Huntsville gazette., 1886-08-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AICAip iii ouO Dci1 lclepuOuo case.
WIN. B. JOHNSON, prominent citizen of
Grand Rapids, Mich, was murdered in
cold blood at that place on the 14th by
John Boyd.
A SENSATION has been created at Con-
cord, N. H., by double elopement, all
the parties being prominent married peo-
pie.
THE speech made by Mr.. Ingham, of
counsel for the State in the Chicago An
archist trial on the 14th is considered the
strongest plea yet made for the conviction
of the prisoners. The efforts of counsel
for the defense are mainly directed in de-
nunciation of the States witnesses
EXTENSIVE coal fields have Just been
discovered in Albania, and their develop
ment is looked forward to as a promising
field of labor for the needy workmen of
that region.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has returned to Ber-
lin, and has resumed regular work on the
business of the State.
SERIOUS damage was done by cyclone
at Newburgh, Ind, on the 14th. Bethels
flour mill was partially demolished, and
several houses were wrecked. A large
barn was carried several hundred feet
and landed intact at the edge of the river.
THE epidemic of smallpox is spreading
throughout the Republic of Chill.
THREE shocks of earthquake were felt
in Malta on the 18th at intervals of eight
hours.
GENERAL c. c. AUGUR (retired) was
shot four times by a negro named Will
liam Pope at his residence in Washington
on the 18th. His wounds are not serious.
Pope and another negro were indulging
in profane alteration in front of the
Generals residence, and he endeavored to
drive them off, when Pope turned on him
and shot him. Pope was arrested.
TIE strike among the New York canal
boatmen is spreading, and over thou
sand canal-boats and barges have been
tied up in the harbor and in the Sound by
tho striking boatmen.
R.L.FowLER, prominent citizen Of Sid
ney, Neb., shot and killed himself with a
revolver on the 14th. He was intoxicat-
ed, and was fourishing the pistol, when it
was accidentally discharged.
The Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambas-
sador, gave a farewell banquet to the
diplomatic corps at st. Peter rsburg on the
18th. A number of distinguished citizens
were also among the guests.
DEMOCRATIC politicians are talking of
the chances of getting control of the next
Senate.
S. w. ARMIsTEAD, assistant postmaster
at Danville, Pa, committed suicide on the
10Th by hanging.
INDICATIONS are that one of the things
for which President Cleveland's admins
sration will be noted, is to be the first
steps toward building up the navy.
RIoTING at Belfast was renewed at mid
night on the 14th and lasted until six
O'Clock the following morning, one person
being killed and many wounded.
A TRAIN on which Minnie Palmer, the
American actress, and her company were
travelling was struck by a number of shots
wheG near Belfast, Ireland, on the 10th,
one of the bullets striking within few
inches of Miss Palmer's head.
NEAR Nashville, Ind, on the 10th, John
He'd sler fatally stabbed his nephew, Nc
Clellan Fox.
ToRNADoEs and waterspouts have de-
vastated Central Russia.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, wife and house,
summer vacation in the Adirondacks.
PETROLEUM has been discovered at Fer
rand, Auvergne, France.
Boston police officers are looking for
one DR.. G. c. Beers, in connection with the
recent Wholesale poisoning case.
The London Times censures the Belfast
Protestants for refusing to submit to the
authorities.
MEssRs. O'BRIEN, Deasy and Redmond,
the Irish delegates to the National League
convention at Chicago, arrived at New
York on the 10th.
IT is stated that the pardoning power OF
the Mexican President is limited so that it
can not be exercised until two-fifths of
sentence has been served.
SIXTY EIGHT cigar factories, employing
six thousand men, are closed at Havana,
Cuba IN account of a strike for higher
wages
IT is given out at the Treasury epart-
ment at Washington that the small silver
certificates, ones, twos and fives, will be
ready for circulation by November !.
AN imbecile widow named Leboi, resid-
ing in Selles, st. Denis, France, was tied
to a stake and burned to death by her
sons on the 10th.
A LARGE amount of damage was done In
Minnesota and Dakota on the 10th by
cyclone, and it is thought when COM
is restored great loss of life
will be reported.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH of Dublin believes
that the land purchase question will never
be settled except upon Michael Davltts
naturalization principles of just compen-
sation to the actual holder.
GENERAL BoULANGER, French Minister
of War, has prohibited the publication OF
pamphlet giving his biography and re-
ferring to scandal with which his name
was connected.
THE United States war ships, Yantic
and Galens, after returning from cruise
in North bay, anchored at Port Hawkes.
bury, N. s., and afterward sailed home
ward.
The successor Of Marquis Tseng as Chi
nese ambassador in Europe will be II. Lii
oninifen, who will also be accredited 10
the Vatican.
ToLRoLF PETERSON and two women,
Christina Tenders and Christina Hansen,
were drowned at Raritan Bay. N. Y, On
the night of the 18th. They were out row
ing, when their Loaf capsized.