The Russellville Democrat., 1890-10-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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 IN Grace Church, New York, on the ist, the first session of the first training 3chool for Episcopal deaconesses was 1 opened. Others will be started at Phila- 1 delphia, Cleveland and Richmond TIE Russian Minister of the Interior Is preparing law authorizing the de- 1 portaton to Siberia, without trial or formality of any kind, of all foreigners who have been expelled from their own countries and whose governments re- fuse to recognize them.
 TIE Anti-Lottery law seems to be more comprehensive than at first sup posed. Judge TYner. Assistant Attor- ney-General for the Post Office Depart ment, is of the opinion that tho law ap- plies equally to the church fair rafiie and kindred schemes Of chance as to the Louisiana Lottery, and that newspapers advertising such are to be as rigidly ex- cluded from the mails as those contain ing announcements of the greater grab for the gold of the gullible,
 TIE Secretary of State, on the 80th, cent to tho Senate statement of the disbursements from the appropriation for the expenses of the late Pan-Amer- fcan conference The appropriation was Sl25 900 and the expenses SPA, 07S.ss, the balance, S20.12 being turned into the Treasury.
 A SERIOUS flaw has been discovered in the Tariff bill since it was signed the omission of the paragraph providing for drawback on manufactured tobac- l,,t +t. sr. rI,. 1 IA effect until January 1, Congress will have an opportunity to remedy the de- feet
 THE total production of silver in this country this year will be fifty million ounces.
 TEN business blocks in Ilion, N. r., were burned to the ground on the morn ing of the 30th, and half dozen others were more or less damaged by fire and water before the flames were gotten under control
 THE President promised labor com mittee that called on him, on the 30th, that when Congress adjourned he would give consideration to the Eight-Hour law, and would insist upon it's strict en- forcement in the Government buildings.
 PERSONS sending mail matter to either of tho Dakotas should be care full to designate North or South Dakota. Post-oilice officials find much annoy anee from neglect of this precaution by many persons.
 UNDER the provisions of the pending Tariff bill all articles of import must "be plainly marked, stamped, branded or labeled in plain English words so as to indicate the country of their origin, and unless so marked, stamped, branded or labeled they shall not be admitted to entry"
 GEORGE HIyKIE, eight years old, shot and killed his fve-year-old sister at Nicholas Court-IIouse, w Va, on the 2sth. She had threatened to tell her father of Georges disobedience.
 ANDREW CARNEGIE, the iron magnate, was among the passengers on the steamer Seryia, which arrived in New York from Liverpool on the 2sth.
 CHIEF ARrnUR is in San Francisco for the purpose of adjusting, if possible, the differences between the engineers of tho Southern Pacific road and the officials of the company.
 Ex-SENAToR DooLIrTLR, of Racine, Wis, is recovering from the injuries re- ceiyed by being thrown from his buggy.
 M. K. GANTz, mayor Of Troy was nominated for Congress by tae Domo- crat3 of the Fourth Ohio district at Eaton, on the ist, on tho 05th ballot This was the third convention hold In all thoro was deadlock Of eight days.
 TlfE business portion of the town Of Oneonta, Tenn, the county seat of Blmint County was entirely destroyed by ire on the S0th.
 K the Amsterdam market on the 80th, the price of ilne silver declined from ninety to eighty eight guilders DOT lxilo.
 A SPECIAL train arrived in Sioux City, ls on the lst from Bostoa, carrying about one hundred and fifty New En- gland capitalists and newspaper repre- sentauves to visit the Corn Palace
 TnE Alliance elected three-fourths the members Of the Georgia Legisiat- ure on the 1st Both constitutional amendments were probably carried.
 Bps were opened at the Navy De- partment, on the lst, for building three arnnrsd hattIe-ships ot 5000 tons dis. placomnHt end ono protected cruiser Of
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