Huntsville gazette., 1885-03-28

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
ruv German Reichstag adopted the bill
,,r w snbsidizing steamship companies.
chorober of Commerce Of Limerick,
,.,and decided to present an address OF
leone to the Prince OF wales.
-..;sh +roops commenced forward
.a,,or,ant from Suakim on the l9tn, ana
agbting was expected any moment.
Now Work. Board of Trade passed
.ommendatory resolutions concerning 'ne
,drnipistration's civil service policy.
uobdi,s adberents declare that be-
..ro the summer is far advanced General
wdsslev's army will be cut off from caro-
IT,, Connecticut Senate, on the 10Th, by
vote of u to 5, rejected the House Dill
airing women suffrage in school distrlcts.
NJ. aoo+bs in the recent battle near
suakim were caused mostly by spear
.hrrsts received in hand-to-hand engage
ments,
Tx1TED STATES troops are on snarp
,oo,,o,t for "boomers" said to have crossed
a,-o-l int, Oklahoma from Arkansas and
Texas
Ir is semi.oficialy announced at Paris
that Bismarck offered to arbitrate for the
settlement of the dispute between Russia
and England.
Iva tve-hours' fight on the Goth between
the British and Osman Digna's forces in
tbe Soudan the latter's position was cap
tired. and the Arabs sustained great loss.
THE eighty eighth anniversary of the
birth of the Emperor of Germany was OBJ
served on the 22d with enthusiasm and re-
ioicings at Berlin and other places in the
empire.
A REPORT was afoat the night of the
81 that General Grant was dead. II
proved untrue. His condition, however,
was not quite so favorable as on the previ
GUS day.
The accounts of the Navy Department
are being thoroughly examined, and thu
books of every bureau will be looked ovel
and a detailed report be made to Secretary
Whitney.
A GENERAL forward movement of Rus
sian troops is reported behind the line OF
outposts. General Kamaroff is said to be
encamped opposite the Afghan outposts
at Aktepeh.
GENERAL GRANT was better on the 10Th,
and asked for and relished roast mutton.
During the afternoon he was engaged in
revising the sheets of his two books, soor
to be published.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Company
is agitating scheme to secure the lano
grant of the Winnipeg & South ives tern,
to build branch to the Turtle Mountain
country in Dakota.
THERE were 247 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
seven days ended the Goth, against $50 in
the preceding week, and 1872 and 196 in the
corresponding weeks of 1884 and 1888.
ONE of the contestants in the recent six
day roller skating contest in New York
has died from the Inflammation of the
brain, cold and exhaustion, supposed to
have been the results of his exertion in the
contest
ARABS suddenly attacked ::the British
near Suakim on the 22d. The latter's loss
was two officers and twenty two men
Killed and thirty three men wounded, with
some OF the reports not yet in. The Arabs
lost very heavily.
IHE Nice-President laid before the SEN
ate on the Goth memorial of the Mon
tana Legislature, stating that nearly all
the public domain in Montana is desert
land, and protesting against the repeal of
the desert land act.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has declined to
take action upon the report
the acceptance of the new dispatch boat
Dolphin until he has had an opportunity
TO examine the contract and all the details
OF the vessels construction.
A. A. KENDALL, Postmaster at st. Paul.
Neb., has been arrested by Inspector Steen
on the charge of defalcation, amounting
to between ST ,000 and $1,000 Kendall is a
brother of the ex- Commissioner of Public
Lands and Buildings of Nebraska.
GOVERNOR STONEMAN of California has
refused to sign the bill amending the Con.
saeuton, whereby the railroads would be
.aAea two and half per cent. of their
sioss earnings, instead of being taxed on
'"0n property in the ordinary manner.
1. ne resident has accepted the invita-
w" VI 'he veterans of the First and other
TiPs 10 visit the battlefield of Gettysburg
Wneh lney make their historial visit there
VI 'le 4Vh and 9th of May, unless prevent
wee.
a TELEGRAM to the War Department
-Om General Hatch, at Arkansas City,
SayS' The Couch Colony, about 500 in
auinoef, AZ continue in camp, and say they
y ~ hoC intend to disband. l do not be.
.ie'e they will attempt to enter the Terri
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