Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-17
HUNTSVILLE ALA, SATURDAY, JANUARY H. 1Ss
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


BISMARCK intimates to the German
Reichstag that if it desires German col
onies it must furnish the necessary funds.
The announcement of the desire Of New
Zealand to annex Samoa has caused SEN
sation in Berlin.
CHOLERA and typhoid fever are said to
be ravaging the troops in the Tonquin
delta.
A NORTHERN PACIFIC dining car burned
at Bedford, Idaho, causing a loss of $11,-
600. The conductor had leg broken while
trying to derail the car.
The State Department at Washington
has received from Cork, Ireland, solid
silver model of Shandon Church in Cork,
intended for exhibition'at the New Orleans
Exposition.
1HE Paris. press, il conementing on the
result of the trial of Mime. Clovis -Hugues
for the murder of M. Norm. expresses the
opinion that ''We are on the high road to
that American regime which may be de-
fined as liberty tempered with the re-
volver."
THERE seems to be a brighter outlook for
the iron workers in Pennsylvania. Many
of the mills and foundries in Reading are
preparing to resume operations.
IT was demonstrated on the 10th that a
base ball dropped from the top of the
| Washington Monument gets too ''hot'' for
even an expert ballist to stop by the time
| it reaches him.
THE most severe snow and wind storm
of the season ragged at Silverton, Col, and
vicinity, ON the 10th.
A COMPANY styling itself the British
Congo Company has been formed in Lon
don. The capital has been fixed at 81 ,5OO,-
900. Several members of the House of
| Commons are interested.
| CAPTAIN PHELAN's condition was re-
| ported much improved on the 18th.
THE strike among the coal miners at An
! gus, Ia, has ended.
| A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt at
| Gibralter on the 18th.
PROF. HENRY L. EUsTIS, Dean of Harv-
ard Scientific School, died OF the 18th.
THE big mills of the Oliver Bros, at
Pittsburgh, Pa, resumed operations on
the 18th.
A SERIOUS revolt, led by the brother of
the King, is reported in Cambodia.
MRS. MYRA CLARK GAINES left the most
of her property to her six grandchildren.
GENERAL GRANT spends several hours
daily in literary work and has stopped
smoking.
A HOT wave struck Quebec on the 10Th,
accompanied by heavy rain, and the air
| was as mild as summer.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, the London
| journalist, was entertained by the New
York Press Club the evening of the 18th.
A HURRICANE in the province of Malaga,
| Spain, on the 18th, did much damage to
| property that escaped the earthquake.
THE Senate spent three hours on the
18th in secret discussion of the Nicaragua
treaty, Senator Miller (of California;
supporting the treaty.
| A NUMBER of vessels were wrecked in the
recent gale that prevailed along the whole
British coast Many lives are reported
| lost.
| GEO. FL. MCFADDEN, Prentice Tiller's ac-
complice in tne st. Louis (Mo.) express
robbery, was arraigned in court and
| pleaded guilty on the 18th, and was sem
fenced to three years in the Penitentiary.
a.THE boiler in the sawmll of Daniel
Bobst at Rocktown, Pa, exploded on the
18th, completely wrecking the building,
killing two men and injuring six, some OF
them fatally.
CASTLE GARDEN New York; officials
report that during the past year 800, 800
steerage passengers and $500 cabin pas
sengers landed in the city.
JAMES KANE, of the firm of Kane &
Fox, saloon keepers at Philadelphia, Pa,
was arrested on the 18th on the charge OF
t,/I> A
in the saloon.
THE Coroner's Jury at Long Island City,
N. Y, finds Charles Van Size, son of the
Brooklyn millionaire, guilty of the murder
of Julius Zarlaskin, the milkman.
PARMELE's malt house at Auburn N. Y,
burned on the 18th; $4,000 bushels of bar
lev were ruined. Loss, $4,000; insured.
THE flour mill of Nat Palmer, at Strong
Point, Cumberland County, w. Va,
burned on the 18th with a loss of 5000.
FIRE on the night of the 18th destroyed
the Post Office, four stores and two other
buildings at Farwell, Mich. Loss, 1000.
A DIssENsIoN has arisen in the French
Cabinet on the proposition of General
Lewal to declare war against China.
| THE following were, inaugurated Gov
ernors of the respective States on the
18th: General John S. Marmaduke, Mis-
| souri,; Jno. A. Martin, Kansas, and Hon.
Mr.. Gray, Indiana.
The 25th day of February has been set
apart as Commercial Travelling Mems
Day at the New Orleans Worlds Fair.
FUND has been subscribed by business
men of Pittsburgh, Pa, to have Francis
Murphy, the temperance apostle, locate
there permanently.
MEETING is to be held at New Orleans
to consider the proposed organization of a
National Press Association.