Huntsville gazette., 1882-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AT recent meeting of members of
Unity Church, Chicago, the resignation of
George G. Min as pastor was requested, by
a vote OF 11S to IS. Mr. Min asked to be in
formed of the reasons for the action taken.
1t was finally resolved to give him vaca-
tion with a continuance of salary. Mr.. Min
is determined to force definition of Unita-
rianism.
THOMAS DALTON, an Irish laborer, of
New York City, died recently from hydro
phobia. He was bitten by dog in Novem-
Der last, receiving slight wounds on the left
arm and hand. The dog was killed, al
though there was no Indication that it was
mad. The wounds inflicted by the animal
soon healed, aud Daltca suffered no trouble
from n,em unaii the.l0th, when he was at
tackled by numbness and violent pains in
his arm. During the night and until his
death he continued to suffer intensely. His
throat was parched, and, although he was
constantly afflicted with a burning thirst,
the sight of water threw him into convul-
sions. He had neglected to have the wounds
on his arm and hand cauterized.
A MASQUERADE ball at indianapolis
the other night ended in disgraceful riot.
Morris Dalton, railroader, insulted
young woman named Howard, and was
assaulted by her friend, S. Eaglen. The
| fight spread until every man in the hall was
engaged, and the police were unable to
quell the tumult. Afterward three Of the
ringeaders, William Walls, Charles Chatter
son and Morris Dalton, were arrested and
committed. A score Of people were more
or less injured by the flying missiles.
THE village of Constantine, Mich, is in
| a state Of great excitement over little epi-
sode that occurred the other day. A young
married lady of that town drove out alone to
her fathers farm house and administered a
| horse whipping to lady visitor whose
actions have been the cause of scandal.
THE car works at Gainesville, Ga,
were destroyed by an exploding boiler, Feb.
| 18th. Six colored men were killed and two
fatally injured. E. L. Wood, the engineer,
can hardly recover, and Superintendent Lu-
cas- was severely bruised. Seven or eight
others were slightly wounded. The men
killed were warming at the boiler when it
burst, and Wood was turning on steam.
EDWARD STERN, Russian Vice-Con
sui at New York City, and Jules Druilhet,
his law, caned each other on the
18th. The trouble arose from proceedings
now pending in the Supreme Court between
Stern and his wife, who sues him for di-
vorce on the ground Of adultery. The un-
usual spectacle of two well l-dressed elderly
men engaged in a spirited encounter on
Broadway attracted an immense crowd.
AN infant son of A. L. Fitzgerald,
wholesale druggist Of Helena, Ark, was
drowned the other day by falling into a
flood washed street.
MILES THOMPSON, a colored murder
er, was hanged at Waco, Texas, Feb. 18th.
REV. M. FINNITY was arrested in
Chicago on the 18th for illtreating Miss May
Sheridan, chorist in the Wabash Avenue
Methodist Church.
! T. w. PATTON, son of a Detroit
(Mich.) Justice of the Peace, was fatally
shot in bar-room brawl the other night.
The shooter escaped.
SUSAN MOST, of Lancaster, Pa, re-
Gently locked the doors of her house on the
inside and beat her mother-in-law to death.
She then confessed her crime to the authori
ties, and expressed the hope that some one
would kill her.
WILLIAM G. CLARKE, formerly at the
head of the wholesale paper of Clarke,
Friend, Fox & Co. has fled from Chicago to
New York. 1t appears he bought out the
other interests in the firm with promissory
notes, and speedily transferred the stock to
rival dealers for $4,000, of which $4,000
was in cash or good commercial paper.
Complaints by creditors to the original house
caused an investigation by Friend and Fox,
which showed that $50, 900 Of the firms pa
per was still aioat. or this amount 900
was promptly paid, and the liabilities will
be honestly met.
CoLoRED jubilee singers were denied
admission to every hotel in Washington,
few days ago, and until after midnight did
not find place to sleep.
THE star-route bond defendants are
| held for the Grand Jury.