Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Since the beginning of the outbreak there
had been 3,297 deaths.
THE French Cabinet does not UNDER
stand that China has yet declared war.
WIN. JOHNSON (colored), a fugitive from
justice, murdered his wife with an axe at
Wallingford, Conn.,, on the 18th.
GREAT throng of people witnessed the
departure of King Humbert from Naples
on the 14th. The scene was very pathetic.
The King personally received hundreds of
petitions.
Two green glass bottle factories at Pitts.
burgh lighted fires in the furnaces on the
18th. The trade is excessively dull.
THE cotton industry of Lancashire, En-
gland, is suffering the greatest depression
in many years.
ROBERT HOE, the noted inventor of
printing presses, died at Tarrytown, N.
Y, on the 18th, in the seventieth year of
his age.
JOHN G. s. HARRISON, the indianapolis
banker, paid over the entire balance on
liability.
THE Colorado Republicans demand that
Congress shall remove the Southern Ute
Indians from the Slate.
JAS. 7. NORRIS, of Boston, Mass, and
Peter Priddy, of Pittsburgh, Pa, rowed
scull race at the latter place on the 13 h.
Norris won easily by ten lengths.
The English Government propose to blow
up the cataracts on the Nile with dyna-
mite in order to make passage for boats.
JAY-EYE-SEE had a chill at Kalamazoo,
Mich, on the 18th and failed in his at
tempt to lower his trotting record.
Two of the railroad companies at Min
neapolis caused wild uproar on the 1ssh,
in fight for tracks leading to an elevator.
THE date for the sculling race between
Hosmer and Gandaur, has been changed to
September 2S.h, at Creve Coeur Lake, near
st. Louis.
THE United States Circuit Court at Sy-
racuse, N. Y, delivered an opinion on the
18th of interest to the hardware trade of
the country.
MRS. SCHELLING, nee Morosini, who
eloped from Yonkers, New York, with her
fathers coachman, returned to Yonkers on
the 14th. She made two visits TO her old
home to see her mother, who is reported to
be dying. Morosini disowns his daughter.
THE Belmont Lodge of the Amalgamated
of Iron and Steel Workers at
Wheeling, w. Va, has withdrawn aud is
in favor of the disintegration Of the ANAL
gamation.
GENERAL BUTLER says his aim is to
throw the Presidential election into the
House or REPRE- 'entaUrvUo.
IT is the opinion in Washington that
General Gresham will be appointed Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and that Frank Hat
ton will be appointed Postmast er-General.
FERRY, Prime Minister of France, tele-
praphed Admiral CJurbet on the l35h to
resume O; erations at once, which means
that other Chinese cities are to bombarded.
and forts destroyed.
THE situation in Yucatan and N xico is
improving since rains have fallen, but
there is vet great corn famine and the
price is very high. A reduction i'll Amer
lean railway rates would be a wonderful
help, and our corn would then be bought.
JUDGE WOODS of the United Sta 5es Cir
cult Court at indianapolis, declined to rule
the interrogatories filed by the defendants
in the Blaine libel suit, on the ground that
such questions were not admissible. At
torneys for the plaintiff declared they
would answer, but declined to state When
they would be ready.
The loss by the recent foods in Hiscon
sin will exceed $2,O00,0O0
In the horse-bicycl race at st. Louis,
Mo-, which closed the evening of the 14th,
the horses won, the score being: Horses,
$50 miles; bicy cles, S36 miles. Anderson,
the champion, is trying to arrange l00-
mile equestrian race against three men.
CHARLES RAMON, Spaniard, of Spring
field, Mass, has lately fallen heir to for
tune of several millions and three titles by
the death of an uncle in Spain
OrTo LovELAND and Ole StTand were
drowned by the capsizing of boat In
Lake Minnetonka, Mimi. on the l4th.
KING HUMBERT, on his return to Rome
from Naples on the 14th was greeted by
the populace with great enthusiasm
A DYNAMITE cartridge was found in a
cask of petroleum which recently arrived
at Leeds, Eng, from America.
OLIVER WARMALD, Buffalo IN. "
fresco painter went to Niagara Falls on
the Is h to perfect arrangements for go
ing over the cataract in thick rubber ball
fifteen feet in diameter for purse OF
$1,000.
CROP prospects in India are improving.
Two great concerts are to be given in
New York for the benefit of cholera suf-
ferers in Italy.
CHAs. S. OSBORNE has been appointed
permanent receiver of the Wall Street
Bank, New York.
THE Chinese will not block the river at
Shanghai unless the French make an at
tack.
THE Sovereign Lodge, Odd-Fellows. OF
the world, met at Minneapolis, Minn., on
the 10Th, with 200 delegates present.
FRosTS have done great damage in por-
tions of Nova Scotia within the past few
days.
IT is reported that General Caceres. the
revolutionary leader in Peru, was recently
badly defeated at Lima.
The bacon trade of Limerick, Ireland,
is virtually suspended. The pork butchers
are on strike.
GENERAL BUTLER spoke at Union
Square, New York, the evening of the
18th to an audience of about 1900 people
Mr.. HENDRIcKs has accepted an invita-
ton to go to Columbus, O., September
25tb. and deliver political address.