Huntsville gazette., 1885-06-20

VOLUME vi.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
,ovys from Everywhere.
is increasing in Spain and
cou,ing great alarm
r u,,o,s of Salisbury began the
..n,a4ion of a Ministry on the 10Th.
a,,r1oyAL convention OF German jour-
,,o1st, is to be held in Milwaukee IN Au-
gust
1.pcr numbers of forged Spanish bonds
,,a in circulation in Europe and the United
States.
r i the general belief that the iron
voces DISPUTE will be completely settled
th 5 week.
cup1sT1aN prisoners of the Mahdi are
soid tn he turning over to the Mohamme-
dan faith.
FupreoR WILLIAMS nephew, Prince
Frederick Charles, had "a stroke OF apo
plsxy on the l4th.
EMPRESS CARLoTTA, Maxmllllan's
widow is said to be recovering. She is
fortv-six years old.
GENERAL GRANT is growing weaker
steadily. He will probably be moved from
New York this week.
IT is stated that Queen Victoria favors
tbe renewal of the Soudan campaign and
the retention of Egypt.
The Chinese collection at the New Or
leans EXPOSITION has been presented to the
! University of Michigan.
The dissatisfaction of the Indian troops
in the Soudau is calling for attention by
the English Government
CAPTAIN LAwToN's supply camo at
Cloverdale ranch, A. T., was surprised
BY Indians and five men killed.
RUSSIA will sumo relations with the
Vatican if the Catholic Bishops of Poland
will rellnquish the idea of Polish nation
ality.
lr Is semi Officially announced at Paris
that Bismarck offered to arbitrate for the
settlement Of the dispute between Russia
and England
THE Health Board of New York has de-
cided to allow no rags to be landed in that
city unless accompanied by proof that
they had been thoroughly disinfected.
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
June 10 b was $51l 80. The issue the cor
responding period of last year was 1924, :
GS.
The Democratic members OF the New
Hampshire Legislature in caucus on the
10th nominated Hon. Harry Bingham, O.
Littleton, as candidate for United States
Senator
HON. ]. w, TATE, present incumbent
has been nominated as Democratic candi
date for Treasurer of Kentucky by the
State Central and Executive Committee
at Frankfort.
THREE of the town of Groduo,
Russia, including the government offices
and numerous churches, has been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss amounts to sew
eral million roubles.
ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS received cable.
gram from Rome on the 18th, announcing
the appointment of Rev. j. Sullivan, OF
Washington, D. c., to the vacant bishop
ric Of the diocese of Mobile, Ala.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared dividend of two per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the New Orleans
Banking Association, making a total OF
sixtytwo per cent. so far paid to deposit
OrS.
COLONEL w. F. SwITzLER, of Missouri,
chief OF the Bureau of Statistics, has is
sued his first official report in the shape of
an advance statement of the exports of
the principal articles Of provisions for the
month of MAY.
THE vice consul at Copenhagen has in
formed the State Department that he has
just received from Greenland a locked
mail pouch and several loose letters for
the Greedy relief expedition. He will for
ward them to Washington.
N
ALL the gambling houses in Pittsburgh,
Pa, were closed the night of the 10th by
order 'of the Mayor, who says gamblers
from Chicago and Western cities, under the
impression that Pittsburgh is their para
disc, have been focking there, and be
wants it stopped.
a ROYAL courier arrived. in London on
o,s Cue ,ilA bearing the Queens reply to Mr..
\, -auslones letter. 1t is unders TODD that
no reply contained an imperative sum-
pD lVnS ior Mr.. Gladstone's attendance at
1Daiinofal, and the Premier left for Scot
'anu oy the next train.
ihE British residents of Cashmere re-
p'i' That earthquake shocks continue of
seat severity. The towns of Baramulla
alu ao0 oopur have been utterly ruined and
persons killed. There has also been