of the compauy's money and fled 10 Canada, was brought back a prisoner, on the l4th. He had spent all the stolen money.
 THE Queen Regent of Spain received Mr Perry Belmont, the American Min ister at Madrid, who presented his ere dentals on the 18th. Her Majesty cor dially welcomed Nlr. Belmont, who made an appropriate reply.
 THE "Arnett'' law in Ohio providing for mixed schools, intended To benefit tho children of colorcd people, is having the effect of driving them from their hold iugs, their white landlords in almost all cases refusing to renew their leases.
 THE Senate, in executive session on tho 18th, confirmed the nomination of Hon. Norman j. Colman, of Missouri, as Sec retary of Agriculture. Thus Missouri, at late day. secures the honor of arep- resentation in President Cleyeland's Cab met
 TIE French Ministry resigned on the 14th Premier Floquet brought up the question of the revision of the Constitu tion in the Chamber of Deputies. The Deputies voted to adjourn the debate up on il, despite the opposition of the minis- ters. The ministry thereupon resigned. The vote against the government was 307 to 2ls
 PRESIDENT GLEvELANB- name has been I,s, i.t Nap