Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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SECRETARY. WINDOWS refunding op-
erations are completed. Total number of
bonds continued at 1-2 per cent is 1919,
500 ,0JO, and the total cost Of the work is
nearly $40, ,0O0.s ~@
THE Foreign Missionary Seminary at
Paris has telegram from Hong Kong stat
ing. that terrible typhoon ravaged Western
Tonquin. Two hundred churches, thirty
four parsonages and colleges, and 1000
houses were destroyed. Six thousand
Christians were ruined and are without re-
sources. The losses are immense. The
distress is terrible. The telegram begs for
the promptest help.
THE prisoner held at Grand Island,
Neb., has been fully identified as Ed. Max
well, the elder of the two notorious brother
| outlaws. The younger brother, Alonzo,
who made good his escape when Ed. was
arrested, is known to be secreted somewhere
in the vicinity, and it is believed will be
captured.
NEAR Fremont, o., a son of Norris
ellison, aged seven years, while playing
with a loaded revolver which he had taken
from drawer, shot it off, hitting his aunt,
Minnie Russell, aged about fifteen, in the
forehead. The wound was thought to be
fatal.
THE Cape Coast Castle reports that
the King of Ashantee killed 200 young
girls for the purpose of using their blood for
mixing mortar for the repair of one of the
state buildings The report Of the massacre
was received from a refugee chosen to be
one Of the victims. Such wholesale mas
sacres are known to be the custom with the
King.
FIRE record for the 11th: Six hotels
at Old Orchard Beach, York County, Me-. ),
loss, $4,000. w. E. Tanner & Co.'S Metro
politan Works, Richmond. Va; loss, $780,
900; insured. Modesto, Stanislaus County,
CAL, to the extent of 100000. Orphan
Home, Womensdorf, Pa; loss, $4,000.
Woodstock, Carleton County, N. B., town
Of five thousand inhabitants on the st. John
River, almost totally destroyed.
| HANGED on the 18th: Joe Harris,
colored, Greenborough, Ga, for completely
in the murder Of E. G. Langston, convict
guard, last spring. Felix Munshour, con-
victed of the murder of his cousin, James T.
Wetzel, in August, 1879, at Frederick,
Md. Henry Jenkins, for the murder Of
Winfield Saunders, at Fayetteville, w. Va.
A SEVERE snow storm prevailed on
the 11th throughout portion Of Wyoming,
NJ -'-.----"-'------.eo,r Colorado and Wast-
ern Kansas.
A NUMBER of operatives at Burdens
Mills, Troy, N. Y, were crossing the Hud-
son River in a large skiff to their homes on
the west side, on the evening of the 18th,
when the frail and overweighted craft was
swamped by passing steamer and went
down nearly in the middle of the river. The
names of those known to be drowned are:
Giles Leroy, the ferryman, and his son;
Francis Reilly, Thomas Marion, John Keyes,
George Hay, James Demon, and probably
two or three others. The remainder Of the
passengers were rescued by small boats and
a tug, boy OF IA, Charles Pickett, distin-
! gushing himself by presence of mind and
heroic activity.
THEODORE TIRER, a prominent loan
and Insurance agent of Albert Lea, Minn.,
has been swindling people right and left,
and is now in jail in default OF bail. He
/ fed upon the discovery of his fraudulent
practices, but was pursued to Forest City,
| Iowa, and brought back. The extent of his
crookedness is not fully known, but the
Freeborn County Bank is reported to be a
loser to the amount of 50, 900 or $1,000. Tirer
occupied a high position in Albert Lea
church and society circles. 1t is now known
| that he was some years ago sent to the New
York Penitentiary from Buffalo for forgery,
being pardoned out by Governor Tilden.
| He then came West to ta.1e fresh start in
life. but evidently did not profit any by his
former experiences.
AT Blue Mound, Macon County, ILL.,,
the other night, DR.. r. w. Shaw, we'll
| known physician, was shot and killed by
young man named James Tobey Ward. 1t
/ is said that Ward had been paying atten-
tions to a daughter Of DIR. Shaw, and had led
her astrav, and that the father had threat
ened to kill him on sight. They met in the
village drug store and several shots were
| exchanged, resulting as stated. A third
narty witnessed the affray, but says he doos
not know who began it. Ward claims he
.ctad in self-defense. He fled after the
sbooting. but subsequently delivered him
self ND to the authorities at Decatur, where
he is now in Jail. DR.. Ward leaves widow
and six children. He had ans extensive
practice in the southern part OF the county
and was generally respected by all classes.
He was also quite prominent as local DEM
ocratic politician.
MARY FRANCES MCVICKER, wife OF
Edwin Booth, died in New York City ON the
18th, of consumption.
! OSCAR w. HARPEL, well-known
Cincinnati printer, author of several books
/ pertaining to the " art preservative," died
quite suddenly at Louisville, KY, where he
was visiting friends.
NEAR Wilmington, DEL, a 4-year-old
child of John Fox, farmer, was killed bya
large dog belonging to neighbor. The an
imal seized the child by the throat, mang-
ling it horribly and causing almost instant
death.
A DISPATCH from Odessa says rail-
way traffic in Central Russia is greatly I'M
NEEDED by snow, which has prevented the
sowing of winter wheat, especially IN the
Government Of Kharkoff.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR returned TO
| xul:~.o,, from New York on the 18th.