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Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11
HUNTSVILLE ALA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1886

Mr.. AND MRS. FREDERICK DOUGLASS
left Washington on the 9Th ~. Boston,
from which port they will sail for Europe
on the 18th inst.
RUSSIA, it is alleged, is sending 1900
soldiers to Vladivostock, on the Corean
frontier, under the guise of emigrants.
The Government inspector, after proper
investigation, reports that there is no
yellow fever at Biloxi, Miss.
COIN l.. SoULE, of Illinois has success
fully passed both the physical and mental
examination at Annapolis, Md, and has
been admitted as naval cadet in the
Naval Academy.
BENJAMIN THAxrER, the oldest mer-
ch ant of Boston, died on the 9th, aged
ninety EIGHT. Early in life he was en-
ployed on a vessel bound for Mediterra-
mean ports. On return voyage the ves
sci was captured in Chesapeake bay by an
English man. -of-war. Mr.. Thaxter was
kept prisoner till after Perry's victory
on Lake Erie.
HENRY SMITH, a German, nineteen years
old, killed an old farmer named Abram
Peek, living near West U MON, Ia, on the
9th, with club. He fatally injured Mrs.
Peek; seriously wounded A. Leonard with
pistol shots fred into the house, and at
tempted to fire the house. The only rea-
son given for the deed was a quarrel
about pay ment for work done.
Mr.. JACKSON, Minister to Mexico, will
remain at his post until relieved there by
the new minister. Judge Manning, or by
the Secretary of Legation, Mr.. Morgan,
who is now on sick leave in the United
States.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ended Septem-
ber was $795,322. The issue during the
corresponding period of last year was
1921 $50.
In the British House of Commons on the
9Th Sir J. Ferguson, under Foreign Secre-
tary, stated that change of government
in Bulgaria can only occur with the con-
sent of the sign.tory powers to the treaty
of Berlin, and that the election of a new
prince must be unanimous.
The estimate of the fire loss in the United
States and Canada in August is $I3,000,-
0GJ, or eighty per cent. above the usual
August average. Forest fires are esti-
mated at $4,000, ,000.
GENERAL MILES makes public the sue
cessful close of the Apache war. He says:
"The hostile Apaches surrendered on the
Attn to the troops in the field as prisoners Of
war. l arrived at Fort Bowie on the 9TH
with Geronimo, Natchez and three others.
Captain Lawton brings in the remainder.
All will be shipped out of the country
about two thousand miles east am also
removing all from Fort Apache in the
same direction"
APPEALS for tents in addition to those
already furnished have been received at
the War Department from Charleston and
Summerville, S. c. In each case reply
was made that every tent that could pos
siblv be procured had been already sent
SPECIAL AGENT w. E. SPEIR of the su-
pervisiug architects office has been direct
ed to proceed Immediately to Charleston
to inspect and to report upon the condl-
ton of the post office and United States
Gus tom house buildings in that city.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck the train which conveyed frince
Alexander to Sofia.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

DrcREE has been issued by Prince
Alexander summoning the Bulgarian Ma
tional Assembly to meet on the 11th inst.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

Tar Hudson river sea serpent Is report
ed to have again been seen near bearen
island.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

TIE geological survey is to make COM
rete investigation of the earthquake, and
has issued circular calling for informa-
tiOn.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

) CHARLES HAMILTON, an American citi-
ION was sentenced to death at Zacatecas,
Mexico, for murder, bN his sentence has
been commuted tosixteen years. imprison-
melt
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11
Labiche's Aversion to Music.

A writer speaks of the curious aver
sion of the French dramatist Labiche
to music. He says that Labiche could
only once be persuaded to attend an
opera-on the occasion when he was
to meet at the theater a young lady-in
whom he was interested. The opera
was Rossinis civilian Tell" and soon
after the beginning Labiche became
restless and excited. His nervousness
increased as the performance pro-
oressed, and before the end of the
second act he rose so suddenly as to
upset the chair in his box, left his in
tended without word of explanation,
and never again saw either her or the
Grand Opera. Paris Monde g4.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

y,y,sTrp Cox will sail from Havre
October for New York.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

TIE rush of Americans 30 London from
,be Continent is so great that many are
unable 10 obtain passage on the regular
steamers.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

Two large pensions have just been
granted one to NJ. D, Richardson, of Ken
fGeky. the first payment in which amounts
to OHl,1G.l3; the other to Moses McFad-
len, Of. New York, l,064.76.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

THERE were 113 failures in the United
States for the seven days ended the Sd,
against 80 for the preceding like period
and 1859 in 1885. Canada had 81, against
V the preceding week and Il in 1885.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

THE importations of dry goods at the
porto New York for the week ending
Sertenber 2, 1856, were II, ,025 packages,
ralued at $2,937,03 against 9,50S pack
ages valued at S2,S57, ,7S9, for the preceding
week.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

ADEPUTATIoN of Irish ladies, headed by
tbe wife of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, will
present to Gladstone a declaration in
favor of home rule, signed by 100000 Irish
women.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

MARCUS A. WOLFF, who was the bearer
ofs7,]CO from the Knights q st. Patrick
st. Louis to Parnell, is said to have
been shabbily treated by that gentleman
and IS still in possession of the purse.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

HE third great st. Louis Exposition
qens on the Sth, and gives promise of
ecllpslng its predecessors. The opening
Will be the beginning Of forty days.
carnival such as no city in the country has
ever witnessed.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

The article published in the North Ger
n4n Gazette stating that 'Germany must
always keep her eyes on France because
France is making rapii preparations to
hght," has caused much excitement in
France
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

The natives of the Eastern part of the
province of Sechuen, China, and those of
Cochin China have risen against the Chris
tians and are massacreing them and de-
strOying property.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

ANOTHER earthquake shock was felt
Noout eleven o'clock the night of the Sd at
CnarleSton, and created great consterna-
uon. 1t extended from Jacksonville, Fla,
~ aShlngton, d. G. Several houses al
ready damaged in Charleston collapsed,
ana one woman was killed.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

q RuMoR reached Tombstone, Ariz., on
-', that Mexican troops demanded of
r r'-5'ican troops the release of Geronimo.
~ atter refused, and a fight ensued, IN
.D'eA i've Mexicans were killed and two
.''Deiiean3 wounded. Geronimo escaped
uu''n5 The melee. Tn ere wore no means
down. "oio
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

Hops are very fashionable this
summer at the seaside and in Dakota.
The hops in Dakota are not so much
enjoyed, however. as they are all at
tached to grasshoppers, ~ Toledo Blade
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

r1 "ANA PATTERSON, the opera house
saa-, s,.uaSef at Asbury Park, N. j., who was
%avle'ed of forgery and has been con-
.'u u the Monmouth County jail for two
III iTs' was released on the 81 on 5000
NJ NJ ! naVInS been decided by the Su-
,tiI ,.,4i1 court that the County Court, before
Constituted.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

chi. government counsel in the telephone
sn.r1 s ouslly engaged in preparing an
Ta,,, ap",r to the demurrer filed by the Bell
ana pIOn7 a. Company in the Columbus case,
ns .- ,neif brief is practically completed.
dSs+ gementS will begin on the Goth
vim 'p'ehloer, and the Governments case
lv.~e presented by Messrs. Thurman,
very and Chandler.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

4 in villa LIE, in Cooke County, Tenn,
Flghtful an;S S'ate Of excitement over &
learanca tlleinic ~ which has made its ap-
aevsry c.an ,neFe' The disease, which in
e1espt tbaa Ease proves fatal, resembles fiux.
'e'ere pain. victims are attacked with
the with lS n the head and at the same
lagsicians pans p in the abdomen. The
Cease and ,h are unable to cope with the
ssGHh ~ ah Serlken with it succum b
asslhs had snort snort time. Twenty. seven
4s3d. occurred up to the night Of Of
Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-11

has ae.ing Secretary of the Treasury
dsTs~ susa circular calling the attention
lsp,,~i icers and employees of the Treasury
ICjrn1eht to the Presidents order of
ag,i,.41 i'S6, warning the Federal officers
eas,, terference in politics. The cir
but as.i ol'ains no instruc tioas or orders,
IL ep,a-y calls attention to the order of
FIJI '0eN', which is printed therein N
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see what sort of a figure he would cut
as a speaker, but he engaged their interes.
Immediately, and it was noticed that they
settled themselves back in their chairs as il
to say, This is worth hearing out. And ii
was. At its close he was congratulate
ted on all sides, and it is more
than likely that he will be heard with even
more effect hereafter. Senator Kenna is a
tall, heavy, loose-jointed man, though slow in
his movements, with d clean shaven face, blue
eyes, chestnut hair n a pleasant expression.
He is apparently careless about his dress. He
is but 80, while his opponent, Senator Ed
munds, is 30. The latter looks like an old pa
triarch, while Senator Kenna suggests the
young apostle. He was born in West Vir-
ginia, and was but 10 and working on a farm
when the civil war broke out. He entered
the Confederate service, was wounded in 1864
and was surrendered in 1865. He then en-
tered st. .Vincent's college at Wheeling, and
from there his career commenced. He has
been a practicing lawyer for the last eighteen
years. He was elected to the Forty-ffth,
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth
congresses, when he was elected to the senate
to succeed Henry q. Davis, and took his sect
in 1883. While in the house of representatives
he proved no ordinary antagonist.
PERRY BARTON.
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His American mother ha,

her appearance in one of the boxes. For a
few minutes the speaker upon the stage was
quite lost sight of, and round after round Of
applause rang to the dome of the great build
ing, all for this one little woman.
She was a warm advocate of the election Of
President Cleveland, and wrote a letter Civ
ing reasons why he should receive the votes
of 1rish-Americans. She thought the Demo-
cratic party would do more for Ireland than
the Republican would.
Later Mrs. Parnell fell into financial diff
f%iculties. Malicious neighbors broke into her
grounds at B~ordentown, destroying fences,
cutting shrubbery and killing and manning
farm stock. 1t was supposed that this was
done at the ~instigation Of political enemies.
Then other and deeper troubles came. There
was a sheriff's sale ordered at the Old Iron
sides home itself to satisfy a Judgment for
debt. In some way this sale was stopped, I be-
lieve, as nothing has been heard of it in some
time. This / know, however: Papers were
circulated in New York city asking for sub
scriptions to relieve the poverty of Mrs. Par
nell. Her picture was printed upon the back
the very picture from which this %illustra-
tion is taken. How it happens one may be
permitted to wonder. The death of Miss
Fanny Parnell was a great blow to her
mother, and it may be that since then Mrs.
Parnell is too FRUSTRATED to look after her
financial affairs. But her famous son, in
Ireland, is a rich man. Why should charity
American ELIZA ARcHARD.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31

In and out of season I know Bill Nye. He
is the homeliest man in seven states. Not
many months ago Bill and I and another
went on a trip west together. William was
lecturing. The more / travelled with him and
saw him in the primitive state, the more ]
became convinced Of his ugliness. became
really ashamed Of him. At the hotels where
we stopped Bills honeliness actually took
away my appetite. His face win stop the
hands of a clock any day. Yet with all
these strongly developed physical phenomena
Bill is vain, positively vain, and loves to pose
before the ladies. He does it, too, with tact
and diplomacy, that wins admiration and
makes the feir creatures forget that he has a
face. Nye is bald. He is painfully bald.
Out of one hundred bald heads his would be
the man you would pick as the mark for psr-
ticular badness. He is tall and loose
jointed, and wherever he goes he is attired in
a claw-hammer coat. He stands with his
hands behind and his toes turned in. All
Waupasss Wis, his family tailor resides. l
didn't NOW that he had q game eye until re-
Gently. He is totally blind in his left eye and
has a cast in it. His full name is Edgar
William Nye. He knows how to talk sweetly
and ~sprightly to ladies, and it goes without
saying that he is very popular, not only With
them, but with men.-Engene Field
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31
The Public display Of the Dead.

There are some barbaric customs which
cling to us, and bid fair to do so for genera
lions yet to come. This public display Of the
dead seams to me only a survival of barbar-
ism. speak only Of the general order
OF conducting the service of the dead. To
robe the ~tenantless clay as for a festival, to
openly display the changed and shrunken
face: to invite the Indifferent gaze of stran-
gers; to bear in a snowy hearse the coffin and
is freight of dust through the hubbub of
streets at MONDAY. From all this my mind
reyolts. When l die, wrap me in some downy
robe that shall fold me close, and bury me at
sunrise or at set of day, / care not which, SO
there be no curious glance to c~riticise my
helpless clay.-@Amber' in Chicago Journal.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31

CHARLES LYMAN. removed by Secre-
tary Stanton before its close. In 1854 he
was made a clerk in the treasury depart
ment, and in 1877 became chief clerk.
In 1888 he was appointed chief Of the
civil service examiners, by President Arthur,
from which he was appointed to his present
position. Mr.. Lyman has always been an
enthusiast on the subject of civil service re-
form. He was an active member of the civil
service board appointed by Gen. Grant
during his administration.
John H. Oberly, of Illinois, the newly APP
pointed head of the civil service. commission,
comes from an old Pennsylvania family, be-
ing q great-grandson of Alexander Schaeffer,
the founder of Schaefferstown in Lebanon
county. His father was born in Schaeffers-
town, whence he went to Cincinnati, O.,
where John II. Oberly was born in 1885.
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cause OF his adhesion to the Union cause. He
returned to Ohio in 1862 and married. The
z::isssTioi5, wnerc he mas
since resided. Hewas, in 1878 and 1874, amem-:
Der of the Illinois legislature, and is the author
Of important railroad legislation in that state.
He declined Reelection to the legislature. and
was appointed by Governor Cnllom Republi-
cam q member Of the railroad commission.
Subsequently he became chairman of the
Democratic state committee. In 1885 Presi-
dent, Cleveland appointed him superintendent
of Indian schools. His term of servicein that
place has been short, but it is certain that The
administration Of the Indian school system
has materially improved since he took charge
OF it.
Ths transfer Of Mr.. Trenholm from the
civil service commission to be comptroller Of
the currency places him in a position for
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31
Election Proclama.,.-

pRooLAMAT1nGnIT y OF Yas spss oSRica. !
i given, that theN Is hereby mad utfofl.
cholce of officers for IN city election .auiix
neId on the first Monds.n ensuing yes, ss y.
Ni,en Gay 81 said month, A. hapail beihsg M
'AMe me Ioilowiug officers a;,ip !; lsS6. NM
One 1I;s tyy 70 succeed G. j, r 3 chosen w. W.
One Oi y Trsssnal to succeed {. WITS 4
One CITY Jnst,cae 70 succeed ,M;rlRh..
oopeietos. 0''''s OF the Peace t to ,as.. BY
One Alderman from tba -. weed
coed VIM; III. Powers. 'ne FIRST Ward Il
ca oag p hhiHeIman from the Second
One Alderman from IN. r,. nt
coed A. NJ, English: and ne Third Ward + !.
One Alderman from the r.. sue
coed p, O. Dudley. Fourth Ward II
EACH of the above ,omsa ~-
Elected for the term of or = Sea oioces will i.
t xenr VINO shali be eltcted IA. s.sspt tie ii.
in AnriI 4 ~ mensl on the dseco ny tssin Il
Office mill the; 1000 and hold their aohas,
qualified. successors are elected y,
Every legal voter who sham. ss
osntY the cit, thirty days nsr rsye been a tai
election, is entitled to vote Al precsdiha hi
VIZ Nh ma anI mnHre ne resides, and M, Election /.
NJ. until 1 o,"iock pe y kept open from as u'sIsasss !,
In the First Ward: VIC uelo as follow,
At A. ne Truck House on Walnut ,t,.,.
streeti fsaik' ESQ, on C,s,,
In the Third Ward:
At the office of the st, Cro;,
papy on Broadway street oioiA Lumber Con-.
In the Fourth Ward:
~ ..e court house on Douels, w.
In witness whereof i hay svenue.
RI O., hand ard caused the sa ,sp tst ny
u: 81 Slty to be hereto stSr sssi ,S q Viz
day OF March. A. b., isss 'ais I'LL
Attest: EFT. WHITE, City oI srsls' Mayor.
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IN A THUNDERSTORM.
MYSTERIES OF THE WEATHER Blu
REAU-THEATRlcAL ILLUSION.

Something Superior to the oId-Fashioned
.Sheet-Iron Thunder-The Man with the
MISUNDERSTANDING a Deluge by
Means Of the Rain-Box.
In storm effects good thunder, which, by
the way, is much rarer than good acting, is
necessary. The old traditional thunder comes
from a long strip of sheet-iron suspended
from above, and with a handle at the prompt
box. This is shaken, and if properly manip-
ulated, gives passable, but not the most salts
factory results. Verdi was always out of pa
thence with sheet-iron thunder. On one oc-
casion he kept postponing an opera for a
period of several months, and even then
threatened to withdraw it unless better
thunder was furnished. One day in passing a
building which was being torn down he hoard
the thunder he wanted. 1t was caused by work
men emptying baskets of brick down a chute.
A similar one was constructed behind the
scenes, and the opera came off.
Stage Manager Sharp, unlike the average
theatrical director, does not leave this end of
the effect for the prima donna and leading
ladies who raise thunder as a staple the year
around, but has made an exhaustive study of
the thunder. question with highly satisfactory
results. He has had the iron thunder sheet Of
olden time cut up in armor and battle axes,
and now does the realistic thing with a con
~trivance exclusively his own.
The first act in the great thunder drama is
accomplished by piling cobble-stones on a
hinged shelf supported at one end by
hinges and at the other by q stick.
Sheet-iron is placed under the pile,
and at the proper cue the stick is ierked
out, giving a fearful crash. While the noise
is still reverberating among the rafters a
muscular young man trots down a platform
towing a cart with wheels the shape of the
honored shamrock. The cart is loaded with
rocks, and the effect of the ornate wheels is
to cause a heavy and somewhat even but very
realistic roll.
FOLLOWED BY IL RAIN BOX.
AS the thunder of nature tapers off into a
distant growl, SO does this thunder diminish
in volume. This is effected by a bowling
alley expert, who rolls a c~annon-ball along
the platform. Thus elaborate are the work.
ings of the best thunder machine. While the
thunder artists are doing their best work, the
man with a flash box is required to have the
lightning somewhere in that vicinity, lust in
time to show the heroine in a white dress fit
past a window without any glass in it, in her
escape from the bad man in u cloak. The
most easily worked lightning is magnesia and
rosin, pulverized and placed in a box, like the
spout of a watering pot. The powder is blown
or shaken in an alcohol flame, which causes q
very vivid flash.
An instrument, which painfully suggests
the grindstone of our youth is what is known
to the profession as the rain box. 1t is SINH
lar to a-cheese box mounted like a grindstone,
Though it is sometimes Dlaced ahoya and
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These are Solid Facts.

The best purifier and system regulator
aver placed within the reach Of suffering
humanity. truly is E'ectric Bitters.
Inactivity Of the Liver, Biiiouaness,
Jaundice. Constipation. Weak Kidneyy,s, or
any dicease Q fthe urinary organs, or who
eyer requires an appetizer, tonic or mild
%aslmuiant, will always find Electric Bitters
the best and only certain cure know. They
act surely and quickly, every bottle gaaran-
teed TO give entire satisfaction or money
refunded. Sold at fAy cents a bottle. by
the Excelsior Drug Store Of Purdy &
SBrecht, Yankton, DIT.
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even greater than the. president him
ed. But from the past course of the
grand chief of the brotherhood, Mr..
Peter M. Arthur. Of Cleveland, o., little
danger may be feared of his misusing his
authority. BY q wise rule of this organize
ton the engineers Of a railroad who consider
themselves imposedsupon cannot strike with
out fret submitting their grievances to him.
These he cody n deliberately examines and
u In his judgement, the difficulty cannot be
settled IN amy other way, he gives the
order for q strike; otherwise no strike can
take place.
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a Young Performer ON the stage.

The youngest performer in tho London
theatres is the infant that takes part in the
baby song in the last act of SHY Sweetheart
1t is IS months cid, and is the fourteenth
child OF a gunmaker of Esiinburg. It is put
to bed every afternoon at 4 o'clock and
brought to theatre at Q, and is in bed again
half an hour later, earning in this duty, it is
said, more than its father.-Chicago Journal.
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The Pride af the Bay State.

1t is not many years since Governor Banks
was ridiculed for recommending that the
state house dome should be gilded. Now that
it has been done, it is seriously proposed to
destroy a large block of buildings and to APP
propriate q valuable lot of land in order tfor
one reasoD that passengers by the northern
trains may get a better view of the gilded
dome.-Boston Advertiser.
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some Fooltah Ireople

Allow q cough to run until it gets be-
yond the reach Of mddicine. They often
say, oh it will wear away. but In mont
cases It wears them away. Could they be
induced to try the successfnl medicine
called Kemp's Balsam, which we sell on a
positive guarantee to cure, they would
Immediately See the excellent effect after
the first dose. Price Soc and ST..
Trial size free. Sold by r. NJ. Ward.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31

m Cincinnati
the Oberiys went
to Wooster, a hand
some ard flourish
ing town in central
Ohio. Here young
Oberly learned the
printing business,
aud for a short
period owned and
edited a Democratic
newspaper. Tw .
or three years be-
fore the war he
vent to Memphis,
Tenn, but was
driven from there
-1
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-31
The Renetits 81 WeeklY paY,nents.

Weekly payments have become quite gem
eral in western Massachusetts, and on the
whole the change has proved beneficial, al
though its results has not been as sweeping or
immediate as its advocates anticipated. In
some few instances the factory operatives
still continue the old credit system in spite of
the fact that they are now able to pay cash
each week.-Chicago Journal.