Huntsville gazette., 1884-12-13

VOLU NIL Y i.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
aews from Everywhere.
,.u,rssvAy HENLEY, Of California,
Oosa ssns 70 stir up the Alaska Seal Conn
pany.
.hoe manufacturers Of South Franz
ihA Mass. are reducing wages and
hours of labor.
,n.puER near Dresden, o., has recent
~ a a.+een head of cattle by a disease
t6ought 70 be pleuro pneumonia.
.,nxASr epidemic Of .diphtheria IS
n,;ng serious mortality in portions OF
ssa g"a. and West Sandwich, Ontario.
Tar committee Of the French Chamber
.nlnutias have decided upon the in
u .,.sa in duty on foreign grain and nour.
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7, vss rumored on the 9th that the
- - Union had absorbed the Postal
T,Isrraph, but later the rumor was denied.
rrr ssbermen of Gloucester, Mass, are
strongly opposed to the restoration OF tne
sahor;ec clause in the treaty at Washlng-
ton. -
-O
crrr1,1 Bg1ERE DE LIsTE informs the
pn'ncb government that he expects to run
III The Chinese out of Tonquin within two
months
TUE electoral votes of the several States
were received by the President OF the SEN
ste on the 4th, the first to arrive being that
of Pennsylvania.
THE Secretary of the Chinese, Legation
at London is said to have, submitted pro-
posals to Earl Granville, British media
tor, that France can accept.
DURING the seven days ended the 9Th the
busness failures in the United States
numbered 264; in Canada, 70, an increase
Of seventeen over the preceding week.
THE Citizens Committee Of Chicago
have offered reward of 5000 for the de
ection of the perpetrators of the election
frauds in the second precinct OF the Elgh
teenth Ward.
THE total emigration from the Britls
Isles to the United States during the mont
of November was 1893; to Canada, 80
and to Australia, 3,436, a decided falling o
from November, 1888.
ALL is quiet in the Hooking Valley, bu
no compromise seems probable. The oper
ators say it is merely question of tim
when the miners will be compelled to sur
render to their terms.
THE movement in favor of placing Gen
eral Grant on the retired list of the army
has been revived, and a strong effort will
soon be made in the House to pass the Sen
ate bill for that purpose.
THE General Term of the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn, N. Y, has affirmed the sen.
tence of death against the negro Rugg, fo1
the murder of Mrs. and Miss Maybee, in
Queens County year ago.
SECRETARY TELLER, Postmaster General
Hatton, Assistant Postmaster General
Hazen, and Railway Superintendent
Thompson will form a party to attend the
opening OF the New Orleans Exposition.
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TIE Senate on the Sth confirmed Thos.
A. Osborn, of Illinois, as Minister resident
and Consul General to the Argentine Re
public, and John Baker, of Illinois, as
Minister resident and Consul at Yen eZuela.
LATEST accounts from the plague-strick-
en- districts OF Kentucky, Virginia and
west Virginia place the.number OF deaths
'hds far at 2,O45. A diversity of opinion
prevails among medical men as to the ex
act cause Of the epidemic.
lhE question Of improving commercial
ioi"'lohS WIN America is exciting much
interest III the British West Indies, and
some progress has already been made in
negotiations to that end, which the British
'on OliCe Is conducting.
IHE convicted polygamists, Amman M.
lenny, Bishop 2. j. Chistofferson and C,
d. huinp were sentenced at Prescott, Ariz. :.
Oh tne 9th to pay fine OF $500 each and be
conflned for three and half years each in
lhe Detroit mich. House of Correction,
PARTY of boys, the Oldest only twelve
years OF age, recently built a den in the
woods near Worcester, Mass. When dis
covered, on the 4th, they had plenty of re-
voivers and ammunition, and were de-
veloping into tirst-class gang OF despera-
does.
n iAE general managers of the Missouri
'',N Railroad lines met on the Sd and
elsee TO restoration of rates to hold
f 80 IOr two years. The rate between st.
I-S 10. ana Chicago and st. Louis and Kan
Ct;y TS oNy was placed at $3.50, and from
'' 50 to Missouri River points at $3.50.
:; "a LETTER from General Grant was read
80. 'He senate on the Sth respectfully but
tbOsi'iVely declining to receive a pension
~, In" the Government even if the pending
-, ','ouid pass. The bill was therefore
"4luuraWn and tba