The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-19

TIE Western Union directors have de- clared the regular quarterly dividend Of IK per cent The statement of the quar- ter ending September 30 estimates the net revenue at SI, 750, 000 the largest for years and leaves a surplus after paying diyi- dends of Si62 415.
 THE King of Holland proposes to bestow on the Emperor of Germany the grand cross of the Dutch military order Of Will liam.
 THE Earl of Zetland. who has been ap- pointed yiceroy of Ireland, will take the oath of office at Dublin Castle on October l. The new Viceroy will make his state entry into Dublin December 1.
 MR VAN HAss, director of the Otto- man Bank, Constantinople, committed suicide recently. The bank was not af- fected so far as known.
 THE Inman line steamship City of Paris on it's last trip out made the run in 6 days hours and , minutes, breaking the east bound record.
 CHOLERA is reported at Athens, Greece.
 IT was estimated on the 1lth that fifty lives were lost by the tidal waves and storms The coast from Maine to Mary land was strewn with wreckage.
 CAPTAIN WIssMAS has offered a reward of f5, 900 for the head of Bushire the African chief This was done in conse- quence of Bushire's threat to destroy the mission in the interior.
 CAPTAIN IRA PAINE, the celebrated American marksman, died in Paris re- gently.
 STANLEY was reported marching to the African coast with Mombassa as his ob- jective point.
 A WELL known but eccentric London surgeon was suspected as the author Of some of the Whitechapel murders. Ger tain remarkable resemblances to his work have been noticed by other surgeons ex- amining the mutilated bodies.
 THERE are rumors from various quarters that a large number of Nihilists have re- gently arrived in Denmark. In conse- auence of these reports the authorities are taking extraordinary precautions for the prote ctiou of the Czar during his visit to Copenhagen, as it is feared that an att tempt upon his life is intended.
 THE municipal authorities of Liverpool England, warned by Antwerp's expe- rience, have voted s150,000 for the con- struction of petroleum storage depots at isolated points.
 THE big chemical works nt Wandsworth, England, were destroyed by fire the other day and one fireman lost his life. The works were valued at Slo0,000
 THE Bell Telephone Company has in- creased it's capital stock from S10, 0oO, 900 to $12, 800 GOO.
 THE directors of the Missouri Pacific railway have declared the usual quarterly dividend of one per cent NEGOTIATIONS are said to be on foot for a new agreement between England and Germany regarding East Africa. RUMoRs of a formal alliance between Russia and France are officially declared unfounded in St. Petersburg. A wHIRLwIND at Lulu Island, B. C., tho other day desolated the whole country through which it passed, uprooting gi- gantic trees and leaving the thickly wooded surface bare. SEARLE the champion sculler, has challenged Gaudaur to row at London for S2, J90 a side.
 A FIRE broke out in the cotton stored in the hold of the steamship Britannic on her last trip to Queenstown. After con- siderable trouble the fire was extin- guished.
 NJ. FERRY'S organ states that Germany is about to place an army corps on the
 
 1 in Asace- Lorraine The Autorite pub- fishes n report that NJ. De Freycinct | French Minister of War, intends to double the strength of the army corps stationed at Nancy.
 WILLIAM F. SHAW, general manager of the Columbus, Hooking Valley & Toledo railroad has resigned. He is a nephew of the recently deposed President John w. | Shaw.
 THE official report concerning the wheat crop of France shows that ', 160, 900 hectares were sown this year against 6, lS9, l4i hectares last year. l is estimated that the yield will be III 460, 2lS hectolitres against | 9S, TAO, FPS hectolitres in 1888 THE steamer Rothesay recently sank the tug Moira near Brockyille, Ont, and two lives were lost. CAPTAIN WIssMAN's police have de- stroy ed the town of Kondutch, between Bagamoyo and Dar- Salaam. Captain Wissman wished to punish the inhabit- ants of the place for having supplied the insurgents with arms. A SIBERIAN explorer has left Pekin with the intention of penetrating Thibet. He is accompanied by Chinese escort His route will be along the great wall of China to Lan Chow and Lake Kokonoya.
 Two hundred and fifty-six nominally Boulangist candidates were nominated for election to the French Chamber of Depu- tios.