Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
JOHN SCHPENGLER killed his wife a


DENNIS SULLIVAN and John Leary
were fatally injured, Edward Gilroy had a
thigh fractured, Conductor Monahan re-
ceived conclusions on the head and an
Italian was dangerously injured by collis-
ion on the New York & New England
Railroad near Waterbury, Conn. the other
day.
The Lackawanna and the Alaska are
the two ships that will probably be selected
to visit Honolulu in February next, on the
occasion Of the coronation Of the King.
THE epizootic broke out in the stables
Of the Camden, Pa, Transfer company the
other day.
HAMPTON COURT, palace fifteen
miles from London, Eng, took fire the
other morning. Two rooms above the pic
ture gallery were burned, the damage by
fire and water being ESQ, 900.
In Boston the officers of Bellevue
Medical College were arraigned for using
the mails for fraudulent purposes recently.
1t was decided that the institution had
issued diplomas in accordance with the laws
Of Massachusetts, and the defendants were
discharged.
HON. CLINTON BRIGGS, for over
twenty years prominent lawyer and states
man in Nebraska, and a resident Of Omaha,
was killed the other morning by falling off
a train at Alton, Iowa.
On account of insufficient evidence
against them 500 Egyptians, charged with
incendiarism and massacre at Alexandria,
were released the other day.
By a collision on the Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati & St. Louis Road near Kings Sta
tion, thirty miles from Cincinnati, O., a
few days ago, Engineer Peters and Postal
Clerks Wharton, Hollingsworth and Goebel
were killed. An elephant belonging to a
theatrical troupe was also killed.
The Hematite Iron Company of
Maryport, Eng. failed recently. Liabilities,
100000.
In New York few days ago George
j. Rice, ex-President Of the Utica, Ithaca
& Elmira Railroad, was bailed in $25, 900 to
stand trial on charge Of hypothecating
$4,000 worth of the company's bonds and
stocks which should have been Cancelled.
A FIRE in the Barton block at Mime
apois, Mimi, few days ago destroyed
property valued at $4,000; insurance, 3d.
900.
THERE was great fire in Canton,
China, recently. Eight hundred houses
were destroyed and many lives were lost,
including fremen burned to death. The
Viceroy visited the scene with body of
soldiers to prevent robberies, and a fierce
fight ensued between thieves and citizens.
Txxy, ;y,E Eoo doho
houses each. Five lives were lost.
SOUTHERN matrimonial associations
to the number of 240 were placed on the
black list of the Post office Department the
other day.
THE other day fire causing the death
Of nine persons occurred in the town of
Lepury, France.
The fancy-goods firms of Davisson,
Hall & Co., Of San Francisco, and Davisson.
Griffin & Co., Of New York, were forced to
suspend the other day through losses by one
of the firm in stock speculations. The la-
bilities were said to be nearly 100000.
In consequence of an outbreak of
typhoid fever boarders at the Ursuline Con-
vent, Quebec, were sent home recently.
In New York City the other day a
dispute about paving seventy five. cents for
beer led to fight in saloon which re-
suited in Martin Hesse stabbing Frederick
Dochterman to death.
DODGE & SINCLAIR, India rubber
goods, failed recently in New York. Lii.
abilities $155, ATS; nominal assets $167, ,16O;
actual assets $44, 25O.
AT Corsicana, Tex, few days ago,
fire destroyed an entire business block.
Seven brick houses and 1000 bales Of cotton
were consumed. Partly insured. The fire
was believed to have been incendiary.
IT was stated that the liabilities of the
Laconia Woolen Mill Company at Hamp-
den, Mass, were from $50, 900 to 5000, 900.
The fugitive Secretary of the Brook
lyn, N. Y, Board of Education, Stewart,
was recently shown by expert accountants
to be defaulter to the amount of $3.50, 900.
A FEW days ago John Spalding, City
Marshal of Waxahachie, Tex, was killed
by a negro whom he attempted to arrest for
some trifling offense. A posse pursued the
negro, and, overtaking him a short distance
from town, literally riddled him with bull
lets.
AT Thomasville, Ca, Dave Wilcher,
colored, was instantly killed by bis brother
William the other night. -{
THREE men were killed by the blow
ing up of the press house of the Powder
Works at Mountain View, eight miles from
Patterson, N. j., the other afternoon. The
shock of the explosion was felt for miles,
and not a pane of glass was left whole in
the neighborhood.
THE boiler at the Globe Rolling Mills
at Cincinnati. O., exploded the other day.
Thomas Maloy Was Instantly Killed, Lon
Hargroye was probably fatally injured. and
number of other men were seriously
hurt.
SOME men were taking out pillars in
a coal mine three miles from Akron, o.,
a few days ago, when stone weighing fifty
tons caved in on them and two men were
instantly killed and two others narrowly es-
capped with slight bruises.
WHILE skating on the river near
Wellsville, o., young son Of J. w. Usellon
- a. ry;&b a eer;nue accident few days ago.