The Russellville Democrat., 1890-10-30
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ptOpie on uorse Jreek, near Fullerton,
Neb, has been captured at Ellisville,
Miss. Leo GODDARD, q man who knew
him we'll, was sent there and tele-
| graphed back that he had identified
him beyond doubt The sheriff al
once started for Mississippi to escort
him back to the scene Of his crime.
PRoF. J. w. STo1Ts, former mem
| ber of the faculty OF the Southern In
| diana Normal College Of Mitchell. Ind,
and later travelling agent OF the Educa-
tional Aid Association of Chicago. has
been missing from his home in Mitchell
since October 6.
REV. Mr.. BALLENTINE, OF Scotts-
Vile, n. Y, delegate to the Presby-
terian Synod at Lockport, was found
dead in bed on the morning OF the 22d,
at the house OF Mr. Alfred Morgan,
whore he was stopping. Heart disease
is the supposed cause
JAMES 0'HARA, wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Port Huron, Mich. and his
wife were fatally stabbed and the lat
ter was brutally beaten, on the 22d by a
man named Pellitt who called and
asked for drink of water. Robbery
was the object of the assault.
A MONUMENT to commemorate the
heroic officers and men of the United
States navy who perished in the unfor-
tunate Jeannette Arctic expedition
will be unvailed in the grounds OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Nd, on
the 30th,
THE basis for negotiations to secure
revision of the commercial treaty with
Austria is being considered at a confer
ence Of experts representing the fed
eral states of the German Empire.
JOSEPH RuBsAM, a wealthy brewer of
Staten Island, n. Y, died suddenly OF
apoplexy, on the 22d, aged flfty-eight
years, His estate is valued at between
two and three million dollars.
TIE striking tramway employees of
Vienna have resumed work under a
government guarantee OF the practical
concession by the company Of all the
men demanded.
IT is proposed to double the penalties
against spies in France, and to make
them applicable, also, to those employ
ing the spies.
LORD TENNYsoN, the poet laureate of
England, contemplates taking sea
voyage for the benefit of his health.
THE German Emperor ordered, on the
22d, that the colors of all the regiments
in Berlin be carried to the residence of
Count Won Moltke on the Goth. This
distinction has never before been ac-
corded to German subject Emperor
William, the King of Saxony, the Grand
Duke of Hesse and several Princes will
go in body to Count Won Moltke's
house to convey the congratulations of
the army and navy.
HENRY WARD POOLE, one of the old
est American residents in the City of
Mexico, died there on the 21st. Mr.
Poole was a man of rare attainments,
and his scholarship was recognized in
the schools of tho Mexican capital.
Harvard College, in 1877, conferred up
on him the degree of Master of Arts.
THE Census Office has prepared COM
plete lists of the population of States,
cities, towns and counties, showing the
increases or decreases during the tn rec
past decades. They will be submitte d
to Superintendent Porter on his return
to Washington and made public on ap-
proval.
THERE has been renewal of negoti-
ations between France and England for
the surrender by the former country of
Its fishery rights on the Newfoundland
coast.
THE Secretary OF the Treasury has
awarded gold medals to l.. O. Lawson,
keeper, and G. e. Crosby, William Ew-
ing, ]. Loining, f. b. Fowler, William
L. Wilson and +. Nj. Kindig, surfmen,
at the Evanston Qll) life-saving sta
tion, for. rescuing the crew Of the steam
er Calumet in November last.
Mr.. WALDO ADAMS, of the Adams Ex-
press Company, on the 22d. confirmed
the report that express rates were to
be advanced November l, but declined
to give any details, saying that the com
pany would notify the public just what
the tariffs are before they go into effect.
JAcoB ASHCROFT, OF Martinsville,
Ind, and the members of his family
were all ardent Methodists until last
summer, when they all became con-
verted to Mormonism. They have now
surprised their neighbors by disposing
of all their property and moving to
Utah.
CIvH-SERvIcE COMMISSIONER RoosE-
WELT, (Rep. has notified the leaders OF
the State Republican clubs now being
organized in Washington that their
members will be proceeded against
criminally il they violate the law.
GENERAL DAVIS, a veteran Of the
war, who was visiting friends in New
York, died suddenly on the 23d. He
lived in Gloversville, n. Y, and was
Colonel of the regimentof the National
Guard in that section OF the State.
A RETIRED farmer named CAST living
in the vicinity of Berlin. gave his chill
dren poisoned sweetmeats to eat and
partook of some himself Cast and
three of tho children are dead. Two
others will die.
HENRY SEIFFE, OF New York City,
received verdict ofS4l, 600, on the 23d,
against the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
road Company, for damages 10 his
property on Sixth avenue.
A VESSEL loaded with cargo Of gun
cotton, manufactured in government
factories in France and consigned to
the Russian Government recently
sailed from Brest.
TnE Government OF Austria Hungary
is Withholding the excqnatcr Of United
States Consul Black, at Pesth, for Of
fonsive comments on the conduct OF
Austrian affairs.
GREAT excitement prevails at Flor
ence, Ala, over the discovery Of nat
pral gas seven miles from that city by
II. O. Weller and others.
SAN RHNEHARr, the circus clown,
who has travelled with well-known
shows for many years, died in the Col
umbus (O,l city prison, on the 2sd, In a
penniless condition. He was father Of
the Rhinehart children, who travel an
der the family name.
NJ b. TIGE, for twenty-five years |
book keeper in the service OF Ward 81
Brady, ship-chandlers in st. Louis, has |
disappeared, and superficial examina-