Huntsville gazette., 1885-02-07

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
, News from Everywhere.
rur Domnion Parliament opened at OF
..ra on the 29th, and the speech OF the
Corernor. General was read.
.p.p,s paper processes to know that
m.;,, rano TT has much understated
,' ,' O,,,U las.o. of the British in the Soudan.
. .o.nonse to the wishes Of various
of trade an effort will be made to
ooal'' sha bankruptcy bill by the present
Congress.
ruv majority report of the Resolution
,;,taa of the Silver Convention at
nanver. COL, advocates the enforcement OF
.ha BLAND act to its limit.
THE Mahdi's forces are so great anu 90
st,ooply situated at Metamneh tnat den-
orsI Stewards command Will hardly renew
the assault until reinforced.
ruv President, in a message on the 10Th,
,,rn;sbed the House of Representative In
formation called for respecting the United
States in the Congo Conference
Tug post-of.ce appropriation bill, as
comnleted by the House Committee on
post.ofices and Post-roads, provides
total appropriations of SO, 253, 200.
A NAN named Goodman has been arrest
ed in London, charged with being impli-
Gated in the recent dynamite explosions
at Westminster Hall and the Tower. #
THERE is a constantly increasing at
tendance at the New Orleans Exposition,
and visitors are rapidly arriving, most of
whom will remain until after Mardi Gras.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has informed the
House of Representatives that when the
United States ship Tallapoosa collided she
was on one of her regular freighting
cruises.
GENERAL WOLSELEY telegraphed from
Korti on the 29th that he had reports from
General Stewart, who is doing we'll. The
bullet entered the thigh, and is now lodged
in the groin. ~ f ea e
Mr.. RANDALL returned to Washington
on the goth fresh from an interview with
the President-elect; and Mr.. Carlisle was
on the same day the guest Of Mr.. Clevs-
land at Albany. -~.-s
A DISPATCH from General Wolselsy
dated at Korti the 1st has been received at
London. He gives much news of interest
and encouragement respecting the position
of the British forces.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has directed the
resumption of work at the navy yards and
stations which was suspended >the 1st of
January on account of the failure Of Con-
gress to provide for its continuance.
"UNITED IRELAND" denounces therecent
dynamite outrages in London as the
work of men who pretend to believe they
can save Ireland by carrying on cam
pagu against stone walls and stained
glass.
THE first criminal use of dynamite in
New York was reported on the 1st. An
attempt was made to blow up a dry goods
store, and the crime is laid at the door of
discharged employees, who organized a
strike not long ago.
The iron manufacturers of the Mahon-
ing Valley of Ohio and Cleveland are con-
sidering the question of closing down all
their mills from February 18th to Juns 1st,
on account of the high price Of labs and
the low price of goods.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has instructed
Brgadler- General Augur to turn over. to
tne CIVIL authorities for prosecution such
leaders among the Oklahoma boomers as
violated section 2l4S, Revised Statutes,
relating to the subject in dispute.
lHE House Committee on Claims has
agreed, by majority vote, to report to
'ne house and recommend the passage of
Dill which makes provisions for refund
ing to the various States the amounts paid
by them on account of war taxes. ~
oLEARY, the Fenian, lectured to 1000
people at Manchester, Eng, on the 1st,
anu condemned the recent dynamite out
RACES, but was interrupted. Oeher speak
ers advocated dynamite, and many in the
audience cheered for O'Donovan Rosa.
IHE Secretary of War reports that the
Total number of commissioned officers in
the organized militia service of the coun-
try is 1871; non on-commissioned officers,
prlvates, etc, S5,977. New York heads the
list, Pennsylvania next and Florida next.
GENERAL SLocUM seems to think the
"M Tor the retirement of General Grant
an De passed if brought up in the regular
t"' Due 1T will be difficult matter to
rn nave the rules suspended, and for that
sas", aeason The bill may not be reached this
d;a ne resident gave his annual State
on alnnef to the members of the diplomatic
.o'ps at the White House the evening
St. 81 the 18th. Of the forty guests present
.aN' een were ENJOYS and seven charge d.
-ma a4es' representing altogether twenty