Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The large memorial painting OF ex-
executive mansion.
| WILHELM KRAMER, aged 43, keeper
OF a saloon and lodging house in Phiadel-
phia, was murdered by his stepson, Her
man Berto, aged IS years, July s. Kramer
had been drinking to excess and demanded
the young mans board. Not getting the
full amount he assaulted his stepson, when
the latter cut him in tile neck with knife,
severing the juguiar vein and causing death
! IN few minutes.
t CHARLES PENN, farmer living near
Frankfort, KY, was assaulted the other
night by some unknown party. II Penn
was brother in law Of Mrs. Owen, of the
Owen-Nuckols damage suit.
THE New York freight-handlers are
growing desperate. There was some trouble
at Jersey City ON the 8th.
JOSIAH REECE, an old and respected
farmer, was killed by a blow from Michael
Foley. contractor. during quarrel at
Plymouth, Ind, on the Sth.
G. W. MURPHY, a watchman en-
ployed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
thief named 'Dutchy' Weiland the other
day.
ELLEN MCGRATH, in jail at Chicago
for unnecessary hilarity on the Fourth Of
July. choked herself to death on the Sth by
twisting her stocking about her throat.
FORTY Mexic an soldiers, acting un-
der orders Of the Customs officers, attack
ed camp Of smugglers near Piedras Ne
gras, the other day. Half the troops were
mounted, the others firing from ravine.
Gonzelos, the Customs officer, was killed,
and the smugglers lost two men. Nine Of
the contrabandists were captured, as also
forty bales of goods and forty horses.
THE Princess Olive Lubin, only child
of the late Emperor Of Hayti, has arrived in
New York, and will soon make tour OF the
chief cities. She is the widow of General
Lubin, is SO years of age, and was educated
with great care. -
PROFESSOR WORTH, the snake-charm-
er, during performance in New York the
other evening received a fatal bite.
A DISPATCH dated July II says the
British fleet opened fire on Alexandria at
a. m. Arab Pasha was still defiant. The
military commanders determined to defend
{ the forts to the last, and then retire into the
interior, where preparations for resistance
are complete. The foreign consuls pro-
tested against bombardment The French
squadron had sailed, leaving behind only
the Alma and Hirondelle. 1t is believed
that the Governor proposed compromise,
but Admiral Seymour would not accept any
terms short Of the complete surrender Of the
| forts.
CHARLES N. STILES, for many years
caller on the Chicago Call Board, and we'll
known man in Board of Trade circles, was
shot and instantly killed, July 10, by young
woman Of doubtful reputation who passed
under the name of Madeline Stiles. She
obtained access to his room by an artifce,
when quarrel ensued which resulted in his
death. The woman claims that Stiles had
made her life unbearable by his dissolute
habits and cruelty, and the announcement
of determination to leave him precipitated
the quarrel.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has nominated
j. A. Zabriskie to be Attorney for Arizo-
ma, and q. l.. Tidball, OF New York, to be
Marshal of the same territory, and William
| P. Chandler, of Illinois, to be Surveyor
|
General of Idaho.
| JOEL PRESCOTT, an old resident of
! Chicago, was found on the morning of the 9th
lying in the doorway Of his basement with
| his brains beaten out. His pockets had been
rifed, but nothing OF value was captured.
Four arrests have been made on suspicion.
AT San Jose, CAL, the other day, Miss
Belle Cook defeated Miss Ida Rogers in
racing contest for 50, 900, making ten miles
| in twenty -one minutes.
AT Syracuse, N. Y, July 9, James
| Hawks, a laborer, killed his wife while on
drunken spree. He said on being arrested.
"I'm glad Of it; it's a good thing for me-"
In railroad collision at Cork, Ire
land, July. 8, thirty persons were injured,
twelve of whom. it is expected, will die.
AN enraged stallion at Coldwater,
| Mich, the other day knocked down horse
man named Leighton, kelt upon him, bit off
| the under lip and chin, and shattered the
bones OF his left hand.
A YOUNG lady residing near Wabash,
Ind. suffering from an affection of the
stomach, has eaten little or nothing for the
past two months, being kept from starvation
/ Dv ln1eCtlOnS. Sue HAS edbcH Ou al AfCldSc
one cracker per week for two months. and
though the most tempting viands have been
offered her, she refuses them all. Several
| wears ago her stomach refused all food for
| period OF one month, and her appetite then
returned.
| THE number of farms in the United
States in 1880 was 4,00S,s67. OF these 2,9S4,-
3O6 were occupied by the owners, 322, 357
were rented at fixed money rental; 1O2,2A
were rented for shares Of the products; 1852
| farms were less than acres; 134,SS9 above
acres aud less than 10; 254,749 between 10
and 90 acres; 7S1,474 between 20 and so;
1, ,O32, ,91O between so and 100; 1855, 1888 be-
tween 100 and 800; 1922 between 500 and
1000, and 2S,57s were 1000 acres in extent
| and upward.
FORTY.SEYENTH CONGRESS-.
| In the Senate, July 5, the bill for the re-
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