Huntsville gazette., 1885-05-16

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Every""ere'
r,r.,, couoH is endeavoring to re-
oreanise bis Oklahoma Doom a. oA'0 "'
Kas.
pr-rpys indicate the election OF W eaver'
panubIicau. to succeed Shaw In the u
linois Legislature.
pK BRUCE, Register OF the Treasury.
s,s nlaced his resigna tion in the hanos oi
Secretary Manning.
w,su1xGroN was selected for the new
Catholic University by the council Oh pro :
,stas in session at Baltimore.
o,DoyoyAN Rosa says the acquittai OF
nick Short is a triumph of justice ana a
,ndication of true Americanlsm-
Ow,Nc TO differences of opinion on tne
1,,.h crimes act, the resignation OF Earl
snancer as Lord Lieutenant is e1pecteo'
II IA semi officially announced at raIl'
49,. p;smarck offered to arbitrate ior tne
so,.,.uant OF the dispute between nussia
and England
rur london Times insists that the dov-
o,. sbonld persuade the Ameer OF
atabanistan to permit an English garri-
son to occupy Herat
1- is said De Gers, Russian Foreign
Minister, is to give place to Prince LoDan :
off Rastowski, who is chiefly notable Tor
his dislike of the English.
THE trans Atlantic steamship COM
NAMES are endeavoring to restore tne
rates of passage, which have been badly
cut by sharp competition.
IT is now reported that many white men
are with the Northwestern half-breeds,
and that greater head than Rieps is
planning their operations.
COLONEL T. N. BURRML. chief OF the Bu-
mu of Engraving and Printing, has been
nked to resign. E. A. Graves, Assistant
Treasurer, will get the place.
SUNSET Cox has not yet made up his
mind to accept the Turkish mission. His
friends and constituents are urging him
to retain his seat in Congress.
THERE are now two British war vessels
at New York. The corvette Canada
dropped anchor In tho harbor on the Sth
The Strelok remains there too.
VETERANS of the Army of the Potomac
took trip on Chesapeake Bay on the 7th
during q tremendous rainstorm, and
wound up with a grand banquet in the
evening.
PoRrAzAE and Cocobalo, Lieu tenants o
the Colombian rebel, Preston, and who
we're the leaders in the burning of Colon
have been executed after a trial by court.
martial.
CONGRESSMAN BAYNE, of Pennsylvania
saws of the administration: "Its conserva
tive tendencies and influences have driver
svay feeling of uncertainty and restored
Mlfdence."
PRINCESS BEATRICE is to be married
soon to Prince Henry of Battenberg. The
British House OF Commons has been in.
formed that she expects the usual mar
rage dowry.
Ice from quarter to three quarters ol
an inch thick was reported in Visions in
and Iowa the night Of the 7th, and snow
in Minnesota. Much damage to small
fruits is feared
IT begins to look as if the late aft air
between Colonel Otter and MIR. Pound
maker in the Northwest was bad one fol
the Canadian soldiers. Reinforcements
are urgently called for.
A "REPREs EsENTATIvE" Cuban in New
lork says the island is not for sale to the
United States, and that before fall there
Will be a general uprising of Cubans
against Spanish oppression.
JAMES BLACKBURN, brother OF Senator
blackburn, of Kentucky, was selected for
revenue collector for the Lexington dis
Tct; but the President has learned that
ae Is unfit for the position and will not
agn his commission.
ADMIRAL JoUETr informs tho Navy De.
partment that everything is quiet on the
S'hmus of Panama He said the Color
would sail from Aspinwall for New Y orl
the 7th, and would carry one-half o
As marines sent to the Isthmus som,
Feeks ago.
THOMAS SEXTON, Home Rule member O,
y. nENsA Parliament from County Sligo,
tbs b'ana' m. has placed on the notice paper OF
wso.u ~. nouso Of Commons a question as *
,a-t -e.ner the English Governme has in.
Koilor -, WIN the appoi ntment of Mr.
's' United States Minister to Austria.
USl1ED STATES TREASURER JoRno,
and o VIC treasury count is practically over
Ta Tuu everything found most Satisfactory
r-i silver dollars which ESCAPED from .
sosen bs0s n package in the silver vault hav.
,se. sea found, so the only discrepancy is
sisa tn';' missing from IS package of pen.