The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


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 ENGLISH capitalists have purchased the Jung and Crescent breweries of Gin cinnati. The transfer has been made and the two properties amalgamated. The price paid by the syndicate is said to have been Sl, ,025, 900.
 TIE members of the Elizabeth (N. J.. City Council were, on the 23d, remanded to the county jail in the custody of the United States marshal for refusing to obey writ of mandamus issued by the Circuit Court ordering them to pay the amount of judgment and costs in case brought by Moran Brothers, of New York, against the City of Elizabeth. They paid up later, and were released.
 TIE President has intimated his in tention to send to Congress, soon after the holidays, special message on sil- yer. He will take position similar to that recommended by Secretary Windom in his report.
 LORD SALISBURY is represented by those who are in official contact with him, to be determined to seize Delagoa Bay un- less Portugal immediately makes sat isfactory apology for her action in Southeast Africa, restoring the status quo as it existed before the recent raid of Serpa Pinto, and makes suitable rep aration for the injury inflicted upon British interests.
 MR. GLADSTONE, MT. Parnell and the other chiefs of the Gladstonian party will meet in London before the session of Parliament opens to settle upon the course to be taken by the party in Parliament
 THERE was slight panic in the Park Theater, New York City, on the even- ing of the 23d, caused by the noise of fire engines which had been summoned for small fire few doors from the theater Some one in tho gallery started the trouble by crying Fire. :" By the iudicious efforts of the ushers and policemen on duty order was re- stored so promptly that no one was in jured.
 TIE Yorktown, of the United States squadron of evolution, which was de- layed by heavy weather, arrived at Lis bon, on the 23d, and joined the other vessels of the fleet.
 THE St. Petersburg Novoe Vremyea states that Bulgaria has purchased from Austria 100000 rifles and 100, 900, 900 cartridges.
 SIXTEEN miners, nearly all of whom had families, were killed, on the 22d, by eave-in in the Lane mine, at An gelas Camp, Calaveras County, Cal.
 A ST. LOUIS firm of wealthy capital ists have purchased large tract Of land near Chesterton, Ind, where they will establish immense brick-yards for supplying the St. Louis and Cincinnati trade. The clay is said to be very superior and as hard and durable as marble.
 EMMA COLE, aged thirty, of Windfall, Pa., was arrested by Unit-d States Mar shal McCrea, on the 23d, for making and circulating counterfeit money. Miss Cole says she was taught by friend how to make the counterfeit money with plaster of paris moulds, and that she only made four dollars.
 JOHN R. MCLEAN, editor of the Gin cinnati Enquirer, distributed S2,0oO among the charitable institutions of that city on Christmas.
 FULTON WRIGHT, the scventeen-year- old son of Captain J. F. Wright, prom nent citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn, was accidentally shot and instantly killed, on the 23d, at the hands of Tom Sel- man, companion. Both of the boys being of prominent families, the affair has caused great regret throughout the city.
 THE case of II. II. Childers, at San Antonio, Tex, charged with the mur- der of James Draper, haclxman, on the night of November 26, was given to the jury on the 2Sd. They found the de- fendant guilty of murder in the second degree, and assessed his punishment at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
 A MAJORITY of the striking coal miners in the Monongahela Valley re sumed operations, on the 2Sd, at half cent-per-bushel advance in the minin z rates.
 By a caving of earth at the new New port News X Mississippi Valley railroad depot at Memphis, Tenn, Walter Bod kins and an unknown man were killed, and John Mclaughlin seriously injured.
 RECENTLY several mad dogs have been killed in the neighborhood of Seymour, Ind, but not until after they had bitten one or two children and several valuable cows and other livestock that have died or are dying of hydrophobia.
 THIRrY-sEvENi indicted saloon-keepers were fined costs of prosecution in the District Court at Keokuk la, on the 23d, and the cases against them dis missed, with the expressed understand ing that they were to refrain from yio- lating the Prohibitory law in the future.
 THOMAS EMERY's SONS extensive can de works at Ivorydale, O., six miles north of the business part of Cincinnati. were burned on the night of the 2ad. Loss and damage, sloo, 900; no insurance.
 THE Russian influenza has arrived in Duluth, Minn. Physicians report thirty cases slightly milder than in the East.
 ]. II. MONTGOMERY, aged about fifty years, boss maehenist in the Chicago, Burlington X Quincy shops in Burling- ton, Ia, was run over by a train on the 2sd and instantly killed
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY newsboys were presented with tickets to Q Mother Goose performance by the Pittsburgh tPa.) Times, and told to be at the Times office Christmas morning at ten o'clock When they arrived they were divided into squads of four, marched 10 clothing stores and each one given a warm suit of clothes.
 J l.. SMITH, Johnstown (Pa. mar ble-cutter, departed for Philadelphia on the 24th, to purchase three carloads Of marble to make headstones for the unidentified dead and seven carloads foy the Identified dead ot inc Conemaaga disasteg hAgiod to aganaYlew Cemetery,