Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-10
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TRrcHTyosIs caused the death of Mr..
Fries; on the 3Oth ult., at Baltimore, and
three Of his daughters were in prccarious
condition.
scoTr and Brownlow Hill, two of the
mon concerned in the murder OF Albert
woods rear st. Adams, w. Va, were
taken from Jail at that place on the 3oth
Mi. by a mob and hanged.
JANgs r. KEENE, the noted New ork
sreculator, failed on the 30th, and his liza
blties we're placed at $2,00O,000. 1t was
The opinion Of leading men that Keene
would be able to meet al his contracts,
and that his suspension was only tempo
rary.
ALBERT WrTHELME'S fOurteen-year old
daughter died at Canton, O., few days
ago from the effects of jumping skip
ping rope 3J1 consecutive times.
THE Greely flagship Thetis sailed from
New York on the 1st for the Arctic regions.
THE four men who recently attempted to
rob a bank at Medicine Lodge, Kan, and
who killed the President and cashier of
the bank, were lodged in Jail on the 1st,
but mob forced the doors, shot one rob
Der in his cell and hanged the others to q
tree outside
BIcYCLIsTs named Woodside and Nor
gan left New York on the 1st for an over
lal trip to San Francisco.
4BoUr halt Of the S,O)O,00) cotton spin
des in New England have agreed to re-
dgca production. The Lowell companies
will shut down Saturdays.
IT was reported on the 1st that the
wheat crop of Dakota would probably
yield from 35,000,000 to $4,000, 900 bushels
this year-about double last years pro-
duce
4 FIRE at Presque Isle, Me-, few days
ago destroyed twenty buildings, in
cluding the post-office, the losses aggregat-
ing 900.
TuE pubIic-debt statement issued on
the lst makes the following exhibit: Total
debt Including interest of $3.50, 1867, ST.
~, $3.50. Cash in Treasury, $500, 753, POS.
Debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,464,-
@,l3& Decrease during April, $685.
V5. Decrease since June so, 1883, $S7 ,060, :
i-3.
AT the close Of a baseball game at Gin
chnatl on the 2d the pavilion gave way,
and one person was killed and many 9TH
eFs were seriously injured.
AWIND-SToEM on the 81 in the region of
AosahSport, Ind, unroofed several houses
and blew cars from the track. Two new
SeamerS on Lake Maxinkuckee were de-
m0lished.
HERE were 1]1 failures in the United
Nates during the seven days ended on the
against l64 he previous seven days. In
Vdnada the failures numbered twenty one,
samcrease of four.
DR. EDGAR FOWLER dropped dead while
rllcihg at leap-year party at Danvers,
Mass, the other night. He was thirty
years old.
WILLIAM McHUGH was hanged at Gin
'hna'l on the "a for the murder of his
'"e' ana Enoch Brown, colored, was ex-
Nl.eu az Halifax Courthouse, N. c., for
allke oiTense.
'ACoB DoBsoN, one Of the gang who muir
r,'el sheriff Adkins in Boone County, w.
fthsville.
= HEAVY rain on the ID caused the over
~" OIL Grand River and its tributaries,
e,G -guSahus OF acres in the vicinity of Chilli
t. MO-, being submerged. 1t was
be lost ''''0' ~ 0''-0 +" "o-N =
ONk man was killed and five persons
o. .V severely injured by cyclone on the
-" Del Rio, Tex, which also DESTROYED
several buildings,
= Terrific gale prevailed at Buffalo on
d the wind blowing sixty miles an
d.. Iof some time. Great damage was
"'re to shipping.
n. ll-oNE buildings at Gainesville,
No, we're burned few nights ago, caus-
s q loss Of $40, 900.
i jefferson, Tex, the river on the 4th
M M Inc highest known in eiphteen years
Will -o"er portions Of the town were under
torool III number of families had been
telio1 y ABANDON their homes. 1t was
bean ~ every bridge in the county had
he o. 9"ep' away. Large sections of farm
+ '4H''y were also submerged.
hess hl' lY'o''-otfice, hotel and several bust
desroras'SS d. "llliamstown. N. Y, were
GBr a; 'gu by fire few days ago.
Yort A days walking match at New
gs,ad ,'Set on the evening of the 81. Fitz.
eli prari'hg i@shg covered 61O miles, beating
niles - IIS ~ records, while Rowell had 6O2
with see .% rs credit. Panchot was third,
& &nllss A''S' and Noremac fourth, with