Huntsville gazette., 1885-06-06
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

| TOPICS OF THE DAY
ucws from Everywhere.
Tar Yorkshire (Eng.) mlners nave enu.
ha;. lha ke by accepting reduction OF
wages.
,;ra of ex. President Theirs and
ranbetta are to be transferred 70
the Pantheon
n MrssRs. HASTINGS AND DAVIS
ara aued $50 and costs for preaching on
Boston Common.
c,nr GRANT is better. He stood at
;s,,;nd,w and reviewed the Decoration
Day procession.
,f the nail and iron mills at Cin-
ciuuati Pittsburgh, Cleveland anu o'Ao
points are closing.
,,t. have been added to the
Confessional library aO "
more sDace is yet needed.
Tuv Texas Land Board has inaugurated
rou, war on the cattle syndlcateS
NM are usinr land unlawfuliy.
rur Anrlo German FIJI Commission has
uood that Germany shall not establish
on.I colonies in the Southern Pacific.
GENERAL BoorH of the Salvation Army
has ordered brigade to prepare for serv-
Zoo among the Indians in the Northwest.
THr wool growers concluded tn air con-
venrion in St Louis with sat of resolu-
,ons demanding a restoration OF the WOOL
duty.
THE Cabinet at WASHINGTON has decided
that a continuance of the Government eX-
bibi at New Orleans Is unlawful and in
expedent.
THE Japanese Government has confer
ed the order of the "RisiDg Sun" upon
FIVE Americans for services in the Toxic
University.
IT Is semi officially announced at Paris
that Bismarck offered to arbitrate for the
settlement Of the dispute between Russia
sud England.
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has sus'
tanned Greshams ruling in regard to sal
aries of Postmasters of the third an6
fourth classes.
A CANADIAN exploring party have sem
to Quebec full accounts of Lake Mistas.
SIM in the Northwest. 1t is said to be a:
large as Lake Ontario.
THE New York Grand Jury returned
presentment against the Board OF Health
for inexcusable delay in suppressing null
sances in tenement houses.
ELIZABETH CLEVELAND, the Presldent'
sister, has written an exceedingly caus
tic letter in reply to recent utte:ances
Rev. Howard Crosby on total abstinence
CAPTAIN ALFRED AWKWARD, now in Ne'
York, pronounces the recent sensations
story from London, in which he was sal
TO be the real instigator of the Riel rebel
lion, absolutely untrue.
UNITED STATES MINISTER FOSTER I
negotiating with the Spanish Cabinet TO
the estab ishment of general treaty, in
cuding Cuba, Porto Rico, the Phillipin
Islands and other Spanish colonies.
ADvIcEs from Sin Jon say it is reporte,
that the Russians have objected to tn
Afghans occupying Karawul, Khana
where the Manuerd road branches off hal
way between Maruchak and Balamurg z
kans
RUSSIAN naval officer has been ar.
rested at Cronstadt on suspicion, it is re
ported, of being connected with plot t.
acquaint England with the method of tn
closing of the harbor of Cronstadt will
torpedoes
lHE chief of the Post -office inspector!
mas been informed that Postmaster /. N
obs of Lewiston, Idaho, issued money
orders to the amount of $4,000 or 500, 0)0,
payable to himself, ordered banks in diff
1er2nt cities to collect them and + rward
tne money to him, and then absconded
de wa last heard from at Victoria, Brit
lsh Columb a.
HE lect committee of the Senate upor
interstate commerce has arranged a pro
gramme for the month of June Its nex,
meeting Will be held in Chicago on tn.
lZth inst., four days; in st. Louis, tive
days, beginning on the 18th; two days ir
DIS Moines beginning on the 11tb. tw,
IN omaha, beginning on the 22d, and two
IN st' Paul and Minneapolis, beginning or
the gith. -
!, ~ public debt statement issued on the
dn. J.. suOws the decrease of the public deb,
~ i-us .ne month of May, according t.
ofar ~ Jla form, to be 81, 425, 4S49l; decreas,
c..I Ieo' since June 80, 1884, $54 500, ia SO
l ~.ie ~ The treasury, $479,57O, 9.27; golt
,is' ss'ucates outstanding, $l4O, ,6GO, 776: Ger
Oo. '0s OF deposit outstanding, $27, ,204,
son refunding certificates outstanding
fs, o,o ~ legal tenders outstanding, $246,
,mo, fractional currency, not inciudin,
60 rounl nn'u estimated as lost or DESTROYED
$,9dj,S9S s.. =
a.. aihusln ng incident occurred q few
itoss ago In st. Louis. Among the Wis
pO DIS 10 The panorama of the Siege o
So recently opened on Washington
uue, there Glanced to meet q Prussial
tia rrenchman, both of whom had par
na;l pa'ea IN the memorable siege. Tn
ran quietly admired the beauties of tn
'nuerlui painting for some time, whe,