Huntsville gazette., 1888-11-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
c.upzl.a from Various ssurees'
r,r statistics Of agrarian outrages IN
yraland during the last quarter places
fhe number 173.
.srp,ors endemic of diphtheria is rag
ing in Wabash, Ind, dozen aea'hS nav
ing been reported up to The loth.
TIE President and Mrs. Cleveland have
.ccented an Invitation from Secretary
and Mrs. Whitney to be their guests for
week after the 4th of March.
TT was reported, on the 18th. that Pres
,dent Cleveland is about to offer his Oak
View villa for sale. He expects to realize
900 per cent on his investment
THE Washington aqueduct investiga-
fon has unearthed a thoroughly or
panized conspiracy to deceive the in
spectors and defraud the Government
EMPEROR WILLIAM escorted his mother,
the Empress Frederick, and her daughters
70 the railway station, on the 18th, where
they took the train en- route to England
WEAKNESS resulting from exertion
during the campaign led Mr.. Blaine to
decline the invitation to the banquet Of
the Boston Home Market Club on the
18th.
IN fourteen furnaces employing !, 400
men, at Sharon, Pa, the wages OF en-
ployes were voluntarily advanced by the
ba 1Ttb anH fftaap re
per day.
MRS BENJAMIN HARRISON has replied
10 all the kilograms and letters Of con-
gratulations she has received on her hrSs-
bands election by dainty letters in her
own hand.
SoLoN G.. JENKINS, of Wallingford,
Conn, shot and killed Stephen Anthony,
his father-in-law, aged sixty, on the 10th,
and then attempted suicide, shooting off
his right ear.
AT meeting Of the American Ornitho.
logical Union at the National Museum in
Washington, on the 18th, papers by Dr.
Merriam, DR.. Shufeldt and Mr.. Whitmer
Stone were read
DEMOCRATS concede the election of ].
II. IScpuOilCou, W SOhSI VoD
from the Third Virginia district hereto
fore known as the Gibraltar Of Democ-
racy" in that State.
ANUMBER Of cases u typhoid fever,
estimated at firm twenty FIVE to forty,
we're rspor .oI at the Soldiers Orphan
school at McAlisterViue, Junalta
Sounty. Pa, on the 10Th.
THE Car Of Russia has ordered Zichy,
the court artist to paint a large picture
repres enting the recent railway dlsast ter
at Borki, where the imperial family mar
rowly escaped destruction.
THE auction sale Of the personal effects
of Lord Sackville, the recently deposed
British Minister, took place at the lega-
zion in Washington, on the 10Th, and real
ized good prices for the articles sold.
MISS MAUD HARRISON, the well-known
and popular actress, and Mr.. Jas. D. Car
son. the Chicago capitalist, were married
in New York City on the 18th. 1t is doubt
full whether Miss Harrison will continue
to act.
THE French Government works at
Chatellerault for the manufacture of
small arms were destroyed by fire on the
18th This will cause suspension in the
manufacture of the Lebel rifle, the new
French arm.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED guests partook OF
the banquet given by the Home Market
Club of Boston, on the 18th, in celebra-
ton OF the Republican National victory,
which the club contributed SO much TO
bring about.
IT was stated, on the 10Th, that all of
the old employees Of the 20" road who
went out on strike last February and are
still unemp ployed-about one third OF the
entire number-are soon to be restored to
their old positions.
UNITED STATES Treasurer Hyatt's re-
port on the sinking fund Of the District OF
Columbia, made public on the 18th, shows
that the principal Of the District debt has
been reduced from S24 ,O92 45O, in 1878, to
$20,5s1, 450 July l. 1888.
MINISTER PHELPS. speaking before the
Judicial Society Of Glasgow, Scotland,
on the 18th, praised the effective manner
in which the laws were executed in Great
Britain, but thought legal proceedings
were far too expensive.
ID. 7. CHEATHAM, Republican candidate
for Congress in the Second North Caro-
lima district, telegraphed, on the 10th, that
the official count gives him 671 majority
over Mr.. Simmons, Dem., who at present
fepresents the istrict
THE Producers Protective Association
which was organized at Bradford, Pa,
one year ago to curtail the output OF
crude petroleum, will, on the last OF the
PRESENT month, wind up its affairs and
ulSs0lve the association.
lHE Supreme Court OF the United
o'ates decided, on the 18th, that the pro-
eeeds Of Reinsurance policy can not,
under any circumstances. be diverted
lom the beneficiaries named to the use
VI creditors of the deceased.
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