The Russellville Democrat., 1890-11-20

JOHN n. MCFARLAND, the olde6t
banker In Boone County, Iowa, has
made an assignment The liabilities
are SIS, 500. while the assets. mostly
real estate, foot up sI4, 900.
THrRTY-FouR horses were burned to
death By fire at Burnside's livery barn,
Sioux Falls, :. d.
AN epidemic of typhoid fever is rag
ing at Clementville, Q. There have
been already eighty-nine cases, OF
which twenty-five have been fatal. At
present forty persons are stricken.
Business is entirely suspended and the
200 people who make mp the population
are wild with fear
LEADING dairymen of the United
States met in Oh cago and discussed the
Worlds Fair representation. They OBJ
jected especially to being classed with
oleomargarine and animal fat products
TIE town OF Tburon, Cal, eight miles
north OF San Francisco, was recently
greatly damaged by fire.
TIE dinner to Hon. Allen G. Thur
man occurred at Columbus, o., on the
18th. The banquet hall was filed with
leaders of the Democratic party Mr..
Thurman, in responding to his health,
confined himself to "reminiscences and
to positive statement that he could
not be candidate for any future Office.
Ex-President Cleveland spoke on polit-
ical subjects
OSULLIvAy, the iceman, who is serv-
ing a life sentence in the Joliet peniten-
tiary for completely in tho murder OF
DR.. Cronin, has intimated that he is
anxious to tell all he knows about the
murder.
COMPLETE official returns elect the
entire Republican State ticket OF Iowa.
including Luke for Railroad Commits
sioner. The vote for Secretary of State
gives Mcfarland plurality OF $500,
and tho other Republican candidates
pluralities ranging from /, $50 to 3, T79
OFFICIAL returns from all the coun-
ties in doubt show that the South Da-
kota Legislature is lost in both branches
to the Republicans The House will
probably give four majority for the
Democratic Independent Fusionists,
while the Senate will have not less
than three, giving them seven majority
on joint ballot to elect United States
Senator.
THE florists OF Indiana object to hav-
ing their specialties classed with agri-
cultural products by the Worlds Fair
managers
IN freight collision on the Kansas
City road near Elkton, Mimi, Engineer
Penncham, Head Brakeman Callahan
and Fireman Folfew were instantly
1rs nad 81 q -
THE business portion of the town Of
Barton, O., population 1,00o has been
destroyed by fire.
TIE official canvass of the Ninth
Michigan district results in the election
OF Ii. II. Wilson, Democrat to Congress
in the place of B. M. Cutcheon. Repub-
lican, as previously reported. Wheeler's
plurality is as.
PRESIDENT CHAMBERLAIN, Prof Smith
of the agricultural chair and Prof
Mount Of the engineering and Director
Miss Eva Pike have resigned from the
faculty OF the State Agricultural Col
lege at Ames, Iowa Prof 4. w. Stan.
ton has been appointed president tenn
porarily.
THE English syndicate that bought
the Pillsbury-W Wash burn flour mills at
Minneapolis seems TO have made good
thing out of the transaction. A divi-
dend Of ten per cent was declared for
the first year.
UNHAPPY differences continue to pre-
vent tho Chicago Worlds Fair directors
from accomplishing any thing definite
THE coroners jury which investigated
the cause of the wreck on the Southern
Pacific, at Salem, Ore, censured the
railway company for allowing defect
i've trestle to remain in use The COM
pany is declared guilty of criminal neg
lioence