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Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09
A MONSTER serpent, "forty feet long,

MONSTER serpent, "forty feet long, y
is reported to have been seen in the vicin-
ity Of Big Two Mile creek, near Milton,
W. Va. When discovered it was in the
act of swallowing a sheep. iF s..
FATHER DOwD, of st. Patrick's Parish
Church, Montreal, denounces the Knights
of Labor, and say the Pope has decided
that they can not be recognized by the
church.
THE American Mohair Growers Asso-
citation met at San Antonio, Tex, on tn
4th.
MISS ANNETTE SCHEUCK, of New York
sues Christopher Meyer, the millionaire,
for $1,000 for breach Of promise Of mar
riage.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ejectment
notices have been issued in County Down,
Ireland.
FEARS are entertained for the safety OF
the steamship Anchoria due at New York
September %, and which had not arrived
on the 4th inst.
CHAMBERLAIN denounces the Parnell
bill as "dis honest piece of party tactics
in tended to divide the Liberal Unionists
and to provoke agitation in Ireland"
A DEPUTATIoN of Irish ladies, headed
by Mrs. I. d. Sullivan, wife Of the Lord
Mayor of Dublin, waited on Mr.. Gladstone
at Hawarden on the 4th, and presented
him with petition in favor of horne rule,
signed by 100000 Irish women.
A FIGHT occurred among the cowboys
on the Wild West ranch on Staten Island
on the night Of the 4th. One of the cow
boys was killed. The names of those
concerned in the affair have not been
learned.
THE dead body Of Cyrus Wynn, dressed
in underclothing, was found in the river
at Cedar Rapids, Ia., on the 4th. Wynn
was apparently drowned in three feet of
water. No reasonable cause is assigned
for the act.
GENERAL 'KAULBARs has notified the
Bulgarian Government that Russia would
not consider elections to the Sobranje
legal.
THE Canadian Government, suspecting
disloyalty among the members of the civ il
service, has issued an order compelling g
every member to take an oath of allegi-
ance to the Queen.
COMMISSIONERS COLMAN complains OIL
apathy among the States which should
assist him in destroying pleuro-pneu.
monia.
THE Pope has petitioned the Queen OF
Spain to pardon General Villacampa and
the officers associated with him in the
recent uprising at Madrid.
UP to October the aggregate fire waste
for the United States and Canada in 1885
was $4,000, 900, against 81, 100000 for tho
same period of 1885, SO that with October ,
November and December yet to be heard
from, there is no likelihood of lower
figure than $lOO, 900, 900 to be charged for
fires in 1886.
THE general distribution of the new
one dollar silver certificates began on the
4th, and will be continued until the de-
mand, which is very great, has been en-
tirely supplied. The notes are being
printed at the rate Of $4,000 day. The
new two dollar silver certificates will not
be ready for issue for two weeks yet.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THERE was heavy frost at Lynchburg
Va, on the I'd. Vegetation is badly dam
aged. A large part Of the tobacco croI
will be ruined.
THE President has appointed Joseph HI
Wagner to be Pension Agent at Knoxville,
Tenn, vice Taylor, resigned. ~
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND, who has
been rusticating at his home in Arkansas
for the past two months, has returned to
Washington to resume his official duties.
Mr. Garland says he is in the best of health.
ADMIRAL PORTER is lying very i'll at
Newport, the result of carriage accident
at Melford Springs, Mass, ten days ago.
ANOTHER cave-in of the river bank oc-
Cured at Plaquemine, La, on the I'd,
fronting the centre of the town. 1t looks
now as if the whole town front was
doomed. <a. asst
MICHAEL HICKS BEACH, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, has returned to London. 1t is
stated that his experience in Ireland has
convinced him that exceptional measures
will be necessary to maintain order in the
country before 1887.
TELEGRAMs from the principal tobacco .
growing counties in Tennessee say that
the frost which fell on the night Of the ID
damaged the outstanding tobacco crop
from 30 to 30 per cent. On an average
only about one-half the crop has been
housed.
A NEGRO by the ma Q of Andrew Lucas
died yesterday morning att Brantford,
Ontario, at the supposed age of 1913 years.
He was born in slavery in Tennessee and
was Gen. Jackson's servant.
SEVENTEEN boys escaped from the re-
form school at Waukesha, Wis.,, on the I'd.
They effected their escape by means of a
skeleton key made. out of q comb by an
eleven-year-old boy. IL
ArLANrIANs can have plenty Of beer.
The general council on the 4th passed an
amendment to an ordinance allowing the
Atlanta brewery to deliver beer to private
families in the city.
A QUARANTINE has been established for
ninety days against cattle from the In
fected counties Of Illinois and Indiana by
the State Board of Health of Missouri.
TIE University OF Mississippi opened on
the 4th with about $50 students.
The General distribution Of the new one
dollar silver certificates began on the 4th,
and will be continued until the demand,
which is very great, has been entirely
supplied. The notes are being printed at
the rate Of $4,000 day.
Col. SAMUEL G.. JONES, of Sewanee,
candidate for the Legislature, fell dead at
Winchester, Tenn, on the 4th while
speaking. He was hale and hearty and y
unusual spirits.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

The entire domain of Chantilly with is
magnificent castle and all its depend
ences, the value of which, at the lowest
estimate, is over sixty million francs, has
been presented by the Due d'Aumale to
the Institute of France, to be held by it in
trust for the French nation.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has au-
horized the reopening of the mint at Car
son City, New, as an assay Office for the
receipt of deposits of bullion. This action
was taken on the recommendation of the
Director of the Mint, and with the full ap-
Toval of the President.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

The Presidents reception on the Goth
vas attended by nearly four hundred per-
sons, including the Grand General Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons in convocation
in Washington. The President shook
hands with them all and had pleasant
word for each. -
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

rorvpNoR HUBBARD of Minnesota has
,.sned nrocl amation establishing quar-
antina against Illinois cattle during the
ann+iruance a of the epidemic in that State.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

AT Racine, Wis, on the 30th, the State
Woman's Suffrage Association, at the in
stance of Susan B. Anthony, decided to
besiege the next Legislature for woman's
suffrage in municipal elections, with the
understanding that such legislation should
be repealed if found impracticable.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

rur total coinage executed at the mints
..ha Trrited States during September
=. @.s -, :, 0-O 055.5O, of which $3.50, 100 was
IN standard silver dollars. - F
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

THE second season of the American
onara Company will begin at the Acad-
or wv If Nusic, Philadelphia, on November
:; and will close in June of next year in
San Francisco.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

ALETTER published in the San Francis
co Bulletin under date of Rodick, Alaska,
@ptember l6, says: GA volcanic peak of
faolof mountain, three hundred miles
Su'hwest on the Alaska peninsula, is in
suption. Slight falls of volcanic dust
's'mbling emery powder have been OBJ
;FTed.n
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

GENERAL impression prevails at
~ .,;nrton that the authorities are dis
"a'l '.'saI With the terms made by General
,,uos with Geronimo.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

The funeral of the late Joseph Neal,
maternal uncle of President Cleveland,
took place at Baltimore, Md, on the
S)th, from his late residence. A large
throng gathered, expecting to see the
President, but he did not appear.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09
1OpICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

,os been decided to offer $4,000 in
y the National military drill for
pIn' ms Of the service at Washington next
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

Ar the St. Louis Exposition Saturday,
The 9Th, was designated as Irish day, and
Cilmores band programmes were made to
it the day. The result was the largest
anil most enthusiastic attendance since
the opening.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

ADoLPH GORDON was discharged from
'ne michigan State prison on the 3Oth at
.He expiration of a five years. sentence
III counterfeiting. He was Immediately
arrested by deputy United States mar
;- sua' on charge of counterfeiting while
ai'iae the prison. Moulds and tools were
'Ound on his person and in his cell.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

ihE Corcoran Gallery of Art at Wash
ss,on -. !, mas just completed the purchase
D. ne hunters Home" by Knauss, of
4 I,'.il' am The size of the picture is 8 1-2 by
l.. h. leet and the price paid was $4,000.
!. ~ now on exhibition at the Academy
q. Defln and will be on exhibition at the
'''oOran gallery after November IL.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

Mps. CLEVELAND spent her first Sunday
nhe 3D. in Buffalo since her departure for
Europe year or more ago in very quiet
manner. She remained at the residence
ofher cousin, Mrs. Alice Folsom, all day.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

ooAAlssIoNER CoLMAN N of the Depart
sI'H' OF Agriculture has received a report
asu Dr. Z. X. Dyer, the veterinary sur
ssOu, VINO was sent to ascertain what dis
nad broken out in the counties of
r;sOa' r1lOa' farquier and Prince William in
,sna, communicated by cattle OBJ
ii.- 4Vu from Chicago, in which he says the
heUmonia,
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

v,o1ryr circular has been sent to
pns.ian consuls in Bulgaria by General
K,ubars which, it is thought, will cause
tbe Bugarian Government to resist the
damsnds Of the Russian ultimatum.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

b.. total coin and bullion in the Treas
n,,.s September 80 was $242, ,6o9, ,O1S, as com
r,ss; r.sa with s235, ,450, ,635 on the 31st of the
TOus T,.,u month. The net gold in the
hrsury' after deducting gold certificates
te,t tet.'Ssury, cash and in circulation Sep
win Sr s,, 81, was S157,9l7,21i, as compared
ops flo 1922 on the 31st of the previ-
walaso lohENr =; has been given by Judge
at ~ III tne United States District Court
NAoh heaton, N. j., in the case of the
acs assin1a National Bank of Newark
who )" oscar Baldwin, the late ca shier,
prson now serving a term in States
Sum % ,on aor defaulting, in the enormou S
osss s.'4o2,' ~ '9S, the amount of the indebted
''S Oh the bank.
NY, ana jury of the Kings County
dc.ad 9 court of Sessions on the 3Oth in :
CsrrorS I Supervisors Gallagher, Larkin and
ton To ,t Ior alleged irregularities in rela-
wort a 'ne bills of Plumber Williams for
had ch.. u' IN the Courthouse while thev
Edgsr,@orss Of it, and ex-Nurse Chas. M.
degree = iof manslaughter in the second
Garth N scalding to death Patrick Nc.
asylnm' patient in the Flatbusb insane
Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09

MIcRAELK. McGRAIH,
Secretary OF State
The National tribune., 1886-07-29

A very amusing story is told in connection
with the recent hurricane in the West. A gen
tleman quite well known in Kansas City was
hurrying along to reach his home, when the
storm burst upon the city in all its fury. He
sought refuge in house where there were
number Of ladies eongregated, all Of whom were
frantic with terror. After a little the storm
increased in fury, the house rocked and swayed
before the furious Winds several windows were
blown in, and it looked as though the whole
building would be destroyed. The women
rushed around wringing their hands, crying
and bemoaning their fate, when suddenly one
rushed up to the gentleman and frantically be-
sought him TO offer up prayer In a moment
be was surrounded by the other women, who
clung to him and begged him to pray. He was
not by any means collected himself and besides
was not up at all in prayers, but there was no
escape for him, so he prepared to comply with
their request. He kuelt down, but owing to
the excited condition Of his mind and 10 the
fact that he had not prayed for long time, he
found himself utterly unequal to the occasion.
He couldn't think of anything. He was dumb.
Soon he became desperate. and without thought
as to its appropriateness he pronounced the fol-
lowing brief exOrtation, which he remembered
to have formed a part of the grace his father
used to say many years ago: Oh Lord, make
Us thankful for that which we are about to re-
ceive." Just then three or four windows blew
in, couple Of chimncys blew over and the
prayer meeting broke up in confusion.
The National tribune., 1886-07-29


About this time Johnston and Pemberton
were playing Al cross purposes and the latter
gOi bis troops into a gnarl by bis vacillati0n
over 50hnstOns orders. May l6 the battle OF
Chanpi0uE Hll Was fought, and so clever was
the plan and 80 splendid the fighting that had
McCiernand obeyed orders and shown any rca-
s9nable activity, Pembcrfon's entire force must
have been Daptuned. AS il was, he was disas-
ir0usiy whipped and utterly routed. lie fed
10 ,he Big Black, and cssayed a stand at the
~ road bridge. Here on the 18th be was again
fought aud beaten. and on the 18th Grant had
him cooped up in NicksburR. Johnston wanted
lenlhcriOn 10 retreat and abandon Nicksburg.
but n the FIRST place he wouldn't, and Ia the
second place he couldn't; for while the council
o. war was Fill in session Shcrman's guns told
bon that the last avenue Of retreat, by Haine's
B.uB. was shut OF Then the siege of Nicks.
burg began in his marvellous campaign pre-.
cegI8v The siege Grant had triumphed, bis
reuius shont fespiendeBt, his fame was secure
Sherman admitted that be was wrong: Halleck
admitted that hr WAS wrong; President Lin.
coin. n thc manifest Of letters, admitted that
be was wrong-lirant was right, and the conn.
try applandcd. In u days Grant had marched
his army t3l miles, fought five battles, winning
them an, captured the Capital OF the State, IN
fictcd a loss of 5000 men on the enemy, cap
tured 8. pieces of artillery, and driven Penn
beri0n into besieged city. Grants lossel
were less than 800.
The National tribune., 1886-07-29
Elephants Scared By Little Things.
IPhiladelphia Times.J

at is a well-known fact that elephants are
afraid of small Objects" said Head Keeper
Byrne recently at the Geological Garden, "and
/ have seen one of them almost scared into fit
at the sight of a mouse. These warm days we
have been giving them a bath at o'clock, and
to amuse them and the spectators we have
thrown half dozen inflated bladders into the
pond when they went in TO swim. At first
they almost scared them TO death. Then Empress
struck at one with her trunk, and when it
bounded into the air both trumpeted and sc-am-
bled out OF the pond. The other day Empress
who has the curiosity Of her sex and mind of
her own, gently fished one of the bladders out
of the water, and then kicked at it with her
hind feet. No serious results following she
continued her Investigations which ended by
her putting her front foot on the bladder. 1t
exploded with loud report, and the two ele-
plants scampered home"
The National tribune., 1886-07-29

Wcbh, A. H Brown, J. IT. Twitchell, w. G.
Biclliord, W. j. Pearson. w. III. Webster, T..
@. Pullman and wife, DIR. Townsend and
nephew. Mai. George j.. Armes J. j. Burke,
DR. Stearn aud wife Charles H. Ingram and
wife, s. J.. Faunce, Col. Connor, Chaplain
Lewis and wife, Capt. Stewart and wife, Col.
Fred. Bracket and wife, Capt G. G. Royce,
Col. Chase. Capt Taylor Mr.. Van Arsdale,
Frank a. Spence Mai. T. ID. Greenewault,
Dr w. Grinstead, George j. P Wood and
wife Edgar Allen. wife and Miss Allen
John Black IT. J. Willis and Judge Norton.
IArom Baliimore-George b. Cramer, w. w.
Walker. G. L. Marling, Thomas DAILY, Geo
A. Getty and wife, Rev. j.. Richardson, A. j.
Kahler and wife. Col A. III. Grimshaw, DIR
J. Cameron. s. c. II. Turner, John A. Neal
George A. Gilbert, NJ J. Grove and sister, Il
Frost and r. Scarlet, wife and son, and
Capt George L. Lemon, of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
The Headquarters car reached Chicago on
the forenoon Of the 26th. In the evening 9
reception was held by the COMMANDMENTS
Chief at the Grand Pacific Hotel, which was
very largely attended.
The National tribune., 1886-07-29

Ben PerleV P0ore IN ne Boston Badget.l
At the dedication Of the Washington National
Monument invitations were sent 10 nearly 300
members Of the Washington family by direct
descent or by collateral marriages. Thirteen
gentlemen bearing the name of Washington sat
together on the floor Of the House of Represent
atives on the occasion Of the dedicatOry SER
vices, and besides, in the gallery there were 80
ladies who claimed kindred with the family.
Washington, of course, had no direct descend
ants, but he had two half brothers and one half
sister, as well as two full brothers and one full
sister, all Of whom had families. His sister
Betty married and left large family. His
two brothers, Charles and Samuel, both married
and settled in the valley of Virginia on large
and most productive farms. CharlestOwn, the
county seat of Jefferson County, W. Va, was
named after Charles Washington. His brother
Samuel owned an adjoining plantation Of nearly
1000 acres Of land. Samuel was married five
times, though he died at the age OF 46. The
descendants Of Samuel are very numerous.
Those Of Charles, however, are comparatively
few. The Washington families are most nu-
merous in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky,
but a considerable number Of them also reside
in Ohio, Minnesota, Pennsylvania California,
and Georgia, where they have usually settled
on the most productive farm lands. AS another
characteristic it may be stated that they are
unambitious for public position, but whenever
tney nave ulltO POSITIONS OF trust tney nave
discharged their duties with fidelity. The
ability of Judge Bushrod Washington, mem
Der Of the Supreme Court, and bis able reports,
will suggest themselves 20 the minds Of every
one. George G. Washington, who represented
a Maryland district in Congress, was a man OF
fair ability. It was his son, Louis A. Wash
ington, who was captured by John Brown,
taken TO Hsrper's Ferry, and shut up with him
when he was besieged by the United States
Marines and taken. A few other WashingtOns
have studied law, and some medicine, but
the greater number Of them take to mathe-
matics, surveying, and farming When they
have engaged in merchandising il has usually
been in connection with the management oi
their estates. Both the full brothers Of Wash
ingtOn were deceased before the General. The
General died possessed of large amounts Of ex-
cellent land in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and devised these lands TO bis
nephews who were, in consequence, put in pos
session Of considerable estates that made them
independent, influential and prosperous citizens
in the neighbOrhOOds where they lived. They
nearly all married young and left families. The
WashingtOns have always been fond of the gun,
and the most noted horsemen Of the sections in
which they lived. Their personal appearance
as Class, has been characterized by tall, large
boned frames and strong well-cut features. In
their habits they are social and hOspitable TO a
degree Of extravagance. They have all been
free, good livers, and occasionally some have
INDUCED too freely in spirits, but eases Of in
ebriates among them are exceptions.
The National tribune., 1886-07-29
Ayers Pills lead all aperients and purgatives
Their action is gentle and thorough.
PERSONS AND THINGS.

"A goose that has been in the Ia Clair family
for Al years died in Western New York the other
day.
Of Isaiah Thomas who used to make almanacs
When he was preparing the one for 1880 one of his
boys asked him what he should put opposite the
Piled, Anything, anything" The boy, thus
ordered returned to the Office and set, Rain hail
and snow" The country was all amazement when
the day arrived for IL actually rained, hailed and
showed violently.
Samuel f. M Gates. Of watseka. H., once a
prominent member of the Iroquos County bar be-
came a drunkard and criminal. He was con-
fined in the pententary at Joliet, where his cell
mate Henry Hempkin, who was doing fifty-
year term. Gates gained Hempkin's confidence
learned his history minutely, and well posted
that when he was released he was able TO swindle
Hempkns sisters out of several hundred dollars
by falsely representing that be was about to obtain
their brothers release. The authorities again
after Mr.. Gates.
The chestnut protector, small gong worn
under the coat. where 1t can be readily sounded
when tOoold joke is perpetrated Is becoming very
popular in the country towns and some cities. A
lot of young BaltimOreans wore them at "A recent
performance of The Mikado,' and the puns and
gags that were interpolated were met with steady
ringing of the bells. The effect was excellent, and
the next night the players stuck to the text of the
opera more closely. The chestnut gong seems to
be blessing In disguise.
The lofty wooden spires of the churches in
AIattoOn, ILL.,, have been pierced in hundreds of
places by woodpeckers looking for food or for places
for nests. The holes in the Methodist Church
steeple became unsghtly that a man was en-
ployed TO shoot the birds. Then bees took up their
abode within, and their honey drips from the holes
and smeaTs the steeple. The Congregational Church
steeple IS well filed with honey and so are steeples
in neighboring towns. Six swarnls of bees were
seen to quit the spire Of Paxton church in one
day.
- The London Times publishes the following
story OF =" certain Irish Nj. T. /" who had been de-
serbing his travels in the far West and the virgin
forests" there. What is a virgin forest?" asked
an auditor. "PhwatS a vairgin forest b il va want
to know? vairgin forest sOr, Is one phwere the
hand of man has never set fut, bedadl"
An undertakes in London has struck out an
original line in announcing his funerals in the fol-
lowing terms; why live and be miserable, when
you can be buried for E3 los. ?"
The National tribune., 1886-07-29
Lying i'm Wait for sImons.

"That explosion of powder in store down
the river put me in mind Of q personal expert
enee," said DetrOiter. 81 was living in Mis-
souri,, and the country store at which used to
trade was kept by man named Simons. He
was queer, cranky old chap. having his own
ideas about everything, and, while he always
kept in stock several kegs Of gunpowder, he in
sisted on storing them for his own convenience,
without reference to the danger. 25-pound
keg always sat on the counter within 10 feet of
the weighing scales, and the very first time
entered the store the old man weighed out a
pound for customer and kept lighted pipe
in his mouth all the time. There were % peo-
pie inside, but / was the only one to skip out.
The others had got used to it. felt it my duty
TO warn Simons against such terrible careless
ness. He heard me through and replied:
Stranger, mebbe you had better patronize
some other store. I'm most too old to want
advice from boys
"There was no other store within seven
miles. and / therefore continued to trade with
the old man, though he seemed down on me
forever after that. On night / drove up after
something and found fully 20 men in the store
most Of whom were smoking. There were
three kegs of powder on the counter this time,
and when / heard customer ask for pound
] slipped out doors and didn't stop running for
half a mile. / waited for half an hour, but
HO NApiO9ipu toOh pAoNC. UhOA 4 AOeAAASN
most of the men had gone. / got my goods,
mounted my horse and set of for the lead
mine. wondering how it was that Providence
fooled around with the old man so long. / had
noticed powder scattered on the counter, and
the wooden plug was out of one Of the Kegs.
was about mile away when my horse seemed
to be lifted off the ground, and there came a
rumble as if an earthquake had broken loose.
Fences along the roadside were leveled. and
heard glass breaking in farmhouse windows
/ knew what had happened, and turned and
rode back. When / reached the site of the
store there was simply great hole in the
ground. The building had been scattered for
half mile arouad Old SimOns was found in
a potato patch 40 rodsaway, bruised, blackened,
broken and dying, and when we picked him w
he gasped out:
"'Its all nonsense to be afraid Of the burned
stuff"