Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
NEVS and NOTES.
Summary of Important Events.

NEWO ANU NUlAN'
A Summary of Important Events.
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-ovv1TTEE of examiners was on
III engaged in counting the cash in the
Tn;ted I States Treasury.
THE Illh Supreme Court has rem
- . decision declaring the Pullman
uelso Gar Company common carrier.
.,r Massachusetts, House of Repre-
ttatives has passed bill providing for
S.niol Stn.. election of State officers and bien-
uisl .;aI SESSIONS of the Legislature.
pypoRrs that the whites were organ
;.nr ia exterminate the male Apaches on
carlos reservation were SAID TO DE
ga oredeuce in the Southwest.
bNoN s---
,n,1cEs on the 1st regarding the
-;at.r wheat crop, all sections considered,
we're reported not encouraging. Inc pros
..+ raried greatly with locality, but as a
,rboIo was unfavorable.
SECRETARY FoLGER's health was
..b hotter on the 10Th than it had been for
sororal days, and it was hoped by those
obout him that within week he would be
-, for recovered as to be able to take trip
to Bermuda
THE first star-mail route trial at
Washington lasted fifteen weeks. The
eiohteenth week of the second trial began
on the ID inst, when Merrick, of counsel
forthe prosecution, resumed the cross-exam-
nation Of ex-senator Dorsey.
IT was announced on the 29th that
the work Of cleaning out the Braldwood
GlD mines would be abandoned. No bodies
were discovered the day before, and it was
estimated 5000 carloads of material re-
NAMED to be removed. The mines would
be closed.
DR. OTTO WILHELM STRUvE, Direc
tor Of the Imperial Observatory of Pulko-
wa, Russia, was in Boston, Mass, the
other day to test the object. glass made to
order for the Russian Government, the
largest ever constructed-thirty inches in
diameter.
COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE has rem
lpred a decision that the salary of Con-
wessman Ochiltree, of Texas, must be paid
70 himself, notwithstanding his indebted
ness to the United States, on the grounds
that his office is constitutional one, and
that if his salary was withheld he would be
deprived Of the means of support and his
constituents of representation.
The statement of the United States
Treasurer showed gold, silver and United
States notes in the Treasury on the 31st
ut as follows Gold coin and bullion,
SlSi,32i 800; silver dollars and bullion, S107,-
1854; fractional silver coin, S27, ,S02 ,422;
United States notes, S44, ,536, ,262-total,
1858 1913, 713S. Certificates outstanding: Gold,
A2,lIg,9l0; silver, $70,59S, 400; currency,
@,6SO,000.
The business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven days
ended March 30 numbered 1S2, as against
A'A viz NNCh lputCO do lO1-
lows: Western States, So; New England,
II; Southern States, 81; Middle States, %;
Pacific States and Territories; 15; New
YORK City, 8; Canada, 32. The number of
failures for three months were ?, 2,S06, against
-'l-' for the same period last year.
CABLEGRAMS from London, Eng, on
The ID announced that the house of a land
lord near Limerick, Ireland, had been plum
uefed' Detectives had left London for
Ahlerlca TO search for two murderers. The
Limerick police force had been reduced on
account OF the improved condition of af-
iaHS' Inc British War Office was taking
measures TO thwart the dynamite opera
"rS' Threats against officials and Gov
griuheht property continued to be made.
no iei''aliS We're accused of sending small
PoA injection through the mails.
lHERE came near being another dis
dS'er at The Braidwood Qll.) mine on the
\ party OF six men had gone into the
~ orliS out bodies which had been dis
,0'eled' and when they started back thew
salu 'nelr way cut off by fall Of stone in
'V"u"ay' After much hard work the men
'eScued, but one of them was so over
otI. re oy the sickening stencil he had been
breathe that he had to be carried
~ i Stfetcher After this adventure
n 'iiiiefs refused to enter the mine, and
b, LII thought the search for bodies would
% be abandoned.
w.sr- 'ne Executive Departments at
dsra s'oh We're closed on the 2Sth, the
Hn .he funeral of Postmaster General
f,;n 'ief nags draped in mourning and
oaaa = nali-mast The pillars of the Post
GarnIa Ne" York We're draped and the
pend. aV halt-mast. Business was sus-
Cpston,l - 'ne afternoon. At Chicago the
Tho f.+ ''ouSe was draped in mourning.
eynoo1.' '7i di services at Kenosha, Wis. were
wera ~ simple and appropriate, and
ofrial~ N''eu by many distinguished
Graa,, I ! ana others. The body was taken to
W. Day IN the afternoon for interment at
''0dlawn Cemetery.
conaI "Iaild jury of the District of
sentn,o.' returned three additional pre-
ronta IN connection with the star mail
Brad,. "0's On the 9th. In one James L.