Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-09

VOLUME ".
news and NOTES.
A summary Of Important Events.
TaF Archbishop of Canterbury died
on the.Sd.
rHr English parliament is proroglad
To February 10.
r,,r schooner Roderick. Dhu, just
,r,ved at San Francisco, reports some
sa,,rb evnerience with cannibals in the
south Sea Islands.
r UppEGRAFF, Republican Con-
-r..sman elect from the Seventeenth Ohio
n;stric,. died at Mount Pleasant, near Steu-
bspyile, Nov. 80, aged 90.
ABOUT six hundred Quakers met in
tho J4Dkjutown, Pa, Meeting house, on the
o. IN commemoration Of the first meeting
oftbe Society OF Friends 200 years ago.
REAR ADMIRAL WYMAN, who died a
few davs ago in Washington, d. c., of
apopIexy, was appointed to the command
of tbe North Atlantic squadron in 1879.
BoATMEN say that the water in the
Hudson River is lower than they have known
It TO be for twenty years. The large boats
have great difficulty in navigating the river.
ORDERS were issued recently for the
relief OF Rear Admiral Balch from the COM
mand OF the Pacific Station by Rear Admi-
raj Hughes. Balch will be retired Janu-
ary3.
THE Indian Bureau has received in
formation that an agreement providing for
the cession Of portion of the Sioux Reser-
yation to the United States has been ex-
ecued.
The continued depression in the iron
trade has caused a temporary stoppage of
work in the guide and bar department OF
the Allen Rolling Mill, at Allentown, Pa.
throwing 800 menout Of employment.
In the tax sale case of the United
States against George Lee, involving the
title to the Arlington estate, the United
States Supreme Court the other day affirmed
the Judgment of the court below in favor O
Lees heirs.
THE Garfield board of audit has al
lowed Dr. Bliss $4,000, Drs. Agnew and
Hamilton S., 600 each, Drs. Reyburn and
BOynton 81, 900 each, and Mrs. Edison $4,000.
Steward Crrlmp can have $500, and Private
Secretary Pruden 5000.
In the House of Commons the other
day Parneh's motion to discuss the admin
Istr0don OF the Land act was refused.
Irevelyan said if Davitt and Redmond con-
tnued their incendiary speeches, meetings
Of the National League would be prohibited.
THE new penal code of New York, so
far as 1t refers to the observance of Sunday,
Is to be enforced by the police commission
ers Corporation Counsel Andrews recon-
mends that in case OF doubt as to what con-
stitutes necessary labor, policemen should
apply to magistrates for warrants.
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AFTER throwing out the parishes of
Assumption and st. Mary, the Louisiana
Canyassers report 1000 majority for William
Pitt Kellogg for Congress for the Third Dis
trict. Governor McEnery refused to issue a
certificate Of election, on the ground Of
keIogg's non n-residence in the State.
ARABI PAsHA pleaded guilty to a
charge Of rebellion, on the morning of the Sd.
In the afternoon the Court martial reassem-
Oled and pronounced sentence of death. The
hhedlve committed the sentence to exile for
ile' His demeanor before the Court was
very dignifed. Other chiefs of the rebellion
VIII be similarly disposed of.
A MAN named Martin, employed as
eomposltor in the government printing
oHlce at Dublin, has been arrested for con-
ngc'lon with the murder of Detective Cox.
Inc lord lieutenant has applied to parlia.
u lien' Ior extra pay for the Dublin police.
sA'y thousand applications have been made
WI reef under the arrears of rent act.
IT IS said that the Mexican authorities
N' going to make claim against the United
s'ues Tor Galveston Island, Texas, which
Includes the city of Galveston. 1t seems
,aA' IN the cession of Texas to the United
s'"eS Galveston Bay was the southern
!, ,,,unuary Of the ceded territory, and the
rrsAlcan claim is said to be equitable and
pfma iacie good
c,,- nv nv ATE advlces received from Usage
thc C.I, S,S'e mat }. S. Danford, the hero of
ax,o,,'. ~",U"eA Bank failure, was Yesterday
A"m'ned by eminent meaic,l exrerts aud
the raIsO' I'OeG nopelessly insane. Danford is
yas, wac VaIaWell banker who failed about one
her H. a"u VINO was so long held priso-
zens ..n III urlated mob of Caldwell citi-
sbinx ~ ~. ,om-ooFs. 1t seems that the hard
fpaneiai I1, Danford then experienced and
above result. 1'' nave produced the
Bpn.,o niuhr HILBERT, cashier of the
gan oo Son., u''ision OF the Lake Shore & Michi-
few d,vs Iel "a hailroad, who disappeared a
,mo,' .s ago. is said to be defaulter TO the