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I VOLUME 18 RUSSELLVILLE, POPE COUNTY. ARK.. FEBUARY 4. 1892. NUMBER 2. DENTISTS. 1973. ‘890 7. W. O-TCEruXT-Z-, Surgeon * Dentist RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. k Office days—First Monday In each morth Remain one week, R Omen: I'ront room, second floor of Hit People's Exchange Bank building. attorneys. l ^yTLSON A GRANGER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RusiallvIHa, ... Ark. Practice In all tha courts, J^AWRKNCE RUSSELL, a ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ruiaell rilla, ■ • > Ark. OFFICE—Sonth side of Main Street, opposite the Court House. J^EWIS VT. DAVIS, ATTORNEY - AT LAW, RUSSELLVILLE, IKK. Will practice In all the Courts of theStste. Commercial business solicited. Unequalled facilities for prompt attention to ai. Commercial matters entrusted to mj care. kuaxca HaiDLiy Jxnas T. Fowlm aRADLEY & FOWLER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. RUSSELLVILLE, ARK, Will practice In all the Courta of the Statt special attention given to collections. MARBLE WORKS. at H. ELGIN, , PROPRIETOR. USSELLVILLE MARBLE WORKS, * RunseVville. Ark. Prices reasonable and iktiaraetlon gnaran lid. |il I IM.I .. 1 1 .. PHOTOGRAPHER. rOHN H. GANNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, [l SIELLVILLR, . • Ark. tir-llary on Main street, opposite court bous INSURANCE AGENT. I- T. BULLOCK, INSURANCE AGENT, itellvlUe, ... - Ark. CX>MPANirs itEPttESENTKD: «glo-Nevada Assurance Corporation of Freneisco, Cal. New Orleans Association, ernla insurance Co., of New Orleans, La., erlcaa Central, of St, Louis. Ill take Insurance rislu anywhere la the ity Including residence property, saw an4 ring mills, gins and farm property. • OFFICE I* CLEEK’8 OFFICE— . R. J W. PRUITT, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Russellville. Ark. Ecialties:— Eye. Ear. Nose, and Throat, nave, at con* idem Mo expense. |iim husi-d s B.flcent set of trial glasses, and llic only lematir.ally correct • eye-tester”— I’t isop iter Bade, and am prepared to ill gin • irroet any error of refraction of the eyes, me and get your eyes tested vugs! tun 1 TONSORIAL.'" _ HARLEY MAY’S CITY SHAVING PARLOR, Russellville, Ark. eclal attention given to the r.ntling of is ' and children's hair. I LEGAL IcAKTEK. J.O. HART. U. I.. DAVIS [carter, iiart & davis, AT LAW EJ.M5, ARKANSAS. Circuit Court of Pop© County, given to all business. of tbt* public soltailed PERFECTED CRYSTAL LENSES ▼MADE MANX. CaAlity First aid Ahrcya. C. EVEflETT, GENERAL MERCHANT, sale of the*e celsbraUd in Kitssbllvuxb, Ark. (Sc anufgiCturMtg: optician* iu iutil, ATI. A ST A, Ui. are not fmpphtH with tneae t-*-m T - *f ITT'’ ■ipa ma ai4k# Si oo |r* ■ »«,r nelliuf our Ai.Ri m ■ W<* boat the World f t ■ V low price* this year OBTID PLUSH ALBUM, *1.00 Knibonaed padded .ittee, gold "dgae. rIton ,o holding nrarly fifty CabtaM and l ard v «Unt for Pi.at Irotall* for iron!. Not on |b. tariff on Imported alhunia la ralaa J ALBUMS PanAH.ii. Faulty Bibim containing ' «•«» aaralona, ara what tfca pcopl. wam UVENILE NOOKS/™?' #r (U>w until Oil r»T» ;..i" Send 22. note f it.* booh llluetrat. I c 1 rt!ithn l»i» {gr .at adilDa L llb.l'T I**. I 4 1 f A MctfAKIM, importers, Cincinnati. 0. Sara, Pr6»yt, TtMn Curt for Impota.ea, Lorn if Uor.roo4, tomlool imlttlono, SpOfootorrOo* gfartt.ua.aaa, SolfDlttwt. Lett of Uomoro, to. WtU moJtr you a STROOQ, Vigor" ouo Ufa. frtoo #1.06. • las*«, $5 00. . BlroetlOOt Uallot with rack tor. Aotroot ItUardlaav Lliburt #N *»>• Loom Ara. 8T. LOUIS. • «4 donl-la th'ftir mow fiEMTS&^rr^ eeflectihg safety lamp. Can b. aold in *»»ry family. Qltf Btor» light than tlireoordinarylamf: atad thirty Baa raai.a lor ran Platt* laatpaal la* raaflaaMl Va manufacture a la.ga law <•' ,11 nv. :»9 *■ aatra’ad < - SHlft 4 McHANiN, Cine Hindi*. » Electricity Sc Electro-Magnetism For the Eye. .. . 'I'liese spectacles are recomm e n d ei I by lhe liIghest anthorliles In the medie il profession to be the best In present use. They relieve irri tability In the eye and asfslat tired and weakened muscles to perform their ns oral functions. As It is a known fact that electricity Is a life-restoring fluid, we Invite ev eryone wearing glasses to come and try them. J80LD FT W SIM KK DRUG CO., M8I1LLVI11B. ~ ■I"1™" . J.l.Ll!L,l!Lw" Luker, Davis & Co DEALERS IN i ! I i Wagons, Buggies avd Fanning Implements RUSSELLVILLE, : : ARKANSAS nPPTflRQ settling their accounts this fall Ui-Dtuno wpi giveu a Ticket for < a< h dollar so paid. The ticket «ill entitle the holder to participate in a distribution of the following! gift* JANUARY 1, lfM. vis: J 2-Horse Wagon worth $60, f Steel Plow worth $12.50, 1 Side HaTrow worth $4, I “A” Harrow worth $.(.■><> v'oinc anti tec ut. * LUKER. DAVIS & CO FINE SHOES. POTTS, CARDEN & Co. CURE (Boh Hoodeebe and relieve all the tronblea hMfr dent to a bllloua atate of the eyetom. euoh eh DtKloeee, Neuaea, Croweineaa, Dletreee after gating, 1'aln In the Bide, ho, while their moat gamartaliH ascoeea baa been ehown In Oil ring , SICK i toeadaeha. yet Carter- a little Liver MB aM 1 equally val uable In Conitipatlon. curing and pre i venting tbiaannoyingoomplalntw''tla thcyalaw 1 rorveotalldlaorderaof tbeatoiaachatimulatathg Brer end regulate the bowela. hran If they enlf r HEAD ' wouldbealmottprloeloMtotliOMsrhA 1 ivlfrr from this distressing complaint; but form . msislv their Goodness dose notond here, sndthos* who once try them will nna these uiia puts TS.U in eo many ware that they trill not be wll* ' fug to do without them. But after all sick heag ACNE liitbe bail* Of ae many lira* that here 1* where • We make our great boast. Our pills cure It while ethers do not. Oerter's Little liver Pills an vary smell sal very sasy to taka One or two pills make a does. They are strictly vegetable ana do not gripe of purge, bat by their gentle action plops' -u »Vi nee them In vteleatMoenta; five <ur SI. Said by druggists every whera or sent by mall. CARTER MEDICINE CO., New YOlll. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRIES LIPPMAk BROS.. Prsprlstora, OmpcUU. Llppmani Black. SAVANNAH. BA. t or sale by VValmur Drug Co. Tor sal' by Wglcsor Drug Ce> I DISGRACEFUL RUMOR. A Story that Chili's Answer Was Received Before the PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Wa» l*reiieiit*<l to CongrritR UoInK the Hound* in England— Branded a* a Paltry Trick. London, Jan. 28.—Several Eng ! lisli papers to-day print an allege<l : dispatch from Washington to the , Dalziel Agency, in which it is as 1 sorted that President Harrison yes terday informed the senate comrnit | tee on foreign relations that the answer of Chili to the ul timatum sent her on the 21st inst,., was received before message was sent to congress, but that he was not aware of the con tents owing to the fact that it had not been translated into English un til after the message had been de livered to congress. Easing comments upon this asser tion of the Dalziel Agency the St. dames Gazette this afternoon publishes an article in which it says: If the story is | true President Harrison is dis ! graced and has made himself ridicu ' lous. The story is not given as : gossip, hut as a report of official ' proceedings of the senate committee on foreign relations. Such a palty trick is inconceivable. REPORTS IN ENGLAND. LONDON, Jan. 28.—The Times to day publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Santiago, Chili, saying in reply to suggestions Chili expressed willingness to have either Spain or Erazil to act as mediator of her differences with the United States, but public opinion is in favor of submitting the questions to the arbitration of the supreme court of the United States. The correspondent further says the Chilian government is receiv ing messages of sympathy from all parts of South Amorica and the United States. He aids the American residents of Santiago publicly demand the cancelling of the exequatur of Mr. Win. B. Mc Creary, of the United States at Val paraiso. Reports from the United States received at Santiago declare that President Harrison has decided to recall Mr. Egm, the American minister. SOCIETY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. Far back in the morning of time, when the lips of God uttered the mighty fiat that brought into exist ence this earth of ours, when the stars of Heaven first beamed upon this desolate land and shed their glory upon the trackless waste of this planet, it entered into the mind of God to make man. And with this plastic hand He formed our first parents and placed them in the vine-clad bowers of Eden. He gave them a law for their guidance in their intercourse with eae1' other, with posterity, and toward U. great Author of their being. But w heth er He gave them a code of sociil ethics or not we are left to conjec ture. ’Twas here He instituted the sacred ordinance of marriage, when the morning stars sang together in commemoration of the hallowed union of the parents of our race. He threw around them the sacred mantle of truth, levity, innocence and love. But ere long this mystic vail was torn aside, and falsehood, deceit and treachery, in the person of Satan, entered those consecrated grounds in which God, in His love for our race, had placed everything to gratify the physical, moral, mental and spiritual nature of man. For nearly 6000 years the world has been contending with these great enemies of humanity. For about 12000 years from cre ation people lived, died and were given back to mother earth, wdiile each generation grew more and more enveloped in the dark mantle of wickedness and corruption until Uod regretted ne d made man ana sent a mighty deluge and swept from this domain every living being except Noah and his family. After forty days the waters began to abate and the earth at length be came once more habitable. Then we see old Father Noah and his family slowly coming forth from the ark that had borne them in safety above the billows of Divine judg ment, and can imagine this old patriach saying like Alexander Sel kirk : “I am monarch of all I surrey, My right there is none to dispute.” Without much stretch of imagina tion wo enn see that family of eight sitting down to devise some means by which to improve our antidelu vian history socially, morally, politi cally and religiously. The world’s * history had to begin anew*, and as ' the ages go by, while we have no account of the social life of man, we find time seeking for something to satisfy that inherent longing for social intercourse, which has ever been the heritage of man kind. To gratify this desire, we find them engaging in field sports, many of them such as are practiced in the present era. Nimrod was the knight of the how and arrow, Benjamin wras the hero of fistic honors, then came the Olympic games, which formed the era from 1 which all events were dated, and | which were the chief amusements of , the Greeks. The origin of these noted games is concealed amid the , obscurity of the mystic jieriod of Grecian] history. The Olympic I A festivals consisted to some extent of such exercises as are practiced at our modern gymnasiums and athletic contests ; and in addition to these, religious ceremonies were frequently introduces.! as a part of the entertainment. As time goes on we learn of the gladiatorial contests which were first introduced at funerals to give interest and excitement to those occasions. But they soon became the chief entertainment of the Romans where patrician and plebeian alike congregated to view the horrible spectacle, where , thousands of human beings were slain for the amusement of those ! whose tastes were so morbid and de 1 praved as to enjoy such scenes. It I was the custom of the Romans as J early as the year A. W. C. 490 to solomnize funerals by human sae | rifice. In that year the first gladia torial exhibition was given by Marcus and Decius Brutus on the death of their father, where they employed only three pairs of gladia tors (or slaves) trained for that pur pose. These contests continued for about 000 years, when they were abolished by Constantine the Great. They were however revived for a ! few years by Constantius (not Con stantine) and his two successors. »ut Honarius forever put an end to these barbaric cruelties. But let us leave these revolting ' and barbaric scenes and turn to something more in accordance with the refinement and culture of the nineteenth century. About the year 1730 Lord Chesterfield, in his letters to his son, gave the world a code of social ethics well calculated to refine as well as please. These letters were largely circulated and extensively read. He was a man rich in modern and ancient lore— scholarly and refined—and from such a man the world was willing to take those lessons in moral and social culture it so much needed. His teachings seemed to supply a long felt want, and when they were as similated and digested, Count D’Or say came to the front, about the year 1849. and cave the world a new and revised edition of these teachings, with rules to govern society, which were more in accordance with the advanced ideas of the age in which he lived. Wince which time the world has had rules to guide and control society, which, if practiced in all their fullness, would shed a halo of culture and refinement on so ciety throughout the length and breadth of this fair land. In the good old days of our grand mothers there was a freedom from restraint, coupled with a modesty and chastity that must elicit the admiration of the people of all ages. In the days when they had quilting and sewing bees they would work all day, looking forward to eventide, when they would don their neat lawn or calico dresses and join their caveliers ih the old-fash ioned cotillion or quadrille, and have more genuine pleasure and enjoy ment than at a hundred modern hops or balls. Society of that day was characteri zed by a simplicity that would certainly put to blush the str,'lined efforts of to-day. In the fashionable society of our time there is too much that is frothy and su perficial. There seems to be a lack of those high and heaven bom ele ments of truth, modesty and sincer ity, without which .society can never bo what it was designed to be. The standard planted by the loyal hands of our grand-parents, from which waved the snowy banner of truth, fidelity, purity and faith, has been supplanted by one emblazoned with scarlet and purple, bearing on its gaudy folds emblems of notoriety and admiration. Modesty is the brightest jewel set in the circlet of society, and yet the tendency of the present age is to ignore it altogether. At all our society assemblages each lady’s name is heralded all over the coun try in the newspapers, with a dis cretion of her toilet—whether decolette or high neck, whether train or walking length, whether moire or surrah—with an enumera tion and description of her jewels, supplemented with glowing com ments on her beauty and taste. What is the consequencet Those ladies whose finances will not allow them to indulge in satins, velvets and jewels must remain at home, and, like poor Cinderella, lament and wonder why they can’t dress like other girls. Many of them are the brightest stars in the gallaxy of literary and social culture and would disperse a halo of refinement on any assemblage, and vastly contribute to the enjoyment and edification of those present. Many young ladies seem to luxuri ate on the streams of admiration and flattery that are poured into their willing ears. But alas' these streams will ere long become stagnant pools, exhaling weariness and discontent. l»t the young ladies of this era sub sist on something more substantial. Let their ambition be for true purity and honor rather than for admira tion and notoriety. Under the present regime a fine horse and plethoric purse are pass ports to society, regardless of moral worth or intellectual endowments. Judging from long experience and close observation, I can truthfully say there is more hypoer y and de eeption in the so-called fashionable circles of society than in all the po litical caucus and conventions in the land. Our young belies should be taught to shrink with innate modesty from anything calculated to attract atten tion, and to abhor notoriety as coarse i i vulgar. During the collegiate career of young ladies they are in sonu schools too frequently subjected tc the gaze and criticisms o( public as semblages. The studied exhibition of their scholastic attainments in arts and sciences to the admiration of the many and the criticism of the few, is often thought to be necessary os an incentive to study and appli cation. I have seen classes of young ladies (the writer among them) stimulated from year to year by the ever present thought of a grand display at the coming exhibi tion. The flower-wreathed stage, the grand concourse of people, the graduating trousseau, the shower of bouquets, etc., kept every emotion alive with a false ambition. Those grand gifts of honor, truth and faith lose their value in their eyes because from their nature they can not be displayed. A young lady with the various graces of mind and heart—her spirit adorned with all the lasting charms which wise culture imparts—will shrink with instinctive modesty from the rude gaze and empty ap plause which greets each display. Neither knowledge nor ignorance can be concealed. The beautiful flowers which bloom and exhale their sweet aroma in the lovely gardens of this city arc much more fresh and sw'eet than when exhibited in the market places. The sparkle of the diamond does not gather its beauty or brilliancy from the coronet from which it emits its effulgence. The merest paste imitation may be made to sparkle and deceive, but ere long they will be cast aside as worthless. I cannot close this article w ithout referring to a class of ]>eople that infest almost every town. And in the absence of a better name I will denominate them the “they sayers.” They prowl around like midnight denizens of the forest, seeking whose fair name they may devour. They are midnight assassins of character, whose daggers are hidden in’ velvet sheaths. Their oily tonguCs are sharpened by invention until thoy are ready to hold a tul lionnnaf nn tUo foil* noma the innocent. And who are they! Their name is legion, seeking for victims in every portion of this fair land where the heart of humanity throbs or the ashes of mortality find a resting place. In conclusion, who is there among the many grand women of the nineteenth century that will come forward bearing the banner of truth, honor, sincerity and love and call for an improvement in our present code of social ethics! Who'will erect an altar of honoi, simplicity and faith and call for vota ries at her shrine! Who will be the first to introduce the purity and modesty of the days of our grand mothers, when deceit and treachery were unknown in social life? Who will try to teach our young ladies to strive to merit commendation, but not to elicit it; to deserve praise, but not to seek it; to be worthy in all things of admiration, but never to elicit flattery. The beautiful stars that come twinkling forth one by one to adorn the curtained vault of heaven, shine on in their glory, un mindful of the world’s admiring gaze. We are all standing at the great anvil of time, in the mighty workshop of human strife, and with the magic hammer of fate we are forging the chains of life. . In this chain— There are links of mirth and sadness, Of love, and hate, and strife, Of pain, and sail heart longing— All forged in the chain of life. O, mystic chain and wondrous, This link that we forge in thee, Are steps in the ladder leading Prom time to eternity. —Mrs. Emma Kingo, in The Arkansas Democrat. WANT THE DEMOCRACY. Sooth Carolina White Hepiiblfeans After Straight-Out Itemocraey. Charleston, H. C., Jan. 28.— The white Republican party recently organised in this state is making overtures to the straight-out Democracy, which was defeated by the Alliance movement in 1890. A secret circular sent a num ber of prominent Democrats of the committee of 100 says: “We make this personal ap]ieal to you to join us in our efforts to build up such party in the state as shall command recognition of state polities ana prove or service m giving us a good government. “It is probably known to you that the old line of the Republican party in this state does not represent the intelli gent and resjiectable adherents of the true doctrine of Republicanism. This new movement commends itself to a large number of our best men, and there is certainly no reason why any man who loves liberty and justice, and has the real interest of the people at heart, may not assist unreservedly in promulgating its principles.” That’* Nothing fur ft l>«*nd Man fu I>u. Years ago, in a famous article on the tombs of the Napoleons, The Daily Telegraph distinguished itself •by the statement that the remains uf the greatest of that family reposed in a cenotaph. The Daily Tele graph has happily uot forgotten its cunning, as a passage in one of this week’s leading articles will testify. There we read that “at 1 o’clock on the morning of Saturday—a cold, black, dismal hour—the dead man, unknown, came along the street and sat down on some trestles.” Gives Great MatUfnctlun. Valparaiso via Galveston, Jan. 30.—The United States’ ac ceptance to Chili’s reply to the ulti matum has given grout satisfaction here. Exchange has risen 1 1-2 pence. MORE CORRESPONDENCE \ From Chill Presented to Congress b, the President. HARRISON PLEASED. 11#* .Nay* the Meriou* Affair Can Now he Ad justed Upon Terui* Satisfactory to the I’nlteil .State*. Washington, Jan. 28.—The president transmitted additional cor respondence in the Chilian matter to congress to-day. His message reads as follows: I transmit here with additional correspondence bet ween this govern ment and the govern ment of Chili consisting of a note of Mr. Montt, Chilian min ister at this capital, to Mr. Blaine, dated January 21, the reply of Mr. Blaine thereto of the date of January 25, and the dispatch from Mr. Egan, our minis ter at Santiago, transmitting the response of Mr. Pierrie, Chilian minister of foreign affairs, to the note of Mr. Blaine, of January 21, which was received by me on the 26th instant. The note of Mr. Montt to Blaine, though dated January 23, was not delivered at the state department until after 12 o’clock meridian of the 25th, and was not transmitted and its receipt notified . to me until late in the afternoon of that day. The response of Mr. Pierrie to our note of the 21st with draws with acceptable expressions of regret the offensive note of Mr. Matta of the 13th nit., and also re quests for the recall of Mr. Egan. The treatment of the incident of the assault upon the sailors of the Baltimore is so concilliatory and friendly that I am of the opinion that there are good prospects that the differences coming out of that serious affair can now be ad justed upon terms satisfactory to this government by the usual methods and without special powers from congress. This turn in affairs is very grati fmrw* In mo no I n m mi on il will be to congress and to our peo ple. The general support of the efforts of the executive to enforce the just rights of the nation in this matter, has given an instructive and useful illustration of unity and patriotism of our people. Should it be necessary I will again communicate with congress upon the subject. [Signed] Benjamin Harrison. Washington, Jan. 22, 1892. The additional correspondence amounts to about 4000 words, and is that part of the transaction occur ring after the former correspon dence was transmitted. Mr. Montt, in a telegram to Sec retary Blaine, says: The govern ment of Chili has no data authoriz ing it to think the quarrel was due to any distinction of uniform of the United States or that the police failed to perform the duty. On the contraiy it is a well demonstrated fact that the sailors get excited when they go ashore, after having been on board of their vessel for a long time. This is also quite natural. Intoxication of seamen and disorders, to which it gives rise, although they may assume serious propor tions, as on the occasion of the la mentable offenses as occurred in Valparaiso on the 16th o: October, cannot constitute an insult to a nation in whose service are men who have taken part in the dis order. Although they certainly do not justify the offenses committed during the disorder. Chili could not, howrever, form a final opinion concerning the nature of the occurrence in question, or as to whether the police had or had not improperly participated therein, or had failed to perform their duty until the termination of the judical investigation which had been incited without de lay, and which was pushed forward as speedily as computable w'ith pro visions of the law with the obligation of collection of all elements of proofs that it was jsensible to collect in order to throw full light upon the matter. You -were pleased with your high sense of rectitude w rrniiir* m mu butti vlu» prwwu* ing of the government of Chili was correct, and, although you de sired a judicial investigation might be brought to a close with as little delay as possible you understood that it was necessary that ordinary proceedings which where not as rapid in Chili as in the United States should be held. Bane Hall In tlie Kouth. Atlanta, Jan. 27.—At a meet ing of base ball enthusiasts last night A. Marshall, manager of last year’s team, was instructed to visit other cities in tbe South for the pur pose of woiking up interest. The ; Atlanta club has been put upon a footing that insures Atlanta of being hi it. Marshall will go to Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville first, and other cities afterwards. Sullivan On n Orunk. Oodjn, Utah, Jan. 27.—.John L. Sullivan forgot Monday night that he hail joined Murphy’s Blue Ribbon Brigade. After the theatre he tiegan drinking heavily and was soon in such a condition as to make it necessary for him to be carried to bed. Ills Coal t'ombln*. Denver, Col., Jan. 28.—Nego tiations are progressing in New York, it is said, for the consolida tion of the coal interests of the Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report i ABSOLUTELY PURE Colorado Coal and Iron Company and the Colorado Fuel Company, two of the wealthiest corporations engaged in mining coal in Colorado The Colorado Coal and Iron Coin pany Las a capital of $10,000,000 * bonds, $3,000,000. The Colorado Fuel Company has a capital of $5,000,000, bonds, $1,500,000. Six thousand men will be brought under one management. BLOOD WILL FLOW. Intense Excitement Prevails in Wise County, Virginia. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 30.—A spe cial to The Post-Dispatch, from Horton, Va., says: The life of Dalton Hall, a notorious murderer and desperado, recently arrested at Memphis, now rests in the hands of a jury. A verdict can’t be rendered to-day. Great excitement prevails in Wise county. Three squads, twenty men each, armed with Win chesters, headed by Tall Hall’s brother, marched from Kentucky and reached Gladesville, four miles from here, last night. They are ready to attempt the release the moment a verdict of guilty is rendered. The guard at the jail has been doubled, and all citizens are arming themselves. The sheriff and men will lose their lives if need be in the attempt to hold Hall, who will be shot like a dog by Hollins’ friends as soon as he is released, if he should be. SEVERALJSTORES^BURNED. TIi** fCxploctloit of a Lamp Caused a IMnns troiiM Fir**. Jeanette, Pa., Jan. 30.—Fire started last night in Welter’s jewelry store from the explosion of a lamp, and quickly spread to adjoining buildings on both sides, destroying the Jeanette Clothing House, Ely Brothers’ dry goods store, Geo. Wag oner’s shoe store, Halley’s grocery, Burgess & Case’s of fice, Lowash & Fink's drug store, Seybold’s hardware store, Key’s eroeerv. Ambler’s drv iroods* store, Merrill’s jewelry store, Kraft’s restaurant and Welter’s jewelry store. The upper stories of all these buildings were used as dwedings, and many occupants lost all their household effects. Nearly all goods saved from the stores were either ruined or stolen. The police were kept busy piloting thieves to the lockup. When the fire was at its height a frightened horse hitched to a sleigh came tearing down Clay avenue and dashed through a densely packed crowd. John Allison was thrown against the curb and received a ghastly cut on the head. A dozen others were thrown to the ground and more or less injured. ALMOST A RIOT. A Fight ItHwecn Tw o Fart inn* at Went Fork in WhU’h Four F«raoun art* WoiiikIhI. Fayetteville, Ark.. Jan. 30.— At West Fork, ten miles south of Fayetteville, a difficulty occurred last night in which four men were wounded. A grudge had Formerly existed between the Grahams and Rutherfords. Last night they re newed it at West Fork, and a fight ensued, in which Cal Rutherford and Jim Graham were mortally wounded and two others badly hurt, pistols and knives being freely used. Whis key, of course, had much to do with it. Shot lli* < ottftiu. New York, Jan. 30.—At the office of Julius Sorrenbern, a wine merchant, at G5 Broad street, a tragedy occurred. this morning. Julius Sorrenbern was shot and is in a precarious eon lition. His attempted murderer, Jacob Bomborn, a cousin, is dead, having killed himself when the ofti sers attempted to arrest him. Jacob has long been a pensioner to his wealthy cousin, and w’ent (no, .iiiintli’ to t Iwi oAiuo to get money. Mr. Sorrenbern however, refused to give him money and was shot. The tragedy occa sioned intense excitement in Broad street. - ■ ii— FukIIUIh DUngree. New York, Jan. 29.—Mike Cushing did not fight six rounds with Alex. Uallagher in Jersey City last night, anti every man of 5000, who paid a dollar to see them pummel each other, had a good many uncomplimentary things to say of the Johnson Athletic Club. It is understod that a disagreement os to the purse caused the failure. A Iratio Killed. San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 29.— j Juan Coy, a desperado of state-wide ; notoriety, was shot and instantly killed yesterday «n a quarrel with Henry Krempkau. Minister Kgan raided. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Secretary Blaine this morning cabled Minister Egan the government’s acceptance of our ultimatum, in accordance with the president’s message of the 2Hth inst. The salute to the Hag was not mentioned. Little Bessie—Mamma, I don’t like my new doll. It does sleep all de time, and won't talk to me noder.— Alick. OLD WORLD NEWS. 1 O'Brien Meets Many Insults on His Arrival at Dublin. JEERED AND HOOTED. Mine Strike in Spain Continue*—Aw*ign ment at Quebec—No i*» the Comlition of ^ Spurgeon, DUBIJN, .Tan. 30.—Wm. O'Brien arrived at Thurles county lispenry to-day. While on his way from the railway station to the Episcopal Palace, residence of Archbishop Croke, he was recognized by a number of Parnellites, who fol lowed him. They were joined by others, until finally Mr. O’Brien was surrounded by a menacing crowd, who kept him company to the very gates of the palace. He was hooted and jeered, and all man ner of epithets hurled at him. Some of the mildest terms of reproach were “Renegade” and “Murderer,” and between insults piled upon him the crowd amused themselves by cheer ing for John'E. Redemond, who de feated Michael Davitt, the McCar thyite leader at the recent parlia mentary election in Waterford, and for other prominent Parnellites. MINE STRIKE. Madrid, Jan. 30.—The continu ance of the strike at Bilboa is chiefly due to women inciting the strikers not to yield. A band of forty women, headed by working girls waving knives and shouting “hurrah for the strike,” marched through the streets of the village of Ardoneda yester day, threatening the property of mine owners, as they went along. The gens il’armes around the mines and iron workers were openly threatened with death. The mine owners refuse to make concessions, being confident that they will win, but they anticipate serious conflicts. Local newspapers are making violent attacks on Ixmrgeoise. SEVERE FLOODS IN SCOTLAND. London, Jan. 30.—Severe floods prevail in Scotland highlands, owing to thaws, which have melted enor mous quantities of snow and ice in the mountains. A part of' the city . of Perth, which lies on the right bank of the river Fay, is inundated, and in many portions of the country railways have been flooded. TWO MEN KILLED. London, Jan. 30.—The public hail at Ilfracombe, county Devon, on which a number of men were at work, collapsed yesterday. Two of the men were killed and seven . dangerously injured. ASSIGNED. Quebec, Jan. 30.—Felix Uour deau, leather and hides, made an assignment. Liabilities, $74,000. Labanque Nationale has a claim of $30,000 and Labanque Du Peuple claims $19,(XX). SIX THOUSAND ENGINEERS STRIKE. LONDON, Jail. 30.—Six thousand engineers, employed in the works on the rivers Wear, Tyne and Tees, have struck in consequence of a dis pute regarding the payment for over-time. NO CHANGE. London, Jan. 30.—A dispatch receive ! this morning from Mentoner says: Rev. Mr. Spurgeon passed a restless night. There has been no improvement in his condition. RURAL COURTSHIP. All Abrupt but Hurcuiwful Attempt to \\ in a Wilt. Theie are many ways of setting about the important process of get ting a wifo, but I have met with none more deliciously simple than the following, which I came across yesterday when glaucing over the pages of the diaries of the late Mr. t'ooe. R. A., iust nublished. savs an English exchange. Mr. Cope’s sister-in-law relates that “she met a farmer friend and said to him: ‘I hear, John, that you’re lately mar ried; who is your wife!’ ‘Weel, Miss Henning, I doan’t quite know. ‘How so! Where did you meet her!’ ‘Aweel, ye see, miss, l went to t’ market and as I was going 1 seed a canny lass warking along t’ road and I says: ‘Will ye git oop and ride!’ ‘Ay,’ says she. So she gat oop, and 1 axed her, ‘Are ye ganging’ to t’ market!’ ‘Ay,’ says she. 'What for!’ says I. ‘To git a plaaee,’ said she. Ho I set her dow in’t’ markot and left her; and as I coin’ i’ t’ evening there was this same hiss warking t’ saame way oop hill. So I spak' to her again, and axed her, ‘Ha’ ye gotten yer please!’ ‘Nay,’ says she, ‘I han na.’ ‘ Will ye git cop and ride!’ ‘Ay,’ says she. So she gat oop, and I axed her, ‘D’ye think my plaaee would suit ye!’ ’ ‘What plaaee is that!’ says she. ‘Why, to . be my wife,’ says I. ‘I doan’t mind,’ says she. So we got wed, and she’s a rare, good wife, but she’s a parfeet straanger to me.’ ” Atlas was the first leading gentle man. He supported Earth in bar great roll.—Puck.