The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-25
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Chicago.
THE EAST.
BY the explosion of 200 pounds of mate
rial in a mixing vat in the powder works
near Troy, n. Y, the other night one
man was killed and another fatally in
jured while $40, 900 damage was done.
FIRE in the huge Buffalo sash and blind
factory in New York City the other morn
ing caused Sl00,0O0 loss.
THE injunction obtained by the Western
Union against the City of New York was
finally dissolved on the 10th. The city
authorities Immediately attacked the
poles, concerning which the litigation was
about the wrecking proceeding amidst
: great excitement and no little danger as
the electric light wires became entangled
and fell with the rest.
THE Pennsylvania railroad ferryboat
New Brunswick, plying between Jersey
City and New York, was destroyed by fire,
causing S76 900 loss. All on board escaped.
BROADER GENERAL SAMUEL KENNEDY
MATsoN, retired, died at Orange, N. j., on
the 17th after short illness.
MINISTER FRED GRANT and family sailed
on the steamship Aller for Austria on the
18th. Minister Porter was on the same
vessel, bound for Italy.
FELIcE WANT. an old beggar woman,
) died in miserable bovel at New York A
few days ago and the coroner, while in
vestigating the case, found that the de-
ceased had left $4,000 in gold concealed
in an old flower pot. Her heirs all live in
France.
THE opening of the centennial loan ex-
hibition Of historical paintings and relics
at the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, was graced by the presence OF Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who entered the room
leaning on the arm of William z. Dodge
and at once became the center of attrac-
tion. Following them came ex-President
Cleveland with Mrs. Folsom and the men,
bers of the executive committee.
The Rhode Island Senate has concurred
in the passage of bill establishing a
naval reserve in that State
Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND has declined
the appointment as Commissioner of the
High Bridge Park ON the ground that his
knowledge of real estate values in that
locality is not sufficient to qualify him for
the position.
j. MUNDAN, an expert climber, while
carrying box across a stringer on the
new suspension bridge at Niagara falls,
fell to the water below and was killed
Two men, named respectively Riley and
Brown, while taking Gown telegraph
wires, were pulled out of window Of the
St Omer Hotel. Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street. New York, the other
morning by wire attached to a falling
pole and were both instantly killed.
AT Pennington, Pa, recently an iron
ore mine, the shaft of which was 125 feet
deep, cayed in. Eighteen men were in the
mine and dozen of them were partially
covered with the falling mass. Richard
Ettinger was crushed to death but the
others succeeded in crawling out without
sustaining serious injury.
JOHN H. SWIFT, who shot his wife down
in the street, was hanged at Hartford,
Conn.,, on the 18th. This was the case
where his sister made such an energetic
effort to save his life, and where the Legis-
lature passed bill for that purpose, which
was vetoed by the Governor
FERDINAND WoERNER, sixty-ni years
OF age, was smothered to death recently
in fire on Center street N. Y. Six girls
and three men were burned to death in
the same building on Christmas eve, 1887.
SIDNEY WALTERS, Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
who had been stopping at the Hotel Riche-
lieu, Chicago, since April 10, committed
suicide by taking morphine. He was
once an officer in the British army but
mad lately been book canvasser.
RuMoRs were current in the shirt trade
that d. H. Downs, senior partner of the
firm Of Downs & Finch, OF New York,
which failed recently for 500, 900, had
gone TO Canada.
The New York Legislature has passed
bill to postpone the cutting OF streets
through the New York base ball grounds
Tor another year
G. 81. BARRETT & Co, dealers in rough
Gather and hides, Boston, have assigned
with about S60,0O0 liabilities and unknown
assets.
JAMES CAMPBELL. Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
has resigned the presidency of the Ma
uonal Union Glassworkers' Association.
IHE ll4lh anniversary Of the battle of
Lexington, Mass, was celebrated on the
18th In the usual style.
AT meeting OF the descendants Of
revolutionary patriots OF Massachusetts,
IN Boston recently, nineteen aged men
whose fathers fought ia the revolution
were present society was organized.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at New
York ON the l9th, breaking out in the lard
refinery Of n. X. Fairbanks. destroying
the buildings OF the New York Central,
TWO elevators and other property. Sew
eral men were injured by jumping from
windows, one fatally and it was rumored
that others perished. The total loss was
s. 1885, 900.