Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-13

VOLUME VII.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Ee.ys from Everywhere.
p.RNELL offers to find Morley a constit-
money in Ireland in case Of his defeat at
Newcastle.
Mn. GLADSTONE has issued his address
10 the voters of Midlothian, asking re-elec-
tion to Parliament.
THE imports of merchandise at New
York during the seven days ended the 9th
were valued at So, 740,56O.
SEVERAL members Of theatre companies
at Cincinnati were arrested on the Sd on
warrants sworn out by the Law and Sfder
League. =
FORTY Indian students at the institute
near Wabash, Ind, have completed their
studies and will be returned to the Indian
Territory.
THE agreement between France and Ger
MANY concerning their possessions on the
west coast of Africa, has been submitted to
the Reichstag.
A MOTION is being prepared in the Ger
man Reichstag requesting Bismarck to ne
gotiate with the powers for a double
money standard.
THE coldest weather known for twenty
years benumbed the people of Norfolk, Va,
on the 9TH, when the thermometer regis
tered three degrees below zero.
THE Mormon lobby at Washington is said
to be well supplied with money, and en-
dowed with brains to discover how to put
it twhere it will do the most good.
THE casket containing the remains of
James A. Garfield has been placed in a
handsome bronze sarcophagus at Cleve-
land, and it has been hermetically sealed.
NJ. De LESSEPS has invited the Chamber
of Commerce of New York to send dele
gate TO Panama to witness the "inaugura-
ton of the final period of work" on the
Isthmian canal.
THE street car men in New York, to the
number of nearly three thousand, struck
on the 4th for lighter hours Twelve hours
day., and they carried their point, all
the companies acceding to their demand.
A of >,
wine producers of the country was held in
New York on the Sd. 1t was resolved to
form a National association and to ask
Congress to legislate against the adultera-
tion Of wine.
The Prince of Wales gave a dinner the
evening of the Sd to the leaders of both
political parties and the foreign diplomatic
representatives, including United States
Minister Phelps.
The official report of the affair in Mex
leo in which Captain Crawford was killed
confirms statements already printed,
showing that the Mexicans made no mis-
take, but did just what they intended
to do.
the 5th There was very fair attendance,
Notwithstanding the cold weather. Over
a hundred strangers shook hands with the
President, a good portion of them being
ladies.
SINCE November Chicago had packed,
up to the Sd inst, 2,175,000 hogs; Kansas
City, 55S,000; Cincinnati, $1,000; st. Louis,
$4,000; Milwaukee, 2S5, 900; Indianapolis,
253,O0O; Cedar Rapids, Ia, 167 900; Louis
vile, III 900; st. Joe, Mo-, 10000; Cleve-
land, $1,000.
UNDER the pretext of searching Greek
vessels in the harbor of Constant;nople
Tor munitions of war, the Turks have
1nsuited the Greek flag. 1t is feared that
the act may be accepted in Athens as
intentional and that it will aggravate the
seriousness of the situation.
IHE largest oil well in the Ohio field has
been developed on the Moore & Brotherton
territory. Oil shot into the air to the
helght of seventy feet when the tools were
withdrawn. They were replaced to keep
the oil down. This well will exceed one
"iiAl GU anu nIGy barrels per day.
MR.. LYCURGUs DALTON, the postmaster
OF the House of Representatives, says the
mails for members have been of late un-
usually heavy, from $4,000 to $4,000 letters
daily. an everage of forty letters per mem
Der. Some members get but a few letters,
while others often get several hundred
communications in day.
IHE Congressional Temperance Socie-
'y" was organized during the administra-
Noh OF John Quincy Adams and its vener-
"0'e secretary, DR.. Picking, reports that
over seventy of the Senators are teetotal-
es, the list including Blair, Chase, Col
dul.., Conger, Dawes, Frye, Harrison
"cMlilan, Teller, Vance and Wilson.
Al understood that Senator Logan has
"uopted crest for his letter paper. A
I"luihet across an Indian war bonnet is the
"eSigh selected. Senator ingalls, has an
,,p( Upeh eye with the inscription underneath:
ne WINS who is aware" Secretary Man
iiihS Is reported to have selected as his