The Russellville Democrat., 1890-02-20

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 RUSSELLV1 TIE Archimandrite of St. Petersburg Russia, will succeed the Bishop of Sai Francisco, whose recall has been or dered.
 THE Lottery bill was, on the 10th, in definitely postponed in the North Da kota House of Representatives by ; unanimous vote.
 TIE appointment of Indian Commis sioner Morgan, which had been hung ul in the Senate for some days, was con firmed on the 18th.
 Two pressmen have been dismissed from the Bureau of Printing and En graving for refusing to work with ; colored young lady assistant.
 TIE Bank of England has been au thorized to increase it's issue of noteI by a250, GOO on condition that it makes ; similar increase in it's securities. 
 FEARS are entertained that the Lot tery bill recently defeated in North Da kota may yet be revived and passed bl the present or some future Legislature
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 THE Mercer County (N. J. grand jury on the 18th, reported that they hac found no bill against Dr. Kniffen anc Miss Pursell in the mysterious Kniffer murder case.
 TIE investigation into the Jersey City (N. J.) election frauds has devel oped the fact that one-third of the votes in six election precincts cast for Senator Mcdonald, were fraudulent.
 THE case of the Duke of Orleans charged with violating the Expulsion law, was called in Paris, on the 18th and the young Duke was found guilty and sentenced to two years imprison ment.
 GENERAL SHERMAN, General o. O. Howard and other veterans made patri' otic speeches at banquet of Lafayette Camp No. i5O, New York Sons of Vet erans, on the night of the 18th, in honoi of Lincoln's birthday.
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 CHRISTIAN HERR, president of the Lancaster (Pa) National Bank since 1865, dropped dead, on the 11th, while conversing with friend. He was eighty years old and very wealthy, own ing large landed estates.
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 TIE Methodist church intends to found a National university in Washington, and arrangements are making for the purchase of ninety acre tract of land on the Tennallytown road, near Oakview, as a site for the university.
 TIE German Socialists have aban. doned their idea of organizing an uni versal labor strike in May, owing to the favorable utterances contained in the recent rescripts issued by Emperor Will. fam with regard to the working classes. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY LACY declared, on the 18th, final dividend of ten per cent. in favor of the creditors of the Lowell National Bank, of Lowell, Mich, upon claims proved amounting to ss9, 936. The bank failed in September. 1888.
 IT is estimated that there is in the hands of Kings without thrones, Princes without municipalities, and Dukes with out duchies, many of them, indeed, without countries, wealth sufficient to pay the public debt of every power in Europe.
 MRs. MARY SHERMAN, house keeper of the late Amos F.. Beckwith, president of the Dyerville Manufacturing Com pany of Providence, K. l., now claims to be his widow, and says she intends to assert her rights. The matter causes a social sensation.
 SIR JOHN MAcDoNALD discredits the report that the United States Govern nent has decided to strengthen the fleet of cruisers in Behring Sea and to use more stringent measures during the coming season to keep Canadian sealers out of those waters.
 Ara alargely-attended meeting of Phil adelphia business men, on the 18th, resolutions were adopted protesting against the Mckinley bill relative to the administration of the Customs laws, and urging the Pennsylvania Repre- sentatiyes to oppose it's passage.
 MANY more Cretan judges and law. yers have resigned their judicial and legal functions owing to the arbitrary order requiring legal proceedings in the courts to be conducted in the Turkish language, and others are preparing to leave both the courts and the country. PRINCE ALEXANDER of Battenburg, the ex-ruler of Bulgaria, who is known as the Count of Hartenau, has been ap- pointed commandant of the Seventh regiment of Austrian dragons, sta- tioned in Vienna. It is understood that he will be made a General within a year.
 TIE vote on the question of revision of the Confession of Faith, which was taken by the Presbytery of San Francis 90 last October, and which resulted against revision, was reconsidered by the Presbytery, on the 10th, the ballot again resulting against revision by Q vote of 27 to 22.
 TmE enormous fortune left by the late Duke of Montpensier has furnished grounds for another Socialist outcry against the continuance of Q system of aristocracy having no other aim and serving no higher purpose than the per sonal enjoyment of the members of the exclusive class
 Two cowboys, while hunting cattle in the Washita Bottoms, in the Chickasaw sr 1 q n