The Russellville Democrat., 1890-05-22

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| lHE DOller OF locomotive on Jne
Reading railroad exploded near Shame.
kin, Pa, ON the 18th, killing Engineer
| Hogelsens and Fireman Charles Kauff-
man, and probably fatally iniuring Con-
ductor George C. Younger.
THE funeral of the late Vicar-Gencral
William Keegan took place in Brook
| lyn, on the 18th. from the Church of the
| Assumption, of which he had been pas
| tor.
| A QUANTITY of balistite, the new ex-
| plosive, exploded, on the 18th, at tho
factory for the manufacture of arms and
| munitions at Avigliana, Italy. Four
teen persons were instantly killed and
many other. were injured, some of
| them fatally.
THE New York Independent publishes
| returns from all but FIVE of the presby
| teries of the Presbyterian church, show
| ing that 1873 have voted for revision of
| he Westminster Confession, go against
revision. and have declined to vote.
Most of the presbyteries not heard from
are foreign.
DANIEL METz, well-known retired
and wealthy pork merchant OF Gin
cinnati, has become insane through the
loss Of $500 in bucket-shop specula-
tion. His condition is thought TO be
| hopeless.
| COMMISSIONERS to represent Pennsyl-
vania at the Worlds Fair in Chicago
have been appointed by Governor Bea-
yer, as follows: John w. Woodside,
Philadelphia; William Mcclellan, Pitts
burgh, and John X. Hallock, Erie, with
II. Bruce Ricketts,, of Wilkesbarre, al
ternate. Hon. Alonzo Shotwell, of Phil
adelphia, is commissioner at large.
JupGE STEWART, of Bal timore, Md,
on the 18th. delivered an opinion in the
case of Stevenson Archer, ex-State
Treasurer, in which he held that
Archer can not be tried for embezzle-
ment. The argument was on demur-
rer to tho indictment charging him
with embezzling Sl32 900 from the
State. The State will now have to rely
upon the malfeasance case at Annap-
| oils.
THE reception TO Henry NJ Stanley
! in the Guild Hall, London, on the 18th,
was an enthusiastic affair. A dense
crowd thronged the approaches to the
building, and the appearance OF Mr..
| Stanley was the signal for tremendous
outburst OF cheering. The guests mum
bered 2, 900. The Lord Mayor present
ed to the explorer gold casket con-
| tanning an address from the Corpora
tion OF London.
| THE twelye-year-old son Of w. c.
Buck, of Longview, Ill, was taken to
| rnscola, on the 18th, where maidstone
belonging to Elder ID. C. Hostetter was
applied to wound made on his face by
rabid dog. The stone adhered to tho
wound over an hour, and it is believed
that he is out OF danger. The dog was
killed
A MOVEMENT has been inaugurated in
New York to secure ! 1000, 900 signatures
to memorial to be sent TO the Gar of
Russia, asking that he look into and
seek to ameliorate the condition of the
exiles in Siberia. The movement was
started by suggestion made sat the
church of Rev. Mr.. Mcvicar, OF Phila-
| ielphia.
SENATOR INGALLS, denies that he
knowingly plagiarized Massillons Ser
mons, a copy OF which he never pos
sesscd, in his eulogy Of the late Repre-
sentative Burns Of Missouri.
| CouNr VoN MoLTKE. speaking in the
Reichstag, on the 18th, in support OF the
Military BILL said that II Is imperative
| for Germany 70 maintain strong mili-
tary establishment as strong govern
srnment alone would be able to main
tain peace.
/ ON the l4tb United States Senator
| Edward oliver Waleott, OF Denyer, Col,
was married to Mrs. Frances Motcalf
Bass, at Buffalo, n Y The wedding
was an elaborate affair.
WmTR Caps set fire to the cabin OF a
negro named Anderson 1T Meridian,
Miss. on night Of the l4th Anderson
ran ont, fired into the crowd, killing
Louis Land and wonnding two others,
and then escaped. Public feeling justi-
Hos AndersQfa.