Huntsville gazette., 1881-10-29

tendent OF the Census Bureau, has resigned.
IT is said that the Emperor of Ger
many and Bismarck have offered the Pope
an asylum at Cologne.
Tue French and German national
guestg were entertained at the Naval Acad-
emy, annapolis. on the 24th.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to Mrs. Garfield 8
fund received and paid to the United States
Trust Company amount to $36O,345.
The closing scene in the Yorktown
Centennial was an act of courtesy to Eng
land, the British flag being saluted by Army
and Navy, French vessels included.
THE Grand Jury of the District OF
Columbia returned an indictment against
Capt. Howgate, charging him with embez-
cling 10000 from the Government.
THE aeronauts, King and Hashagen,
who made balloon ascension from Chica-
go, landed IS miles above Chippewa Falls,
Wis.,, and were five days getting out of the
wilderness.
THE Supreme Tribunal, in session at
Leipzig, has sentenced ten Socialists to va
rious terms Of imprisonment, the longest
being three years and the shortest three
months. Kayser, the Socialist, has been
arrested.
In consequence of strike OF strip
pers in the Lorillard tobacco factory, New
York City, the proprietors announce their
intention of removing that branch OF their
business to St. Louis. They employ 6OC
strippers.
AN advance in railway rates, both
passenger and freight, has been inaugurated
by the Pennsylvania Company, and other
roads are expected to follow suit, with the
| evident hope of soon restoring rates to ante
war figures.
| MRS. GARFIELD has rented hand.
some and comfortable house on Euclid Ave-
nue., Cleveland, and will spend the winter
there with her daughter and her younger
sons. She will take possession in few
weeks, and her children will then immedi'
ately enter school.
WHEN the Supreme Court of the
United States convened on the oath, Attor-
ney- General MacVeagh presented TO the
court the resolutions adopted by the bar
meeting with reference to the death of the
late Justice Clifford, and the Court, as a
mark OF respect to the latter's memory ad-
journed.
JAMES E. ANDERSON, editor of the
Eureka (Nev.) Leader, was recently as
sauted by a man named w. I. Penrose,
whom he had attacked in his paper. His
injuries were thought to be fatal. Ander-
son became notorious from his connection
with the Louisiana Returning board during
the Hayes-Tilden canvass.
The election of Shorber as Acting
Secretary of the Senate is said to be satis-
factory to both parties, and many be-
lieve it is final disposition of the Sec
retaryship until some change in the po-
litical status of the Senate gives one party
or the other decisive majority. Shorber
was formerly member Of Congress from
North Carolina As Chief Clerk he has CIV
en- general satisfaction.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and the Secreta-
ry of the Interior have given their consent
that the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central
and St. Louis & San Francisco Railroads
may apply to the Council OF the Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, for the right of
way through the Nation. The Council is
now in session, and, it is understood, will
grant the right OF way to both roads, having
waited only for permission Of the Govern
ment.
EDWIN D. MORGAN, the new Secre-
tary of the Treasury, is New Yorker by
birth, 70 years Of age. He acquired a hand
some fortune In the grocery trade, which has
since been largely increased by fortunate
investments in various ways. He has been
Governor Of New York and United States
Senator, besides holding many other respon-
sible but less exalted offices. Politically he
is classed as Stalwart" Republican. He
is close personal friend of both President
Arthur and Gen. Grant.
GEORGE SCOvILLE, the counsel for
Guiteau, fears that the advocacy Of mob vio-
lence by certain newspapers may result in
the assassination of the prisoner at the trial.
Mr.. Scoville appeals to the public, in the in
terest Of patriotism, justice and mercy, to
furnish evidence of Guiteau's insanity. r.
T. Merrick, the well known Washington
lawyer, holds that Guiteau can not be le-
gally tried for murder in the District, and
will probably undertake the defense OF the
culprit so far as the question OF jurisdiction
is concerned. The Court has granted the
petition Of the prisoners counsel for an al
lowance to defray the expenses OF witnesses.
A RECENT dispatch from Rome says:
The Pope, in his address to the Italian pill
grims at St. Peters, stated the deplorable
state Of affairs placed before him the alter
native Of enduring continual captivity, made
harder daily, or going into exile. He there
fore asked the Catholics to watch and pray
for the liberty and independence Of the
Pope. He concluded by saying he was
no longer secure in his palace; that he
was outraged in his person and dignity in a
thousand ways. The gravity and earnest
ness of the Pope made profound impress
sion. He closed his address with his arms
raised to heaven as though imploring help.
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