The Russellville Democrat., 1889-06-06


pany at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 29th,
John Shedlock, miner, and Hungarian
laborer named Sudown, were instantly
killed.
A SLIGHT earthquake shock occurred on
the Isle of Wight on the 81 st.
AT the sitting of the Parnell Commits
sion, on the 3lst Mr.. Reid, OF the Parnell-
ite counsel, stated that inquiry had re-
suited in the finding of thirty books be-
longing to the National League which
would be produced in court.
JOHN GREEN, the English pedestrian,
has succeeded in beating Weston's rec
ord Of walking 1000 miles in one hundred
days, by walking one hundred miles more
in the specified time.
One OF the worst storms ever known,
accompanied with death dealing and
property destroying floods and fresbets,
visited Western Pennsylvania and the
Virginias on the 30th and 31st. Property
OF all kinds and crops of untold value
were destroyed, and many hundreds Of
lives were lost. Several rivers over
flowed their banks, and many cities were
submerged. Heavy rains, reinforced by
cloud burst, caused the deluge.
THE silver wedding of the Count and
Countess of Paris was celebrated in En-
gland, on the 30th, with garden party.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and
large number Of persons of high rank in
cluding the full group Of Orleans Princes,
were present
THE Navy Department has determined
to equip each of our naval vessels with
complete diving apparatus. A SUBJ
marine diver Is also to be detailed as part
OF the complement of each vessel in COM
mission.
Two explosions occurred in the factory
OF John Peach at Randolph, Mass, on
the 3Oth, wreckiug heavy iron machine
used for pricking heels. and kindling
blaze, which, however, was speedily ex-
tinguished. 1t is thought that dynamite
bomb was thrown in through the factory
window.
DR.. s. P. Moore, late Surgeon General
Of the Confederate army, died suddenly,
on the 3lst in Richmond, Va.
THE striking miners at Aix-la- Chap
pelle, Germany. on the 31st, agreed to re-
sumo work, pending definite settlement
of their grievances under a truce which is
to extend two months.
A cABLEGRAM was received in London,
on the 3lst, from General Hippolyte, the
insurgent leader of Hayti saying that he
had defeated President Legitime, capt
ured Port au- Prince, the capital of that
country, and proclaimed himself Provi-
sional President.
THE deal which has been going on for
some time looking to the purchase by the
Northern Pacific of the great Northwest
Central railroad is practically settled.
This will mean the opening up of the en-
tire Canadian Northwest.
THE citizens of Bayard, Ia, are excited
over the discovery of another big artesian
well, which bids fair TO rival the famous
spouter at Belle Plaine.
SECRETARY TRAcY is vigorously pur-
suing his policy, declared at the beginning
of his administration, of pushing to rapid
the naval vessels now under
or authorized to be built.
Miss EMMA JENKs, daughter of Geo. A.
jerks, a Brookville (Pa.) solicitor, will |
wed Congressman BENZ. F. Shively, of |
Indiana, June II. Mrs. Grover Cleve- |
land will be bridesmaid, and the ex- Pres
ident will be guest. Pittsburgh will |
give the late occupants Of the White |
House grand reception.
In the British House of Commons, on |
the 30th, Sir James Ferguson, parlia- |
mentary secretary to the Foreign Office, |
denied the reports from Victoria, British |
SOluIuDidp tudt tuEcS iutD -Ol-Wdf III Lne /
Pacific had been ordered to proceed to |
Behring sea.
THE Roumanian Senate has voted 49,,
100000 horins to complete the fortifca-
tions of the country.
Mr.. VIsETTELLY, the we'll known book |
seller of London, has been sentenced to
three months Imprisonment for publish
ing Zola's novels.
A TELEGRAM from Mount Auburn, Ia,
gives brief particulars of White Cap |
outrage near there, on the night Of the
Both. in which a number of persons were
fatally injured. The victim was a farm
er whose barn was burned down, and |
who, being driven out by the flames, de-
Tended himself with q pitchfork, wound
ing several White Caps.
TIE dead body of man, about fifty
years of age, was found in one of the
rooms Of the Central Hotel in Cincinnati
On the 3lst. From letters and papers
found among his effects, his name is sup
posed to be j. S. Elder, OF Troy, N. Y.
JOHN LAwLER, manager of the Bally-
mena branch of the Provincial Bank of
ireland, and Mr.. Murray, the assistant
were shot dead on q road just
outside Ballymena on the 31st.