Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-10

BY HUNTSVILLE GAZETTE w
VOLUME vi.
F0PICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
TIE visible supply Of wheat on the 3Oth
was 47,72O,OOO bushels; corn, 5O1,oU
bushels; oats, 2,17o,OOo.
The number of appointments made last
~ under the civil service rules was l3o;
los men and % women,
ovss BEATRICE viii reside with
80 Victoria after her marriage to
Prince Henry Of Battenasrg.
rur Prohibition National Committee
,aat ot New York on the 9TH, and con-
soronca of the leaders will follow.
rur uouse subcommittee on Pensions
h.s agreed to report an appropriation OF
sG0 600 900 for the next fiscal year.
rrr Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
,ooidad TO wage war on the railroads OF
the State through the next Legislature
crvvp,1 WoLSELEY has received q
u;ooa Of naper with General Gordon's gen.
.;-, cool on the back, dated December
14th
HI. FRANK HURD has served formal
,,otce of contest upon Jacob Romeis, Con-
cressman- elect from the Toledo (O) Dis
trict.
ACCORDING to the Chicago Iri5une's can
vass. 100 members of the Illinois Leglsla-
ture are for Logan for Senator, as tirs5
choice.
IT is reported that Queen Victoria has
announced to the Privy Council the De-
trothal of Princess Beatrice to Prince Hen
ry of Battenberg.
THE Hooking Valley miners are said &c
be tampering with railroad telegraph
the running of trains.
THE Milwaukee mills turned out l,l''-
GIG barrels of flour during 1881, agalns
s75,s92 during the previous year; an IN
crease of 3o1, ,7S4 barrels.
THE total value of imports received
New York for the week ended the 5d wa
S7,4s6 900. The total imports since January
1st, 1884, were 1921 ,496,0OO.
THE value of exports, exclusive OF specie
from the port of New York for the week
ended the 30th, was S5,3S2,OOO, against
S6,421, 900 for the previous week.
JAMES G. SCRUGHAM, teller and assistant
cashier of the City National Bank of Lex
inston, KY, is defaulter, and has Aed to
Canada. He is short about $40, 900.
MINNEAPOLIS (Minn.) millers are selling
-four in Canada for less than the price OF
Canadian wheat, and this has caused the
large mills at Winnipeg to shut down.
FL. MAHDI recently threatened to march
against the Mudir of Dongola, but after
ward told his chiefs that the Mudir was
saint, against whom it was useless to light
JACOB GREENER, of Elmira, n. Y, claims
that be holds the patent on soft pedals In
pianos, and declares he will hold all man
ufacturers responsible for any infringe
ment.
THREE HUNDRED "society" ladies of
Washington, D. c., joined in an agreement
not to present liquor to their New Years
callers Mrs. Secretly Chandler headed
the list.
ADDITIONAL shocks of earthquake oc-
Cured in the southern provinces OF Spain
on the 4th. The continuance of the shocks
has caused a great panic among the in
habitants..
Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL has received
Department in reference to the hitch Ill
making the necessary appropriations for
the service.
BISMARCK denies that he has any per-
sonal enmity toward Gladstone. However,
he could have relied more upon Lord
Beaconsfield to keep England in accord
with the rest of Europe.
thermometer registered SO degrees
below zero at st. Paul on the ID, 80 at Still
water, 40 at Bismarck, % at Winnipeg and
10 at Helena. At some points the weather
was colder than ever known.
AN attempt was made to rob passengers S
on an accommodation train on the Balti-
more Central Road on the Sd by two un-
known men, who were frightened off be-
fore they accomplished the job.
ONE of tho heavy iron manufacturers of
pittsburgh, Pa, thinks the industrial de-
Preston has reached the lowest point, and
mat within a short time all the manu-
iacturlng establishments will be in opera
tion.
bLooDTHIRsTY Socialists held meeting
IN chicago on the 4th. Some Of the speak
efs favored the liberal use of dynamite,
ana one aged, decrepid creature urged the
aaughtering of several thousand capital
lists at once.