The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-01
THE EAST.

THREE boys, sons ot prominent business p men of Mahanoy City and Shenandoah, Pa., were struck by dummy engine near Mahanoy City the other morning and one was killed and he others were badly hurt
 ALL the property of the once famous District Assembly 49, Knights of Labor, of New York City, now disrupted, has been sold at auction.
 RIGHT REV. BISHOP SEYMOUR was mar ried to Mrs. Harriet Atwood at Trinity Church, New York, on the 23d.
 THOMAS A. EDISON testified at the Kemmler inquiry at New York recently that electricity was sure death if admin istered as proposed in the State Execution law.
 WARNED by the acquittal of ex-Alder. man MeQuade, of New York City, the district attorney will not begin any more trials of bribery cases unless new wit. nesses are secured.
 GOVERNOR AMEs, of Massachusetts was reported very ok with heart disease at his home in North Easton.
 LANE WHITMEYER has been arrested at Lancaster, Pa., charged with attempt. ing to wreck a freight train on the Read ing & Columbia railroad. WhitmeyeI threw @ heavy tic on the track for the purpose of wrecking. Fortunately it was discovered in time and removed. Whit. meyer was caught in the act. Bail was .refused.
 THE ground under two blocks of houses and barns in Scranton. Pa, gave way early the other morn ing, owing to the collapse of Q vein in q mine and the people who were asleep were badly frightened.
 THE Executive Council of Massachusetts is busy making preparations for a grand reception to President Harrison on his way to Bar Harbor, Me.
 STEPHEN ". DORSEY was taken in custody recently at New York for con- tempt of court in negecting 10 put in an appearance at the supplementary pro- ceedings on judgment obtained against him by the Nevada Bank. - THE mayor and leading hls mess men of New York City held an enthusiastic meet ing recently to take steps to secure the worlds exposition in 1892 The Chamber Of Commerce also appointed a committee of sixty for the same purpose, headed by ex-President Cleveland, Vice President Morton, Senator Evarts and other noted men
 OVER $500 0)0 hns been subscribed at Syracuse, N, Y, to the North American oaA ASsoclatlOu
 LEWIS BRos. x O., extensive whole sale dry goods deal Of Philadelphia, have assigned for q, 000, coo Declining business and heavy losses in the Johns town floods were said to be causes of ths disaster. 1s.4
 BECAUSE the sixteen year. old daughter Of Joseph Gordon, a farmer living near KeesyiIle, N r., refused to E we q tramp money the other day he ohoked her until she was unconscious and then set tbe house on fire, She recovered just in time to escape.
 THE New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee is considering the advisabilty of reporting a bill abolishing capital punishment as urged by Attorney Gen. eral Marnard.
 HE bark lvigut from Norway, wh oh recently arrived at New York City, passed forty y-seven huge icebergs on her voyage and was for a week in a huge ice foe. REV THOMAS c. STRONG, of Ithica, N Y, has lost his reason and will be committed to the Binghamton insane asylum. He was formerly president of Wells College and has occupied prominent pupit5 in the Refouned Church.
 iN Two test cases the New Hampshire Supreme Court has decided that the law requiring licenses for the practice of med icine' and dentistry is unconstitutional
 LAWYER DUNN wlo tempted Cashier Scot to rob the Manhattan Bank, of New York, of SlSi,010, has been sent to Sing Sing for nine years and six months