Huntsville gazette., 1882-09-16

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VOLUMEs III. 0 Il
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
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YELLOW fever has been declared cpl
demc at PENSACOLA, Fla -YssT a YYfV
The star route jury convicted Rer-
dell AND Miner, but couldn't agree as to the
Dorseys. Brady, and Vale. Itittte3 a.
THE Indian Department is in pro-
found ignorance Of any outbreak from the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency. II =
MORMON priests have been circulating
secret paper giving instructions to their
people directly opposite to the law rulings
OF the commissioners.
TRAFFIC on the Panama Railroad
has BEEN suspended, as all the bridges were
damaged and much of the track displaced
by tae recent earthquake.
An armistice has been concluded be-
tween the Greeks and Turks on the frontier
of Thessaly, and negotiations for definite
settlement of the issue are in progress.
HERBERT SPENCER occupies a suite of
rooms on the Canadian side of Niagara
Falls. So completely is his nervous system
broken down that for days at a time he
gets no rest.
FIFTY deaths have recently occurred
from dphtheria in sPittsylvania County,
Virginia, whole families having perished,
and more than one hundred persons are
now i'll with the disease.
The Chinese authorities have inter
Tened boldly. in Corea, and seized the
father Of the King and brought him to
China. The King. has been reinstated by
Chinese troops and ships.
NEVADA Democrats have nominated
Iewett w. Adams for Governor. The plat
form calls for the passage of the Reagan bill
10y Congress aud for State legislation to reg
ulate freights and fares on railroads.
GENERAL SHERMAN requests that
General Mcdowell be ordered to his home
in New York, preparatory toshis retirement
in October, and that General Schofield be
placed in command at San Francisco.
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A DELEGATION of Texans represent
ing a capital Of $6,009,0O0 has arrived in
Chicago to complete a scheme for Slaughter
ing their beef on the ranges and slowing it
into refrigerator for Chicago and the
Eastern markeu. 4Fh A3 III
THE Rio Grande is higher than ever.
AT Eagle Pass and othertowns in Texas the
people have.beelI driven to high ground and
boats are in. demand. 80 The Coneho is again
out of its banks and the town Of Ben Flick
lin has had another washing. aa}ss ,sss $40 )
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JOHN BRowN, JR..found' the skeleton
of his bro her Natson IN the rooms of the
Knights of Pythias at ,Martinyille, Ind. ,,
the other day, Identifying it by bullet hole
in the backbone, and will inter it in the
family cemetefy at North 'Elba, N. y "
THE Colorado Greenbackers have
nominated Geo. w. Way for Governor, F.
o. Saunders Lieutenant- Governor, and L.
J, Herzinger for Secretary Of State. The
convention was bitter and stormy, on ac-
count OF the prohibition clause, which was
finally adopted. -.
The Egyptian ministry will probably
propose to the powers the appointment OF
an International commission to settle claims
arising from incendiarism or pillage in
Alexandria. Antono Paulo, a Greek, has
been arrested for being connected with a
plot TO assassinates Europeans.
A CoMMITTEE Of the Chicago Board
Of Trade, which hassbeen. taking testimony.
in regard to the value of -defaulted No. 2
spring wheat for July, reported $1.35 as the
proper price at the close of that month.
While the decision called out kilograms of
approval from all parts of the country, two
hIIls were immediately filed In the Superior
court for injunctions against the enforce
ment OF the price fixed, and tw enty five
other parties will commence similar pro-
ceedinUS tassaatE ts1g,- s,.s- fg stis-sat 81
The Egyptians attacked the British
at hassassin on the 9th. Gen. Wolseley's
report says: "The enemy reconnoitered
our advanced posts with considerahae isfce
OF all arms at daybreak. Gen. willis ad =
vanced and attacked them, driving them
pack withsloss. Wehaye,taken four, guns.
our loss is very trifiing.s- The enemy have
le'red into their works, from which they
are now firing at 5 geo yards range. shall
return to camp at Kassassin shortly with all
the force y "a. ..,..;i'.
A DISPATCH from Pensacola, Fla,
rays the storm on the 9th was terrific. The
", owvoeity Of the wind was 55 miles an hour.
p, 1ae quarantine dispatch boat capsized and
Tt rsonrd ndyabez Muslon were drowned.
l"e british bark Roda also capsized. The
1p'ain and crew claags to the vessel until
.escued' Several vessels went ashore near
,1e quarantine station and on Santa Rosa
''"nu' The interior wall ofthe new opera
h,u' Yuse was blown down, and many other
uhu4IgS were damao oad. - n ..,..... s,