Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-02

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
The Methodist General Conference con-
.,ndad its quadriennial session at Toron :
- Ont. on the oath.
WASHINGTON shop-keepers complain OF
..;roiness of Government employees,
n.rsal by the uncertainty OF their tenure
Of Office. f
7, ber recent trip on Long Island Sound
,hs new stee! cruiser Atlanta attained q
.nood of fourteen knots an hoar.a Her
maebinery worked well.
TIE International Range Association OF
ro1orado have issued an address urging
that precautions he taken to prevent the
,ntrodnctiou of pleuro pneumonia.
Tyv now law taxing oleomargarin goes
,n.o otract November /, and the Internal
rovanue officials are perfecting the details
of the regulations for its en- eorcement.
LIGHTNING recently started fires in the
ye1owstone Park, and immense bodies Of
,mber have been destroyed. The Black
Tail mountains are one mass Of smoking
ruins
ANEW commercial treaty between En-
eIani and the United States by which
Capadian trade relations would be greatly
affected is said to be about agreed upon
by both countries.
STONE building has been discovered
eight feet below the surface at Kaukauna,
Wis, which from its appearance and
workmanship is thought to have ben
built centuries ago.
GENERAL RosEcRANs has discovered
that Washington canal and bridge COM
pany owes the Government large sum
of money since 1880, which, through loose
bookkeeping had been lost sight of.
The ship builders of the Atlantic sea-
board are boycotting the Government and
refuse to make bids for the cons ruction of
new vessels, owing to the alleged shabby
manner in which John Roach has been
treated.
IT is stated on high diplomatic author :
ity that Austrian and German influence Is
being exerted to accomplish the transfer
Of the Sultan of Turkey to Egypt and the
CELEBRATION of the Ottoman Empire in
Europe. rttfgF
The business failures soccurring.throuqh-
out the country in the seven days ended
the oath numbered for the United States
165, and for Canada %, or total of 1871, as
compared with total of 1S5 for the pre-.
vicus like period.
The Indian commissioners who have
ben arranging treaties with the Northern
Minnesota Indians report the Indians to
be in deplorable condition, owing to the
whisky traffic which has been carried on
among them by white men.
WHITAKER, of Chicago, in a bicycle
race at Cra awfordsville, Ind, on the "a h.,
against time, made one hun lred m lies in
six hours, three minutes and fifty nine
seconds, leating the worlds record by one
hour, seven minutes and one second.
RIGHT Rev. J. F. SHANAHAN, Bishop OF
the Roman Catholic diocese of Harrisburg,
Pa, died at his residence at Harrisburg
on the "A h. He retired on the night Of the
~ in apparently good health, Lut in the
morning had an acute attack of conges-
'lon of the brain, which terminated fatally
before noon fEh
-FOUR retail grocers were arrested at
Cmcinnati on the oath on warrants, issued
S.We instance of Deputy Food Commits
suher Gegan, charging them with an
onense under the law which provides that
imitation butter shall not be sold without
Having put up notice that imitation but
teris for sale.
COMMUNICATION from the French Gov
anment was received at the Vatican on
"e -4th, stating that in view of the de-
',soh OF the Pope to postpone the sending
VI Vanunclo to China, France will continue
WscupulouSly respect the concordat. and
VIII maintain the public worship budget
VII 'he present basis
MANY people were unable to secure ad-
-. a',slon 10 the Metropolitan Opera-house
ooiumbuS, o., on the night of the oath,
~ 'ne occasion Of Governor Foraker's
sPeech' which was not so much political
an exposure of the brutalities, robberies
S Sau outrages at the Ohio penitentiary un-
U1vernor Hoadly's administration
"i0f to last January. lfllttTs
me annual pageant OF the st. Louis
..n aps Display Association on the night
'ae 23d presented another brilliant and
W. resting spectacle to the thousands of
la"ofs in the city. The reefs were so
usely packed along the route of the
10e as to be in some instances almost
lassanie, and along the entire line the
ss ss3uVy Of the floats and their appropriate
eo,.. rs were the subject of commendatory
ovasr e.ectric and wind storm was central
ova. nna' :, u, on the 23d, and extended
Cbamu sue counties of Wyandotte, Seneca,
wina a"paign p and Allen. At Urbana the
Vent oiew the roof off the Catholic con.
Unit 1Id dld considerable damage TO
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