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Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
The owner of Maxey Cobb is willing to
rat i: l.

The owner of Maxey Cobb is willing to
trot his horse against Phallas.
OWNERS of Jersey cattle in Kentucky,
infected with pneumonia, have
agreed to kill the stock if the Breeders
Association would reimburse them for the
loss.
SADIE ROBINSON, twelve-year-old girl
OF birmingham, Mass, packed valise
with $60,0J0 worth of diamonds and nego-
table bonds belonging to her mother and
prepared to elope, but was arrested at
Boston, on the ODD.
EX-UNITED STATES SENATOR NEsMIrH,
Of Oregon, is now an inmate of the Insane
Asylum at Salem, Oregon.
A FUND is being raised in Dublin to as
sst the families of DAILY and Egan,
who are undergoing life Imprisonment
for committing outrages by the use Of
dynamite.
A PRESBYTERIAN clergyman recently
brought suit against the Freeman's Jour
nal, of Dublin, for $4,000 damages, be-
cause of publication charging him with
having eloped with a Mrs. Brown; and the
latter wants $4,000 damages from the
same paper.
has directed the Collector of Customs at
New York to admit, free of duty, the cup
won by Keene's Foxhall, which has been
in the custody of the Collector nearly two
years.
CHAs. F. HENKER, blacksmith, hanged
himself in the Seventh Ward Democratic
wigwam at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 22d.
He leaves a wife and six children. No
cause assigned.
FIRE destroyed about half the business
part of Bronson, Mich, on the night of the
21st. Eighteen business houses, two
dwellings and several barns were con-
sumed. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
THE Assistant Adjutant- General of the
Grand Army of the Republic has called
the attention of the organization to an ar
ticle in the rules which prohibits the or
ganization being used for partisan pur-
poses.
The price of corn on the 22d was five
cents higher at Chicago than was paid for
No. 2 spring wheat-one Of the features of
modern markets when corners are con.
stantly being made. The "squeeze" is
one of the tightest in the history of specu.
alton.
DURING the recent mannuvres of the
German army Emperor William declined
to receive a deputation with an address
from the Catholic nobility Of Westphalia,
remarking that the parade ground was not
fit place for poemics.
The two large buildings of the Middle
sex Bleachery and Dye Works at Sommer
vile, Mass, were burned on the 22d. The
buildings covered two and half acres.
They were filled with valuable fabrics,
and the total loss is estimated to be $780,.
900, on which there is $65,000 insurance.
1t was the oldest and largest establish
ment of the kind in the country.
JOHN EWING, President of the Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland Miners Association,
has issued call for reunion of the miners
of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Vir-
gnia, to be held at Huntingdon, Pa, Octo-
Der 1st, 81 and Sd.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

JOE GRIMES, plumber, was stabbed to
the heart by an unknown negro at Men,
phis on the 22d.
THE great whisky firm Of Newcomb,
Buchanan & Co., Louisville KY, was
forced to suspend payment on the 22d.
Assets said to be sufficient to meet all liza
bilties.
A CHILD 12 years old took possession OF
$75, 900 of her mothers diamonds and bonds,
and eloped with young man. Boston
Sept. %.
AT Hessville, Ind. on the 22d, three men
were killed over a dispute as to who
should pay for the drinks.
WILLIAM SMITH and William Johnson
two carpenters engaged in rigging derricks
on the Golfer dam, under the new suspen
sion bridge at Nashville, attempted to mur-
der the contractor on the Esd, because the
latter discharged them.
Col. F. s. NICHOLS, editor of the Mem
phis Avalanche, died suddenly at Daven.
port, Ia, on the Esd, of paralysis of the
brair.
Two young men aged 16 and 1S while on
their way home from a bali at Dover, N.
H., on the 23d, were both killed by stoke
of lightning, and sister was so severely
burned that she has lost her reason.
HENRY N. DUNLAP, a man of considera-
BILE property was assassinated by an un-
known party near his home at Beaver
Point, Ark, on the Esd.
THE British gun-boat, Wasp, was wreck
ed off Tory Island, on the Northwest coast
of Ireland on the 2Sd, and fifty lives were
lost, among this number the officers were
included.
CAPT. W. II. JAMES, U. s. assistant en-
gineer of the upper Cape Fear river inn
provement, shot himself at Wilmington,
N. c., on the 23d, and died from the effects
Of the wound.
CARRIE and Bessie Waterman, two little
sisters aged twelve and fifteen years, tied
their little half brother and horribly beat
him at Ottawa, Kan, on the oath.
A wELL-KNowN American newspaper
correspondent in Paris, eloped with the
wife Of an English nobleman on the oath.
The lady is stated to be one Of the most
beautiful women in Europe.
| JOHN FORE, an Italian barber, was shot
dead at Kensena, N. Y, on the oath, by
Mrs. Cavanaugh, to whom he had been
paying attentions. Fore was trying to
forcibly enter her house.
| HENRY BLACKBOARD, manufacturer of
mechanics tools at Cincinnati, failed for
| 10000 on the 24th. Assets estimated equal
to the liabilities,
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
DESTRUCTIVE BLAZES.
The Cleveland Flats Again the Scene Of
Costly yConfiagations-The Fires Evidently
the Work of Incendiaries.

The Cleveland Flats Again the Scene of
Costly Confiagations-Th Fires Evidently
the Work of Incendiaries.
CLEVELAND, o., September u.
Another fire broke out in the lumber
yards on the flats at eleven O'Clock to-
day in the dry-house of Monroe Bros,
above jefferson Street. This fire was
confined to the yards Of Monroe Bros,
although it continued to burn until
night, at 3 p. M, when another alarm
was given and it was found that another
fire had broken out in the yards of
Brown, Strong & Co., the next yard to
Monroe Bros, but situated some dis
tance from it. AS the fire in Monroe
Bros Yard was under col 'ol, it is not
thought that the second fire in Brown,
Strong & Co. was in any way connected
with it, but that the fires are the work of
an organized band of incendiaries. Fears
are entertained Of another coDfagration,
similar to that of two weeks ago, and
neighboring towns have been called upon
for assistance. Two engines, one from
Elyria, and one from Akron, have al
ready arrived, and others from San
duskv and Painesville are now on the way
by special trains.
8. d, m.-The fire in Monroe Bros is
under under control, but the one in the
yards Of Brown, Strong & Company IS
still burning fiercely, and has compelled
the firemen to seek new locations Tor
their engines. Steamers from Ashtabula
and gainesville are just putting their
first stream on the fllmes. The Connot-
ton Valley Railroad Company have
large number of cars on thcir side TRACKS
alongside of Brown, Strong & Company's
yards, and which will probably be
burned. The tracks Of the Connotton
are impossible, the rails having been
badly warped by the heat. The lines OF
the Bankers & Merchants Telegraph
Company are also caughtin the fire. Two
poles have already been completely
burned down, and some Of the wires
broken.
Midnight-Although now under con-
trol, the fire is still burning in Monroe
Brothers and Brown, Strong 4 Co.'s
wards. Monroe Bros. & Co.'S loss Will
be S65, 900, on which they have Sl50,0oo
insurance. Brown, Strong & Co. will
suffer to the extent of Sl60,0J0 with in
surance of $l75,000.
There is no question but that there is
an organized gang Of fire bugs. and that
they are responsible for the fire OF Two
weeks ago, as we'll Is the one tonight.
The police made dozen arrests OF suS-
pcious characters tonight, and claim to
have positive proof of the guilt OF num-
ber of them. Another alarm was sound
ed from the west side to which portion
of the department have responded.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
"IT IS ALL RIGHT.o
Funeral of Jerry McCauley, the Reformed
Convict and Missionary, in New York
ASpohtaneous Tribute From Those Whose
Welfare He Sought to Promote.

Funeral of Jerry McCauley, the Reformed
Convict and Missionary, in New York
ASpohtaneous Tribute From Those Whose
Welfare He Sought to Promote.
New YORK, September %.
On dark back ground few white
flowers spelled out the simple yet touch
ing story of Jerry McCauley's death
with 'It Is All Right" So also said the
preacher at the Broadway Tabernacle
yesterday, and the great crowd that
looked into the face of the dead mis-
sionary repeated: ''It is all right"
The funeral services were announced for
2:30 O'Clock. Long before that hour
every seat in the large church was filed,
and squad of six policemen barred the
doors. But still the crowds poured into
the church on Sixth avenue, at the cor
ner of Thirty-fourth street, and, by
the time the pastor rose to
speak, there was another congrega-
tion outside the church trying to get in.
Every doorway was tried, the eager
visitors pushing their way into private
entrances, and filing every available
space. A young lady, one of the choir,
arrived just at the opening Of the SER
vices to find the way completely blocked.
In vain she pleaded that some one must
give way; that she must get in, or the ex-
erciscs cou not 60 on. The crowd was
too great to be forced outside, and with
tears in her eyes she turned away. But
the admirers of the ex-convict and mis-
sionary continued to pour into the street,
and q fhraa n3cIncE ha nnlipn Ean or r
over the Sixth avenue car tracks,
SO that the cars might not be blocked.
Many grew tired and left, but their places
weIe soon filed by others standing idly,
patiently waiting for glimpse of the man
they had learned to love. 1t was a het-
erogenous assemblage that fingered
about The church. Here were old women,
wrinkled and scanned, who had known
"Jerry" before his conversion, and
touching their elbows were young men
who had learned to live since meeting
the earnest missionary. Here and there
through the crowd the painted face of
the scarlet woman showed itself, and by
her side pushed the young shop-girl who
had been saved from temptation by the
man who lay in his coffin inside. The
tail hats of half a score of brokers
overtopped the straw hats OF few
homeless tramps who had known Jerry
from childhood. For over two hours the
crowd waited, and then few straggiers
from the church announced that services
were over There was rush to take a
last look at the face of the friend of
all, and for two hours longer q
continuous stream flowed down the GEN.
ter aisle past the coffin and out of the side
door,. Inside the church the asles held
almost as many people as the pews, and
when DR.. Taylor, pastor of the church,
rose to speak, he looked into the faces of
1,500 worshipers. The pastor referred
briefly to his long acquaintance with Mr..
McCauley, and said that during ali these
years he had never known the dead mis-
sionary to do an unchristian act.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
A MONSTER FARM.

One Thousand SIX Hundred and Ten Square
Miles of Land III Mexico Sold to a Syndi.
cate of British Purchasers-One of the
Largest Sales on Record.
MONTEREY. MEX, September %.
La Riuista chronicles the conclusion of
probably the largest sale of lands ever
made to private purchasers on this conti-
nent. The lands in question are situated
in northern Mexico, and were purchased
by syndicate of English and Scotch gen.
tlemen named Mcpherson, Grant and
Jno. Dazell. Although the price paid
was only 100000 down, yet the area
of country sold was larger than some of
the New England States. The posses
sions are situated in the States OF Chi
huahua and Durango. The title of the
lands was perhaps
THE MOST ANCIENT
of any upon the American continent.
This was the first transfer that had been
made in 200 years. Longer ago than that
the King of Spain conveyed this tract of
country to the ancestry of Don Antonio
Ansunsala, where it had remained and
descended from generation to generation
until the present time. More than 1000
people, as teuents, are living upon their
soil, growing corn and coffee and wheat
in the villages, and sheep and cattle in
over two years ago to Colonel j. p. Law
son, of Colorado, who paid Sl00, 900 for
three years. bondment.
THE STIPULATED PRICE
of the lard is 81, 100000, an additional
million to be invested in cattle, blooded
horses and agricultural implements. One
half of this additional million has already
arrived from London, and is now depOs-
tied in the City of Mexico and Chihuahua
to the credit of the fiscal agent of the SYM
dicate. The estate consists of two i'm
menSe ranches sub-divided into six
contiguous haciendas, upon each of
which there is a village with an organ
lied municipal government. Two-thirds
of the estate lies within the southern
boundary of the State OF Chihuahua; the
remaining third in Durango. The area
embraced by these properties is twenty
seven Spanish leagues in length by an
average wild h OF nine leagues, or an
equivalent in English measure of seven
ty by twenty-three miles, or ,6lO square
miles. Large tracts of these lands are
UNDER CULTIVATION,
the crop consisting principally OF Indian
corn, wheat, barley and Irish and sweet
potatoes. In addition they are capable
of grazing 100000 head of cattle and
5000 sheep. Besides the above six
hacendas, the same syndicate has pur-
chased two other ranches adjacent, con-
tanning 500 900 acres. The deeds OF
record show that there were also includ-
ed in this sale, for special stipulations
not given, $4,000 head of sheep, l,2C0
head of unbroken horses. 900 saddle
horses, 500 broken mules, so work oxen.
1900 hogs, 1000 saddles and brides, and
300 sets Of harness, together With im-
mense quantities OF farming tools, maug
Of Which pre- Of apeiens patterns
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

of whom had ever met, when | came to
New England in February, 1852; nor did
l ever meet lany of the male relatives Of
my wife before my arrival in Newsasn->
gland in February, 1852.
u, l3 and IA. My first child, son,
was born in the house of his grandmoth@(
er on the 18th of June, 1851. His name I
was Stanwood Blaine. He lived with his
parents in 1852 and 1854, and was buried
in the Stanwood family lot in Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Me. ~<
Is, l6 and II. A monument was
placed by my direction over his grave
one year after his death, thus Inscribed:
"Stanwood Blaine, sou of James G. andf
Harriet S. Blaine, born June Is, 1857
died July 81, 1854" 4
Is. l have not myself seen the stone
since the first week in July, but have
reason to believe, aud do believe, that
since that date many letters and figures
thereon have been defaced, and that the
figure 81, - IN the year 1851, has been ell.
tirely removed. L have no means of
ascertaining by whom this was done, but
have reason to believe, and do believe,
that photograph was taken of the de-
faced stone by the procurement of ore of
the publishers of the Neao Age, a Demo-
cratic paper published in this city, and
that copies of said photograph were sent
to divers and sundry persons, including
the publisher of the Indianapolis Sentinel,
defendant of this suit.
10, 20, 2l, 22.-I know the book res
ferred to as the "Lifc of James G.
Blaine" 1 did not revise the volume,
nor become in any degree responsible for
any statement made in it, though L saw
parts of it before publication, but did
not, and have not to. this day seen page
GS, to which the question refers, though
the statement there made was doubtless
derived by the author, Rofell II. Connell,
from conversation with me, but not
from any special authorization by me to
make it.
TSigned1 JAMES G. BLAINE.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
GOING TO WORK AGAIN.
End of The Stove-Moiders' Strike in Cincin-
natl After Nine Months IdIeness.


CINCINNATI o., Scptc nbcr %,
The stove moders' strike is ended at
last, aftsr nine months of idieness, anx-
iety and much bitter feeling engendered
between the men and the manufacturers.
The Union finding the manufacturers de-
termined to adhere to the position they
had taken, finally resolved 10 send dele
CATION to confer with them, which was
done. The conference between the men
and the manufacturers was satisfactory
to both parties, and the result was sew
eral of the old employees have gone to
work, as though no strike had occurred.
Thirteen OF the Union men were at work
Saturday at Redway & Burton's, and
about the same number 1t VIM Resor &
Co.'s aud the Favorite Stove Works. The
Chamberlain Stove Company's WORKS
will probably be in full operation today
under this new arrangement, and there
vii! be no further trouble as aay OF shs
shops,
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

SECRETARY TELLER, at the request OF
the Presden has written to Indian Com
missioner Pr.ce urging him to reconsider
bis determination to resign his position.
Mr.. Price has d. cided to accede to the re-
quest, and W II remain at his post In the
Indian Office
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

wAGEANT was issued at the Treasury
Department on the 18th for $166, ,666 in fa-
vor Of the directors Of the New Orleans
Cotton Exposition, it being the second in
Stallment unler the law loaning the Ex-
posi- ion one million dollars. The first in
staliment was $3.50, ,53j.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

IN the Blaine Sentinel libel suit at In
dianapolis a; torneys for the plaintiff filed
answers on the Goth to the in .errogatories
filed by defendant. Mr.. Blaine says 5. l..
Blaine and Sarah Stanwood were wit
nesses to his "secret marriage" in Ken
lucky.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, &C
District Of Maine 90

Before me Winfield S. Choatc, Comm ssion-
er of the Circuit Court of the United states.
In and for said district, personally appeared
Jas. G. Blaine, and subscribed and made oath
to the truth of the foreg Jing answers.
Witne IS my hand and official seal at Angus
ia, in said district, this 10Th day OF beptembe
in the year of our Lord, 1884,
L. 81 WINFIELD S. CHOATE,
Commissioner of the Circuit Court of the
Uni ed Stat IS tor the District Of Maine.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

MESSENGERS arrived at Cairo on the
Goth bringing word that General Gordon
had vanqushed numerous tribes and their
chiefs were begging for mercy. Many
tribes Lave come in and laid down their
arms.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON, of the
Marine Hospital Service, thinks that
under existing quarantine conditions,
which will be maintained indefinitely,
all danger of yellow fever or cholera
epidemic in this country has passed away.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE United States training ship James.
town went ashore in GARDENERS Bay on
the IS h. Assistance was sent for, and
the steamer Yantic, of the North Atlantic
Squadron, was dispatched to her aid.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

Nm. J. /. CASE wants to match Phailas
,roinst any stallion in the country, to trot
n October, on the course that may be de-
cided upon.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE Chinese have destroyed the Cath
.,;o chapels in the Province OF Canton
va six thousand Christians are rendered
homeless.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

CLEVELAND was visited by another fire
on the 2lst in the same locality, but on
smaller scale than the conflagration OF
two weeks lryviously. Circumstances
connected with the fire lead to the belief
that it was the work of incendiarieS.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

II srnyEY EVERETT, first Secretary OF
the American Legation IN beriin' mas re-
signed.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

TIE condition of affairs in the cholera
-.-;cten regions of Europe continues to
improve.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

uN the morning of the 10Th the residence
oi John Bylow, East Toledo, o., was
burned TO the ground. His daughter,
aSel leu, was burned to death. The
mother and babe made narrow escape
WIN their lives. The mother was slightly
ourned, and tie babe severely.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

STATE Department officials say that the
reported dispute about the Mexican boun-
Inc stones marking the boundary have
peen destroyed at some points and will be
replaced, and the boundary re-established
without Il lOuble or dispute.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE completion of the Artberg Tunnel
through the Rhaetien Mountains, estaD-
fishing railway communication between
Austria and Switzerland, was celebrated
in royal style on the Goth.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

RAND of Mexicans crossed the Rio
,,rorde at Presidio Del Norte on the Goth,
tillad three Mexicans and quickly returned
into Mexico.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE failures throughout the country Tor
the seven days, ended the l9th, numperea
for the United States, 19o; Canada, 70;
total, 2lS, as compared with total OF ~
for the nrecCding week.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE issue of standard silver dollars for
.,o week ending Sep p,ember 20, was S446,-
oq5 For the corresponding period last
wear, 5 $3.50.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

THE President has appointed Harry his-
Il, glury. the son of the late Lieutenant
KisIinoburv, of the Greeley party, to be
cadet-at-large at the Naval Academy at
Annapohs.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

uEoRGE W. BUCHANAN, an old pioneer
:. asuin4ton Territory, died on the Goth
a' Cnehalis at the advanced age of ninety
.'arS' ..S' he Went to the Pacific Coast over
snY years ago. Buchanan was captain
:. 'ne company that attacked and killed
5le Mormon A! os,le Joseph Smith, at
1iVuaSe ILL.,, in June, 1914. He also took
" w,0fy active part in the Black Hawk
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

L B. HAYES, the Republican nominee
~ CONGRESS in the Fifth Massachusetts,
nstrict, died on the 20th.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

Cu,s. H. WATERMAN, of New York, ac-
.o,ts the nomination for Vice.President
~ tba Amar.can Political Alliance, and
Ill, make an ex xtended canvass.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

TIN families were made homeless by a
fire ON the olst, at Ashbury Park, N. J.
During the fire panic occurred at Sal
walton Army meeting and many women
were injured.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

Wa.iliS W. ihAiS on the Indiana, Bloomington &
S''eFh Noad was thrown from the track
nnn,, armer City, H., on the 17tb, and
In Ioer of people were severely injured.
on,t 1e OF The cars that rolled down the
d.. tlent was Hon. Thomas A. Hen
g.. ont lol tunately he received only a
s q" slight bruises. Mr, Shoemaker Of
iljuraSa r,a,S.a'aAapolis 4Ssntlael was among the
Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27

c,pra1y w. L. ELLSWORTH, OF Boston,
b,s accented tho nomination for President
from the American.P Political Alliance, ana
nronoses to stump several States.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-02
LEGIsLATIyD WORK.

The legislature in the last three days
seems to have been devoted to business,
advancing in each house bills on the chief
sub ects of interest. The great trouble has
been, aside from the contrsriety OF views
on subjects simply demanding the exercise
al ordinary intelligence and sound common
sense, the penchant for interminable speech
making Thus, as in the former session,
precious time has been wasted aud o ~
four more working days remain. 1t 10
hoped, however that the most important
measures will get through: but the danger
is tn At by crowding go much work ia so
sh 1rt time, imperiections and detects Will
constitute portions OF the results. 1T
is largely truth, that II
noisy, talking members, anxious
for notoriety, would talk less and give the
real, com parativeiy silent workers q chance,
II would be better for the state. 1t is as
trne in Texas as in other states, that our
vissst 8 iiest and most borious legislators
have occupied little time in speech making.
Very often il has occurred that the mem
bors speaking oitenest, longest, and most
mentioned in the press, were drones in the
hive, proposing nothing, preparing nothing,
but ready on all occasions to take advant-
age of the research and labors OF the silent
men, to illuminate words and phrases to
catch the public ear. This committee room
and the lodging house are better places Tor
candid and thoughtful investigation aud
interchange OF viows than the arena OF de-
bate before the assembly and the lobby.
The reward in the one case is little slow,
but sure; in the other it flies with the
lightning and dazzles, bat is often meteoric