Huntsville gazette., 1882-03-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE pedestrian contest in New York
City resulted as follows: Hazae 900, Fitz-
gerald 577, Noremac sos, Hart 542, Hughes
531, Sullivan 525 miles. The receipts are
estimated at $50, 600; expenses, ,$24, 500. The
winner, George Hazael, is to receive the
whole amount Of the entrance money Of
$1,000 each for ten men, except 81, 900, which
will go to the second man. His entire re-
ceipts are $21,75O, besides the trophy. The
second man, Patrick Fitzgerald, will re-
ceiye in all $6, 100. Noremac will receive $3,-
06O, Hart 5000, Hughes 81, $50, Sullivan
$1,000.
rs fNDiCr2EKTs for conspiracy rs con-
nection with the star-route mail service
have been presented against the following:
Thos. j. Brady, S. w. Dorsey, Henry M.
Vail, John w. Dorsey, John r. Minor. John
NJ. Peck, NJ. c. Reerdell, J. L. Sanderson,
VIM. II. Turner; also, against Alum Q.
Buck, VIM. s. Barringer and Albert E.
Boone, and against Kate M. Armstrong for
perjury.
The boiler in Wesler & Barnes saw
mill, Stones Station, Ind, exploded the
other morning, killing five men and wound
ing two others. The bodies of the killed
were horribly mangled. The boiler divided
into dozen pieces and scattered in every
direction. =
THREE intoxicated men managed to
upset skiff, near Fort Madison, Iowa,
March 4th. Shaw and Mccarthy were
drowned; the third was rescued by fisher
men.
The remains of man named
Henry Welcker were found in hay-loft
at st. Joseph, Mo-, on the 4th. He was
identified by means of pawn ticket from
Denver. coroner's jury returned ver-
| dict Of death from an unknown cause. The
| body was half decomposed, and rats had
mutiated it in horrible manner.
The steamer James D. Parker, from
Cincinnati for Memphis, sunk in the chan
mel under the railroad bridge at Louisville,
| KY, on the 5th. The boat was being piloted
over the falls by Capt. Pink Varble, and he
| accounts for the accident by the vessel re-
fusing to answer her helm. She was draw
ing only 1-2 feet Of s feet of water in the
chute. The boat lies at the lower end of the
rubble rock, with bow up stream, and is a
total loss. The Life Saving crew arrived
ten minutes, and prevented loss Of life.
| Amid the excitement the boat took fire, but
the effort of those Oh board was sufficient to
extinguish the flames before they had gained
much headway.
The knife was used with fatal effect
4 in Hamden, Ohio, the other day. David
Sands and Charles Murray knocked each
other down on the threshold of a saloon, and
the former stabbed the latter in two places.
Murray was SO years of age, and leaves
wife and four small children.
AT Memphis, the other evening, ex-
Governor r. }. Morgan made an assault on
Colonel Nichols, of the AUalanche, knock
ing him to the ground with a cane. They
were separated by friends, and a duel was
expected. Both gentlemen were placed un-
der 5000 bonds to keep the peace for
year.
HEsSIE HELFMANN, the Nihilist, who
received respite from execution for the
murder Of the Car, died recently at st. Pc
tersburg.
I WAR has broken out in Bath County,
Virginia, between the natives and party of
surveyors engaged in measuring off large
| tract Of land belonging to Gen. B. F. Butler.
The surveyors were attacked by seventy
five Virginians, and, after sharp engage
ment, in which 100 shots were fired and sew
eral persons wounded, surrendered at dis
cretion and left the country.
HENRY CRAIG. and Jesse Galveston,
colored bootblacks, IA years of age, quar-
relied in Memphis, Tenn, the other day.
Craig's head was split with brick and Gal
weston was killed by knife thrust in the
heart.
WESLEY COBB, his wife, and seven
children, living at Thomaston, Upson Coun-
ty. Ga. were recently poisoned by eating
biscuit mixed with cotton-seed oil. They
were out of lard, and having read that cot
ton seed oil was good substitute, worked
some of it up in the dough. All who par
took were seized with violent convulsions
and vomiting, but recovery was thought
possible in each case.
ELLA BIDDY, age II, of Indianapolis,
broke her spine by falling upon piano stool
which she had overturned while practicing,
the other day.
GAsToN DE RoHAN, the bogus priest
who escaped from the Penitentiary at JEFF
ferson City, Mo-, has been arrested in Chi
cago.
Two English balloonists made an as
cension the other day and, alighting in the
channel, were drowned.
JEWISH citizens of Brooklyn, n. T.,
met on the 9Th, entered protest against the
persecution of Israelites in Europe, and ap-
pointed committee to solicit subscriptions
in aid of refugees arriving here. A liberal
sum was contributed at the meeting.
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS.
,f. uo. so,,,,oSod the Chinese measure