Huntsville gazette., 1882-09-30

VOLUME Ill.
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events
crx ScHoFIELD has been assigned to
,be division of the Pacific.
1uE Nebraska Republicans have
,tr.ted ]. w. Dawes for Governor.
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THE New York Democrats have NOM
,..tod Grover Cleveland, OF Buffalo, for
Governor .
1,neE HAYNoR has granted MIR.
cbristiancy a divorce from his wife, on the
rroupd of desertion.
l. i positively stated at Washington
n.t 1obn c. New will succeed Secretary Fol-
aor cor in the trsasury management.
1,-nGE FeLGER, Secretary of the
Treasury. has been nominated by the Re-
nnhIicaDs for Governor Of New York.
SECRETARY FoLGER has issued a call
tor s25.OOO,oOO in continued 5 per cents,
principal and interest payable Dec. %.
The President has appointed James
d Reed. II. B. Fry and Henry Blackstone
10 examine the Northern Pacific Railroad.
AHMEr RIFAAT PAsHA, removed
some time ago at the request Of Europeans,
has been resppointed Governor of AleXan-
dria -...-.s-
PROF. HUXLEY has been offered f100
for each of two hundred lectures on popular
science to be delivered in this country in
| 1888 and 1884.
The Democrats of Colorado have
nominated James B. Grant, of Lake County,
for Governor, and John R. Powers, of Bent
County, for Lieutenant Governor.
THE contributions toward the Garfield
Hospital at Washington amount to $50, 900.
| NVh'ul S-NiOthp az OuSy OpCuCO cuU-
aription and received $1,000 francs.
TROUBLES have broken out in the
Creek Nation. Murderous outrages have
occurred, and the Indians are greatly ex-
cited. Serious disturbances are expected.
A CAUCUS of the Republicans of the
Oregon Legislature nominated John H.
| Mitchell for United States Senator. The
| Democrats have selected Judge p. =. Prime.
THE steamer Neptune, which was
sent with supplies for Lieut.. Greeley's Are
ticeXpIoring station, has returned to New
fouHl@nd. Solid ice was encountered with
| in two degrees of the station.
THE citizens of Washington gave a
| reception to Engineer Melville, Lieut.. Berry,
and Ninderman and Noros. The address of
welcome was delivered by R. w. Thomp-
son, ex-Secretary of the Navy.
PETER COOPER, who was born in New
York when-the city had population of 27,-
tN, has spent the last three months in pre-
pairing his autobiography. His health is ex-
celent and his mind unimpaired.
-S
AT meeting called by the Demo
cratic Federation in London, the other even
Ing, resolutions were adopted calling upon
the government to frame measures to pre-
vent the introduction of Chinese labor into
Great Britain. .sr ...s.
a TABULATED statement Just COM
pIe'ed by the Bureau of Statistics at Wash
,ns'on shows that the wheat exports from
NeW Orleans during August exceeded the
exports for the same time last year by over
LWO,00O bushels.
HE Secretary of the Treasury has
% oeen considering for some time the advisa-
uH'y OF issuing another bond call, for the
purpose OF relieving the existing stringency
IL Inc money market, and it is probable a
Vail VIII soon be made for extended fiyes.
ARABI PAsHA says all his acts were
al The instigatfon of the Khedive and sul-
aa' and that he was unable to restrain the
Egyptian army from fighting. His war
OI''e has beensearched and important docu-
hea'S found. Thirty fanatical sheikhs have
Veen placed in the citadel.
e
ARDELLAH PAsHA's negotiations re-
''Ne % the surrender of Damietta are re
slued as intended to gain time. 1t is re.
a,Hu t'.a 'hat he is again strengthening his
,u,.lucatlons. ,n Said Abdellah is willing to
surrender, but the black troops refuse. 1t
u9"eVed that the Egyptians are intrenched
river. oas' 'iu0 u ene
ihE national Convention of distillers
aaDi. a,iDli.uof-dealers, held at Cincinnati, issued
tho eeO.'ra'iOn ss|, that, while they have ebeyed
sal. .S' -. oppressive laws, they believe the
footin. spirits should be placed on the same
favor MI. y other merchandise; that they
Cover suuiclous license system, aiding the
n stanr t'n,Dent and protecting dealers. George
dent u o. Louis, was chosen presi-
oi !, ooD reached Damietta on the
garrson '4elIah surrendered, but the negro
mani,sst ASu. The Khedive has issued a
ineras,s uecarlng that England has great
fnsnco. - Egypt, both in regard to the
lbn tss ~. ana traffic through the Suez Canal;
was co,, 'ue protection of those interests she
no in,ani, fo''eu TO interfere, but that she has
has ,r,%. 'ioH OF annexfng the country. He
n auIhorzed Gen. wolsoIo,, =. -a,..o..,