Huntsville gazette., 1883-08-11

W NcNAIR, nominated for Gov
tbo late Iowa Democratic Conven-
,i1n, ei1S has declined to accept the nomination.
,o,rr F. &. MARSHALL died at
Iii 1,;,,,a. n. Y, few days ago from
CaDanl', l.l~+ Of wounds received during the
war e-
H., Tovas & St. Louis Narrow-gauge
.1 IL bsran business on the 9th with an
Ialllyaa In Track from Cairo, ILL.,, to Gates
vile, Tex.
,.vW SMITH, General Secretary
pofroal Y. NJ. G. A., is going to
Y ,l,cs -, a national flag on each Of the 1900
f graves Of Union soldiers at Andersonville'
,,,prc,GE for $40, ,O00,0 was ex-
.,,,.e5 bv the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
c-,nonv tbe other day, to secure loan
-Sj,5 j would enable them to take control of
tler0ad. .
SPECIAL train over the Chicago &
yortbwestern Railway, conveying Presi-
I,n. Arthur. General Sheridan and party,
on rmte for Yellowstone Park, left Chica-
TO- Ill.,, on the Sd.
D,vIrr in addressing meeting in
cmnty Clare, Ireland, recently declared
-bat tbe British Government was reduced
hsuch extremities that it could not protect
II yilest Instruments.
THE long contest in the Massachu-
ptrs legislature over the election Of
United States Senator was brought to close
on the ID bv the election Of Austin +. Pike
on The forty second ballot.
THE first bale of hops this season ar
rived at New York on the Sd, being four
DAYS earlier than the first bale last year.
Twas grown in Oneida County, N. Y, and
sold for fifty cents per pound.
The Commissioners of immigration
at New York have presented a very salts
iyng report on the subject of the assisted
immigrants whose return to Ireland was
made the occasion OF protest by the
british Government.
THERE was a report from Washing
On. D. c., on the 9TH that an offensive and
hiensive alliance had been concluded
sween Mexico and Germany, and that
here had been a difficulty between the
American and German ministers in the
land Of the Aztecs.
A STRIKE Of railroad telegraph opera
tors was ordered on the 9Th on the eastern
division Of the " abash. But few of the
men obeyed the summons so far as could
! be learned Other lines were to be called
/ out each day during the week. Strikes on
some of the Eastern roads occurred on the
same day.
REPORTS received at the Post-office
Department at Washington the other day,
from two post-offices which collected thir-
| N-lOur per cent. of the total revenue of the
department. in the second quarter of 1882,
snow an increase in the sale of postage
stamps, postal cards, etc., for the quarter
ended July 30, 1888, of S232 ,457 over the cor
e
II the abandoned-property room Of
me Treasury Department at Washington
+ large quantity Of Confederate scrip,
VoAlS, ETC., representing several millions
y dollars. In view of the purchase of
Oonds Tor shipment to England, it is said
al enoft Will be made in the next Congress
~ secure authority to destroy the relics
III Tie hands of the Government.
0ABLEGRAMS announced on the Sd
.u'' tne weather at Cairo, Egypt, was in
.l"''iy hoV' The average temperature under
"0 canvas being 1O6 degrees. Several
ueaths had occurred from sunstroke. The
usa'ns IS, lrom cholera in Egypt ON the ID
S''e W including 1876 at Cairo. The Lon
-" 'Hhg') NelcS asserted that the total
Ia.a lumber OF deaths in Egypt to that date had
teen 5000. o.
0Nh HUNDRED and ten British SOL
n ~ hau dled Of cholera in Egypt up to
i ~ lns'' Jules Avonssolm, professor
L, s sa"Ic chemistry, would leave Paris
cb,,1 sSpl 70 study the features of the
mps p,.'a Epidemic. The plague had appeared
III. iouI' Uladstone, the British Premier,
49, mat the epidemic seriously impeded
NJ san eaaiza'lon in Egypt and would delay
"''idrawal of the troops.
Il. lHE Louisville (Ky.) Legion escorted
grmpsa p,ISlaentlal party to the Exposition
mnt ,l' ~ On the lst, where the dense crowd
snota W cheer Of welcome. The President
positi. t Orlehy in formally opening the Ex-
The ,,ou' nouI and pulled silken cord which set
siy o,o1i t,5nuefous machinery in motion. At
dnad Och .f, p m. the distinguished guests
twent,, WIN .i the Pendennis Club. Fully
supprs.: thousand people witnessed the in
1''ion OF the great show.
| >-
bavs '',NIidNANr epidemic is reported to
horsas ',OAen out among the cattle and
lova ~ n the region of Council Bluffs,
of III ~ hrst indication is an irritation
Ct ba Iiiaon, followed by the swelling
pne doa oo"els, the animals often drop
oamas Caa ! within two hours. A farmer
conn ueorge Tredford died from poison
synn.arl ,aioated by skinning COW. The
hithertnl are said to be unlike anything
Aat vio;,. e.eNeIoped among live stock in
ssnbl0, Delnocrats of Minnesota as
The "A an -1 otate Convention at st. Paul on
Governora nominated w. w. McNair for
Governorr' H. NJ. Frazee for Lieutenant.
State, Joh,I ., j. Green for Secretary of
". VIII Ludwig for State Treasurer, J..