Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

claiming $6S, 900, because the directors had
induced him to leave his money in the
bank when they knew it was insolvent.
GERoNIMo's band is reported "discour.
| aged" again.
WALT WHITMAN is to visit England as a
guest of the poet Swinburne.
ALICE, the big elephant from the Zoo
logical garden, London, arrived at New
York on the 18th, on the Egyptian Nom
arch.
between Portugal and the Sultan Of Zanzi-
bar. w gn ks
A MOULD exploded at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 18th, severely burning about fifty
persons with molten steel.
| LAKE navigation is open, the first pro-
peller arriving at Buffalo from Cleveland
on the 18th.
| MRS. ADELAIDE BARTLETT was acquit-
ted at London on the 18th of the murder of
her husband.
JOHN DoUTHETT and his wife, of Xenia,
o., an old couple, were burned to death in
their residence on the morning of the 17th.
There were some suspicious circumstances
about the tragedy.
CANADA has placed an additional duty
of seven and one-half per cent. on sugars
imported through the United States.
CHIEF OF POLICE REFS of Milwaukee has
| been arrested on charge of unlawful de-
tention of prisoners.
ENGLISH criticisms of Mr.. Gladstone's
Home Rule measures are moderating in
tone. +.
CABLE rates from Great Britain to all
points east of the Mississippi river are to
be reduced on the 1st OF May.
CHAs. ROBINSON, the Angelica IN. W
bank defaulter, is seriously i'll in Canada,
where he has been joined by his aged wife.
ARTHUR EDWARDS was killed and James
Ringwood and George Storms were fatal
ly injured by an explosion Of giant pow
der at Clintonville, Wis, on the 18th.
LORD HARRINGTON has formally and
| finally severed his connection with English
| Liberals.
| THE King of Bavaria has "braced upv
and proposes to pay his debts on the in
stalment plan. ~ ~
ROBERT SMITH, who was hanged at Mich
olasville, KY, on the 18th, sold his body to
a doctor for twenty five dollars.
| JOHN D. HESS was found murdered at
Mt. Vernon, O., on the 18th.
| Mr.. MORRISON thinks the chances for
his tariff bill are improving.
| NEW YoRK's pros ectting ohacers say ths
aldermanic trial will occupy all summer.
DUcQUERY and Roche, of Paris, have
| been sentenced to Imprisonment for
| fomenting riots.
SENATOR INGALLS, denies that he asked
government position for his brother-in-
| law. MEN #tHSE
Coal miners of the Mahoning valley pro-
pose to make general demand for an ad-
vance of wages.
| THOMAS j. MULLEN was arrested in the
| Church of the Nativity at New York on
the 18th, for stealing an old lady's pocket
| book while at prayer.
The Bishop of Madrid was killed on the
18th by priest at the entrance to the
cathedral. y. &#EH# sDB
AT conference held at Chicago on the
17th, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany patched up peace with the COM
planning switchmen.
AN incipient cholera scare is said to be
brewing at Cleveland, 0.
A MEETING of Northwest stock-growers
|
the 10Th.
1T is rumored that the Greek Consul at
Gambia, Crete. is plotting a rebellion
among the people against Turkish author
ity.
KNIGHTS of Labor at Pittsburgh, Pa,
propose to boycott the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
THERE is said to be a serious hitch in the
matter of the st. Louis Merchants Ex-
change bridge bill at Washington.
GREEK troops are being pushed rapidly
to the front, and the government is debat-
ing the question of summoning fresh re-
serves.
JAMES B. MILES, the Arkansas high-wa-
ter authority, predicts the greatest flood
on record on the Lower Mississippi.
The act extending the special postal de-
livery system to packages as well as let
ters has passed the House at Washington.
ABE JACKSON, who is charged with hav-
ing been concerned in the blowing up of a
residence of the evangelist, Sam Jones, at
Cartersville, Ca, has been captured at
Waco, Tex. -
MRS. CHARLES COLE, bride of two
months, committed suicide by poison at
Cincinnati on the night of the 18th, to es-
cape the cruel treatment of her husband.
D. r. SMART, representative at New York
of Foster & Co., of Kansas City, Mo-, has
decamped with $4,000 of his employers
| money.
THERE arrived in New York on the 10th
| OH the steamer Arizona, an ancient Irish
| harp. 1t is several hundred years old and
was the last instrument played before the
Irish king. It is intended for exhibition
at an Irish concert to be soon given in New
York for the benefit of the Parnell fund.
The instrument is valued at 1000 pounds
sterling. alsf,
CAPTAIN THOMAS KERR, O boat builder
| for forty years, and well known along the
river from Pitts burgh to New Orleans,
| died at his home in Freedom, Pa, on the
10th, aged seventy eight years.
JOHN CARPENTER, who murdered his
| wife in New York saloon, two years
| ago, and who has been confined in the
Tombs under sentence of death, killed
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