Huntsville gazette., 1884-11-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

LIE machinery motderS OF Pittsburgh,
Pa, rather than be idle, will accept the re-
duction in wages. The men in the nut
works, however, will go on a strike.
WENEzLEa FLIcKINGzR, well known
citizen Of Indianapolis, Ind, committed
suicide because of dependency over the
financial outlook.
WHITELAw REID, Of tho New York I11b-
une, declines to be candidate for United
States Senator.
THE last spike in the Oregon Short Line
was driven on the 25th.
AsFRRRIBLE cyclone visited Madras, In
dia, on the 9th.
ANOTHER rolling mill at Pittsburgh, Pa,
started up on the 24th, after being idle sew
eral months.
THERE were fourteen deaths from chol-
era in Paris on the oath.
AN anti liquor crowd at Blondensburg,
O., on the 24th demolished an obnoxious
saloon and beat the proprietor SO severely
that he died.
A sTRoNG feeling is developing in New
Brunswick ia favor of annexation to the
United States.
THE extensive works of Kellett & Co., at
Kellettville, Pa, were1 destroyed by fire
a few days ago. They were engaged in
extracting juice from hemlock bark for
tanning purposes. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has invited Presi
deIft-elect Geveland:to make his home at
the White House during his preparation
for the Inauguration.
HEAVY rains have seriously damaged
the rice crop ii some portions of China.
D. L. WELLS, the millionaire Milwaukee
railroad contractor, died in that city on the
24th. His estate is valued at over 81 100000
KING HUMBERT and the royal family re-
ceived great ovation on their return to
Rome on the 9th.
THE Governor of Washington Territory,
in his annual report, gives data showing
rapid development of the resources of the
Territory.
COLONEL ISAAC S. BUqKALEw, promi-
nent railroad man Of New Jersey, died in
Camden, n. j., on the oath, aged ifty-six
years.
THE Democraticscaucus of the Alabama
Legislature on the 24th unanimously re-
nominated j. S. Pugh for United States
Senator.
The Evangelical Alliance met in st.
Louis, No., on the 9th and adopted a new
PASSENGER rates between st. Louis and
Chicago were cut down to $3.50 on the oath.
THERE were twenty -seven cases and
eleven deaths by cholera at Toledo, Spain,
on the oath.
MILE. NEVADA made her first appear
ance in New York on the night of the 24th
in the role of Amina in "Sonnambula, I"
and scored a triumphant success.
THE University OF Halle, Germany, has
conferred the degree Of Doctor Of Philoso-
ply upon Henry NJ. Stanley, the African
explorer.
GENERAL WOLsELEY's troops are arriv-
ing quite rapidly at Dongola.
A SHOCK of earthquake was felt in por-
tions of New Hampshire on the 24th.
JEREMIAH FRITZ and wife, residing at
Doylestown, O., We're awakened the morn
ing of the oath by two masked men, who
pointed cooked revolvers at the old people
and demanded their money. Fritz gave
the burglars 5000, when they departed,
threatening death if noise was made.
THE Swain Court martial adjourned on
the 24th for one week.
THE issue of silver dolls ars for the week
ending November 22d was S4s1, ,497; for the
corresponding period last year, S301, $685.. =
SELDEN's lumber yard and sheds in
Rome, n Y, were burned by incendiaries
the morning of the oath. The loss is about
$50, 900; partly insured
THE new Pennsylvania & &iSchuylkill VAL
ley Railroad was formally opened from
Philadelphia to Reading on the oath.
The three train wreckers, Collins, Kirk
endale and Proctor, were sentenced on the
c4th at Santa Fe, N. NJ, to the Territorial
Penitentiary for seven years each.
OWING to.the great pressure of engage
ments, Henry NJ. Stanley has been obliged
to decline the invitation of the Geograph-
ical Society of Vienna to deliver in that
city course of lectures on his African ex-
plorations. +n ...
The disaffection in the Turkish army
has been quieted by the Government
agreeing to pay troops part of the arrears
due and to reduce their term of service to
two years.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made the
night of the 23d to rob the safe in the Office
OF the North Avenue Savings Bank at
cambridge, Mass. Holes were bored in
one OF the doors, through which several
pounds of powder were poured and ex-
ploded.' The safe was badly damaged, but
not sufficiently to allow the burglars to get
at the valuables.
CHARLES H. c. RIND, of Adrian, Mich,
son OF the late DR.. Rind, prominent
physician and politician of the State, and
son-in-law of Judge Comstock, Kalama-
ZOO, postal clerk on the Michigan Central,
was arrested on the oath by the Post office
inspector at Monroe for stealing from the
mails. In default Of $1,000 bail he was
sent to jail at Detroit to await trial He
had been suspected, and decoy letters led
to his arrest.
M. j. PHILLIPPI, of Bicknell, Ind, sued
the Indian Creek Coal Company in the
Knox Circuit Court for So, 1000 damages for
injuries sustained in the coal mines last
summer in which his health was impaired
The jury were out several hours and
brought in verdict On the Oath assessing
damages for the plaintiff at $275 and costs.
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