Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

NERVOUSNESS was exhibited at all the
New York exchanges on the 10th over the
uncertain war news from Europe.
IHE name OF the successor to General
bNrrios is General Manuel Lzandro
Barlllos, President Of Guatemala.
THE Burlington & Missouri Railroad
freight depot at Omaha was destroyed by
IRE on the 10th, together with its con tents.
Loss about SIS, 900; Insurance., $500.
COMMISSIONER EATON, of the Civil Ser
vice Commis sion, once more asserts that
the civil service laws are being faith fully
enforced.
KATE SMUsLEY, who went so long with
out eating anything, died at Ft Plain,
N. Y, after lying in a comatose condi-
tion for several days.
The Tammany general committee adopt
ed resolutions of sympathy for General
Grant. The committee also indorsed the
administration Of President Cleveland.
BATTLEFoRD, N. T., is surrounded by
1000 hostile Indians, and there is no tell
ing when an attack will be commenced.
A HEAVY snow storm visited Peters :
burg, Va, on the 10th.
The woolen mills at Bellefontaine, O.,
owned by j. F. Miller and Frank j.
Scarf, burned on the 10th. Loss, $25, ,0O0;
insured.
The Sweetwater (Tenn.) FIGURING Mills
burned the night of the 10th. Loss, $50, 900 !;
insurance, SIS ,O00
GENERAL GRANT passed restless day
on the 18th and suffered greatly from a
bad cough. His condition is regarded
much worse.
ANOTHER earthquake in Spain on the
18th demolished several houses.
SENATOR SHERMAN addressed the Gin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce on the
11th.
CUTs1NGER & Co.'s large starch factory
at Edinburg, Ind, was destroyed by fire
on the 11th.
TWENTY THOUSAND unemployed people
met in Hyde Park, London on the 18th.
THE body found in Coney Island Creek
was not that of Mr.. Conant, the missing
editor of Harper's Weekly.
THE rebellion against the Mahdi is
spreading. He has left Khartoum.
HENRY DAURN, hide and leather deal
er of Cincinnati, has disappeared, leaving
debts amounting to $4,000.
FRANCE has sent word to her command
ers in Tonquin to cease hostilities.
FRANK RANKIN, the noted scale manu-
facturer, was sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary at Shelbyville, KY, on the 11th, for
killing bricklayer.
GENERAL w oLSELEY says he will at
tempt to recapture Khartoum in the fall
A PHILADELPHIA steamship man thinks
that if England and Russia go to war
America will have a chance to regain her
position upon the sea-
THE Ameer of Afghanistan says that the
Afghans will resist Russian invasion.
THE Indiana Senate has passed a bill
limiting the rental of telephones to $3 per
month, and fifty cents less where two are
used by the same firm.
RUSSIAN transports recently ordered
out have been instructed to avoid all
British ports.
O'BRIEN, editor of United Ireland, will
organize an opposition to the Prince of
Wales when he visits Mallow.
EX-SECRETARY FRELINGHUYSEN was
sinking rapidly on the 18th.
The London Telegraph has assurances
from Berlin that the Gear refuses to yield,
and indorses General Komaroff's action.
MAPP & Co.'S stove works, Norfolk, Va,
and the Excelsior Knitting mills, at Beth
lehem, Pa, were destroyed, and the baby
carriage factory of Wagner & Bently at
Cincinnati was damaged $4,000 by fire ion
the 18th.
ORDERS have been placed at Philadel :
phia, Pa, for six iron cruisers by private
individuals. 1t is thought they will be
sold to the Russ ian Government
THE newspapers of India are clamoring G
for war.
THE Stillman, the finest hotel in Cleve-
land, O., was badly damaged by fire on
the 18th. No lives lost.
THE chiefs of the Amarar tribe in the
Soudan are prepared to submit to the
British.
SooTHsAYERs have sent many letters to
General Grant explaining his recent Pc
culiar dream.
IT is now believed at Paris that the bill
to increase the duty on corn will be shelved.
HAsHEEN, recently the headquarters of
Osman Digna's entire army, is now de-
serted.
In the event of war between England
and Russia Turkey has decided to remain
neutral
MRS. STRUBBs, of indianapolis, died on
the 18th from the effects of laudanum
taken with suicidal intent. She died with
her baby in her arms.
The French Government will form two
divisions to be sent to Tonquin in the
event China does not come to terms.
THE immigrants who arrived in the
United States during March numbered
23,350.
ONE HUNDRED Pittsburgh pa puddlers
left on the 18th to work in a mill in New
Zealand.
ENGLAND continues vigorous war pre-
parations.
CONGRESSMAN REAGAN has recovered
his fine watch, stolen on inaugural day.
A PITTSBURGH (Pa.) iron mill, after four
months of idleness, resumed on the 18th,
giving employme t to 800 men.
ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE SARroRIUs died
at London on the 18th.
The visible supply of wheat on the 18th
was 1851 ,2S2 bushels; corn, 9,95S, ,466 bush
els; oats, 3, AIS, $40 bushels.
THE Turkish army and navy officers are
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