Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-10

VOLC AA
NEWS and NOTES.
, Summary of Important Events.
tbq inf)rmer, has been ex-
OAH. ..am the Dublin (lreland) Town
Council -.-
wv rosignation of General Won
r,meke. Prussian Minister oi "a na'
been accepted. -.
BoyNroN, President OF the
JAM senate, has been sworn in as Gov
Georgia o'D" ''.caed the late Governor Ste
phens. -
poord Of Directors of the st.
1,nj. (No.> Fair Association ~, nave ,Sa;l appao,
Lous ,,.1 a 900 for premiums for their next
exposition
r,,,cx HINT and party, including
L .,",t and other survivors Of the jean
na,ts p have arrived at St. Petersburg hus-
.ia. all in good health.
ruv bond of ex-Treasurer Polk, OF
n.nnossee. having been reduced to $40, 100,
b. bo, been enabled to give bail and has
Iosr released from custody.
REPORTS from the Upper Missouri
and Mississippi Rivers on the 9th indicated
,b.t tbe ice was still solid, but liable to be
lifted out at almost any time.
THERE we're 272 business failures IN
,be United States and Canada during the
seven days ended on the I'd, an increase OF
forty.two over the previous seven days.
Tn the star-route trial at Washington,
D. c., recently, Merrick denounced lnger-
soil as a puppy, and in return was called
dirty dog. Both subsequently apologized
tOthe Court.
D.N. SPEER, Treasurer of Georgia,
has recently sold 100000 Of United States
bonds for his State and placed the proceeds,
exceeding $lSO,O00, in bank to reduce the
debt Of the State.
THE suffering at the flood-swept city
Of Shawnee own, Ill.,, was increasing on the
ID. Only thirty houses were habitable and
malaral fevers and Other sickness were
irightfully prevalent.
AsECRET revolutionary society, will
smsmbership of six thousand, was said t.
have been discovered in the North of Eng.
land recently, the members being well sup
Piled with fire arms.
EVIDENCE of the connection of P. j.
Sheridan, OF New York, and Frank Byrne,
arrested in Paris, France, the other day,
with the Phoenix Park assassinations was
said to be in the possession of the British
police.
THE relief committee at Cincinnati,
o., had received S156, 900 to recent date,
and the municipal appropriation Of $4,000
would probably be returned to the Treasury.
The losses at Lawrenceburg, Ind, had
been carefully computed at S439,ooO.
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The last foot of land at Arkansas
City, Ark, had disappeared under water
on the lst. Disastrous crevasses were re-
ported though planteas were still hopeful
that the overflow would not be of great ex-
tent At Cairo the danger was thought to
be over
A BAD break occurred in the levee
below Helena, Ark, on the 5th, and several
Plantations were quickly flooded. 1t was
thought there would be much loss OF prop
eriy and stock, and probably some loss Of
ine 10 those who were far back in the bot
'VinS and were not yet aware of the break.
AT Helena, Ark, on the I'd they were
expecting greater flood than that of last
year, which was the greatest ever known.
painage IN Southeast Missouri it was said
would exceed that of last year. the water
oeing loot higher than then. At Vicks-
Vurg more hopeful view was taken of the
prospect.
., NE ilooo news was more gloomy on
'ue AUD. AT Helena the water was coming
up Win rush. The St. Francis River was
pS1nSerously high and rising, and verv
"'vau eSpanse of land was already under
"a'e'' Inc levees, owing to the continued
..N-''ut \. weather, were in excellent condi-
ou' ana would sustain considerable fur
, I1', pressure. At Arkansas City the out
''A was considered a very bad one.
~ a DISPATCH from Tiptonville, Tenn,
sn,sa sus ON said that town was completely
inc ''unued by water, the nearest land be-
rs, 'u miles to the east. Westward the
tba1a a,e' extended sixty miles, giving the river
of 's 7 ~, q width Of seventy miles. Two thirds
u,,aI county, in which Tiptonville is sit
in III ""s hooded, and nearly every farmer
bocS ~, osefuowed land had lost his corn and
HsrdIr considerable part of his cotton.
py na[aly farmhouse had been LEFT along
NeeIfoot Lake.
r.Y 'ne -oyh ult. the Detroit Post and
lIsb.d .5"9 denied the report previously pub
o,ro1. ~ lhe Chicago and other Western
pise., 'na' The coinage OF the new five-cent
E3,,nn n'' oeen stopped. The Post and
by tba ~ Z Says The story of the suppression
set ~ 'o'erment Of the new nickel twas
of thai. oy swindlers who hope to dispose
v,nu ', 'uelr stock as mementoes, at large adj.
ds, NV mint Is rolling ont 100 ono a