Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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OVER 1000 feet of snow sheds on the
Northern Pacific railroad were burned
near Mullen Tunnel, Mont, on the 27th.
The fire was started by sparks fro m
passing engine.
THE Western Association (base-b ba1l)
championship season opened on the
2Sth.
A FRIGHTFUL explosion, by which two
men were instantly killed and others seri-
ously injured, occurred in a Delaware &
Hudson company's mine at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, on the 2Sth.
DIR. EMIL A. KNosTER, editor of the
German edition of Puck, died in Brooklyn
on the 2Sth.
THE French Chamber of Deputies
passed the Panama Lottery bill on the
2Sth.
CARS on the Western New York &
Pennsylvania railroad, containing forty
passengers, were thrown from the track
by the spreading of the rails near White
House, Pa, on the 2Sth, and rolled down
an embankment into the ditch. Several
of the passengers were seriously and
some fatally injured.
THE Allen law was very generally OBJ
served by the saloon keepers of Cincin-
natl on the 29th.
The American bicyclist, Rowe, was de-
feated in mile race at Wolverhampton,
England, on the 2Sth, by Howell, the
English champion.
REV. CHAs. F. KING, of Columbus, o.,
while in fit of delirium, on the 2Sth, cut
his throat from ear to ear, and died in
stantly.
Hon. LEVI P. MORTON arrived from
Europe on the steamer La Champaign on
the 29th.
ALLEN B. WILSON, perfecter and part
owner of the Wheeler e. Wilson sewing
machine, died at Waterbury, N. Y,
on the 29th.
LEONARD ALLEMAN, of GAINESVILLE, o.,
aged fourteen years, had his right arm and
leg cut off, on the Goth, by falling under a
locomotive while stealing ride.
THE remains of the late Mrs. E. F.
Thorn, wife Of the actor, were inferred in
Philadelphia on the Goth.
A PILLOW of beautiful roses was placed
on the desk of Congressman Matson, re-
Gently nominated for Governor Of In
diana, on the 2Sth.
MRS. LOUISE HEPT was burned to death
on the 2Sth near Bath, N. Y, by her cloth
ing ignting from brush burning fire.
The twelve -year-old son of Charles
Snyder, Of Grove City, Pa, in retaliation
for being chastised by his mother, en the
2sth, went to the stable and hanged him.
self.
MICHAEL FEEHAN, aged nineteen, and
Michael O'Donnell, aged twenty one
years, were each sentenced to the peni-
tentiary at Sing Sing for thirty years for
burglary by Judge MARITIME, in New York,
on the 30th.
BUFFALO, N. Y, reported navigation
fully opened on the 30th.
TESTIMONY adduced at the examination
of the notorious Anne O'Delia Diss De-
bar, in the New York Court Of Special
Sessions, on the 30th, tended to prove that
the woman was the daughter of Lola
Montez.
A PARTY of escaped prisoners took pos
session of a mosque in Damanhour, near
Alexandria, Egypt, on the 29th. The po-
lice surrounded the mosque, and des-
perate conflict ensued. Fifteen convicts
were killed and two wounded. The po-
lice lost four men killed and wounded.
A REPORT from Tangier, on the the 30th,
saws: .The Sultan of Morocco hesitates
to submit to arbitration the dispute be-
tween his government and the United
States regarding the Imprisonment at
Rabat of persons under the American
Consular protection. Mr.. Lewis, the
American Consul, is awaiting further or
ders from Washington"
MRS BUD BARLEY, of COshocton, o.,
placed lighted pipe in her pocket, on the
29th, from which her clothing ignited,
burning her to death.
THE coopers of Cincinnati, having re-
fused to withdraw their resolution to ab-
stain from drinking pool-beer, as de-
manded by the Boss Coopers' Assocla-
ton, a lockout was declared against theSl,
on the 3oth. by eleven firms, employing
about $50 men.
REV. VIM. II. B. DEAsY, of Boston, for
the past eight years resident OF Rome,
and vice e-rector of the American College
there, died on the 29th, aged thirty years.
GENERAL GUERRA reports to the Gov
ernor of Sonora the killing OF twenty-
eight and capture of fourteen Yaqui In
dians in recent battles in the Tejibampo
mountains.
A FREIGHT trainl on the 500 road went
through the bridge crossing the Chippewa
river at Bruce, Wis, on the 30th. Several
train hands were reported hart.
THE steamer Queen of the Paclfc, ply
ing between San Francisco and South
coast ports, sunk near Port Hartford on
the 3Oth. No lives were lost
HAMM AND MACKAY. the professional
oarsmen, arrived at Boston from Sa-
or, the Stjfh.