Huntsville gazette., 1884-12-27

lnclOenC TO Gne w aSnlnSJOn monument cell
ebration.
H. d. LYMAN, Second Assistant POST
master General, will resign his Office in a
short time to accept a position with tho
telephone company at Washington.
: IT is isintimated by the North German Ga
zette that Bismarck has decided to rest
from public duties. The Chancellor wants
to recuperate his health to down the OBJ
when the real tilt begins.
On the 10Th the Pail Nall Gazette printed
a statement to the effect that it had posi-
Beecher will be the successor of James
Russell Lowell as American Minister to
the court of st. James.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
) PEcAUsE she would not elope with him,
Boneta Duran fatally shot Mrs. -Adela
Sanchez at Cheyenne, w. T., on the 18th
and then killed himself.
In the Metropolitan Opera house, New
York, the flies caught fire the night of the
18th, but the flames were extinguished be-
fore any great damage was done. The
audience knew nothing of the occurrence.
REINsDoRF, the Anarchist, on trial at
Leipsic, confessed that he was in the plot
to take the Emperor's life. He said there
was no good in Icing sentimental, and he
had simply done his duty as an Anarchist.
If he had not heen ill he would have assas-
sinated the Emperor.
On the 18th the widow of the late Gen
eral w. H. Markle committed suicide at
Greensburg, Pa.
On the 18th fast line train ON the Penn
sylvania Railway was wrecked at Christi
ana, Pa, and the passengers badly shaken
| up, but none were seriously injured.
/ OK the night of the 18th masked man
/ went to the house of farmer named Har-
rington, near Geneva, O., and because he
refused to give up money, he murdered
him and dangerously wounded his wife.
The murderer is known, t-e
THE Brooklyn Catholic Male Orphan
Asylum burned on the 18th. 1t is feared
that several of the smaller boys perished.
One of the Sisters was fatally injured, and
a fireman and one boy We're badly hurt.
The buildings and grounds occupied an en-
tire block.
FIRE destroyed 1000 barrels of oil at
Phillips City, Pa, on the 18th.
A MAN supposed to be John c. Bennett,
of Toronto, Ont, tried to commit suicide in
st. Louis, Mo-, on the 10Th by taking NOR
phine. He was sent to the hospital.
On the 10Th the steamer Oxenholme was
reported disabled at Queenstown, and ly-
ing on her beam ends. There was quite a
loss of cattle on board.
AT Omaha, Neb., on the 10Th, J. Henry
o;x nj
belonging to highly connected Pennsyl-
vania family, was frozen to death.
The Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, which
burned on the 18th seems to have been a
veritable ire-trap. More than a dozen
charred bodies had been recovered from
the ruins up to the night of the 10Th, and
many more were missing.
AT Canton, o., on the 10Th, three Ital-
ians built fire in a charcoal peanut roaster
in the room in which they slept. The gas
generated, killed one Of them, and the 9TH
ers were almost suffocated when found.
SINCE the election of Cleveland to the
Presidency Dunk Groves, a prosperous
farmer of Rush County, Ind, has had an
insane idea that the country would go to
ruin and he would lose his property. He
hanged himself on the 18th.
lusCELLANEOUS.
THE proposition to reduce freight rates
was rejected at a meeting of the officials
of Iowa railroads on the 10th. A proposal
to call an extra session of the Iowa Legis-
lature to take action on this question does
not meet with much approval.
On the 18th heavy earthquake shock
was felt at Laconia, N. H.
AT Baysvi,le, Ont, and vicinity, eigh-
teen inches of snow fell on the 18th.
COMPTROLLER CANNON, who is ex-officio
Commissioner of the Freedman's Saving
Trust Company, has made his annual re-
port to Congress of the affairs of that COM
pany. The total payments made to de-
positors since the failure of the institu
ton, 81, ,715,4 or 50 per cent, or the total
deposits. The Comptroller recommends
Congress to make provision for the pay
ment of 80 per cent, or the balance due the
depositors, which is estimated at $95O,0O0.
THE Congo Conference is awaiting Or
ders to the delegates from their respect
i've governments concerning the American
project to neutralze the Congo territory.
All delegates actively or tacitly support
the American proposition, except Portugal
and France.
The machinery moloers of Pittsburgh,
Pa, will not accept the proposed reduction
in wages.
In London, England, Government prop
erty is being heavily guarded against dy-
namiters.
The authorities at Philadelphia decided
on the 18th to send the Old Liberty Bell to
the New Orleans Exposition.
The Lake Superior iron mine owners are
strongly opposed to the ratification of the
Spanish treaty.
On the 18th terrible snow storm was
raging in the Willamette Valley of Ore
gon, and railroad traffic was suspended.
OMINoUs war clouds hang over South
America. Brazil is equipping her navy,
and the Argentines are ready to fight when
Dom Pedro gives the word.
The Connecticut farmers convention on
the 18th passed congratulatory resolu
tions respecting the New Orleans Exposi-
ton.
SHERIFF RODER, of Athens County, o.,
on the 18th asked the Governor for troops