Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

For the offense of paying attention to
a wealthy widow, a school-teacher near Per-
rysville, Ark, named j. NJ. Butler, was
killed with a shotgun by an unknown as
sassn the other night.
JOHN SMITH, a young man of dissolute
habits, was cremated in Hohead e. Co.'s
furnace, Philadelphia, Pa, the other day.
1t is supposed that he crept into the furnace
In drunken condition and went to sleep.
When the fires were made he was probably
asphyxiated by gas and then burned to
death. The deceased was well known
throughout the neighborhood as an erratic
character and musical genius.
STIvERs' carriage factory in New
York City burned on the 18th. Loss, $780,
600; insured. One hundred and fifty work
men are thrown out Of employment. Smoke
from the factory was carried by the wind in
to Parker's Variety Theater, when an alarm
Of fire was raised, and in the stampede that
followed Frank O'Donnell, boy, was ser-
upon.
THE steamer Planter exploded her
boiler just as she was leaving the dock at
Charleston, S. C. on the 18th. Jake Wash
ington, a colored deck hand, was killed. l..
f. Bosang. and w. T. Ham, mate and engi-
neer, were seriously scalded. Two colored
men were slightly injured. No passengers
were hurt. The vessel and cargo were
slightly damaged.
In lecture at Jersey City, N. j., on
the 18th, Scoville blamed the Stalwarts and
Stalwartism for Guiteau's crime, and said
that Conkling spent his time making capi-
tai for his faction of the Republican party
instead Of working for the good Of the coun-
try. Guiteau's brother and Fritz Snyder,
who found the newspapers in the jury room
in the hotel, were present, with eight re-
porters, three policemen and about twenty
others.
THE libel suit against Bishop Hare, in
New York, resulted in verdict Of $40, 900
damages.
At Racine, Wis, ON the 18th, VIM.
Beck, aged u, committed suicide by shoot
ing, because his father reprimanded him for
keeping late hours.
w. III. PUGH, wealthy citizen Of
Racine, Wis, was killed by Hardy Clifford,
on the 10Th, in a quarrel over bet on the
walking match. The most intense excite
ment prevailed when the crime was made
known. Clifford, seeing the rising storm,
fastened to give himself up and was placed
in Jail.
u. J. PRICE, of Bay SHisw, Wis, who
was Postmaster fsome years and mem
bcr OF the Legislature of 1881, tried to kill
his wife the other day, and, not succeeding,
shot himself dead. The deed was done
while he was drunk, and was the effect Of
long dissipation.
HENRY GALLAGHER, of Allentown,
Pa, who has daughter suffering from st.
Vitus' dance and harbors the hallucination
that Father Dongan can but will not cure
her, saluted the pastor with two shots from
a revolver, few days since, both Of which
missed.
FIVE miners were buried by land
slide near Leesport, Pa, few days ago.
Frank Buchs and John Fisher were dead
when taken out, having been suffocated.
Two of the others, Thos. Noecker and
George Rissmiller, were severely injured,
and when taken out were unconscious.
WHILE temporarily insane, mer-
chant of Louisville, O., named C. K. OBJ
linger, leaped from a night train at New
port, Del, and wandered into a residence,
where he was shot as burgler, and dam
gerously wounded.
FIRE at Titusville, Pa, the other
day, destroyed the Hotel Brunswick, the
Parshall Opera-house and hotel, and the
Watson stables, on which the loss is esti-
mated at $3.50, 900. A fireman was fatally
burned, and colored cook probably lost
her life.
JAMES BURLEY and two sons, of
Howard City, Mich, were drowned on the
10th, while spearing fish.
OLIVER MoRRELL, boy connected
with newspaper Office in Omaha, has had
access to the Post office while his mails were
being weighed. The other morning he was
caught stealing package of letters. 1t is
believed that he has taken from the mails
checks and drafts amounting to $50, 900, as
his depredations were sufficiently great to
sound the alarm.
GEORGE w. GILL, of Worcester,
Mass, widely known as a manufacturer OF
railroad iron, is dead. When lad he went
to Worcester with all his worldly goods tied
up in a cotton handkerchief, and has left to
his heirs an estate valued at $500 900. He
was director in dozen or more railroads.
THE Ford boys, indicted for the muir
der of Jesse James at st. Joseph, Mo-,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to death,
whereupon Governor Crittenden granted
them full and unconditional pardon.
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS.