Huntsville gazette., 1883-01-06

VOLUME Nv. D3}
news and NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Eventa.,
THE French Chamber and Senate was
rrorogned December 29th.
IT was said the receipts of the United
States patent office for the past yearwere
S1,O0,O00.
THE inauguration of Grover Cleve-
,ord as Governor Of New York took place
on the 1st. . s1ss~
A11GHr shock of earthquake was felt
!, Halifax. n. S., the other night, lasting
twenty to thirty seconds. @
Tuv Indian chief Red Cloud visited
Ii, grandchildren at the Hampton (Ya.)
normal School few days ago. Aa .'"
CHOLERA, it was said, was recently
Devastating cities and villages in the inte-
nior Of Kurantieng provinces, China.
THE Senate confirmed the nomina-
tion OF Robert c. Campbell, Of Louisiana,
as United States Consul at Monterey few
days ago. rI &I '.rl "a
DURING the seven days ended Deem
bpr % there were 1893 business failures in the
United States, against 1917 for the previous
seven days. r .r4f
THE Hawaiian Minister, Elisha H.
Allen, died suddenly in cloak-roo at the
White House on the 1st during the Presi-
dents reception. s# N
AT Des Moines, Iowa, the Adjutant-
General celebrated the thirty sixth ami
versary OF the admission Of the State by
salute Of thiry-siX guns on the 28th.
GOVERNOR RUsK, of Wisconsin,, was
called upon to appoint all the officers for
Waukesha County except sheriff, the other
).
A NUMBER of frightened depositors at
Rochester, n. Y, the other day drew $75,
600 from the Monroe County Savings Bank
and S4l 900 from the East Side Savings
Bank.
THE recently submitted returns of the
Fire Marshal at Detroit, Mich, show that
city to have spent over three and quarter
millions for building improvements during
tAe year.
A FATAL disease, believed to be q
brain trouble, recently broke out among the
HOSES at OskaIoosa, Iowa. The attack
usually caused death in from twelve 10
AT meeting the other day Of the
creditors of J. A. & w. H. Sweeney, sus-
pended bankers at New York, James A.
Sweeney promised that every cent due
should be paid. #at#s
THE death of M. Leon Gambetta, the
French statesman, was announced at Paris
on the 1st. Pyama, the result OF trifling
wound in the hand received some time ago,
was the cause Of death.
AT the recent sale of articles accumu-
lated in the Dead Let er Office, the proceeds
amounted to 81 ,497, which sum was depos-
tied in the Treasury to the credit Of the
Post-offce Department. m
Four hundred tobacco-growers of
New England held meeting at II artford,
Conn, few days ago, and adopted apeti
lion to Congress to impose a duty OF 81
pound on all foreign tobacco except from
Cuba.
HE ratifications of the convention of
tne United States and Belgium for the ex-
cnange OF money orders after January were
formally exchanged a few days ago between
tne PostmasterG General and the Belgian
Minister.
AT Cleveland, o., the operators of the
Massillon District coal mines a few days
.'hce agreed to reduce the price of mining
rom hlnety-fVe to eighty-fiv cents ton,
anu appointed committee to confer with
the miners. 81.
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FACTIONS of the Creek Indians were
az m war In the vicinity Of Okmulgee, Indian
i'.''oFy, where desperate battle occur
IF' lew evenings ago. A detachment of
,VueIal soldiers were sent to the scene and
"'SaInled 100 OF Chicote's men,
iHt MIX River country it was re-
% pUt'ea few days ago was oyerrun with
l,n I,V hunters who were slaughtering the
I"HA'oes' The Indians were becoming rest
ana me Agent feared trouble. The
''"'e OF the military was requested.
az secretary of the Standard Oil
Soaay testified before the New York
tbat committee on corners the other day
rot ha, w. capital was $3.5OO,0OO; that it had
,f,ao, oOasht or sold large quantities Of oil to
lures. ""u uio not deai IN Iu-
eraor,, - resldentthe other day issued an
n nst, n,,e order setting apart certain lands
TAIN DtNo'a h Territory for the Turtle Noun
oha. OI'a OF Chippewa Indians, and such
s.ars.ns ass Indians q the Chippewa tribe as the
:, ''dl1 OF The Interior NAV so a. e. sottlo