Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-25

OLU NIL v.
TOPICS OF THE DAY
News from Everywhere.
TIE Blaine libel suit againstl the In
dianapolis Sentinel is set for trial Decem
Der 81.
THE vintage of 1884 in France is said t.
ba the best since 1874. The wines are o
excellent quality.
SCARLET fevcr is raging to an alarming
o,tent in the Girls Industrial School a
Milwaukee,, WIS.
IT is reported that the Cline se are fee
ing from Shanghai in fear that the city
vi be bombarded by the French.
THE President has taken up his resi-
deuce at the Soldiers Homs Cottage, go
;np to the White House each day at noon.
ADv1cEs from South Africa show thai
as long ago as September 9th the German
Aag was hoiste1 by corvette over Porto
SECURE.
THE Treasury Department purchased
AK 900 ounces of silver on the 18Th for de-
livery at the New Orleans and Philadel-
pha Mints.
Tur icwelry manufacturers of Provi-
deuce. r. l., met on the 18.h to take some
action to project themselves against dis
honest failures.
anyfnAL CoURBEr telegr aphed his Gov
.rnment on the 10Th that he expected to
resume operations the following week, both
on land AMI at sea.
prrrI.'s Rock, a dangerous formation
in the Oaio River at the Louisville
Falls. was blasted by Government en-
ployeS on the 10Th.
THE steamship Faraday, with the New
York end of the Bennett Mackey cable,
arrived off the bar ut New York on the
morning of the 10Th.
THE members of tho International Me-
ridan Congress called ut the White House
On tho 16th and were presented to the
President by Secretary Frelinghuysen.
A FIFTEEN ,YEAR-oLD boy walked all the
way from San Antonio, Tex, to Milwau-
kee, Wis. arriving in that city on the
10Th. He was nine weeks making the trip.
Az inquest was held on the body of the
rough Aas Mitchell, who was lynched at
La Crosse, Wis, for the murder of +. A.
Burton. Verdict: Death at the hands of
unknown parties.
ALL the Eastern coal companies agreed
on the 1G ii to suspend production on
the S0th and 31st of October. the 1ss. n,
9Th and 5 n o: November and the first and
last weeks Of December.
ApJuTANr-GENERAI DRUM in his annual
report to tho Secretary of War indorses
the bill OF General Slocum as measure
calculated 10 develop and improve the ef-
fciency OF State militia.
HUNGARIAN miners are leaving Penn
svlvana by scores, and going to the Hook
mg Valley under contract to mine coal Tor
fifty cents u ton, which is twenty -hve
cents less than the strikers demand.
DURING the progress or politlcal
demonstra ion in Fort Wayne, Ind, on
the 9th. a "Belva Dear" club, composed
Of l5O drummers wearing the Lockwood
colorS, paraded the streets, creating con-
siderable amusement.
AD;spATcH " as received at the Chinese
Embassy in Berlin OH the 195h confirming
she statement that the Chinese under LIZ
Mngschuau defeated 1,SJJ French ut Tam
sui on tie 18th inst. The French opera
tiuus there were flu ;trated by torpedoes.
Az article by Editor Wilmars Of. the
Brussels &; ,siumy National Journal re-
fecting upon th9 .af of the Independe nee
Beige, has Le.a adjudged libelou5, and
the court ordered Wilmart to publish his
sentence t'v.ce AMI pay the costs OF the
court.
AUSTRALIAN advices state that HanlOn
will row Ii acA for the championship OF
the world On tie first Saturday in May,
1855, and will also row Clifford 1Or f!OJ
spHlellme Vlih1n tne neAI SiA IIohIno'
Both lGc,s y II occur on the Paramatta
River.
The Preaiden5 signed an order on the
18th dismiSsing from the service Captain
6eo I. y IN ,ted, Jr., who was tried nd
convicted by court martial on charges of
enlightenment while on special duty in
Charge of The military telegraph lines In
Arizona.
~ New York on the 15.h, Thomas Har-
hnd presented Governor Cleveland with a
saver watch made by the formers. grand
laher az Norwich, Conn.,, in 1i9), when
we've ands grand dfather was an appren-
uce IN the a,ne shop, and afterward be-
came proprietor.
lHE seconl congress of the Church of
England in Canada opened in Toronto,
oa@, on the l5-h. A large number OF
.er5ym4n were present, many of them
,loh d.s ence. Amongst others were
" McM array, of Niagara, Bishop Potter,
.,ew ors, and the Bishop of Chicago. all
"nohi OK seats upon the platform.
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