Huntsville gazette., 1884-07-12

BY HUNTSVILLE GAZETTE co
VOLUME V.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
THE old Garfield Memorial Church at
Washington has been sold for $132.
Mr.. BLAINE has announced that he
viii make Augusta, Me-, his headquar-
ters during the campaign.
ASAN FRANCISCO society leader en-
oaoed the front row of the dress circle
forLangtry's appearance last tweek, and
flied it with local beauties in decollete
dress. The verdict was they were all
more beautiful than the Lily.
PHILADELPHIA ladies have a swell
boarding place for their pet dogs in one
Of the suburbs. of that overgrown vii
lace. so that their favorite CANNES may
not suffer during the owners absence at
Long Branch or Cape May.
Mrs. LANGTRY's latest conquest in
wolves the happiness of wealthy cat
fle-rancher, who has followed her from
CHEYENNE to San Francisco. He would
like to swap his whole herd of long
horns for one beautiful little Jersey.
TaE assets OF the Cooperative Dress
Association, Kate Fields defunct enter
Prise have Just been sold, and amount
ed to the sum total of $71, which is just
S1l more than some defunct enter
prses have left behind them.
SOME Young women of a town in
Western Massachusetts think of organ
Zinc an association for the promotion
Of co-cducation. The motto on their
corporate seal will be: IF girl wants
to Be fellow with other fellows, let her
do it."
Mr.. LOUIS SCHAFFER, of Canton, o.,
who recently offered a homet to the only
surviving granddaughter of Thomas
Jefferson, has issued circular asking
for contributions to place the lady be-
yond the reach Of want in her declining
years.
PERE HYACINTHE expresses himself
as surprised by the vastness of this coun-
try and the unity Of the diverse races
which compose its population. He said
that here one feels true liberty, based
upon the principles Of a strong con
@rYatiye constitution and Christianity.
AN odd effect of the recent drouth in
New England is reported from Stam-
ford, Conn. A church organ there is
blown by water power. The other day,
at wedding, the supply gave out in
the middle Of the Wedding March,"
and the music squeaked itself away into
silence while the bridal procession was
moving up the aisle.
FRANZ HILMAN, who invented the
polka, has just died at Prague at the
age Of eighty. About forty years ago
be was struck by the musical rhythm
and dainty motion of . Bohemian
country dance, and he forthwith com
posed the Iirst polka that ever appeared
nprnt borrowing not only the tune
but the step.
HE general freight agents ofrailroads
- Iowa have issued a general order an
1ooncng their purpose to observe the
iowa law respecting the sale of intoxi-
tauhg liquors, which went into effect
1aIy r All agents are prohibited from
receiving any intoxicating liquors for
transportation from any point either
within or without the State to any
point within its limit, unless there is
utFered to such agent certificate sign
Nj oy the Auditor of the county in
when the point of destination is loca-
I0' showing that the consignee has au-
'Aorlty, by order of the Board of Su-
Per'Eors, to sell liquor in such county.
fRoF. Z. S. WAYNE, the chemist.
~lS mat he has experimental for two
wars on vegetables over which arsenic
%4u paris green had been spread to kill
4 .lssc'S, lie found turnips grown under
1''9 s circumstances impregnated with
~,seillc, but could not fiud that potatoes
we're Affected in the same manner. Ii
,~n'pS will absorb the poison it is not
.- IleaSonable to suppose that radishes
%sluonlonswill. s LETTUCE grown where the
,..21-"aterlng ,..1 is practiced must neces-
r",ls oeunwholesome, as the obnoxious
l1. LITER Is poured directly onthe tender
r. ra,gS' All kinds of plants need pure
water and pure soil.
0'D'E NOAH DAVIS, of New York, in
vi ria article in the North American Re
h. Vi Marriage and Divorce" SAYS