Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-01
NEWS IN BRIEF,

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from yas,isus Sourccs.
ro,sr fell ut Marion, Ina on The ,a,.
IA the 22I, dong slight darnaee Co s5s c,srn
and fruit.
uox PEN J. BrrrEKwoRr = y,os renon,i
Tod ho lr exclamation 70, Congress in II .
p'rst O6;o Congressio .aal district on tb a
25l
TIE HTtier Governments has appro-
priated ~ ,O0) for the relief of the
victims The recent great fires at Port
au Pr nee. .ssgr.f
n was reported in London, on the 25th,
That Sir Charles and Lady Dixie would
nro5ably leave England for India on the
10Th prox.
PERSIAN aavices, Of the 26th, state that
the shah intends to arrive at Baku on
September 90 ana make q tour Of Europe
before returning to Teheran.
THE President, on the 25th, detailed
Captain Geo. s. Anderson, of the Sixth
cavalry to witness the maneuvers Of the
THIRD corps Of the French army.
BY the granting of concessions, the
nature Of which was not made public,
the strike on the Macl1ey railroad system
was, on the 27th temporarily settled.
Ex-CoyGREssMAN j. b. EvERHARr died
at his residence in Wilkesbarre, Pa, o.,
the 25l Mr. I1varhart represented his
district in the Forty eighth Ind Forty.
ninth Congresses.
THE latest iutellige.. ice from Deadwood,
Oak, gives little Aope Of the success of
the MISSION OF e.commissioners sent to
treat for tn, opening of portion of the
SIOUX .,tian reservation.
PRESIDENT C1EvELAyD decided, on the
t-th not to accept the invitation to at
tend the Grangers' Interstate picnic
and exhibition at Williams Grove, Pa.
representative VIM. Scott will be pres
enG a.ts -s5 ~ -}t-c5 .4 f&
Ten cars on the Pennsylvania railroad,
loaded with crude oil, were totally de-
stroyed by fire near Wayne station, Pa,
ing ride, were seriously if not fatally
burned.
THE German Generals who threatened
to leave the service OF the Turkish army,
owing to their salaries being unpaid, de-
cided, on the % L to remain in the army,
the Sultan having agreed to promote
them all.
z
y Of Cincinnati held a.
large and enthusiastic ratification meet
ing on the evening of the 25th Governor
Foraker Hon. Ben Butterworth and
Major Calluns, Of Indiana, addressed the
meeting.
RUMoRs, which could not however, pc
traced TO any reliable source, were cur
rent at Middle Bass, on the 23d, that
General Harrison's letter Of acceptance
would be given ont during his sojourn. on
the island. .
= ADvIcEs from st9newall, Col. on the
night Of the 26 h, stated that the war on
the Maxwell grant was over for the pres
ent. The six deputy sheriffs who were
besicged in hotel by the mob had made
their escape.
REPORTS received at the Marine Hos
pital Bureau Washington, on the 9th,
from Jacksonville, Fla, stated that there
were, On that date, six+y-tour cases Of
yellow fever under treatment in the
stricken city.
TIE ten-year-old son Of Mrs. John
Pierson, Of Delano, Mimi, fred upon and
drove off a party OF tramps who were de-
mauliDg money and food of his mother,
Two of their number fell before the little
Lero's deadly aim. j -, " = -.} .-----
PU9LlC PRINTER BENEDICT was made
TIN subject oa speeches Of adverse criti-
c-Sm5 5yIEGalhuger and Representatives
FnQaahlr and Henderson before meet
ing y, ey-enployes Of the Government
Fl4t1g Office on the 22d.
ACCORDING to report sent to the
Senate by Secretary Fairchild, on the
2jd the 29l depository National banks of
the country held on August 1 last S5S,-
Gr0'5 of Government money, for which
the Government held as security $j5,07S,
lJ) bonds.
THE police Of Wexford, Ireland, on the
IdA arrested Mr. John Redmond, III. P.
tor Wexford; his brother, Mr.. VIM. Red
mond, N. 2. for Fermagh, and Mr.. Ed
ward dlsh, editor Of the wexford Pe0-
p'a. They are charged with offenses un-
der the Crimes act. -
FIVE HUNDRED miles Of railroad in In
diana and Illinois was tied UP, on the
25th, by a strike Of engineers, fremen,
Swltchmen and brakemen on the Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville, Evansville &
Jerre Haute, Evansville s. Indianapolis
and Evansville Beltrailroads.
REPORTS received from Egypt state
that the Egyptian corn crop has seriously
suffered The reports also say that it will
y impossible to plant wheat in Upper
Egypt il 1889, and that the gre ater por-
uon Of the other cropscan only be culti-
at4d at an increased expense.
LE- REPRESENTATIvE JOHN MCCUL-
LytGH, a prominent Republican poll
uclan Of Philadelphia, committed suicide