The Russellville Democrat., 1890-03-06
 PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TIE entire property of the Ursuline convent, at Pittsburgh, Pa, with it's magnificent buildings, will be offered at public sale in spite of the interfer- ence of the Pope. The sale is the out come of quarrel between the mother superior and five French sisters, and Bishop Phelan, who deposed Mother Superior Alphonse and placed another sister in charge of the institution. GEORGE CLARK was hanged at Waynes- burg, Pa, on the 26th, for participation in the murder of William McCausland, drover of Allegheny City, on Septem- Der 10, 1887.
 CADETS Cassett and Lawton, members of the fourth class at the West Point Military Academy, fought six rounds, regular prize-ring rules. In the last round Cassett was knocked out, and had to be taken to the hospital. His inju- ries are not severe, however. Lawton's face was badly bruised. The fight grew out of an insulting remark made by Cas- sett, who is said to be an overbearing snob.
 TIE Law and Order League of the United States has decided to change it's name to the International Law and Or der League, and it may now include leagues of the different provinces in Canada as we'll as the leagues of the several States of the Union.
 THE House ways and means committee on the 18th, discussed the bill to admit free of duty articles grown or produced in Mexico and intended for the St. Louis Exposition this year. A favor able report on the bill was ordered. TIE Secretary of Agriculture has is sued an order to the managers and agents of railroad transportation com panies, regulating the transportation and handling of Texas cattle from the 18th day of March to the 1st of Decem- Der, 1890.
 TIE steamship Manitoban, fcom Glas- gow, landed at Halifax, N. s., on the 20th, thirty-seven men composing the crew of the French steamer Nautique, which was overtaken by the Manitoban in a sinking condition, and sank soon after being abandoned.
 TnE stockholders of the New York elevated railroads, at meeting on the 2eth, adopted resolution authorizing the procurement of mortgage of $40, 900, 900 on their property. SEVEN miners were killed by an ex- plosion in colliery at Dartmund, Ger many, on the 26th.
 WEST TENNESSEE was visited by de- structiye storm, on the sJth, in which much property and some human lives were lost.
 TIE King of Corea is about sending another envoy to England, despite the vigorous protests of the Chinese Govern ment
 THE steamer Ems. which arrived at New York on the, 26th, from Bremen, reported making an intellectual attempt
 to rescue the crew of the dismasted British ship Hebe. A boat manned by
 volunteers was swamped in the attempt and one man was drowned. Ir is said that no raw rubber is now being gathered in Para. and that the
 prices of rubber must shortly advance
 very sharply.
 MARTIN E. ANDERSON, formerly presi | dent of Rochester (N. Y.) University l and one of the oldest and most widely known educators of the country, died
 at Lake Helena, Fla, on the 26tn, aged
 seventy-iive years.
 WALsToN II. BEowN, as receiver foi | the firm of Brown, Howard x Co, the
 aqueduct contractors, has begun suit 1T | the Supreme Court to recover from the
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 terest from July |, 1888, for extra aque | duct work.
 l REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES F. JoUETT was 1 placed on the retired list on the 2Tth. l CLAUDE CHAFFoNJoS, the prominent silk manufacturer of Jersey City N J.. was found dead in his bsd on the morn, 1 ing of the 2eth. Death is supposed te i have been caused by heart disease. { Tn. Treasury Departments. on tho
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