Huntsville gazette., 1884-12-20

VOLUME vi.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
nevs from Everywhere.
x--,prr Of forged drafts on the Iowa
,asn . and Trust Company are said to be IN
crculation'
ruv Hooking Valley coal miners strike
..lm. lns practically ended, and the old men
s,sl,f ssa nffering to resume work.
;rolas in the vicinity of Bradford,
. Vn sra =. excited over a new well which
'.irces ~ $50 barrels an ho'tsr.
ro,,se subcommittee on Pensions
lll rreed - 70 report an appropriation OF
lss .@ M M oo0 for the next fiscal year.
,..vsryTATIvEs Of the press and ar
ha.rrofessions gave a dinner to Mime.
@@ Ny, evening of the 18th in New York.
,,r1oy is reported to have broken
. rorea. The United States vessels
T.,.+on y., and Ossipee have been ordered
there. -.
,urypRED hosiery operatives left Not
n England, on the 18th for Amer
~ rrbsra places had already been en-
| gagged
c-,.-,,r SERBIAN will be Marshal OF
49, 5.r for the celebration, February 2lst,
af ths c1mpIetioa of the Washington mon
ument
CURIOUS political complication has
arisen Ii West Virginia as the result. OF
Me- change ot the time for State electlons
voted upon October 14th.
II is proposed that the President sur
rounded by his Cabinet and others, shali
from the White House open the New Or
leans Exposition by electricity.
PRINCE ALEXIS SAIGo, OF Japan,
,rbew of Colonel Oyama, Japanese MIN
rsr of War, died at Washington, d. Z.
| rtbe 10th. He was only eleven years @
d -''-''
T1LK1NsoN BROTHERS, bankers, Syra
gse. n, ", closed on the 10th, and thei
affairs are in the hands OF q receiver
Tbey were rated high, and the failure wa
surprise.
THE flint glass workers OF Pittsburgh
- struck on the 10th against the tWent
ar cent. reduction. Factories are run
ing with apprentices, who take the places
f journeymen.
Earl GRANVILLE has informed Prime
luister Ferry that English negotiations
Nth China with view OF settling the
Franco Chinese difficulty amicably, have
resulted in failure
THE District Court Of Zofingen, Cantor
# Aargan, Switzerland, has fined and i'm.
,risoned two Mormon apostles, and Tor
,idden them, when released, to enter the
Canton for three years.
THE American Base Ball Association
concluded its session at New York on the
llth. A number Of important changes were
made in the rules in reference to suspen-
.ions, expulsions, rain checks, etc.
T,r,E E,,c.1icb nnnl,ll9In th n
they are not allowed TO know the true
state Of affairs relating to the Nile ex-
pedition owing to General Wolseley's rig =
orou. censorship Of press dispatches.
TIE possession Of the st. Louis (Mo.) }
Chamber Of Commerce building was sur
rendered on the 10th by the Chamber OF
Commerce Association to the trustees OF
the second mortgage bondholders.
MISS FoRTEsCUE, the English actress
who received $4,000 from Lord Garmoyle
Tor breach Of promise of marriage, is now
engaged to marry an old flame, Mr.. Harry
QlliteT, a bank clerk and musical. critic.
VIGOROUS protests are being made by the
tobacco interest OF the country against the
ratification Of the new treaty with Spain.
Ii Is asserted that the United States would
lose IN customs duties $50, 100000 annually.
THERE have been some severe snow
'orms IN the Swiss Alps recently. The
5reat Hospital of st. Bernard is full of
Wounded people, and many tourists are
Kissing, supposedly lost in the snow
.rl-tS.
4AE Secretary Of the Treasury has pre-
JARED a circular to take the place OF all
EeYlous circulars concerning the import
ZION of old rags, providing that no old
ass shall be landed in the United States
except upon thorough disinfection.
DAYTON, o., is exercised over o mysteri-
V"S poisoning case in two families living
~ . double tenement in that city. -Four
f fl'saAs were taken violently i'll with in
s,,s,' s1.'9lS u poisoning. All is theory, but
'-'-'4o4 points to a street-car driver.
,n--, ''DoN vas thrown into state Of fer
.,.','. Va rue afternoon of the 18th by an at
F' u BOW up London bridge with dy-
y '--'''s' ndows on either side of the
;. ''''''S We're broken and few pedestrians
. .''' '''So' Dut beyond this no damage was
''o-' 'ne lst Of January to November
/ = lne present year, the total arrivals
''-'-ieIahJs into Canada was I4.000,
-'l1'. l'2,000 during the same period last
VI these $1,000 settled in Canada,
-,,. remainder passing through to the