Huntsville gazette., 1884-08-09
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
Summary Of Important Events.
ruvpr were 81, ,692, 119 silver dollars in
49, limited States Treasury vaults on the
1st.
n,-D,xc the month of July the coinage
.recuted by the United States mints ag-
rrsgoted g, ,449,SoO pieces, representing in
value s4,S2l,ooo.
r,r new Bankers and Merchants Tele-
anh Company has completed its lines
sn, Chicago TO Milwaukee and Madison.
Wis. and are rapidly working toward st.
Paul, Mimi.
rur work on the new cruisers is being
.aidlv pushed. The Dolphin, Atlanta
and Boston are about ready to be
,"nncb.d: and tie framework OF the Chi
cooo is nearly finished.
CHINA will not pay the indemnity, and
ebo prospects are that France Will let slip
.ho dogs of war. There is panic at Foo
rbow. ladies are leaving and foreigners
are al ming for defense.
DrRING the twenty -four hours ended at
ON the Sd there were fifteen deaths
sa, cholera at Marseilles and none at
Toulon. At the latter place thirty cases
wore taken to the hospital.
apFRsoN A who hides his name presented
,be English Wesleyan Conference with
,tooIopical library of 10000 volumes. The
.aoobersbip of the Wesleyan body was
increased during the past year by a,ooo.
+rodas, labor demonstration at Ham,
;,.on Ont. on the All was an immense
success. The procession was mile lon@.
A noteworthy feature was the marching
q, Young women, cotton and shoe opera :
tiyes.
GpxrRAI. SCHwEINITz, German Ambas
.odor 70 Russia, has LETT st. Petersburg
for the purpose of conferrlng Win DIS
marck at Varzin in regard to the neetlng
hat,yeen the Gar and the Emperor of Ger
many.
n1spArCH from Mozambique states
that the British bark Sarah Hobart was
detained there and her cargo seized on the
nre,ense of violated customs regulations.
The people were indignant at the arbitrary
proceedings.
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twelve Italian communities, but the epi-
demic is not spreading. The DirettO in
sists that the Government should publish
trustworthy information to prevent un-
founded alarm or exaggerated condolences.
DURING the week ended the 1st there
were 24l failures in the United States as
compared with 225 the preceding week,
and with 15j, 105 and 70 respectively in
the corresponding weeks of 1888, 1882 and
1881. Canada had 26, an increase Of ii.
CAIRO advices state that General Cor
don has recently made fierce and frequent
sorties from Khartoum, attacking the
rebels, who had built wall along the bank
of the Nile. The losses in these engage
ments are reported to have been heavy on
both sides.
THE Manhattan Club of New York gave
reception at the club rooms the evening
Of the 3lst to members of the Democratic
Notification Committee, on their arrival
from Saratoga. An elaborate collation.
was served at midnight. Many speeches
we're made and toasts drank.
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THE decrease in the public debt during
July was S3,99},2 cash in the Treasury,
Si0j,9lO0Oi; gold certificates, $11S,0l7, $40;
silver certificates, 5 20,404,341; certificates
Of deposit, $13, $50 ,0O1; refunding certifi-
Gates, $50; legal tenders, $346, ,6Sl ,O1G;
fractional currency, $697, $40.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued instructions to customs officers
to declare all rags coming from European
ports suspected of infection, and prevent
landing them unless clear proof is fur
nlshed they were free from disease and
come from non-infected ports.
JOHN WALLACE, who was Paymaster's
Clerk on the United States receiving ship
st. Louis, at League Island, near Phila.
delpha, disappeared about three weeks
ago, and it is now charged that his ac.
counts were S2,7O0 short. The matter is
Undergoing investigation by a court OF
Inquiry.
HE public debt statement issued on the
ISL shows that the indebtedness of Pacific
hallway companies to the Government
now amounts to about S1U9, 900. The
available cash balance in the Treasury to.
Jay Is nearly S140, 100000. 1t is expected
mat another bond call will be issued in q
lew days.
1T Is understood that the Court of In.
qary investigating the Navy Department
frauds has discovered fraudulent
cOucner dated two months previous to
General Wales taking charging of the bu-
-eau which indicates that the fraudulent
liactices in this bureau began earlier than
"aS been supposed.
ihE most important question under dis
assion relating to the last whisky trade,
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