Huntsville gazette., 1885-08-01

OLO N1 IL L.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
r. is said that the Shah OF Persia Is
uoing TO Mesheda, hoping to stop the Rus
sian invasion.
IT is rumored that the French Govern
r,ant is withholding unfavorable news
from Anam and Tonquin.
THE interment service In Ne" -,
,non the burial of General Grant VIII oe
confined to the Methodist ritual.
nro,rps from Pitts burgh, Pa, te the
National Miners convention nave oeen IL
structed to favor the eight hour ia"'
Ann1r1oSAL police have been static neo
.round the law courts in London to pre-
vent threatened dynamite expio'ion'
rur british Government is inqulrlng
.-.o+,a nronosed trade convention between
- rT,itod States and the British west
Indies.
1r &c rumored that the Queens son, the
nr,,a of Connaught, will make his resi-
dance in Irel and in the near future IN al
unofficial capacity.
Mr.. LEE has charge OF the American
location at Vienna while the question o
minister is being settled Meanwhile Mr.
Kely draws the salary.
THE State convention of miners at Fits
burgh, Pa, decided to refer the question
of affiliation with the Knights OF Labo
to the National convention.
PREMIER B ISsoN Of France oppose
the request of the Panama Canal directors
that the Government sanction a new 1ssu
of 100000, QUO francs worth of bonds.
OWNERS of bonded VIII sky have devils o.
scheme by which they hope to dodg
the tax for "a period of eighteen mon tbs
but there is small prospect of success 10
them.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has purchased
fine coun ry place on the hills nea
Georgetown. He evidently expects to re
main some time at the seat of COVER n
ment.
THE immense cereal depot of Kalasch
nikow in st. Petersburg was burned o.
the 23d. A large quantity Of grain wa
los will
nous sum.
THE Mexican editors, while in Wash
ington, D. c., on the 23d, sent condolences
to the family of General Grant and re
ouested the postponement of a banque
rendered them.
THE President has designated Captain
Jesse NJ Lee Ninth Infantry, to act a
Indian Agent at the Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe Agency, Indian Territory, in plac
of ex-Agent Dyer.
PRINCESS BEATRICE of England wa
married to Prince Henry of Battenbers
on the 23d. The Princess was dressed il
ivory satin with honiton lace and I
wreath of orange blossoms.
ABOUT a hundred m en- were prostrate'
and many more obliged to seek the shad
at the conclusion of military parade il
Boston on the 25th. Two of the cases, i
was feared, would prove fatal.
Dr.. WALSH, Archb bishop designate oi
Dublin, had a private interview with th'
Pope on the 22d, at which the Pope ad
vised him to observe prudence in the pres
ent difficult Irish political situation.
AS mark of respect for the late Gen.
eral Grant, military bands throughout
England refrained from playing the usua
Sunday selections on the 26th playing
dirgeS and funeral march es instead.
An interesting story is current in Wash.
ington to the effect that exCommissioner
Loring carried two newspaper corre-
spondents on the rolls of his department
who did nothing for the Government but
sign the monthly payroll.
The officials of the War Department are
of the opinion that the trouble arising
from the passage of cattle from Texa:
through the Indian Territory is not set
tied, Notwithstanding the recent order
from the War and Interior Departments
AFTER a Cabinet consultation and il
accordance with the advice of General
Sheridan, the Secretary of the Interior
has decided to turn over to the War De
partment the complete control of tn,
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation il
the Indian Terr tory.
The gross earnings of tho Central Pa
cifc Railway for the year 1884 were $23,
$4,000, being nearly two and half mil
lion less than for 1888. The expenditures
s2l,2SS 900, over 81, 10000 greater than th,
previous year. Deficit including unearned
dividends paid s., $4,000.
The President is daily importuned tt
appoint from civil life to lieutenancies il
the army. Many of these applications
are most meritorious, but the President
mas determined that at present he is moi
justified in making such appointments
de thinks vacancies should befilled from
the West Point classes.