Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

were destroyed by fire the morning Of the
18th. The loss on the freight depot and
cars Is $1,000; fully insured. The loss
on the warehouse is $1,000; insurance,
5000.
EDwARR CAHILL, tramp, was killed by
. watchnAn at Waverly, N. J..
SENATOR'S VEsr and Cockrell of Mis-
souri,, will return to Washington this
week.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH OF Austria
has created fourteen new peers.
forged township warrants are still be-
ing discovered in large amounts in In
diana.
RIEL was hanged in efligy by the vol
unteers at Millston, Ont, on the 10Th.
THE village of Soldiers Grove, Craw-
ford County, Wis, was almost des troyed
by fire on the 10th.
The Empress of Austria is taking
pleasure tour in the Imperial yacht.
GENERAL MALCOLM HAY, ex- First AS
sistant Postmaster General, is very ill at
Pittsburgh. Pa.
THE Island of Yap has been reoccupied
by the Spaniards and man. of war
placed on guard.
A CASE of smallpox was landed at
Chicago on the 19.h from the schooner
Cuba from Montreal
RAILWAY returns Of France show a
great decrease of tourists in comparison
with last year.
THoS. F. KEHOE, telegraph operator
at New York, has been arrested for shoot
ing at a woman.
The Bulgarian army has been mobil-
lied, and corps has been sent to the
Roumelian frontier.
EARL GRANvILLE's deafness has in
creased to such an extent that it will be
impossible for him to re -enter public life.
REYNOLDS, charged with the murder of
| the two Pinkstons in Nebraska, has been
| committed for trial without bail.
THE American School of Opera has filed
certificate of incorporation in the County
Clerks office, New York.
| TROUBLE is threatened at Houston,
| Tex, and possible strike on account OF
the discharge without cause oftwo South
| ern Pacific engineers.
A SPANISH garrison has been estab.
lished on the chief of the Pelew Islands.
REV. DR.. VIM SMITH has been appoint
ed Catholic Bishop Of Edinburgh.
VIM. BEDFORD. turfman Of Evans.
ville Ind, was fatally gored by bull on
the Goth.
SPAIN is negotiating for the purchase
Of two men of war that are being built in
England for the japanese government.
GENERAL MILES says he has made ar
rangements to effectually rid New Mexico
of hostile Indians.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria has
confirmed NJ. Stransky as provisional
Governor Of Roumelia.
DISASTROUS rains are reported in the
Yazoo, Ouachita, Red and Lower Missis-
sippi River valleys.
The Porte is averse to sending COM
mission of inquiry to Egypt in conjunc-
ton with a British commi ssion.
In Russian court circles it is hoped that
the signatory powers Of the Berlin treaty
will settle the Roumellan troubles amic-
ably.
JOHN KAHN was assaulted by a deck
hand on the steamer James G. Blaine at
California, Pa, on the 2Jth, and was fat
ally injured.
LEONARD ROSSFIELD, an inmate Of the
Insane Asylum at Indianapolis. Ind, es-
capped fr ON tn at institution on the Goth
and committed suicide.
TIMOTHY NORTON was struck on the
head with billet of wood by Nelson Stat
ford, at Marioni Ind, on the Goth and re-
ceived fatal injuries.
WORK was to be resumed by the Chi
nese and such white miners as would. work
with them at Rock Springs, Wy. T., on the
21st, under protection of the military.
ANDREW OwINGs, farmer near Mar
ion, Ind, was killed on the night of the
20th. A verdict of parricids has been re-
turned and his two sons have been ar
rested.
A FIGHT between factions Of the st.
Hedwig's Polish Church society oc-
Cured in Milwaukee. Wis, on the Goth, in
which knives, stones and clubs were free
ly used.
TWELVE prisoners escaped from the
Steubenville Co. Jail on the 2lst by saw
ing out.
A SUDDEN outbreak Of smallpox was
reported at New York on the 21st.
BELGIUM is considering the advisability
of sending her paupers to the Congo coun-
try.
A MUCH better feeling prevails at Mad
rid over the Carolines affair.
The shirt factory of Henry Auckam &
Co., Troy, N. Y, burned on the 21st; loss,
$4,000.
BILLY BURNS, a notorious burglar, was
sentenced to the State Prison for fifteen
years at Detroit, Mich, on the 2lst.
The Russian press is jubilant over the
revolution in Roumelia.
PATRICK HERMAN shot and killed his
uncle, Thomas Herman. at Baltimore, Md.
DISASTROUS rains have fallen in the
southeastern part OF SPAIN. Many farms
and villages have been inundated.
The annual meeting of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen began with an
imposing parade at Philadelphia, Pa, on
the 21st.
EMPEROR WILLIAM witnessed the man
oe1vres of the army Of W urt temburg on the
21st.
TuRK1su troops and body of Albani-
ans had an engagement near Prizend on
the 21st.
A BOLD attempt was mads by highway
men on the DIST to rob DR.. Stanton in
r. to- no<o DorL San Fpaneisro