Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
rompiIed from Various Sources.
prRsONAL AND POLITICAL.

tbav have purchased nome Tor his widow.
Theo,mmittee having the matter in charge.
-f+or consultation with Mrs. Hancock,
,,a,-a finally decided upon the purchase of
home in Washington, which will here
aftnr be her home.
nv the 18th Hon. Marshall p Wilder
a;od at his residence at Roxbury, Mass.
obod inst passed his eighty-eighth birth
dov Mr. Wilder had for many years been
one ofthe most prominent pomologists
IVA borticulturists of the country. He
.,-as nrasident of the American Pomologic-
al Society and was making active prepara-
tione for meeting of that society in Bos.
+on in 1857. at the time of his death.
TI-ncr THuRNAN's friends say he is out
If noIitics forever.
Jlyrs D. WARREN, proprietor of the
Burao N. w. Comnercial, died on the
18th.
Jouy G. WHITTIER's seventy-ninth birth
dav occurred on the 18th, and it was ap-
Dropriately celebrated.
NAc NATHAIEL F. HURD died at the
home of his grandson, Fl. g. III. Tarr, ESQ,
n Mount Clair, y. j., few days ago, as
the result Of injuries sustained by fall
nearly year previously. Major Hurd
Was native of Ohio, and had reached the
ripe age of ninety-seven years. He en-
wed the distinction of having shaken ly
jle hand every President from Franklin
Pierce. for hom he cast his first vote, to
the present iucU bent.
on the l1th Judge Cooley notified Judge
Grcshlm Of his acceptance of the Wabash
receiyership.
Oh the 18th Cardinal Gibbons and Arch
bishops Corrigan and Ryan had confer
ence at Philadelphia, supposedly on the
labor question
O. the night Of the 18th Jake Schaefer
beat s osson in the billiard match in Chi
Cag0 by a score of 500 points TO f30
HENRY ". GRADY, editor Of he Atlanta
(G1) Constitution. in an interview at New
York m the 18th. said that ''every thin g
south u Nj son and Dixon's line is for
Grover Cleveland"
GOVERNOR *. A. ALCER of Michigan will
give each of 4S1 Detroit newsboys suit of
clothes for a Christmas present. The
boys have been measured, and the suits
are to be delivered at their homes Christ
mas evening.
TIE new War Department order adding
Southern California to General Miles de-
partment, is taken on all sides as evidence
that the policy and course of General
Miles have been satisfactory to the Presi-
dent and his advisors
Mrs. LANDGEAF the boycotted New
York baker has opened dispensary on a
small scale at her house, for the sale of
German pills. The boycott ruined her
bakery business and she since has found
difficulty in making living.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany has been
of LAT To ba CT ~
Inter der Linden, purchasing Chri stmas
presents for the Imperial household
Mr.. MORRIsoN's motion in the House of
Representatives on the 10Th to go into COM
mittee of the whole for the purpose Of con
sidering revenue bills, was defeated by a
vote of yeast 149; nays, 154.
COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS MONTGOMERY
has notified the clerks, whose work is in
arrears, that they will, after January 3, be
required to work from a. m. until 5 D. m.
until they catch up. Poor fellows.
lHE farewell banquet to Abram S.
hewitt by his Con gressional associates
IN Washington, on the night of the 18th,
was happy affair. Mr.. Hewitt assumes
MS duties as mayor of New York, JAN
uary1
ATToRNEY-GENERAL LEES of Nebraska
lmplans in his report to the Governor of
Inc tendency of the Federal courts to en-
CFoach upon the prerogatives of the State
!uHcary particularly in criminal cases.
GENERAL LOGAN is confined to his house
dI Washington with inflammatory rheu-
m&tism.
PROMINENT naval officers are said to be
opposed to Secretary Whitney's plan for
'le admission of meritorious apprentices
70 the Naval Academy
ar. RANDALL, by voting against the con-
Aueratlon of any revenue bills whatever,
placed in peculiar position regarding
ms own tariff bill.
REV WM NJ. BARBOUR D. D., pastor of
aie university, has rendered his resigna-
uul' 70 AXE effect in June next
EX-GOVERNOR FREDERICK PITKIN of
colorado died at Pueblo on the night of the
0th OF consumption. The remains were
taken to Denver for interment.
HENRY G. KINGSLEY, for the past quar-
Yer e1 century treasurer at Yale univer-
slly, died on the 18th, aged seventy-one
Years
FUND is to be raised for a woman's and
s.fls offering to Queen Victoria in honor
@'he tiftieth year of her reign
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the 10Th John Dillon, William
UUbrlen, Matthews Harris ard David
neehy We're arrested at Loughrea, Ire
+nd while collecting rents according to
|e plan Of Campaign
+ OhARLES HoFFERBIRTH's saw-mill at
a.'aAsyllle, Ind, was wrecked by boiler
Aploslon, on the 14th, and Frank Poplin
"as Killed, several others being wounded.
CO. InE principals in the celebrated Robin
= ~ poisoning case, Sarah Robinson, DR..
r.: - Beers and Thomas r. Smith, were ar
M Tsned at Cambridge, Mass, on the 14th.
fon.i nulctments were two in number-one
soa 'ue alleged murder of VIM. j. Robin
~ ~ ana the other for the alleged murder
y Lizzie Robinson.
me- ARrz, the brakeman who is sus-
groeu groos OF knowing something about the
49, 49, rock Island train robbery, was held
in OLlcago Criminal Court on the 18th
He aC oollu Oh 5000 on a charge of bigamy
pneb;arJIs b9serIs mat the railroad company is
in Mug or5lg The charge of bigamy against him
a., 70 Keep him in custody.
tpt., ~ 10Th the seed store and agricul
c. . warehouse of J. W. McCullongh Il
tept e eId SeIldnclnnati, was damaged to the ex
'Ie I 'l $4,000 by fire. ~ - 'i'' =
band Of r9rH FIX County, s. c., an organized
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