Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-18
Personal AND GENERAL.

erty is almost in the heart of the city.
Mr.. THOMAS BURT, an English, NJ. r.,
writing to miner who had asked his ad-
vice about emigrating to America, says
that while in the United States, year
ago, he noted that the condition of the
miners was unfavorable, their position
uncertain, and the outlook for the future
unattractive.
THE hesdless body of Mrs. Stilwell Hen
dershos was found in a well near Troy,
Ind, on the 10th. Her husband and son
were the murderers. At late hour the
same night mob hanged the son and
started back for the old man.
THE Australian squadron has been
ordered to New Guinea to proclaim
protectorate on the part of En-
gland over the coasts of the island ca st
of the 141st meridian of east longitude,
and over the adjacent islands to the south.
The commander is instructed not to allow
Europeans to settle upon the island at
present.
A MEETING of 4,00) unemployed work
men Of Glasgow, Scotland, was held on
the 10Th. They passed resolution asking
the magistrates to assist them.
A REPORT is current in English court
circles that the Duchess Of Albany, at the
termina tion of her term of mourning e, will
marry the Crown Prince of Wurtemburg.
A MOVEMENT has been started among
Irish National League Societies to extend
an invitation to Irish-American leaders,
including Alexander and Congressman
Fnerty. to visit Ireland.
DIPHrHERIA has become epidemic on
Long Island.
ORGANIZED bands of robbers continue to
rob farmers in Pennsylvania.
The number of persons injured by the
cyclone in Catania is now estimated at
800.
THE Government Of the Repu blic of
Santo Domingo has abolished export
duties on sugar, molasses and all other
productions of the country. The export
duty was twenty five cents per 100 pounds
on sugars.
THE Tariff Club of Cleveland, o., had a
monster demonstration the evening of the
10th. There were 900 wagons in line. bril-
liantlv illuminated, bearing artisans pur-
suing their usual avocations. There were
15,0OJ men in line, and the entire caval-
cade was seven miles in length. The line
of march covered twelve miles of illumin-
ated streets.
THERE were seven deaths from yellow
fever at Havana, Cuba, for the week end
ed the 18th.
GEO. BURNETT, a noted horseman, died
at New Haven, Conn, on the 11th.
A DISASTROUS dynamite explosion oc-
Cured at the new Parliament building,
Quebec, on the 1lh. The walls were bad
ly damaged and the windows broken.
Two persons were injured.
FRENCH troops in Africa will be sent to
Tonquin to strengthen the forces there.
THERE were 100 fresh cases of cholera
and forty two deaths reported at Naples
on the 18th, and 175 fresh cases and fifty
one deaths on the 18th.
HOG cholera of violent nature is spread
ing in Eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
ADMIRAL COURBET telegraphs from Kee-
Lung that he is erecting posts for troops
to occupy.
THE recent cyclone in Sicily destroyed
5000 dwellings, in addition to vineyards
and olive gardens.
GLADSTONE thinks that IA protectorate
should b, established over New Guinea.
There is a great increase in the slave trade
on the coast.
WINDOW GLASS factory owners at Pitts
burgb, Pa, are complaining Of excessive
dulness in trade, and efforts are being
made TO close down for short period.
Phys IcIANs who examined the skull of
Charles Butler, the wife-murderer hanged
in Indiana, say he was insane.
NEARLY all of the syndicate mines in
the Hooking Valley of Ohio were on fire
on tie l2ta. A number of hoppers were
burned.
IT is reported that President Woolsey
h as resigned from the Yale College cor
poration on account Of advanced age.
SOCIALISTS melted a riot at Branden-
berg, Germany, on the 18th. There was a
serious conflict with the military.
The National Health Association met
in S.. Louis, No., on the 14th.
THE twenty fourth annual st. Louis
Fair closed on the 125h. There was large
attendance. Signor Liberati delighted the
assembled thousands with his cornet
solos. The week was one Of the most sue
cessful ever enjoyed by the s.. Louis Fair,
the attendanc, being unprecedented and
the exhibits above the average in every
department except cattle, which were ex-
cluded.
HENRY. STANLEY is going to Berlin, pre-
sumably for a conference with Bismarck
on the Congo affairs.
TIE Emperor of Austria officiated at the
opening of the new University building at
Vienna on the 18th.
ANTHONY WHITE, about twenty years of
age, was dangerously wounded at Pueblo,
Col, on the 1a.h, under peculiar circum-
stances. While at the house of Mr..
Shane the six-year-old son of the latter
entered the room, and noticing a small
self-cocking revolver on the table
the child picked il up, playfully
pointed it at Mr.. White and pulled the
trigger. The ball entered Whites head
just over the left eye and penetrated the
brain.
BY collision on the Pennsylvania Rail-
way at Hunker's Station on the 18th, John
F. Layton, brakeman, was killed, and
three other trainmen injured. Several
cars loaded with coke were burned.
S. s. DAVIS, banker, Cincinnati, assigned
on the 18th, with liabilities, $4,000.