The Russellville Democrat., 1890-10-30


Of Benwell, now awaiting execution In
the Woodstock (Ont) Jail, does not
| live on common Jail fare. His wants
are attended to by special cook, who
! gets up such delicacies as he desires.
He passes his time in reading and pre-
pairing matter for his autobiography.
Four persons employed at the Quaker
City Dye Works in Philadelphia were
poisoned, probably fatally, on the esd,
as the result of chemical experiments
with new dye, which, in the course OF
its preparation, developed prussic acid,
the fumes Of which were inhaled by the
men.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Il ELi.ooG of Kan
sas goes to Washington for tho purpose
Of having the original-package case adj
vanced on the docket OF the United
States Supreme Court il possible.
OLD miners from every section of the
country are focking TO the gold regions
in the Indian Territory, and the excite
made. Some rich quartz is being taken
out.
THE bronze statue of Major-General
John Stark, the hero of the battle of
Bennington, was unYailed in the State
House yard at Concord, N. H.. on the
Esd. Hon. James Patterson, of Hanover,
delivered the oration.
THE case Of Alderman Tierney, who
was indicted for bribery in connection
with the building of sewers in Detroit,
Mich, and the first of the several
aldermen indicted to be brought to
trial, was given to tho jury, on the
oath, after long and tedious trial Of
about ten days. The jury announced
that it could not agree
In long letter to Archbishop Croke,
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy says that while
measure proposed by detested govern
ment, it should, in his opinion, be ac-
cepted on its merits. A Parliament
sitting in Dublin would. he adds, well
come a similar bill with an outburst Of
enthusiasm.
ZISA z. KING, ex-treasurer of the
University of Michigan Alumni Associ-
alton, has been arrested on the COM
plant of VIM. Howells, Of Detroit,
preSlutHt VI tIb hSSOCldJlOli, OH Tue
charge Of embezzlement.
TRAIN robbers went through the
south hound train ON the Santa Fe rail
road south OF Socorro, N. NJ, on the
23d, securing about 81, 500.
The Soncrant Nom Partisan bill
passed the Ohio House, on the oath, by
vote of yeas 81, nays 33, and is now
law.
FRIENDS of the President at Indian
apolis have been notified that he in
tends to go home to vote.
AN unlocked switch caused disas-
trous wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamil.
ton & Dayton railroad near Oxford, o.,
on the night OF the Gath. Engineer
Myers was instantly killed; the fire
man, named Cassidy, fatally injured, a
brakeman named Powell fatally in
jured and an unknown man caught in
the jam and burned to death.
AN Illinois Central train went through
a bridge six miles west of Dubuque, Ia,
on the evening of the oath, and Robert
Realty, water boy for the gang OF men
who were at work changing the bridge
from wooden to steel one, was caught
by falling car and crushed to death.
ANTLER, an Indian, was found guilty
at Missoula, Mont, on the Gath, of
participation in the murder of three
prospectors in 1887, and was sentenced
to death. His two companions were
hanged by vigilance committee of set
tiers.
DR.. j. W. HIGBEE, delegate to the
National Christian convention at Des
Moines, Ia, died in that city on tho
oath. He leaves a widow and two chill
dren in Chicago. lie was fifty years of
age, and one OF the most prominent
Christian ministers in the West.
l.. A. Dixon, of Sodus, N. Y, has just
discovered wonderful ore called ''elec-
tric rock, which contains hidden force
that puzzles and astonishes all who have
seen it, and expert electricians in par
ticular. 1t promises to create a revolu-
tion in domestic lighting, etc.
IN his annual report to the Secretary
of the Treasury First Auditor Fisher
shows that during the past fiscal year
that Office passed on 2, 761 receipt ac-
counts. representing s1,ol9, ,6s4, 440. and
on 81, s67 disbursement accounts, repre-
senting 81, 165, s79, $50.