The Russellville Democrat., 1890-07-24


 the purpose of the British Government to have the English navy by 1894 equal to any two nayies in the world, and says that work is progressing rapidly in accordance with the programme. WILLIE GRIFFIN, aged seven, fell into the Humber river at Bolton Village. 1 Ont, on the 16th, aad his grandfather went to his rescue, when both were drowned.
 THE whole numbe of post-offices in operation on July 1. 1890, was 62, 400, the increase during the last year being 3, 40l, the largest in the history of the country.
 J. JACOBSEN and Mrs. John J. Hud- dart were drowned. on the night of the 18th, in Berl1ely lake near Denver. Col, by the overturning of their boat. Mir. Jacobsen was the business partner of Mir. Huddart, who was at the time in Salt Lake City.
 IN petition to the Republican mem bers of Congress to pass the Federal Election bill, tho Southern States Col ored Republican Association say it is not domination but participation that they want
 THE Government is asked for an app propriation to keep the Sisseton and Wappeton Indians of the Lake Traverse reservation in south Dakotafrom starv- ing.
 FIVE persons lost their lives in fire which originated in Quebec, Gan. bar-room on the 1Tth.
 TIE Wisconsin Democratic State con vention will meet at Milwaukee August TIE Michigan Democratic State con vention will meet at Grand Rapids Sep tember l2.
 TIE wrecked schooner Maud, before reported lost, arrived at Province town, Mass, on the 17th, in tow of two tugs THE President on the 17th, appointed o. l.. Spalding, of Michigan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice George C. Tichenor, resigned. THREE sons of Otto Goldner of Monroeyille, O., were killed by the same stroke of lightning while sitting on lounge in their fathers house on the 17th. Miss Kate Smith, a neigh bor, who was in the house at the time was badly burned about the face and body.
 TIE steamer St. Lawrence, returning to Alexandria Bay, N. r., on tho night of the 17th, from an electric search light excursion, ran down the steam pleasure yacht Cathlene with ten pas sengers on board, of whom five were re- ported missing.
 TIE threat of the Mnssulmans to sack the Christian quarters of Erze- roum has alarmed the residents of that district, and they are moving out with all possible haste. The increased gar rison has had very little effect in sup pressing acts of violence, and the infer ence is that the soldiers are in sym pathy with the mob. Men and women have been murdered without provoca- tion, and number of women have been carried of.
 GOVERNOR Bo1Es of Iowa has com muted the sentence of Fred Munehsrath from imprisonment in the penitentiary for four years to three months. Munehs- rath was convicted of conspiracy to murder Rev. Geo F. Haddock at Sioux SAbys AOI HidhAHS bSnl opCtNltb-
 EUGENE CARROLL, a lad of five years, was ground to death in q stone-crusher at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th. He, with others, had climbed on the ma chine, whence he fell into the rolls and was crushed to death before the machine could be stopped. HoN. JOHN F. BUCHANAN, president of the State Farmers Alliance, was nominated for Governor of Tennessee by the State Democratic convention in session at Nashville on the 18th.
 THE House committee on invalid pen sions, on the 18th, authorized a favora- ble report on the House bill granting a pension of S3,o00 per year to the widow of General Fremont.
 THE famous forest of Ebersburg, Ba- varia, is infested with worms, which have denuded the trees of their verd ure and stripped the more tender of the branches of bark. Twelve hundred men of the Munich garrison have been sent to fell the entire forest and burn the timber. In this way it is hoped to get rid of the worms and prevent their spread to other and larger forests.