Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


| lawyer in Western Massachusetts, has been
| jailed in Boston to make him sober. Then
he will be arraigned in the federal court for
charging pensioner 500 for prosecuting
| his claim.
BRAVE BEAR, the Sioux Indian who
would have been executed on the 9th Of
March for the murder of a soldier named
johnson, near Fort Sully, Dak., but for an
| appeal to the Supreme Court and motion for
new trial, has been resentenced to be
| hanged on the Goth of July. the Supreme
Court having denied him trial. He fully
deserves the .seateuee, as he is clearly guilty
not only Of this murder, but OF others, in
Guiding an entire white family near Penn
bina. Upon being asked If he had anything
to say before being sentenced, Brave Bear
repied: II have taken the white mans
part always. 1 am disappointed at the
treatment of the white man. They can do
as they please with me, and cut me to
/ pieces ifthey choose.' So saying he re-
ceived the sentence with the utmost uncon-
cern.
AT Springfield, Ohio, May 20, o man
named Kitzmler, becoming enraged at his
daughter for keeping company with man
Of whom he disapproved, drew a revolver
and shot her dead. He narrowly escaped
lynching at the hands of his neighbors before
he was taken to jail.
MARCUS DE BASTIDE, young French
Canadian, was assaulted by members of the
congregation Of the French Canadian Cath
olic chapel in New York City, May %. The
cause of the assault was the distribution by
Bastide Of tracts printed in French calculat-
ed to persuade people to accept Protestant
beliefs. He had attended services at the
chapel and the officiating clergyman de-
nounced his books to the congregation.
A COLLISION between trackmen of the
Denver & New Orleans and Denver & Rio
/ Grande roads occurred near Denver, Colo,
May %. The latter road undertook to block
the progress of the former by running an
empty engine under a full head of steam in
to gang of men laying the track at cross
ing. None of the men were injured, but the
engine was derailed and plowed up the track
for considerable distance. -.y
WILLIS EDWARDS, a notorious des-
!, perado, was killed in the Jail at Monroe
Court -house, N. c., the other day, in an af-
POooC'
succeeded in severely wounding the four
e men who attempted to subdue him.
SECRETARY FOLGER has recently had
startling experience in the engraving and
printing bureau. The other night Prof.
Casilear found two of the Government dies,
representing the tens on the National Bank
notes, lying outside the safe and within the
reach of the watclfmen. Through Col. Irish
the dies were sent at once to Secretary Fol-
ger, who took time to satisfy himself that
the event was caused wholly by careless
ness. Mr.. Bell, the custodian of the plates,
was dismissed, and Captain Burrows, Of
New York, was temporarily placed in charge
of the safes.
FRANK MILLER, while robbing the
residence of II. p. Moore at Erie, Pa, the
other night, was nearly beheaded with a
scythe.
The Attorney General has decided
that Secretary Kirkwood is not eligible for
appointment on the Tariff Commission.
F. H. SToNER and Arthur J. Cole, of
Chicago, were drowned, May 27, by the cap
sizing of boat. -
ALF. BURNETT committed suicide at
! Topeka, Kans., on the 2Sth, by shooting
himself in the temple. He had been re-
leased from the County Jail the day before,
having served out a sentence Of thirty days
for selling liquor without license.
A NUMBER of Dunkards assembled in
Eapho Township, Lancaster County, Pa,
few days ago for the purpose Of raising the
framework of meeting house. The lower
| \ half e r@o~,
had already been successfully put together,
and between forty and fifty persons were
standing on some joists on the second story
on the unfinished part of the building, plac-
ing the rafters in position. There was
span of forty or fifty feet, and over this had
been stretched some girders, upon which
these persons were standing. They worked
without accident until between 8 and 10
| O'Clock in the morning, when, with a loud
crash. the timbers broke and fell, carrying
their living freight with them. The weight
| Of the falling mass caused other parts Of the
building to topple over and fall on the strug-
Cling human beings below, six of whom
were fatally injured and forty-two more or
less seriously hurt.
SERIOUS trouble between church and
state is reported in Coahuila, Mexico. Dur
ing the Easter holidays the Catholic clergy
Of Saltillo, the capital, attempted to have a
street procession, which was prohibited.
| Angry words arose between the clergy and
authorities, and several priests were i'm
prisoned, whereupon all the priests were
requested to leave Coahuia, and especially
Saltillo, the capital. Divine worship has
ceased at Saltillo, and the people now have
to travel to Monterey to have children bap-
tized. This caused great public dissatis-
faction and serious outbreak is imminent.
Troops are being concentrated. The Mexi-
can press IS divided on the subject, the
ablest Journals defending the Governor in
his course.
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.