Huntsville gazette., 1882-11-04

VOLUME Ill.
news and NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
B. CORNWALL, the New York
.nhezzIer. has forfeited his bond aud fled
TO Europe. .
THE village of Grindelwald, Switzer-
,.na has been almost entirely destroyed by
hurricane.
THE workingmen of Pittsburgh have
.odtoned the Governor of Pennsylvania to
declare election days legal holidays.
OCTOBER 26 was Jubilee Day :" in
Memphis, Tenn. There was gorgeous pa
roaut, speechriaking, fireworks and
grand ball.
AN attqmpt was made to kidnap a
child I, om its mothers side on one of the
urinep,a business streets OF Cleveland,
Ohio the other day.
THE verdict in the case of Mrs. SEQ
,;no Gpiteau's sister, states that she has
sheen insane about six months, and her in
sanity is hereditary"
THE pestilence is abating in Pensaco-
IA. Fla, Cases recently developed at
Brownsville, Texas, have been pronounced
malUial, not yellow, fever.
GENERAL CROOK is said to have
checked an Indian outbreak at San Carlos by
,atting stopfo frauds which were being
ptacticed onthe reservation.
THE French Minister of Justice has a
clew to vast revolutionary organization
for the purpose Of dividing the country into
Local federations, directed by committee
bging its headquarters in Geneva.
J. C. TIFFANY, formerly Indian Agent
in Arizona, has been arrested in New York
on charges Of embeZzlement and perjury.
There are five indictments, one for conspir.
ing to defraud the Government of some
5000
The foreign mails sent out of the
United States during the fiscal year Just
ended exceed those Of the previous year by
452, 900 pounds. The United States stands
at the head of all countries in the number of
its post offices.
THE French Government has found
ii Unnecessary to prevent the sale Of dyna-
mite, and to that end has prepared decree
preventing the sale or manufacture of that
explosive. This measure will be pre-
sentea for action in the Assembly at an
earyday.
PRoMoTIoNs in the army consequent
upon the retirement OF Maj. Gen. Irwin
Mcdowell have been announced by the
President as follows: Brig. Gen. John Pope
TO be Major General and Col. Ranold S.
Mackenzie, Fourth Cavalry, to be Brigadier-
General.
SEvENTY-FIvE Nihilists have been ar
rested at Odessa, among them a student
who had in his possession press and many
maniiestoes. Agrarian disturbances have
occurred in the Government of Volhyria. A
priest has been murdered for distributing
The imperial proclamation.
PARIS Socialists denounce the expul-
sion Of their Italian brethren. A feeling of
Insecurity prevails at Lyons, where mer-
chants are daily receiving threatening let
ters. Delegates from six ACCOMPLISHMENTS
call upon the Republicans to unite in an ef-
Tort to crush the anarchists.
THE pedestrian contest in New York
resulted; Fitzgerald, SIT miles: Noremac,
Vo'; Herty, 541; Hughes, 525. The total re-
ceipts were $26,373 The rent is $40 200, and
o'ner expenses will reduce the winnings to
FmaII sums. Hart scored 49,, Vint 415,
halel 4l3 Rowell 377, Panchot 239.
HE recent floods have caused great
distress in the river towns Of Austria. The
lnundations in the Tyrol and Corinthia are
spreading. Whole districts are under wa
ler' The River Drane is rising and sweep
ius away bridges and embankments. The
- 70 many uIlllOn Oh llOrlnS. Kali lWaV
udlnc mas been stopped houses carried
away ana IN few instances lives have been
lost.
HE cable between Callao and NAL
,tnoo having been repaired, communication
W telegraph is now open direct between
''lparalso and points in the United States
"uu all intermediate stations on the west
'oast Of South America. making a saving of
.Onle nIteen hours in time between Valpa-
laiSo and the United States and Europe as
"IPared with the old route via Pernambuco
and Lisbon
= LIE New York, Chicago & St. Louis
s.u"ay has been purchased by syndicate
n1uehely favorable to Vanderbilt. The
Giving rS;S Valley road acquired an outlet to
mins4 Saso Tor its vast stores of coal, and what
tho t. ,r, nave proved an aggressive factor among
ssvor.i I'm 'lnes has been divided up among
be naia interests. The purchase money is to
be Jo,:' !" ihStallments, and the stock will
been ',eu ho. When go per cent. shall have
''en handed over.
M - understood in Washington that
II. ~ 'aulcal changes will be recommended in
| m;s.: H'oliilng report of the Tariff Com