Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-14

and will soon retire.
nnI.ANspowNE, ernor-General OF
ranoda received cable dispatch on the
5tb announcing that Lord Dunerin, VICE
row of India, had been shot. 2
rvv Secretary of the Navy has author
,.ad G. NJ. Storey to make further explor-
otou in Alaska waters, and preparations
are being made for a years trip.
Tuv President gave his annual dinner at
n. White House on the evening of the 4th
to rustices of the Supreme Court. Chief
Irstice and Mrs. Waite were not present.
HoS. THos. A. HENDRICKS and party,
on route to New Orleans, were given a
nubuc reception at Atlanta, Ga, on the
5.a. The Observation-Disclosures delivered
an address. -.-.
THE will of the late Schuyler Colfax
has been admitted to probate The estate
j, valued at $3.50 900, unincumbered. Mrs.
Colfax and Schuyler Colfax, Jr., are the
sole benefciaries.
THE Virginia members elect to the For
ty-ninth Congress met on the 4th ana de-
eided to push the name of Hon. John >.
Barbour for Postmaster General in Mr..
Cleveland's Cabinet.
THE British Cabinet Council on the 9th
decided to give General Wolseley carte
blanche to take any steps he thinks neces-
sary in Egypt. He will be requested te
recapture Khartoum.
CUNNINGHAM, the alleged dynamiter,
has been identified as the man seen in the
vicinity of each of the recent underground
railway explosions in London Immediately
after their occurrence.
THE moderate" Socialists of Chicago
speakers counseled moderation and agita-
ton, but the Anarchists present favored a
liberal use of dynamite.
THE annual meeting of the National
Stove Manufacturers Association in Chi i
cago was concluded on the 9th. 1t was re-
solved to make prices for the current year
the same as during 1884.
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DURING a Chinese riot at Eureka, Cal. ,
dali, a member of the City Council. A
committe. was appointed by the citizens
to tell the Chinese that they must all leave
the city.
PREsIDENT-ELECr CLEVELAND, accom-
panied by Hon. Daniel Manning, visited
Mr.. Tilden on the Sth at Greystone on the
Hudson. They dined with Mr.. Tilden, and
there was q conference later lasting sew
eral hours.
Poison was found in the stomachs of
John Sullivan and wife, who were found
dead In Ansonia, Conn, on the 9th, and
the theory of the murder is that the wife
poisoned her husband and then took a
fatal dose herself.
IHE Secretary of the international
Worklngmen's Association at Cleveland,
u, declares that socialism is rapidly
spreading, and that unless times improve
there VIII be inaugurated the greatest rev.
olutlo that the world has ever seen.
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The business failures for the seven days
ended the 9th were For the United States,
"l4; Canada, 80; total of 346, against
S54 for the previous week, and All the
week preceding. The failures are still nu-
merous in the Western and Southern
States.
The Marquis of Waterford addressed a
large Conservative meeting in Dublin on
the 9th in regard to the dynamite out
RACES. He said the perpetrators of such
Ix, rbof
themselves, were the worst enemies Ire
land could have.
IT is stated Colonel Williams, of Ottawa,
oat., has rendered his services and those
o'aregiment selected from the Canadian
militia for active service in Egypt when
ever The Home authorities may require
'netn' The application has been forward
ou oy the Governor General to England.
lhE sub committee of the House Com
lni,'ee on Expenditures in the Department
81 justice, investigating the charges made
~ ~ D. >. Barker of irregularities in the
lHSt Comptroller's office, will report the
onarges unsustained. 1t will also report
'ua' the affairs of the Comptroller's Office
nave been hOnorably conducted.
ihE MAINE House of Representatives on
~ sne o'h, declared by resolution that ''the
iiiuslrious services of the exalted citizen
ano soldier, General u. s. Grant, should
ue promptly recognized by the peopls Of
'his country, and his restoration as Gen.
erai IN the army on the retired list, as an
act OF justice, should be authorized by act
VI Congress without delay"
LONDON dispatches of the 5th announced
M ,ne receipt of intelligence of the fall of
Anartoum, involving the capture or death
VI GENERAL Gordon. Colonel Wilson's force
arrived there by steamer two days after
FL Mahdi's hordes occupied the place, and
was cOmnallad To ratiro and an liz ,rnxr