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Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07
DIED.

Near Maysville, Feb. 3rd, 81 O..
clock p. M, of Phthisic Pulmonatis,
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Williams,
wife of George Williams, and eldest
daughter of John and Vina Bone,
age % years.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07

We regret to hear that Mrs.
Martha Brandon is dangerously ill
With pneumonia.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07
IMPORTANT REDUCTIONS

Herstein & LOwenthal's.
In Flannels Blankets, Cloaks,
Shawls. Underwear. Mems and
Boys Clothing.
Money can be made to count now.
if you will call on us.
H4lsTRIH & LowRnrHAL
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Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07

Regular Term of Probate Court, Jan'y
18th, 1885.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SET.
ELEMENT.

State Of Aiabama, Madison County.
Regular Term of Probate Court, Jan'y.
18th. 1885.
Estates Of Washi gton Bransford, Ill
lie BraLsford. and Maggie Bransford,
Infants.
This day came Henderson Brandon,
Guardian. Of the Estates OF Washing
ton Bransford, Maggie Branstord and
Lille Bransford. Infants. and filed
with the Court his account and vouch-
ers for Annual Settlements of his guar
dianship Of said Estates: 1t is consi d
cred, ordered, adjudged aud decreed
by the Court, that the
9th day Of February, 1885,
be and the same hereby is appointed
day on which to make said settlement.
1t is also ordered by the Court, th,t
due and legal notice Of the filing OF the
account and vouchers, the nature If the
same, aud the time appointed by the
Court for the settlement, be given, by
publication for three successive weeks
in the Huntsville GAZETTE, q news
paper published In the County Of Mad
ison, State of Alabama, ~ which time
all persons interested can Sppcar and
contest said settlement, il they see prop
er to do so.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON,
Judge Of Probate.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07
NOTICE or
ANNUAL SETTLEMENT

State of Alabama, Madison County
Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07

Estates Of Washi gton Bransford, Ill
lie Brarsford. and Maggie Brsnsford,
Infants.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

By the fall of an elevator Friday in the to-
bacco factory off H. Johnston, Danville,
Lewis Garland, co!ored, was killed, and Ro.
man WhitefieId and David Taylor, also col.
ored, were seriously injured.
In the event of the democrats securing the
Legislature in November, the contest for
Senator Mahones place will probably be be
tween Hon. J. s. Barbour and John w. Dan
iel, both Of whom have warm supporters in
all sections of the State.
A Liberty, Bedford county, dispatch says
MANY prominent gentlemen have been
mentioned in connection with the nomipa-
ton for Governor, including Judge Waller
r. Staples: Generals James y. Walker aud
Fitzhugh Lee, Hon. Geo. G. Cahell, Col. T..
w. Mckeuney. Hon. John E. Massey, and
Others but the public sentiment in this sec
ton seems to point to Mr. W. W. Walker,
of Weslmoreland county, as the most avail.
able man that could be nominated"
The board of visitors of the University Of
Virginia have rearranged the four Millar
scholarships. The visitors are still guided
in their bestowas by competitive examina'
tons. Two of the scholarships consist Of
$3.50 each, going to the two who stand high
est upon examination, and on the further
condition that this money is to be expended
in pursuing studies in the agricultural de-
partment. The two remaining scholarships
are to carry free naturalization and free tu-
tion in the agricultural department.. The
coming session one of the scholarships will
be bestowed on student from the Miller
Manual Labor School, provided he pass a
satisfactory examination, without regard to
the principle of competition,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
The Battle Of Manassas.

CHARLESTON, S. c., July 13.-The Nems
and Courier publishes long letter from Gen
Wade Hampton correcting errors in the re-
cent articles of Gems. Johnston and Imboden
touching the first battle OF Manassas or Bull
Run. Gen. Hampton shows that the Hamp-
ton Legion, GOO strong, which he command
ed, arrested the victorious columns Of Sher-
man AID Reyes, who were driving the con-
Tolerate forces back, and that tho legion 80
delayed the faisral advance as to enable
confederate reinforcements to be brought
up. The NewS and Courier gives IN elabo-
rate review of the battle, the history OF
which it claims must now be rewritten. Its
conclusion is that Hampton was to Jackson
ut Manassas what Jackson was to the whole
confederate left. Hampton saved Stonewall
Jackson as Jackson saved the army. 1t was
the magnificent ii citing of the legion under
terrible odds that gave Jackson time to bring
bis troops into position. Had he not had
the opportunity TO form the Firginians, who
afterward stood like stone wall }" tho bat
tie would have haen irretrievably lost. The
opportunity to form those Virginians was
given to Jackson by Hampton and his men,
and was given by them alone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

A RAvIsnEE LYScmGD.-At | O'Clock yesterday
morning tho Jail at Towson Md seven miles
north Of Baltimore Was surrounded by an imIncrsc
crowd Of armed men, who demanded al Sheriff
knight the surrender OF Howard Copper, The
negro, who on April brutaliy outraged Miss
Katie Gray, thc'11 year old daughter OF highly
rcspet table farmer living in Baltimore county
Nr. Knight refused aud prepared to defend his
prisoner, but the mob quietly ovcrpo~crcd him
and took the trembling negro to Il convenient
tree and hanged him. Cooper was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged on the 3ist instant. The
case was appealed bnt the court Of appeals ri.
iirmed the decision Of the court hclow, and Coop.
ers counsel was about to take the matter TO tho
Supreme Court o the United States, alleging that
his client had not been given fair trial because
of his color. The reghbors of the victim Of
Coopers lust became tired of the delays Of the law
and quietly proceeded to take tho matter into
their own hands. and the lynching was planned
and executed deliberately Nothing WAS known
of the contemplated lynching until II o'clock
that night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
The Base Ball Record.
The following table gives the standing to date
of the various clubs:
NATIONAL. LEAGi L.
Nor TO BE FOOLED AGA1N.-A shepherd
Of the various clubs

Nor TO ZEE FOOLED AGAIN.-A shepherd
once, to prove the quickness OF his do:;. who
was lying before the fire in the house where
we were talking, said to me in the hi Idle
of sentence concerning something else
II am thinking, sir, the cow is in the ptta-
toes" Though he purpoSely lai,i 10 stress
on these words, and said them in qur.,
unconcerned tone Of voice, The dog, WHO ap
peared to be asleep, Immediately i&mped
up, and, leaping through an open wrGcw,
scrambled up the turf roof Of the house,
from which he could see the potato field.
He then mot seeing The COW there ran and
looked into the farm yard where she was,
and finding that all was right, came back to
the house. After n short time the shepherd.
said the same words again, and the dog re
peated the outlook; but, on the false alarm
being a third time given, the do. got up,
and wagging his tail, looked his mas
ter in the face with so comical an cxpre--
sion of interrogation that he could not he'll,
laughing at him OIL which, with a slight
growl, he laid himself down in his warm
corner with an offended air, rs if deter
mined not TO be made a fool otagain. H"p-
tist Ueekiy.
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OUTLYING His Honor.
From the Charleston News and Couri'

From the Charleston News and Courier.
General james Longstreet is not lacking
III self-suf1iciency. In an account OF the
battle of Gettysburg, which was published
some years ago, he calmly demonstrated to
his own satisfaction that he was n better
strategist than General R. Z. Lee, and in an
article on the "Seven Days Fighting About
Richmond" in The Century for July, he &C
cuses Stonewal Jackson OF tardiuess, and
writes him down as very mediocre COM
mander.
In describing tho fight at Frayser's farm
| General Longstreet says jackson should
have done more for me than he did. When
| he wanted ME at Second Manassas | march
ed two columns by night to clear the way
at Tnoroughfare Gap, and joined him in due
season." Also jackson was a very skill
man against such men as Shields, Banks
and Fremont but when pitted against the
best of the federal commanders he did rot
appear so we'll"
Regarding General Lee, he says: !Out of battle
he was as gentle rs woman. bnt when the cash
of arms came he loved to fight and urged his bat
tie with wonderful determination. As h usual
thing he was remarkably well balancci-alway5
So except or two occasions OF severe trial,
when he fails! &c iaainta!n bis exact eHnipoae
We suppose irJln TINS tlih tfcHcfa' !"'i2stlcc'
| was always able 10 maintain his own equilibrium.
General lonsstrcet winds up his article with thu
statement that without G0abt the greatest man
of rebellion times, the natchlcss among forty
millions for the peculiar difficulties of the period,
was Abraham Lincoln
| General Lopgstreet has performed somc queer
! and quaint ovolutinns sine" he passed from the
| grocery business into the Republican party and
thence into hntel keeping, but his last perform
auce is the most amazing of the lot. In watching
his career since the close of the war; how easy IT
is to realize tho truth OF what said of him By
his comrades in tho Old army, that he always
had an eye to headquarters.
1t is unfortunate for General Longstrcct that
he survived the war Had it been his lot to die
in the Wilderness from the wound which he re.
ccivcd in the momcn' of victory. what halo OF
glory would have surrounded his name! Neither
"Gettysburg" nor New Orleans" would have
been wr:ton against his record, and he would
have been honoIcd rs Lee aud Jackson arc hon.
orcd. IT avas him nothing to cndeavor now to
draw Jackson down to his own plane. The effort
IS futile and worse than futile. Jackson's rcru
tation and place in history arc beyond the rench
Of his old comrades envious tongue and hostile
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHE
Disaster on Lake Minuetonka

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 13.-The first
day al Lake Minnetonka was found in
pieces of trimming from the Minnie Cook,
which iloated in Oh the waves at the east
shore of Waywatta Bay. Large sturdy
boats went in search of the Inflated little
craft, but no further trace Of her could be
had. Il was at last determined that she had
sunk, and tina. the ten passengers, ex Mayor
Rand and party, who embarked on their
perilous journey in such happy spirits, had
persisted. Later, boatman named James
Carroll, who had miraculously succeeded in
weatheriug the tornado in yawl, appear
ed on the Waywatta Bay beach, dragging
his miniature craft after him. When he had
recovered sufficiently from his fright and
exhaustion to speak coherently, he told Of
having passed the Minnie Cook just before
the squall struck the bay. He thought the
party had observed the danger, and was
quite certain that engineer Macdonald had
turned the yacht from her course into the
bay. The next moment Carroll's boat was
raised heayenward, as if raised out Of the
water by some superhuman agency, and
then he was enveloped in spray. Soon az
forwards he beard q shrek like that of a
woman in great distress. and looking off
through the almost binding mist to the spot
where the yacht was moment before float
ing, nothing was 10 be seen but the white
caps and the waves rolling mountain high.
He is sure that the shrek he heard was that
of Mrs. Rand, and that the Minnie Cook at
that instant capsized. For safety he fell
into the bottom of his yawl and there chung
unit! the squall had passed. The bodies of
Mrs. Rand and engineer Macdonald were
recovered and brought to Minneapolis by
special train. Although the storm was of
brief duration, it is impossible yet to tell
whethor the actual extent of the loss Of life
and property has been fully ascertained.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
Preparing for Reil's Trial.

WINNIPEG, Man, July l3.-Lemeux, FiIz
patrick and Greenshields, Reil's counsel
have arrived in Winnipeg. Their course in
the approaching trial, it is announced, will
be to plead justification in behalf of Rel
ana the other prisoners. They will seek TO
establish that the balf-breeds had substan-
tial grievances; that they prtitioned the
government time and again to have these
grievances removed, and they were forced
as Il last resort, to adopt rebellion. In sup
port Of their plcas the counsel will make
use of speech on the half.brecd troubles
delivered in the Canadian House Of Com
nous by the Hon. Edward Beakes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

ANTICS OF AN INSANE woMaN.~-Thc
people in the neghborhood Of Milton, Ohio,
a small place about eighteen miles north Of
Dayton, have for the past two weeks been
terribly excited over ghost frequently seen
during that time in the neishborhool 1t
had been seen by different people, aud all,
gave the same description of the phantom
Thursday night it entered the village, where
young man named Furnass. armed with
gun, pursued the spectre. He followed it
into dense wood, when no gained OH il
and finally saw that it was a woman. He
went up to her and to the question, "Who
are you?" she answered. "Nobody: | died
this morning" She said her husband was
dead and in he'll. The woman had nothing
on but nightgown. which was in ta,:ers.
while her long, black hair hung down he:
back in matted punches. She was taken
prisoner, and upon investigation was found
to be ravipg maniac whonearly month"go
escaped from confinement at Covngton. She
has since been living on roots anl whatever
she could find TO masticate. Her Damo is
Babalon and she has bean mad for nearly
twenty years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

THE DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTGoN.-OnJ July
29th the State democratic convention meets
in Richmond to nominate q State ticket.
Among the names mentioned in connection
with the gubernatoral nomination are those
of Ftz Lee, Phil. w. Mckinney, Waller +.
Staples, Holmes Conrad, John E. Massey,
Arthur Cummings, James A. Walker, Geo.
G. Cabell, John T. Harris, John S. Barbour,
S. H. Newberry, W. r. Aylett and John l..
Hurt. Hon. Jno. S. Barbour, as chairman of
the State democratic committee, will call the
convention to order. 1t is expected that it
will be in session two days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

A COURT SCANDAL.-The London ltis-
graph prints a Berlin letter giving the par
ticulars Of court scandal. a prince, 80
years of age, Il near relative Of Emperor
William, and son OF one Of the heroes Of the
French war, after an entertainment with
companions at the Emperors chateau, Sans
Souci, near Berlin, suppcd at Killers, i'll
Berlin, and thence went TO house frequent
ed by the Jena"$sr Doree. The joyous band
sang and shouted, and threw bottles
through the windows. Iu the midst of the
orgie the Prince quarreled with L.. Pritli
vitZ, of the First Regiment o. Siicsian CUR
rassiers, and boxed his ears. The police ar
rived and persuaded the party to 20 home.
1t. Prittivitz, feeling dishonored before his
comrades and etiquette forbidding a duel
with prince of the house Of Hohcn2olern,
shot himself, leaving letter of explanation.
Emperor William, on being informed of the
affair, wrote a letter Of coGdolence TO the
Lleutenants father. The Prince is under
military arrest.
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CANNOT BE A CANDIDATE.

ALEXANDRIA, july IL.
Mr. Dear Sir: duly received your very
kind favor some time agoin reference TO the
Gubernatorial nomination by the democratic
convention, at Richmond, on the Goth inst,
and should have answered it more promptly
but for the ncessant demand upon my time
and the pressure of public engagements.
highly appreciate the compliment, and
am very grateful to my friends for the re-
quest to allow my name to 60 before the
convention as above, but would be com
PEELED by circumstances to decline the
nomination if rendered.
The reasons which impel me to take this
course are conclusive to my mind, and |
hope will be satisfactory to my friends.
am, in haste, yours very truly,
JOHN s. BARBOUR.
Maj. R. F. Mason, Charlottesville, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

The NEW York Nation, in replying to
the statement in the Cleveland Leader, that
General Chalmers, "the unhung fiend who
massacred Union prisoners, can not and
will not be received into our party and fail
ed to get back to Congress by way OF the
republican party after the democrats drop
ped him." says: I'm 1880 Chalmers ran as
the democratic candidate for Congress in
his district against Lynch. the colored re.
publican, and was elected. In 1882 the
democrats refused to renominate him, and
he promptly made terms with the republi-
can administration at Washington for its
support as the opposition candidate, and
with its help he was elected" But the Nd
ton also makes great mistake. In 1850
Chalmers ran as the democratic candidate,
but,as he was not fairly elected, the democrat
ic House gave his seat to Lynch, his colored
republican contestant, and it was because
of such action that Chalmers deserted his
party: and as a reward for such desertion he
was taken up by the republicans, and with
the assistance of the republican administra-
ton was re elected to Congress, and given
a seat therein by democratic House, over
his democratic contestant, General Man
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

breaker boss at enc Of the coilicrics ut
Shenandoah, Pa. shot himself yesterday
morning For several days he has been
threatening 10 take his own life, and when
he left home that morning he repeated his
threat. Ten minutes later his wife saw him
fire the fatal shot a. he stood Oh the noun.
tains few hundred yards away. His
friends say the act was prompted by melan
choly, but it has been discovered that ho
has three wives, and that one was threat.
enng to prosecute him for bisnmy. He has
been unconscious since the shooting and is
sinking rapidly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
What a Big Pile of Eatables |,

In the course of year healthy man
who has good appetite swallows about
three times his own weight of food TIC
dispose of this requires a system of won
derful and complicated internal machinery
every part of which must be in perfect
order When it is in order our food gives
us pleasure. When it is out of order we
endure the horrors of dyspepsia. Browns
Iron Bitters is tbs sworn foe of dyspepsia
and has made many suffering mortal enjoy
his dinner. Among hosts of others Mr.
Henry Heinrich, Carondelet, Mo-, writes
browns Iron Bitters cured me of indi.
gestion."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

It is stated that before the fall of khar-
toum the AIahdi offered to allow Gordon TO
escape for ransom, and the offer was re-
fused by the British government.
While Emperor William was taking q
drive at Ems, Yesterday, q miscrably dressed
man threw flower pot at his carriage ex-
claiming, "Thus will the empire break" NO
da mage was done The mau WAS arrested.
He is supposed to be insane.
The President is reported TO have pro-
missed Gov. Hoadey to put democrats 10
possession of the Ohio postotfices before the
active work of the campaign begins. he
is also quoted as saying that changes IN the
Virginia postotlices would be made with due
diligence.
Attorney General Garland has decided
that there was no valid contract between
the United States and John Roach for the
building OF the Dolphin, and that the Sec
rotary of the Navy cannot accept The vessel.
He also says the government can recover
the large sums of money advanced on &C
count OF the Dolphin.
Yesterday morning about two O'Clock a
negro about twenty-five years old went IN
to the bedroom Of two young ladies OF hlgh
responsibility, near Oxford, Miss, no other
person heiag in the house, and attempted to
outrage the eldest one, aged nineteen. lie
dragged her into the hall, when the younger
sister lit 3 lamp and the intruder fled. An
alarm was given, and at daylight the negro
was arrested at his mothers house. He Wa>
taken before the young ladies and fully
identified. Ia the evening about live hun
bred white and colored men went to the
iai, took the negro out, carried him to The
back yard Of the Methodist Church and
hanged him to tree, the whole populace
witnessing the execution.
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Methuselal

THE MORNING republican organ. of Wash
ington is sorey disturbed because the labor
of negro Migrants in Kentucky is let out to
contract for the periods of their imprison-
ment. But it has nothing to say about the
system in some of the New England States
of letting out the labor of the white paupers
of those States to the highest bidder, nor of
the similar system that prevailed in North
Carolina, when the carpet bag republicans
and negroes held possession of that State,
under which white girls were let out to ne
gro bidders-a crime that has made North
Carolina democratic Stale foreyermore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

WHAT TO TAKE TO PICNIC5-At this sea-
son of the year the question what eatables
to take to picnics arises so frequently that a
lew suggestions may be acceptable. Many
people lose sight of the fact that COOL bread
and butter and cold meat are articles OF
which there should be an ample supply,
even at the cost of going without some deli
caces. A small spirit lamp will enable one
to get, with very little trouble, IL cup of hot
tea, coffee or chocolate. Here is short list
Of good things from which to make seec-
tions for luncheon in the woods: Buttered
thin break, buttered rolls, pressed chicken,
broiled chicken, tongue, ham, pressed corned
beef, sardines, stuffed eggs, hard boiled eggs,
broiled smoked salmon, pickles, olives,
crackers and cheese, orange martnalade,
hard gingerbread. cake, cold coffee, cold tea
and lemonade There are many fruit syrnps
which, mixed with cold water, make palat
able drinks Lemon Juice for lemonade
should be extracted at home and carried to
the picnic grounds in bottles. The sugar
may be put with il or added with the water
when the lemonade is wanted. When ice
can be transported The bill of fare may be
improved greatly. For example, salads may
be packed in ice and they will be found
tempting when dinner is announced. Ice
cream and sherbet also will make the meal
seem bundled per cent better on hot
day, and little ice in the lemonade will
make it so much more refreshing as to re-
pay one for the trouble Of carrying the ice.
But have good bread and butter anyway.
1t is we'll to distribute crackers and cheese
among the party on first reaching the
grounds so rs to relieve any feeling OF faint
ness.-Mss Ptrloa in the Boston Beacon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-13

IT TURNS out that Attorney General Gar
land has not, as was reported, decided that
the Government must take the new ship
Dolphin even though Mr.. Roach did not
comply with the terms ofthe contract he
made for building her, but that, on the con-
trary, he has decided that the Government
is not bound to take her, and that it can re-
cover the money it has already paid for
her. It was hard to credit the report that
Mr.. Garland had decided otherwise.