Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-11

BYEUNTsVILLE GAZETTE G,
VOLUME VIII.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
pprr.su Cabinet council on the Sd dis
,na.ed4he advisability Of further prose-
eut0ns in Ireland.
r-rrD,r arrests have been made at
x@,rVork for attempts to tamper with
,be McQuade jury.
r-rc convention at Philadelphia laid out
Iian for celebrating the centennialnf the
.u';,,r Pc ~ SO. Federal Constitution.
,cco, AxG to our Monterey (Mexico)
.anosnondent bloody civil war is among
tbe probabilities for our sister republic.
THE San Francisco mining boom con-
.innes unabated, the excitement permeat-
mo all classes Several failures are re-
ported
,--,o,,pxr was rendered at Boston on
.ho al AGAINST Ben Butler in favor of the
SnIdiers Home for over $4,000. He will
appeal
,srxs.rr0N has been created in Peru by
.ha nnhlication of pamphlet referring to
nccrrrences within the walls of the Merced
monastery
Vu KNAPP. Of Groveton, Ind, applied
m the Government for back pay as sol
dier and is now locked up as deserter
during the War
THE Comptroller of the Currency has au-
t6orized the First National Bank of
Shreveport, La, to begin business with
capital OF $3OO0O0.
ADELEGATI0N of tobacco men are in
Washington urging the arriving Congress
men to modify the tariff provisions in ref
eence to leaf tobacco.
MICHAEL J. Hess. laborer, jumped off
the Brooklyn bridge on the 4th and won a
wager of twenty-five dollars. He escaped
without apparent injury.
his rumored at Belgrade that the Bull
garan regency will make overtures to
King Milan to induce him to become can
dijate for the Bulgarian throne.
REPORTS from Albany, n. Y, are to the
effect that thirteen grain laden boats en-
route for tidewater are frozen in the canal
between that point and Little Falls.
A PRIVATE government circular has
been issued to the police throughout Ire
land fOrbidding them to assist in any man
uerM the inforcement of evictions.
Turkey has sent a note to the Powers
asking advice on the solution OF the Bull
arian difficulty. The note betrays an en-
Nnte between the Porte and Russia.
THE will of the late President Arthur
was filed for probate in New York on the
ith With the exception Of a few IA inor
teQuests, his estate is left to his two child
Ien.
THE American Opera Company, Theo-
dore Thomas, president, ceased to exist on
The 9TH. Its successor is the National Op-
era Company, Theodore Thomas, firstvice-
president.
The customs officers at San Francisco on
the ID seized $4,000 worth Of opium on the
steamer Rio Janeiro, recently arrived
from China. The drug was found in the
coal bunkers.
IHE Secretary of War, by direction OF
Vie President has ordered Lieutenant A.
NGreely to take charge of the Signal
Vnce during the temporary absence of
Vleral Hazen, the chief signal officer
-e
%t0tal receipts from internal revenue
eulathe first four months of the present
LSsl year were s39,465,44l, a decrease
4Nrbh2S, as compared with the receipts
year.
=, lhE oEfcial canvass of Michigan shows
u's. "NlS8 votes were cast for Governor at
'ue late election, of which Luce (Rep.) re
T, nlyed lSl,474: Yaple (Fusion), 174,042;
4VA'e lPrO.). y, 10; scattering, 100. Luce's
laFalty 1872
WORDING TO the report of Treasurer
,s.1au 'he receipts of the United States
asVdSury for the year were 2,749,029
s.'atef and the expenditures SIT, 743, 1876
~ ~ uan last year-increase in net re-
V-pts, @0,49!, ,S25.
DirAIHERGA is epidemic at Wilkinson
pafs an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh,
"a "a oVer two hundred cases have been
spo''ea' s, many of them quite serious. The
r. ssse u the trouble seems to be defect
"'SEStem Of drainage.
,..' ~ 'le will of James Gordon. a wealthy
cs,s eu cincinnati merchant who died re-
bs.~.' which was probated on the I'd,
%.'pps bequest Of 5000 to the Home of
MAJ eldlesS, and like sum to the col
orphan asylum at Cincinnati.
h3s h3s..11sENTArIVE JAMES, of New York,
s,.os cured the Endorsement of various
tt,onI reform associations and philan-
isb sTT organizations for his bill to estab-
learo.' 'dConal penitentiary and will en-
secure its passage this winter.
laE ". c. T.. u. Of ST Lonis aaontad a