Huntsville gazette., 1884-11-01

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Gews from Everywhere.
ru,xcr has declined England's over.
70 mediate in the Franco-Chinese
difficulty.
o,,rvG to depress ion in trade cotton
.nnor,, wages have been reduced five
cent. at Oldham, England.
PEI o
r. ;s reported that Herbert Bismarck
hoon made Under Seecre ary of For
"a, 'rn Affairs of Germany in place of DR..
Busch.
r,,r Duke of Cumberland has been ad-
- 70 abdica.e his claims to the Duchy
!. prnnsyick in favor of the son of the
Emperor.
u,scpEaSrs are said to be poisoning
..rs nv wholesale a. Hamilton, Canada,
tr feeding them turnips impregnated with
strychnlne' .-
1,,poprs received at the port of New
York during the week eLied the 25th
ar,onnted to SG, 26l coo, of which s., ,79S, 900
we're dry goods.
THE Whittier anniversary was cele-
,rated at Providence, r. L., on the 24th.
II was largely attended. A portrait OF
,,oa4 wa; presented.
JAMES II. MARI, SR was designated by
.bo President ON the D h to act as First
Assistant Poslmaste General for a FUR
ther period of ten 'avs.
COLONEL MAPLEs11's contract with
Patti for the Drurv Lane Uondon) season
limits her fee to el,0 nightly. Nilsson's
tool, limited to ESQ nightly.
Ar the sal, OF Governm ,nt property at
Haln.r,s Ferry, Va, on the 22d, the Po-
tomac water-power sold for $25, 100 and
the Shenandoah water-power for $50.
A MEMORIAL bust of General Garfield
was unveiled in Tower Grove Park, st.
Louis. Mo-, on the 26,h, with appropriate
ceremonies. Owing to the rainy weather
the attendance was small.
THE riveters in the Clyde ship-yards
struck on the a Ii against the piece-work
svstem Their places were filled with
non.union men, but the strikers attacked
the latter AMI drove them away.
TIE q b int. was the centennial ami
ycr,ary OF the birth of the celebrated
Hebrew philanthropist, Sir Moses Monte
fore. and celebra lions in his honor were
being Leld in all parts of the civilized
world.
THE Chinese have given immense orders
for munitions Of war in London, Ber-
LIN and other cities of Eu .ope. The gen
era opinion is the rice eaters mean to
i,ht Eve million carridges are being
shiprel from London.
THE three -mlie boat race, with turn, was
rowed u Creve CGir Lake, s. Louis, Mo-,
on the 26 b., between Teemer and
Gaudaur, resulting in lie. There were
about 1909 ersons present. The race will
be row,d over November = Il.
PRESIDENT RoBEaT GAaRETT, on the
part of the Baltimore 81 Olio Railroad,
has offered to transport the collective
State exhibits of Mary land AM West VIr
gnia to the Worlds Industrial Exposition
ut New O.leans free of charg..
COMMODORE WINFIELD SCOTT SCHLNY
Of the freely RELIEF party has submittei
his report to the Secretary or the Navy.
He relates interesting details concerning
The discovery of the explo- ers and th-lr
wretcned condition when rescue i.
NEW Hebrew orphan asylum on the
banks 0. tie hudson RIVER, between One
Hundred and Thirty sixth and One Hun
dred an Thirty streets, New York,
was d..lica5el on tue ID. IL cost $500,
UVU and VIII accommodate SO inmates.
As one of the pecuiarities of the pres
INT passenger war east of Buffalo, the fact
spolnteI out that the West Shore Road is
making rate OF twenoy.fiv cents from
ButfalJ to Niagara Falls over the Erie
tracks. The f IS rate is fifty five cents.
4AE canoe Neptune, twenty Ieet loHSs
which 5 arle | IRON Norway some time
ago lor New York and recently put into
Falmouth, Eng, arrived at Penzance onthe
I'd, AMI was preparing to start for Amer
ca CAPTAIN Joanson composes the whole
Crew.
The Providence Bis, Ball Club, cham
ponS OF the L,ague, defeated the Metro
lolilans, caamp. .ons of the American As
socIa'ioI, best Two in three, and have now
only 10 de.eat the st. Loli; Unions in
SIMILAR series to claim the championship
VI tue United Sta ses. M -
AT the sess on of the National w oman's
christian Temperance Union in st. Louis,
No., on the 94.h, Miss Francis E. Wizard
was re-eltc,el Presid mt. Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Caroline B. Buell.; Re
'ord'ng Seer cary, Mrs. Mary A. Wood
oFidse; Assistant Recording Secretary,
MIS- l. NJ. n. Stevens; Treasurer, Miss
Esther pugl taf
IMPORTS come from Mattawa, Ontario,
u 'Le poisoning of thirteen persons III
,ua1 Nlslase from ca ing oysters which
'"i "Icome tainted. They were attacked
Will Y OLE NJ <,,ar,,,. o,J ,-o.,,;t;nr and af