Huntsville gazette., 1886-07-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

drew station, Neb., were killed by light
| ming on the 25th.
GENERAL LOGAN has gone to San Fran
| cisco to attend the National Encampment
| of the Grand Army of the Republic.
THE board of managers of the National
| Home for disabled veterans held their
quarterly meeting in New York on the
| oath.
A FAVORABLE report on the Fitz-J ohm
Porter nomination has been ordered by
the Senate Committee on military affairs
STEPHEN BRoDIE, who jumped off the
Brooklyn bridge and escaped uniniured,
has been bound to court for attempting
suicide. Meanwhile he has an offer to ap-
pear at a dime museum.
The National SBngerfest at Milwaukee
closed on the oath. 1t was an artistic sue
cess, but lacked about $4,000 of paying
expenses.
A HALIFAX IN. 81 dispatch of the 24th
says about forty privates of the Royal
Irish Rifles have deserted since July l,
and only two of them have been captured
BRIGADIER GENERAL BEN BARNEY, a
Mexican veteran and ex-president of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac, died
suddenly at his home in San Francisco on
the oath.
ST. LOUIS has been selected by the North
American Saengerbund for its meeting
next year.
THE "Social Democrats seem to be
coming to the front as an element in Eng
lish politi S.
REV. WILLIAM j. SHERMAN, a young
Catholic priest is said to have been clan
destinely married to Miss Tillie Mccoy,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, on June IA. The mat
ter has just been made public.
A YOU Nc girl named Sarah Carr COM
mitted suicide at Keokuk Ia, on the 25th /,
by jumping off of the bridge into the
river.
MADAGASCAR has been notified that its
scheme for raising a loan in London is a
violation of treaties. -1Aat
c. D. MCKENZIE, railway book keeper
of Ashland, KY, is short $4,000 in his ac-
counts and is missing.
THOMAS ballard, of Mcdonald, Pa,
died on the 18th of injuries inflicted by his
wife, who poured coal oil on him and set
it on fire. SIS M
JULIUS FREDERIcKs, one of the Greedy
expedition survivors, Indignantly contra
diets srecently published stories of Mau-
rice Connell rejecting on Greedy.
HINTON r. HELPER, of "Three Amer
icas" railway fame, reported dead, shows
up alive and exceedingly wide awake in
Buenos Ayres.
THE Porte has issued a circular urging
enforcement of the Turkish law which for
bids the recognition of the naturalization
of Turks abroad.
ATTORNEY GARLAND inti
mates, in connection with New York edi-
torial comments on him, that he is not go
ing to resign just yet.
AT the London Wesleyan conference a
committee was appointed to consider the
proposition to hold an ecumenical confer
ence in the United States.
In a railway accident at Valparaiso,
Ind, on the 26th, Mart Burke, an engineer
was killed.
INDICATIONS are very strong that the
River and Harbor bill will fail of passag e
by Congress.
HUBERT O. THOMPSON leader of the
New York County Democracy, died sud-
denly in bed on the Goth.
LIEUTENANT-C COLONEL HOPE, of the
British army, makes very damag ing
charges against the War Department.
MRS. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE is in Wash
ington for the purpose of removing her
fathers remains to Cincinnati.
THE British Government declines to in
vestigate the conduct Of the police during
the recent election in ndonderry.
POLICE OFFICER WALTER ISRAEL was
fatally shot at Detroit, Mich, on the Goth
by Polish laborer named Spynjac, who
had been abusing his wife, when the Of
[ficer interfered.
THE main building of the Miller Brew
ing Company at Rochester, n Y, was
burned on the night of the Goth. Loss,
$50, 900; insurance, $45, 900.
DIR. PATRICK GREGG, for twenty-five
years past surgeon at the Rock Island ar
senal, has been relieved from duty on ac-
count of old age and DR.. w. w. Grant, Of
Davenport, Ia, has been appointed his
successor.
PAPAL DELEGATE RoTELLI, from Italy,
has concluded important treatings with
the.Porle, insuring the Church great sue
cess in the East. Signor Rotelii will be
promoted at the next consistory.
"A NUMBER of persons were injured and
two kill ed by lightning during severe
storm storm at Pittsburgh on the 18th.
Porter Purveance at Leechburg and an
unknown lady at Beaver Falls were killed.
Mr.. HYNDMAN, the English Social Demo-
crat, makes a plaintive protest agalns
police inter ference with public meetings.
CONGRESS is making strenuous efforts
to get business in shape to adjourn on Au-
gust 2.
Iris estimated that it costs $4,000 day
to run the United States House of Repre-
sentatives.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ended July a
was S4S7 $40; the issue during correspond
| ing period last year, 1886, 1886.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND viii not visit
Congress on the eve of adjournment to
sign bills, but will take time to examine
each measure before approving it.
ENGLAND will not consent to alter the
existing agreement regarding the New
Hebrides, thus compelling France to re-
sspect their Independence.