Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-30
Miscellaneous Items.

A car with 1,600,0 young shad, sent
by Prof. Baird, of the United States Fish
Commission, for distribution in Louisiana
waters, arrived at New Orleans few days
ago.
n w. w. Harvey has been arrested at
Morgan City, La, for using the mails
fraudulently.
Huntingdon, Tenn, was visited by
the most disastrous fire the other day ever
known in the town, ten business houses and
three residences being destroyed. The fire
was discovered at three o'clock in the morn
ing and was supposed to be incendiary.
Total loss, between $50, 900 and $4,000; IN
surance light.
The Garden City Fireworks, at Dal-
las, Tex, owned by Sweat & Co., blew up
the other afternoon with loud explosion,
setting fire to the building. The building,
being concrete structure, was saved, but
the fireworks, machinery for their manu-
facture and quantity of materials were a
total loss. The same establishment blew
up about six months ago, destroying the
building and everything in it.
The irEus in tl,e ease Of the SIate
against ". 1OWaTU, lOE bilb hIil1uS Ot
Judge J. NJ. Thurmond in the Court house
at Dallas, Tex, year ago, has returned
verdict of acquittal.
d. I. Rainwater G. Co. shipped from
Hutchins' Station, Dallas County, Tex, the
first car Of new wheat Of the present crop
a few days ago. They paid ninety-fve
cents per buShel for it and consigned it to
st. Louis parties. The quality was not
very fine, and it will be hard to grade as
good as No. on the st. Louis market This
is about month later than the first ship
ment last year.
Three men, Stinson, Briefly and Ham
ilton, from Montgomery County, were be-
fore a United States Commissioner at Gal
weston, Tex, the other morning. charged
with entering, June ., the house of Charles
Shannon (colored), dragging him a mile
from his dwelling and attempting to cut
his throat. Shannon at the time was wit
ness before the United States Court in
county election cases. Complainant fail
ing to appear, the prisoners were dis
charged. 1t was thought charge of per-
jury would be entered against Shannon.
The death of III M. Ogden, aged
forty-three, occurred at New Orleans few
days ago. He was sAttorney-General under
the Nichols administration, and figured
prominently in the politics of Louisiana
in 1874 and 1879.
Emma Key, eldest daughter Of eX-
Postmaster-General Key, was married the
other night at her fathers home in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, to NJ. b. Thompson, Superin-
tendent Of the Mail Service Of the United
States.
Rev. j. G. Hartshorn, of Providence,
r. T., has offered to erect building to cost
500, 900 at Richmond, Va, to be given the
Baptists for a school for the education of
colored girls.
L. V. Logan, of Mitchellsburg, Ky,
fell off a train near Lebanon while drunk
the other morning, and was frightfully
mangled.
At the meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Sanitary Council of the Mis-
sissippi Valley, at Memphis, Tenn, the
other night, it was decided that when the
National Board of Health closed on the o0th
of June, to maintain the inspection service
bv river and rail as now enforced. Its
rules for that service would be adopted
and maintained intact by the Sanitary
Council OF the Mississippi Valley. 1t EN-
braces inspections at Memphis, and also
on the river between Vicksburg and the
Louisiana State line and at New Orleans.
The President has recognized James
Hunter as Vice-Consul of Portugal at Mo-
bile, Ala.
Judge John z. Carver, of Springfield,
Tenn, was indicted few days ago for
attempt to commit perjury and conspiracy
in connection with the trial of Burch Hop
kins and John and Henry Hooper for muir
der. 1t was alleged he used money and in
Auence to obtain testimony favorable to his
clients. Judge Carver says the charge is
UNANIMOUSLY false in all it's length and
breadth, and that his vindication Will be
emphatic, thorough and complete.
The fifty members Of the Texas Legls-
Iatrre indicted some time ago for poker
nlavinr have about all settled their cases
without trial by payment of fines and
costs.
Miss Colista Hopewood, the sixteen
year-old daughter Of prominent Baltl-
morean, has married William Obendorfer,
a wealthy young Hebrew of Norfolk, Va,
against the consent Of her family.