The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-30
 PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE strike of the ship-building em- ployes in Belfast, Ireland, was amicably settled, on the Fist, and the men returned to work.
 SENATOR CALLS resolution for nego- tiations with Spain in regard to the es- tablishment of republic in Cuba was adversely reported to the Senate from the foreign relations committee on the 22d
 THE condition of Robert Garrett has not improved since he was taken, some months ago, to Uplands, his country place near Baltimore, Md.
 RIGHT HoN. JOHN NAIsH, additional Lord Justice of Appeal for Ireland, is in ill-health and in consequence has re- signed the judicial ommissionership created under the Irish Education En- 1owment act.
 TIE Russian Government has decided to restrict the immigration of Germans into Southern Russia, which at present is very large.
 PADRE DEzA has accepted the direc- torship of the new Vatican Observatory at Rome, which is nearly completed.
 TIE miners strike at Charleroi, Bel gium, itat an end. The employers sub mitted to the demands of those who still held out.
 A COUNTY seat war occurred at John son City, Blancoe County. Tex, on the 22d, which resulted in the death of Zach Lloyd and the wounding of two officers.
 TIE proft-sharing system is contem- plated by Fall River (Mass.) mills. !. TnE North Dakota House of Repre- senta tives has passed bill requiring commercial agencies and credit compa- nies to deposit S100,0o0 with the State Treasurer before transacting business in that State. This Is blow at K. c. Dun X Co and Bradstreet.
 TIE great snow-storm in the North years.
 AN alien labor bill, like the United States law, has been introduced in the Canadian Parliament.
 A STARTLING amount of Restitution is said to exist in nineteen South Dakota counties.
 MR. GLADSTONE says that the trial of Moussa Boy was mockery, and warns the Sultan that Turkey will not obtain the sympathy of England in times of difficulty unless he governs with hu- manity and justice.
 TIE Portuguese Government has ordered the construction in German ship-yards of five large torpedo boats to be delivered without unnecessary delay.
 TIE damage resulting from the recent storm along and near the Southern coast of England is enormous. The sea wall extending from New Haven to Seaford was injured in many places, over a quarter of mile of it collapsing com pletelY.
 THE United States squadron of evolu- ton arrived at Port Mahon, Spain, on the 23d.
 TIE mine owners of Dortmund, West phalia, have written a joint letter to the miners committee declining to con cede the demands of the men, which they regard as extravagant. They ap- peal to the miners not to disturb the peace, as such course would be detri- mental to the interests of the Father land.
 J+ w. ANEH1tOl 4NohAn tsfOiAhhs clerk employed in the Geological Sur gey Office at Washington, by mistake, on the 23d, took a drink of carbolic acid from an unlabeled bottle, which he thought contained whisky, and died in few minutes.
 TIE Brown Lumber Company's kind ding wood factory at Whiteheld, N, H., was burned on the 21st Loss, S25, 900; covered by insurance. Fifty men were thrown out of work.
 THE telegraph wires forming the medium of communication between Lon don and the continental capitals were prostrated on the night of the 2Sd
 IT is stated that the Porte has issued an order prohibiting the use of the Greek language in the Cretan courts. As the judges and lawyers are ignorant of the Turkish language, which is or dered to be substituted for the Creek tongue, the gravity of the hardship im- posed can scarcely be estimated,
 A HEAVY gale prevailed at Havre, France, on the 23d The wind backed up the water of the river and the streets were flooded. Much damage WAS done.
 0S the 24th, at an execution tt Mont gomery, Ala, the sheriff cut tho rope too soon, dropping deputy through the trap with the doomed man.