Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

concluded the purchase of the Memphi,
(Ienn.) water-works, the consideration
being S500,OOO.
ihE steamers Alaska and Oregon col
iided IN Lake Erie. near Detroit, Mich, on
tne Z'th, and the Oregon had to be beached
TO save her from sinking.
5. II. H. CLARK has been apnointed n
succeed the late H. NJ. Hoxie, first vice.
president of the Missouri Pacific Railway
company and general manager of the
southwestern system.
4 tiisr q ene,sf va,.s
Butler Is to succeed Sir Robert Hamilton
as Under Secretary for Ireland, and that
ne VIII soon be transferred to Dublin Cas-
| tie.
| CORONER WEST, at Cleveland, O.. an.
| nounces the verdict of the iury in the
| "heLer murder case, holding the husband
| OF tho murdered woman responsible for
| her death.
| Il STATUE of Richard Golden, the cele-
prated English free trade advocate. was
uhVened by his daughter at Lockport,
Eng ON the 9th. The Marquis of Ripon
oeliVered the address of the occasion.
ACCORDING to the report of the acting
surgeon n-General the health of the United
states army was n ever so good before or
the death rate so ,row.
ELEVATORS Q and a. owned lv the 81.
aui !" Duiuth Elevator Company and To-
Gated at Dulr4th, was destroyed By fire on
tne 2'th' Chas. Moore, Ed. Lee and a
inan nam ed Leronchi lost their lives, the
."o iat "er being burned to death. The
'''ss oy tae fire was $3.50, 900.
Af e. .sasv two cent postag stamp will
oe at profile of George Washington.
AIAN supposed to be James H. Farms
worth, of Detroit, Mich, committed sui
! eide by hanging in New York hotel on
| the morning of the 9th.
TIE st. Louis Exposition made a net
profit of $50, ,939. so as the result of the sea-
son of 1886, marked increase over former
| years, Notwithstanding increased ex.
| penses.
BUEyos AYREs advices indicate that
cholera is spreading with marked rapidity
in South America.
THE report Of General Superintendent
Kimball shows great Improvement in t;ie
| Government Life-Sa wing service.
GENERAL HENRY J. HUNT, who COM
manded the Union artillery at the battle
why Lee fought at the time he did.
| It is explained that the gates to the
White House yard at Washington have
been closed mornings on account of un-
gentlemanly behavior of treasury clerks.
CAPTAIN F. A. CLoUDMAN, of Rondout,
n. Y, started from Savannah, Ca, On
the 2S5h, in the twenty four foot sloop-
yacht "Outing" on trip around the
world. Before going ten miles, he ran
aground in the mud and did not get off
until midnight.
The cables at the northwest corner of
the Niagara suspension Ridge have been
successfully transferred from the old stone
| tower to the new iron one by the use of
| powerful hydraulic jacks. Traffic was
suspended during the operation. Other
| transfers will follow at weekly intervals.
| The old towers are to be taken down.
! PENNSYLVANIA ''river" miners have de-
manded an increase in wages.
| KERNER, the Reading CPa.) wife mur-
! derer, has made confession.
A PUBLIC meeting has been called at
| Dublin to protest against the Govern
ment's tyranny.
| FIRE occurred in the Pittsburgh Plate.
Glass works on the S9th, causing loss of
$35,0J0.
! FIFTY cases of cholera are reported the
| past week in the military barracks of
| Belgrade, Servia.
| NUMEROUS disasters, including loss of
| life, are reported on the Northern lakes,
as the result of recent storms.
| A CRANK named Boddie. who has of late
been annoying Mrs. Garfield, has been
locked up.
| The Sultan of Turkey assures the Car
| of Russia of his ''warmest regard and
| friendship"
A SECOND trial began on the 295h of Ar
thur j. McQuade, ex-boodle alderman OF
New Y ork.
| SEVERAL Englishmen have been arrested
| in Brussels in connection with the recent
mail robbery in Belgium.
WILLIAM KURz attempted suicide on the
29th by jumping off the Brooklyn bridge,
but was pulled out and saved
| IT is stated at London that no progress
is being made toward settlement of the
fisheries dispute.
The great tanners strike at Salem,
Mass, which has lasted since July u. has
| ended, the men surrendering unccndition-
ally.
GLADSTONE is said to favor an immedi-
ate challenge to the government, upon the
| opening of Parliament, to state its Irish
| policy.
| ALENGTHY address to labor organza-
| tic ms has been issued by the National
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
ECoLoNEL N. NJ. BELL, Superintendent OF
Foreign mails, says the Belgian Govern
m ent is not legally responsible for money
| lost in the recent mail robbery.
| THE extraditi on treaty between Canada
and the United States, it is said, has been
| definitely settled upon the term drafted
by Minister Phelps and Lord Rosebery.
Mr.. S. w. COBB and his associates on
the goth presented an elaborate and able
brief to Commissioner Atkins in behalf OF
| st. Louis claims for the Indian supply
depot.
| In the case of Carl Mussefeldt, John
Runge and August Gautz, the Milwaukee
Gardan rioters Judoe Sloan on the 29th