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Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TnE Mississippi and Missouri i'm
proYement bill was debated in the Senate on
the 1S,h, but went over. The agricultural
appropriation bill passed.
TIE town of Brownsville, Saline
County, No., was almost entirely destroyed
by tornado, April IS. Seven persons were
killed and many injured.
PRESTON COVERS, of Emporium
Pa, while under the influence of bad whis-
ky on the 18th, killed Charles Lindsey, his
brother in law, and then went home and
murdered his wife, after which he commit
ted suicide.
THE Farragut House, the largest ho-
tel at Rye Beach, n. H., and all the cot
tages east of it, burned on the 18th.
AT dance in Bloomington, ILL.,, a
few days ago, young man named Michael
Lynch was struck on the head with cham
pagne bottle, which rendered him at once
insensble. He fingered until the morning
of the 18th, when he died from concussion
Of the brain. A friend named Engleton
furnished information that Frank Wochner
was the guilty party, and Wochner was ar
rested. He is a well-known and popular
young German, son of F. x. Wochner, ol
the firm Of Myer & Wochner, brewers.
A DISPATCH from Fremont, Ohio,
says tramp ransacked the house Of Theo-
dore Marsky, in Riley Township, while the
grown members OF the family were at
church, few days ago, and then compelled
two children to bend over some powder
while he ignited it. The helpless victims
were shockingIy burned. The wretch es-
capped, but the people were greatly excited
and started in pursuit.
THE committees Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers and
manufacturers held consultation at Pitts
bugh, Pa, on the 18th, relative to the new
scale proposed by the former. Several
hours were taken up in discussion without
arriving at an agreement, and the confer
ence was adjourned until the 2Sth inst. The
Amalgamated Association insist upon ar
advance, and the manufacturers are unani-
nous in their opposition. At Lawrence,
Mass, the strikers not having returned tc
work, the upper mill has been ordered
closed for six months. This throws 2,5O(
hands out of employment. At Cohoes, N.
", the operatives would not agree to ten
per cent. reduction and the Harmony Mills
magnates threatened to close.
THE latest advices from Engineer
Melville indicate that he has hopes of finding
De Long and his men alive.
In an affray at Des PLANES, H., the
other day, Christopher Howard was fatally
wounded by Jack Thompson, wood
OF Chicago, who is said to have deserted
from the regular army and joined the Guam
trell gang in Missouri.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
roRrY.sEyENTH CONGRESS.

THE bill allotting to Southern Utes agri-
cultural lands in or near the Unitah reserva-
ton. Utah Territory. instead of those hereto
fore provided for them on Platte River and its
vicinity in Colorado and New Mexico. passed
the Senate on the 18th. The amendments re-
nnirfng the consent of the Unitahs to the re-
moyal and settlement was stricken out after a
statement by letter that this band held no
title to their reservation and that the
committee erred in assuming other
wise. "a further amendment was made to al
low the band to receive their annuities either
in cash or stock, as the other Utes are peid.
The bin referring to the Court OF Claims Tor
afindication the claim of George p. Payne,
for the alleged wrongful seizure and occupa-
ton Of his sugar plantation, in st. Charles
Parish. La, in 1852, under orders of Gen. But
Ter. also passed. Mr.. Sewell presented pet1-
tion of SIS army officers praying for the pas.
sare Of the bill for compulsory retirement az
the q oe Of 62 wears. The Indian Territory Dill
Was again discussed without action.
AMONG bills reported iq the House was one
by Mr.. Page, to execute certain treaty sap'u- SIP y.
iatio1e relating to Chinese. The bill limits
the term Of suspension of Chinese lmmlgra,
ton to ten years, and provides the act snali
20 into effect sixty days after is passage.
The Republican members OF the commlttee
voted solidly for the ten-year clause: Wins
and the minority Of the committee oesHe
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


A self-closing water faucet, which
works to a charm, Is the latest Yankee
notion. - f.f,,,slo !i..r
"A valuable nickel deposit is said to
have been discovered in the vicinity Of
"Old Piney," high and rugged noun
tain just north of Canyonville, Oregon.
From observations. eaFalng a Pc
/ rod OF three years M. Feye, of Det-
mold, found that lightning struck annu-
ally 25.7 oaks, Al beeches, 1.3 other
large-leaved trees, and 11.3 conifers.
Piles have been lately driven by
electricity across the River Lea, at
Hatfield Park, the seat of the Marquis
of Salisbury. These piles are to support
a Golfer dam. The power was trans
mitted by two dynamo-electric ma
chimes, connected by two conducting
wires to pile-driver on a barge in the
river. The ''dolly" weighed from four
to five hundred weight, but was moved
with ease and regularity. rW
1t will astonish some people to learn
that since 1877 there has been an in
crease in the consumption of tea grown
in India amounting to 20,500,000
has been decrease in the consumption
of the tea grown in China of about
100000 pounds. The fine art Of
adulteration in China apparently does
not pay, as other people will live. to
learn when putting tampered articles
on the market.
An illustration in the Scientific
american exhibits in a striking manner
how the human hand can in the short
time of three months deeply impress its
grasp on the hickory helve of a hammer
used in welding. The hammer, it says,
is held loosely in striking, and every
blow is attended by slight motion OF
the handle under a varying grip. The
constant atUrition causes the muscles OF
the palm and fingers to bed themselves,
so to speak, in the tough wood, with an
impression as perfectly reproducing the
inner surface of the hand as would be
obtained by squeezing . roll of putty.
The oval handle is one inch in its short
est diameter, and where it it is worn
deepest by the thumb and foretinger
only three-siXteenths of an inch of wood
| remains.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
Pegging on Wall Street.

"Pegging," the New York Herald
claims. is a new slang term OF the
"street." The operation is as follows :;
"The modern financial magnate comes
out boldly into the blaze OF the day,
nubliclv announces that he desires TO
purchase fabulous millions OF some GER
tain stock, names price at which he is
ready to take all that is offered, and
stations a broker to book the names OF
the sellers and the amount OF the pur-
chases.'' Mr.. Vanderbilt is said to have
assiduously applied the process to Lake
Shore, and Jay Gould to Western Union
and Missouri Pacific during the last ten
days. If the public will closely watch
these eminent gentlemen, it will acquire
not only a number Of new terms, but
considerable ether valuable experience
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
Mr.. J.. NJ. Swauk's statistics of t

Mr.. j. M. Swank's statistics of the
iron and steel productions OF the United
States, 1881, issued by the Census
Bureau, state that 'we are to-day the
second iron and steel-making country in
the world. We already surpass Great
Britain in the production of Bessemer
steel and in the consumption OF all iron
and steel products, and it is quite likely
that by the close of the year we shall
take the lead in the production OF pig
iron and steel of all kinds.n
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

The indications are that there will
be a good deal of prospecting the COM
ing season along the Carson & Colorado
Railroad, in Nevada, for deposits Q
niter, borax, and the Ike,-Chtca0o
Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

rup Mormon conference at Independ-
,nce No., has adjourned to meet next year
.Ianoui Iowa.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

TIE President thinks that ne can DO
',.- - tho Fitz John Porter case. All
,be Cabinet concur.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

p, ,rsr IS to be heard by the COM
...oo on Cbileno- Peruvian matters.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

Tur Mexican commander on the Rio
crando has stationed troops opposite Lare-
~ , and Americans are not allowed to cross.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

THE April report Of the Department
Of Agriculture indicates an lncrease o. Two
- cont in the winter wheat acreage.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

PRESIDENT ARTHUR's reception to
the officers Of the army and navy. the other
night, was brilliant affair. He was as
sisted by Mrs. Frelinghuysen and Miss Fol-
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

AT Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th, six
or eight thousand workingmen in mass
meeting expressed indignation at the action
Of the President in vetoing the Chinese bill.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

A PLOT for the assassination of the
Egyptian Minister of War has been discov-
cred at Cairo, and many Circassian officers
have been arrested for completely.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

So deeply charged with electricity
was the atmosphere, between Chicago and
the Atlantic coast on the 10th, telegraph
wires were operated without batteries.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

THE Saints at Salt Lake have been
advised by their preachers in the taberna-
Gle to boycott the gentiles. Gentle mer-
chants will probably retaliate by discharg-
ing all Mormon employees.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

PROCEEDINGS have been instituted IN
Pennsylvania to make 213 insurance compa-
MES show cause why their charters should
not be surrendered.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

United STATES troops are expelling
.tortmen from Cherokee lands on account OF
ron .nayment of the tax levied by the In
dians.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

II STEWART & Co., of New York,
.ro winding up their ahaiiS'
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

On the ground that it should have been
Judge Loomis has refused to consider the
petiton of Mrs. Scoyille for the appointment
Of eonseryator for the estate of Charles j.
Cuiteau, and quashed a summons thought
lessy issued by deputy clerk. ?,
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

Tag convention of the National Land
League sitting at Washington adopted reso-
lutions urging continuance Of the policy of
passive resistance in Ireland. James Mooney
Of Buffalo was elected president for the en-
suing year. The total Land League receipts
in this country since the Buffalo convention
were nearly S300,000
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

THE First National Bank of Buffalo
has suspended payment. The concern has
capital of 500 900, and reported loans and
discounts of 81, ,O54, $40. Hugh Young, Gov
ernment Bank Examiner, finds that $4,000
Of Federal court funds are unsecured, and
$4,000 in city and county deposits rest upon
poor bonds.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

h,a. 1A secretary of the Interior has
tom .,'''eu ~ 10 the Senate a communication
No to.u1 .ue commissioner OF Pensions. giving
.Dd i'a' iva number of pensioners on the roll.
sions auount, including arrears of -pen.
tenbsr aI'ua,ly paid for the year ending Sep
tbst fn,1 !, III, in each State. 1t is estimated
will No, EW pensioners were not, and
iainr :. paid who belong to the class
Upward ~ y, gl'n pension for. three years, snd
o6taipsdV . o'y \ WHOSE issidences could not be
Of liysIit,oas , as ny fellpwsthe sea for means
here MOOD; sra The aggregate shows that
Try, lba le now now on the. rolls 2es, ,s5l pension.
bs,g - ,sal annual M amount required to pay them
a5sson' r.9.'834 500, The comparative gain
aaly 4ieas die. . September will be very gen.
De ,Oa ua,s,rlOuted among the Eastern, Mid
I'D W.. W. western States, and in Tennessee
Satbsrss' Sss' Virginia, while in the remaining
4asjonao states the losses by death Of 1872
ae a5S;,is ts viii not materially vary from
''Oa to the rolls for those localities.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22

THE Irish Catholics of Turners's
Fails, Mass, have decided to Boycott" G.
L. klst, member of the Grand Jury which
indicted for manslaughter David Mcmillan,
VINO shot Father Mccarthy. The boycotters
hmk. Mcmillan should have been indicted
On charge of murder. Father Purcell
'old the people that Rist asked an improper
question in the jury room.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29
SUGAR, A NATIONAL QUESTION.

Now, while tariff reform is undo I
congressional advisement, 1t will be
well to consider that the sugar ques-
ton is, or ought to be, national and
not sectional. If the government is
desirious of saving the enormous sums
which are yearly sent out of the coun-
try for imported sugars, it will adjust
its tariff SO that refners will not reap
all the benefits of it, as they now do
by availing themselves of the import
ed sugars brought here in color, and
often themselves importing them, for
refining. 1t will further adopt the
West Indian plan of offering premiums
for the best means of extracting juice
from cane, of utilizing the begasse. OF
fertilizing and restoring exhausted
lands; and it will also look into the
labor question, and find. how best to
clear new sugar lands of which there
are hundreds of thousands of acres IN
Louisiana and Texas; and further,
turn it's attention to beet culture which
is everywhere growing into formidable
competition with cane and may be
made a profitable industry in almost
any climate and soil. AT present
Louisiana sugar does not supply quite
a tenth of American consumption, but
if government will do these things the
country will supply all its own sugars
at lower rates and of better quality
than the imported, and without tariff
protection. We had better 60 to ava
and to Martinique for sensible advice
than 60 there for sugar. What good
comes of an agricultural Department
in the government if it engages only
in correspondence, and in printing data
and other information of which no
practical use is made.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29
The Coming Mosquito.

There is no doubt that for its aver
dupois this little vampire is the kingli-
est insect that stings or sings. His
very presence is an invitation to the
human nervous system to dlsarrange
itself, get Hurried and agitated, and
pass out of the possession of every
semblance of peaceful and contented
mind. The arimus of $50 pounds
bulk gets inaamed at the very trill of
the insects pipe, and all the conditions
that had been arranged for an hour of
serene and quiet work, it may be with
pen and scissors, or perhaps for piece
of a nights repose, are scattered to
the four winds OF heaven, so to speak,
although there may not be, in fact,
a breath of air. We are aware that
San Antonio has not been a favorlte
haunt of this winged plug ugly, but
these structures upon its character, gen.
eral disposition and behavior, arise
from the conviction that the hour
of the heroic city may come.
The ordinary summer prevalence of
the most favored musquito section
gives no idea of the pestilence that is
preparing along the bed of the great
ilood the present year. AS the water
goes down they will rise from the al
most shoreless marsh, and fill the air
with living, whirring clouds, move as a
storm, spread over the land, sweep as
a sirocco blast on the cattle, capture
dwellings IN battalions of millions,
strike their keen fangs through seer
sucker and sarsenette, invade mouth
and nostrils. To the coming armies
OF these in the cities of our fiat, bottom
ground, Egypt's locusts, or sky full of
whirring bats from the Mammoth cave
to make nests in the hair were refresh
ment.
The news from the river section al
ready is that the cattle remaining from
the devastation of the food are suffer
ing greatly by them. Fires are built
for protection, but there is no escape
and how this pestilence is to be han.
died through the long summer, with al
the other troubles in hand, is yet con
lecture.
THE ghost of a murdered negro
threatens to kill off Blocker's chance.
for the marshalship.
If the administration will only recog
nlze the republican party of Texas, ant
exclude outside Interference, we vii
lsoon settle our own troubles.
"a ~. 2. .
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29

An effort is being made to raise funds to
erect monument over the grave of the poet,
James Gates Percival, in the cemetery at
Hazel Green, Wis, where his remains lie
buried.
The rage for fencing is gaining with the
Partisan women. Three fashionable ladies'
are cited as admirable swordswomen.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29
Wednesday March 20. ~
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

A MONUMENT has been completed at
Fort Worth to the memory of General
II. Byrne, who was killed by Indians
near Fort Quitman.
GosLiNG is warmly endorsed west
of here for the U. S. marshalship. We
are glad to see republicanism spring.
ing up like prairie grass, young and
fresh, all over the west. If Costing
don't get the marshalship, how would
he do for congress.
SERGEANT MAsoN's foolish shot at
Guiteau's cell window is likely to turn
out very fortunate thing for the Ma
son family. Betty and the baby have
become objects Of special interest all
over the land and contributions are
pouring in upon them.
THE assembling at Washington OF
Texas republicans, we hope will result
in a settlement of all controversies.
We feel certain that Mr.. Arthur will be
convinced that nothing short of a clear
ing out of the old disturbing element
will do. We do not want to fight over
again the battles we have had to fight
in every recurring state convention for
the past ten years, where the party has
been confronted by an organization OF
federal office-holders who have at
tempted to run the party for their own
purposes, and who were the paid SER
wants of some ambitious head of de-
partment for the presidency. Mr..
Arthur could not 60 amiss in making
a clean sweep.
THE Galveston News hits the Texas
delegation in congress the following
lick:
No congressman should be returned
for a third term who has failed in two
consecutive terms to develop BRAIN
power and craftsmanship. The people
can not afford to compliment inefficient
mediocrity beyond a second term.
The constituency has property IN its
representative, and should be proud
enough to demand that he be states
man and the peer of his fellows. A
second term is sufficient Endorsement
of fidelity, confers all the honor Incl
dent to the position for one not fitted
for the place, and should be accepted
for graceful retirement. The people
should never be delayed more than
two terms in their search for states
man to represent them, and when the
arrogance of stupidity appeals to them
for longer period of trial it should be
sat down upon severely, When the
right man is found he should be re-
tanned; for experience, with intellectual
force and established integrity, makes
the useful congressman and rlpens mm
into the statesman.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29
Interstate Commerce.

Special Dispatch to the Gobe-Democrat.
Washington, Morch 25.-Among the prom-
nent lawyers who addressed the house COM
mittee on commerce to-day, in opposition to
the Reagan interstate commerce bill, were:
Ex-Governor Brown, representing the Gould
Southern system of roads; Wayne McVeagh
and Emory A Storrs, of the Pennsylvania rail
way: Mr.. Alexander of the Louisville an
Nashville railroad; Mr.. Blanchard, of the Erie
railroad, and Chauncey NJ. Depew, Of the
New York Central railroad. The arguments
of these legal lights are thought to have de,
molished the measure, which will probably moi
a beyond the committee room.
The republican papers of Austin and Sar
Antonio do the public printing. Both cite,
pretend to have democratic boards of alder
men, Dalles Times.
Our city council is not brilliant enough t.
be republicans, nor quite stupid enough to b.
democratic. It's mixed.
A little girl in Baltimore, while jumping tn
rome. lost her balance and fell, striking he
head so violently upon the pavement Of tn
school-yard that cerebro- spinal meningitis en-
sued, causing death.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-29
Removal

The office of the famous Larissa Nurseries
has been recently removed TO Palestine, Texas,
where all parties desiring fruits, flowers, ever
green's, ETC., should address US at that point.
a-I4-d YoAKuM & Co.. Palestine. Tex.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-22
REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO.

We clip the following from the Austin Citi'
zen. 1t is not addressed to anyone, but we
suppose is intended for the members OF state
executive committee:
AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 1852.
In anticipation of the canvass next TALL fo'
state officers it seems necessary that repub.
licans of Texas should decide in the usual
manner, through state convention, the
course the majority wish to adopt.
As the great extent of our state prevents the
calling together of the committee, ! beg leave
to ask your opinion as to the following PomtS;
I. Where would be the most suitable and
convenient place for the meeting of the con-
vention?
2. What date should be fixed for its meet
ing Very respectfully,
R.N. LANE. EDMUND J. DAVIS,
Chairman. Asst. secretary
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-22
A WOman's Career.
New York Home Journal.

New YORK home journal.
Rev. Dr. Pullman, of this city, recognizes
quite fully the changes which are at work
transforming and charging the institutions Of
the present day. In recent Sunday evening
discourse on matrimony, he remarked incident
ly that the old. theory that a woman's career
should be only that of wife and mother. has
become modified, and will undergo still furth
er notifications. l am not "a prophet, said
he, but the time is fast approaching where the
bauble, pet and plaything theory of women
will be entirely obliterated. Women are not
angels, but plain human beings, and as such
entitled, as we'll as men, to the highest cul-
ture A clear and solid understanding should
stand before all the ordinary graces and ac-
complishments of women. A wife need not
necessarily be the intellectual equal of her
husband, but there should be real union OF
soul. The first thing young women should re-
member is that they are under no obligation
to marry. There were honorable careers for
them outside Of matrimony. Never marry a
man you could not respect. Never marry a
man with expectations Of reforming him. |
am loyal to women, the doctor said, but
cannot sympathize with woman seeking to
sacrifice on the altar of matrimonial selfish
ness a pure maiden to her scapegoat son.
Place no faith in the popular maxim that re-
| formed man makes the best husband. Choose
rather single life. The estate of matrimony
is not for all women. Look at Florence
Nightingale, Mary Somerville and Harriet
MartiDeau. you live true lives you will not
waste away in single life.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-22

IT HAS been remarked by San Antonio
editor that there are no colored men and
women in the state competent to teach
Austin Citizen.
There are SO many editors in San Antonio
that it wonld be more to the point to give the
editors name. We have never seen such a
remark in print in the papers Of our city. We
made comment upon the conclusions of some
meeting of colored parsons, who made the
discovery that there were not enough compe,
tent colored teachers to 60 round, and moi
normal schools enough to turn out teachers.
The normal schools and educational institu'
tons like Tileston Institute, of Austin. are
doing noble work, but they can't meet the
demand, and there should be no foolish hgh
made against white teachers teaching coloret
children; it is step towards breaking dowr
class prejudice that is fostered by the purely
colored schools and colored teachers pro
gramme.