Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-11
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.

TOPICS OF TIE DAY.
flows from Everywhere.
.pUMcR was in circulation at " ashing'
,on y, ,he 9th that Secretary Lincoln was
,binking Of resigning.
A SUIT against Philadelphia firm fol
s,-5O0J for alleged nndervaluation has
,asn compromised by the Government
for $3.50.
.nvrc:s from South africa report
orenent to ra.se u local force 10 expel
'ro Eoers from Bechuanllanl and restore
English authority.
.ccoRpING to the Paris correspondent
- the London Telegraph, the United
satcs is taking lively interest in the
rranco. Chinese imhroglio.
MINISTER FERRY stated at the french
Cshne Council Oh the 4th that Chinese
nrenarations rendered it necessary to
.ord rem orcementS to China.
TIE Georgia State election took place
On the Is. There was no opposition 70
,ho Democratic ticke-, and the vote In
oops,ouence was light everywhere.
c.p,rA1IsTs viii meet in Pittsburgh,
., October 18Th to arrange for the con-
i~, in Of an air line 200 miles long to
a'nnect New York with Chicago, Council
Rlur, aid St. Louis.
4 SERIOUS collision occurred on the
n,nrer & Rio Granle Railroad about
o;cbteen miles from Denver, Col, on the
Ist About thirty passengers were IN
iu-ed. nons seriously.
Tur Cu.tom.house Examiner OF Foreign
Mile ot the New York Post-office on the
sbs lied forty -onc large diamonds Iouno
in the mails of the steamer Britannia.
Thei. value is $4,000.
IL consequence of the protest OF the
ua,ian Consul, the Sui an OF Morocco has
dismissed from office and imprisoned the
Governor of Demnah, who is charged with
having tor .urei the Jews.
Iy ouclling mutiny of prisoners at
Manlalay a few days ago,the Burmese SOL
diers set fire to The prison and shot 43) OF
the inma es while they were attempting
TO c,cape from the burning building.
SOME unknown person fired a bullet in.
TO the train in which the Prohibitionist
candidate Mr.. st. John, was riding, on
his way 10 Terre Haute, Ind, on the I'd.
/ passed in front of the Ex-Governor and
qIite Il, ar him.
IT is said the case to determine the con-
struc; on of the Thurman ac, and particu-
larlv the amount due the Government
from the Uiion Pacific under that act, will
be calle in the Court of Claims on the
2ih Of November.
ALoNDov Tines Alexandria dispatch
of the 2l says: Genercl Wolseiey has been
ordered by telegraph TO be back in London
by the enl of October. The command
of the troops in Egypt has leen as
sumed by General Stephenson.
The Interna ional Meridian Congress
rcconvened on the G5b, az Washington, D..
C., and after long discussion adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman. They
came no nearer the acompli shment of their
purpose than on the day they first me.
The Chcopee Manufacturing Company,
Of Caicopce FALL. Mass, announced on
the 8 thai it should run on hree-quarter
TIM, nine hours day for five days in the
week. All the manufacturing establish
mcns in The village are running on short
time.
QUEEN VICTORIA is trying to arrange a
marriage between Prince Victor and
Princess Marie o. Belgium. 1t is reported
that the Q ,een will place Buckingham
Palace at III, service of the Prince D
Vale, giving Marlborough House to
Prince Victor.
THE fall of rber will enable Colonel
Kitchener to reach Gordon from Dongola
and ascer, ain his wishes regardn, the
Nile expedition and as to the necessity of
The expedi ion going to Khartoum. The
conference may result in the abandonment
ot tie Me expedition.
The CT urt martial to investigate the loss
OF the British gunboat Wasp, which was
wrecked recently on Tory Island, found
lhe disaster was due to the absence of care
and to inatuention in navigating the ves-
Sci. The surviving members of the crew
were acquitted of blame.
1T Is stated that the United States in its
commercial negotiations with Spain, Of
Tered t. largely reduce the duties on
sugar AMI raw tobacco imported from
ouoa in return for reduced Cuban
uuties on American cereals. The ques-
uoh OF The tariff is still undecided.
Inc revenue cutter Corwin arrived from
A'asAa on the evening of the 5th. She
uousht down the crew of the ice crushed
s~an whale, Bowhead. The Captain re-
po',s That new volcano has been discov-