The Russellville Democrat., 1890-09-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MAJOR MCKINLEY was renominated for Congress from the Sixteenth Ono district, on the 26th, by exclamation.
 TIE Cincinnati Board of Education, by vote of 12 yeas to Il nays, decided to hereafter cease to employ married women as teachers in the public schools.
 HoLzHAY, the bandit of the mortimer woods, made another unsuccessful at tempt to commit suicide in the prison at Marquette, Mich, on the 18th. He was found lying ia his cell in an unconscious condition from loss of blood, he having severed the arteries of his wrist with a silver of tin secured from slop-bucket. His scalp on the topof his head was also reduced to a pulp from attempts to dash out his brains on the prison walls.
 TIE Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Canada declares that Asiatic cholera will certainly visit the Dominion next year, and that in order to check it's ad- vance he proposes to establish quaran- tine stations in British Columbia.
 A REIGN of terror exists at Bucyrus, o. Citizens are boldly assaulted on the streets at night, others arc made to give up their money at the muzzle of re- volver, while daring burglaries are com mitted nightly,
 OWING to misplaced switch two freight trains on the Burlington X Mis- souri River road collided at Mullen Neh., on the 25th, killing three persons and seriously injuring six others.
 A PLEASURE BOAT was capsized at Deal, England, on the 26th, and seven of the occupants were drowned.
 DR. EDWARD SINCEN, editor of the New Yorker Handels Z'stung, made a determined effort to commit suicide on the 26th. He first took morphine, and this proving ineffective, he stabbed himself about the arms and body. He had been drinking excessively of late
 CHARLES $. RAINEY, a civil engineer, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa, is illegally imprisoned in Sorrado. Ssate of Chipas, Mexico, for drawing revolver in self defense upon some Mexicans with whom he had dispute.
 THE trip of the new cruiser San Fran cisco, on the 27tb, was entirely success ful The boat made little over nine- teen and half knots per hour in the four hours run. This earns the Si00,- 900 prize.
 JOIN MELMUs. an ex-striker on tho New York Central railroad, narrowly escaped lynching at Troy, on the 27th. for firing three harmless shots from his revolver, while on train. into crowd of strikers.
 MINISTER LINcoIy will deliver an ac- dress at the great Welsh national festi- val. the Eisteddfod-
 A BLOODY fight between the Social ists and police of Berlin occurred on the breaking up of midnight meeting of the former at two o'clock on tic morning of tho 26th.
 TIE Queen of Roumania will spend some time in Llandun, Wales. for the benefit ot her health
 TuE Ohio State Democratic conve n- tion met in Springfield on the 27th
 THE projected chemical syndicate of Paris has collapsed.
 THE heat at Suakim is almost dn- bearable The natives obtain relief by living nearly constantly in the water Business Is almost at standstii, Fam inc prevails in the interior
 QUEEN VIcTonIA sent letter ot con dolence, on the 2Tth, to the sculptor Boehm on the death of his wife.
 J. II HRAroN, M P, Of England. ar. rived 10 New York Cityon the e7th. for Ae lmsp59o q studying up she passgl sgsleM qg the UHlled states