Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The jury in the case Of the moonlighters
on trial at Cork, Ireland, after ten
minutes dehberation, on the 11th, return
| ed verdict of not guilty
a FIRE occurred in Queens College in
oxford, England, on the 18th, by which
two libraries were completely destroyed.
Many of the volumes burned can not be
replaced The intrinsic value of the prop
erty destroyed is $4,000.
| AN earthquake shock was felt in
Smyrna and throughout the Island of
| Chios on the 18th.
MAJOR WALKER, late superintendent of
] police in the District Of Columbia, is max
ing streanous efforts to secure his REIN
statement. He accuses the commissioners
OF failure to fulfill their promise.
| EDMUND DAVIS, a West End London)
| solicitor, has absconded, leaving indebted
| ness to the amount of e100,000.
THE st. Petersburg Syet says that Gashan
Khan, the ruler of Roundabout, Central
Asia, and England's stanch friend, was
recently murdered at the instance Of his
son, Sandar Khan, who is England's sworn
| enemy.
A BOX containing 200 pounds of dynamite
was by some means conveyed to the sum
mer residence of King Charles of Rouma-
MIA, at Cotrocene, on the night of the 18th,
| and its contents exploded against the side
| of the building. The structure was badly
shattered and every window in the build
| ing was smashed.
| Ex-Governor CRoswELL of Michigan
died at Adrian ON the 18th, aged sixty-one
years.
J. G. VEALE dropped dead at Washing
ton, Ind, on the 18th.
CLEvELAND's new base ball association
| has leased valuable grounds at very
eligible point.
SEXTON says, ''separation or otherwise,
Ireland must have liberty"
/ PATRICK HOWARD was killed and three
other men were wounded by the cars at
Nimick's Station, Pa, on the 18th.
| WHISTLER, the artist, is to visit America,
| but will be unable to bring his pictures
with him.
| BIsMARCK's physician says the Chancel-
| lor's health is improving, but he requires
rest.
Mrs. Cora ETHEL STIvERs is under ar
rest at New York on charge of passing a
worthless check.
THE judges at Dublin, on the 18th, re-
fused to allow John Dillon to examine wit
nesses in his own defense.
! THE Circuit Court of Indiana polls, Ind,
| has decided the nt-governorship
| contest adversely to Smith.
! CARDINAL TAsCHEREAU, the Canadian
prelate, has prohibited Catholics from at
! tending the Salvation Army meetings.
A NEW trunk line from New Y ork to the
West over the Baltimore q Ohio, Reading
and Jersey Central roads, has been
opened.
WASHINGTON z. CoNNoR, of New York,
! ic of lii at limo tas
struction Of a steam yacht.
IT is said that the charter of District AS
sembly No. 101 Knights of Labor is to be
surrendered on the 1st of January.
GENERAL w. d. CALDWELL. of Cleveland,
| O., has purchased the mare Ara from Ruy
! Warner, of Coldwater, Mich, for $1,000.
| TURKEY has assumed menacing attl-
| tude toward Bulgaria in the effort to force
| the latter to accept Prince Nicholas OF
| Mingrelia as a ruler.
| SEVERAL passengers were in jured, but
none seriously, in smash-up on the Mil
waukee road near Hawarden, Oak, on the
| 18th.
| GEO. Brown was arrested at New York
| on the 18th on charge of robbing the mails
at Hamburg, la. He had sailed around the
world under the name Of Forbush, since
absconding.
CHICAGO presented her claim and a writ
ten statement of her advantages for the
location of the Indian supply depot on the
18th.
ACCORDING to the story of Mrs. Witch,
a passenger, the recent Texas train rob
berry was the funniest thing Of the kind
| that ever happened.
THOMAS B. CoNNERY, formerly manag-
ing editor of the New Y York Herald, is being
strongly urged by his friends as a candl-
| date for the vacant Turkish mission
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints dcring the week ended Decem-
Der II was 1926, ,019; same week last year,
sos, ,755 The shipment of fractional silver
coin since December l amounts to S23S, 80.
PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK had a
severe fall on the 18th while exercising in
a gymnasium. He broke one of his ribs
and sustained other injuries.
GENERAL SHERMAN, accompanied by Gen
eral Moore, the newly appointed Surgeon
General of the army, called upon General
Black. Commissioner of Pensions, on the
| 18th. The call was purely social one, as
| the ex-General of the army and the Com
sioner are old personal friends.
HOMER HEAD, aged forty years, shot his
wife Flora on the night of the 18th at
Ithaca, N. Y, and then killed himself.
| Mrs. Head is still living and it is thought
she will recover. They had lived apart Tor
several months. Jealousy was the proba-
BILE cause.
JACOB TwINING, who confessed that ne
and two other men had formed a plot 70
burn the city of Findlay, O., has been held
for trial. VIM Smith and Geo. Ramsey,
who were arrested at the same time, have
| been discharged from custody.
LYCURGUs w. PEARSON, r1ch 1ar1ner'
living five miles east of West Branch, Ia
was found hanging in his barn on the l2th.
He was temperate, thirty-f years OF age
and highly respect ed. He leaves Wl1e
and five children. No reason for his sui
eide is known.
THE Knights Of Labor are to erect me
building at Washington, at a cost OF
| $4,000.
HEAVY rains are destroying crops IN the
| northwest provinces of India. The Hoods
are causing much loss OF life and damage
| to property.
ADvIoEs from Mandalay say that an en-
gagement between British troops ana
natives has taken place near Pakoka, ana