Huntsville gazette., 1883-10-06

NEWS AND NOTES.
Summary Of Important Events.
. { MATHEWS, Republican nomi-
D." % Attorney General of Maryland. has
Jsclined to run.
rvr.SEE beat St. Julian in the
'Ai .atcb race in New York on the Doth
grea' n".r snccessive heats, thus dethroning
@s oId king of the turf
,rtbe National Rifle Association fall
',nr at Creedmoof on the 2sth the
ass.no d. .+on State team won the Hilton
INV INV by a score of ,O66.
rur National Convention of State
Ian lance commissioners at Columbus,
Lls',, Y ,rrped not to try longer to establish
~ Lizard fire insurance policy.
~ Investigation is in progress
!. ~ Treasury Department to ascertain
Lst has become of certain receipts for
,.-sral hundred yards of carpets.
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P,.u,RcK is credited with having
made King Alfonso Colonel of Uhlans for
/. rurpose Of causing the Parisians to give
Ina cold reception and so engender hos
as spirit
THE business failures for the week
nJiDg the 2Sth number $50, as compared
,tb is the preceding week, the feature
hing very important disasters in the New
/ York clothing trade.
Or trial at Geneva for disturbing the
mace several Salvationists pleaded that
heir actions were in obedience to the die
nss Of conscience. The public prosecutor
insisted on sentence.
his charged that at the recent cleo
ions in the United States of Colombia the
ary in power placed their partisans in
barge of the ballot boxes and surrounded
afpoIls with armed police soldiers.
THE last point in dispute between
be British and Nicarauguan governments
Eecting the long pending Mosquito coast
/ Egln has been decided, the propositions
8e by Nicaragua having been accepted.
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RUBEN E. CARROLL explained to
be Senate Labor Committee on the 9th
MYstem of railroad rebates by which all
producers are compelled to sell their
ncks through the Standard Oil Company.
JOHN MCGINNEss, sentenced to be
hanged at Harrisburg, Pa, October for
the murder Of his mother-in-law, has been
respited three months, that an examina-
ton may be made relative to his sanity.
JOHN ROACH has presented a bill to
he Secretary Of the Navy for $21 900 for
aking care of the United States steamship
Roanoke from 1877 to the present time, the
charges being made at the rate of $S day.
IN connection with the recent arrests
dRussian army officers implicated in Nj
hliSt plots, a large depot has been discov-
cred at Charkof, containing arms, gun
powder, dynamite bombs and printing ap-
Iaratus.
The Women's Memorial Association
q North Carolina have arranged for the
removal of the remains of 107 North Caro-
Una soldiers buried at Arlington cemetery,
and the work has been commenced under
1e direction of Mrs. G. w. Harris. They
Will be taken to Raleigh.
JOHN B. CARROLL arrested on a
aaFge of forgery in the New York Water
Aegaters department, was taken to court
Vl lAe 18th. Upon the arrival of his lawyer
a pea Of mot guilty" was offered. His
y C'u was fixed at $4,000, his uncle VIM. P.
carroll becoming his surety.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND steel and iron
Io'Aers Glamorganshire and Monmouth
'ui'e' England, struck on the 1st against
.,4u''lon y, OF ten per cent. in wages. EN-
t'YseiS urge, in view of English and Amer
,,lu competition, that they must either
N'Se 'lelr works or reduce wages.
4 DISPATCH from st. Petersburg of
'u' isl stated that the Nihilists there had
.I'u circulars demanding that the Rus
~, .,l government put a stop to the cruel
~ a'iellV OF prisoners, especially women,
yIn! u!olilng the greatest caution upon all
D''iS'S IN consequence of recent arrests.
10. I'M T. HOWARD, of Burlington, Vt,
hiaIls hlVes his purpose of giving a new
rnir ior the Medical Department of the
brr, .'Si'y OF Vermont and refitting the old |
cs, ing Ing lor gymnasium. The aggregate
ora. s.i sia. De about $4,000. This will make
,s,. sf"'oVo Howard has given the Uni
''iSNy within ten years.
n..s attempt was made to rob the ex-
f. tr,i~ t~ On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Of M 80 ao.l a. coolidge, Kas., on the morning
Tho an-, .g'n oy party of three masked men.
sramas sNieer OF the train was killed and the
uesssn.s Seriously wounded, but the Express
and f,,e pluckily defended his charge
'''ated the intended robbery.
.,ill1 tnH King Of Spain was grossly in
rivsIin p 'ne french populace on his ar
accentinar arls on the Goth by reason of his
nan Ill., sue honorary colonelcy of Ger
% tha Pn p-an regiment during his recent visit
spologi.lp Emperor William. President Grew
aud Kias U on on behalf of the government.
dersdI alfonso attended a banonat ton,