The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-12

THE Inter- State Commerce Commission has set for hearing at Kansas City Sep- | tenber A the case of Lehman, Higginson | & Co, of Humboldt, Kan, against vari- ous railway lines for unjust discrimina. tion in rates; D. S Afford. of Lawrence, Kan, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, for refusal to afford facilities to do business at Law renee, and G. 0. l.. Sauer of Kansas City, for over charges on car load of oranges.
 RAIN in the valleys and snow on the mountains have finally quenched the forest fires in Montana.
 ABRAHAM LIKES and Judo Spring, of Clark's Flat just'over the Idaho line from Utah who went into partnership ranching last spring, recently fell in love with the same woman-Jemima Trauts. Unable to settle the matter am;cably they went to the brooksde with six shooters and there settled the matter Y fatally wounding each other. They were buried wheret they fell, side by side.
 SOUTH DAKOTA Democrats in convention at Huron disagreed over the preliminary organization.
 MAX JACOBSON, son of an Austrian Count but man with a bad criminal rec ord, has been arrested in Chicago for em- bezzlements from the Fidelity & Casualty Company of Chicago. The amount stolen was large. Jacobson had been general western manager.
 THE United States authorities have waived their claim on the notorious Northwestern bandit Holzhey and he will be tried in Michigan for murder.
 ORE assaying S9 ounces of silver to the ton, and considerable gold has been struck at depth of 100 feet in the Eastern View mine at San Pedro. N. Nj.
 By the capsizing of sailboat in the lake off Chicago recently, n man and two boys were drowned
 GEORGE DILBoF. of Cincinnati, died the other night from the effects of chloroform administered prior to surgical opera ton.
 A CONCERTED movement among the druggists of Iowa has been commenced to cast their vote for the Democratic party this fall provided that party will pledge itself to amend the stringent Pharmacy law.
 THE Western Waterways convention at Cincinnati adopted strong resolutions urging Congress to improve the rivers.
 THE Streator Ull.) miners have resumed work at the reduced rate of 721z cents per ton.
 FIRE in Laird Norton & Co.'s lumber yard at Wnona, Minn., recently de- stroyed 22,000, 900 feet of lumber [ T000, 900 shingles a three-story brick warehouse and contents, consisting of doors, sashes, glass, etc, together with sheds, tramways and other property, making total loss of S3l4, DOG, on which the insurance was S170,- 800.
 HEAVY frost fell throughout the North west on the night of the 4th.
 TWENTY -FOUR prisoners from the Indian Territory, all sentenced to long terms, have been placed in the Ohio penitentiary.
 THREE brakemen have been killed in the past week by a low bridge n ear Brim- field, O. Its removal has been ordered.
 JACOB ScoLL was smot bered to death in PurcelPs grain elevator in Chicago re- gently by the giving way of the door of bin.
 THE Detroit police believe that Anna Klink German servant girl who dsap- peared the other night was murdered and thrown into the river.
 CHARLES MoTT who was injured on the revenue steamer Fessenden during the sham naval battle at Milwaukee, Via, is dead.
 LETTERS from stockmen in Northern Wyoming state that the Big Horn mount aims were ablaze and the loss from the de- struction of timber, ranches and other property would reach S500, GOO.
 HE haste of n passenger brakeman at the switch at Plymouth, O., to get to his train caused him to turn the switch before the last sleeper had entirely passed and it was overturned and five persons were in- jured.
 FIRE broke out back of J. Forbes saloon at Linkvi!le, Ore, recently and in two hours the whole business part of the town was in ashes. The loss was about Sl60, 900. Ben Monroe was severely burned.