The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-02-13
Mi. PowDERLy, on the 9th, institl led
for criminal libel against Edward

Mia PowDERLy, on the 9th, institt led
suit for criminal libel against Edward
C%allaghat, of Seottdale, Pa.
THE passenger train leaving Roanoke,
Va, going to Bristol, Tenn, on the Nor.
folk G. Western railroad, was wrecked,
on the 9th, at Huddlcston's Mill, thirty
two miles east Of Bristol. The accident
was catised by the rails spreading. Five
coaches were derailed, and several per.
o injured.
SHERIFF PARKER, while on his way to
Helena, Mont, with Senator Becker,
was arrested at Bozeman, on the sth, on
o charge of KIDNAPPING the Senator.
He waived examination and was placed
Under bonds.
Hon. RYMus JONES, a member of the
Georgia Legislature, and probably the
most successful farmer in that State,
died at Atlanta on the sth.
A STATE COUNCIL will be convened in
Berlin within n short time to consider
the rescripts lately issued by the EN-
peror.
THE four children of Jacob Slater
broke through the ice while skating on
the lake at B%innewatcr, N. Y, on the
9th, and we're drowned. The mother
and father, who ran to the aid OF the
children, were also drowned.
OAnsMAS HANtAN, on the 10th, sent
O'Connor a challenge to row at Duluth,
Mimi, in August, after the Australian
regatta, and O'Connor accepted the
challenge.
THE Avondale Qa.) mine was, on the
10th, flooded by water from the river or
marshes and closed indefinitely.
THE repeal Of the law providing for
the expulsion of members Of the Or
leans family was moved by NJ. Praden
in the French Chamber of Deputies,
on the 10th, but the motion was finally
rejected by a vote of 1913 hoes to III
ayes.
A GEoIoGIsT has discovered a mound
builders burying ground, in which
many skeletons of immense size was
found, about -four miles from Hamilton,
o. 1t is thought that the discovery will
circles.
TIE municipal election at Salt Lake
City, Utah, On the 10th, proved q great
victory for the Gentiles.
TIE Journeymen Bricklayers' Pro-
tective Association Of Philadelphia, on
the 10th, rejected the eight-hour propo-
%sition, and favored nine hours at forty
five cents instead of forty cents an hour.
CHARLES EMoRY SMITH, of Pcnnsyl-
vania, was, on the 10th, nominated to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to
Russia.
THE Michigan Central and the Grand
Rapids & Indiana railroads have inau-
gurated free carriage of freight re-
ceivcd at Grand Rapids, Mich. from
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and points further
east.
THE London Financial News states
that the proposed issue of o~ne-pound
silver notes by the Bank of England has
been abandoned on ccOun Of the Oppo-
sition of leading bankers.
Rev. PETER HAyERMANs, Of Troy, N.
Y, the Oldest priest in active service in
America, was Frustrated while on the
altar at st. Mary's Church in that city on
the 9th. He soon revived and attempt
GU W COiIiiuc tHc SclNlCt, DuI NdS
again Frustrated and taken to his home.
THE Comte de Paris will return to En-
gland, having abandoned his contem-
plated tou of America.
THE mother of the Duke of Orleans,
imprisoned in Paris, arrived in that city
on the 10th.
TIE tow-boat Port Eads, with a tow
of five barges, sunk at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 10th, in seventy feet of water.
AS the boat went down the cabin foated
off Siy nr cnvcn livps were lost