Huntsville gazette., 1888-11-17


--hiroton arrangements for the com-
,no inaugural are already being dis
cussed.
TIVE Ravarian Royal Academy at Mu-
.,;ob hoe elected Mr.. James Whistler to
bo.orarv membership in recognition of
his superb art
Tur nostmaster at Findlay, O., together
With all the employees of his Office, for
,rarded their designations, on the 18th, to
+al,e effect on the 4th of March, next.
ppor VIRGINS, on the 18th, received a
dnloma and honorary membership from
+be Ananias Club of Boston. The pro-
f4ssor regards the matter as an insult.
IT came out, on the 11th, that Mrs.
cleveland had been directly and pointed
" snubbed in fashionable store in
Washington, by the daughter of Ex Min
lister West
TIE London Morning Post quotes at
length from the last annual report of the
United States Commissioner of Agricul
ture, which it characterizes as an "ad-
mirable book"
THE report that the Clyde steamer Sag
New York for the use of the Haytien in
surgents has been confirmed by examina-
ton of her papers.
ANOTHER atrocious woman murder,
with the usual disgusting butchery of the
remains, was perpetrated in Spitalfields,
London, on the night of the Sth AS be-
fore the police are impotent.
icc1a6 n
the 18th, says there has been a good
average yield of wheat, rye, oats and
peas Owing to unfavorable weather,
all other crops are below the average.
S
SIR JOHN MACDONALD views without
apprehensions for the future the election
of Mr.. Harrison, and expresses no doubt
that new and satisfactory Fisheries
treaty will be negotiated in good time.
OLIVER WALcorr, aged sixty-fve a
prominent citizen of East Long Meadow,
Mass, and descendant of one of the
signers of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence, died, on the Sth, from heart dis
ease.
DIsTRAINT has been laid upon the ward
robe and other personal property OF
Mme Sara Bernhardt, who is glving a
series Of performances III austria at
Vienna, for the COLLECTION OF o,ooo norlhs
income tax.
PASSENGER train on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, going east, collided with
freight train near Waterloo, Ia, on the
TO- VIM. Leighton, of Galena. H.,
passenger in the freight caboOse, was
fatally injured.
1f of fr.i-
butes Mr. Cleveland's defeat to the tariff
question, and says: ''We simply placed
a club in the hands of our political oppo-
nents, and they proceeded to beat out our
brains with it"
A SPECIAL from Youngstown, O., re-
ports the death, on the Sth, of Mrs. Han
nah Sharkey. the oldest woman in the
State. She was one hundred and eleven
years of age, having been born at Cork,
ireland, in 1777.
Mr.. HARRIsoN's victory in the presi-
Dental election excites little interest in
British diplomatic circles, where it was
expected the election would be intently
watched. The public show almost no in
terestin the result.
conditionally released from imprison-
ment in Wexford Qreland) Jail, on the
12th, three weeks in advance of the ex-
piration OF his sentence, on the advice OF
the prison doctors.
COLONEL QUAY, chairman of the Repub-
lican National committee on the 18th,
appointed Mr. A, 7. Britton, o. Wash
ington, chairman of the committee on ar
rangements for the inauguration of Pres
ident-elect Harrison.
Haywood BROS. & Co., manufacturers
oe chairs and rattan goods, of Gardner.
Mass, have reached a satisfactory settle
ment with their six hundred striking en-
Ployes, and the strikers went to work at
new prices on the 18th.
PREMIER Won MITTNAcHT of Wurte NJ
burg says his interview with the King of
Wurtemburg resulted in the King acced-
Ing to the demand of the ministers that
all the Americans except Jackson resign
from the service of Wurtemburg.
SEVENTY THOUSAND followers Of the
Mahdi attacked the town of Wadal, west
Of Darfoor. The garrison repulsed the
ssSailants and killed 5000, but the NAH
asts reattacked and captured the town.
the Sultan of Wadai fed to Ghiri.
lHE Secretary of the Treasury decided,
VI Ae 18th, that United States Consul
va not legally charge double fees for
auhenticating quadruplicate invoices OF
.lsfchandise shipped to the United States
.oF entry under the Immediate Trans
por;ation act
CIR CLARE FORD. at present represent
-ns the Court of st. James in India, is
Inentloned as the probable successor OF
toru Sackville. Sir Clare, who has
uVen knighted since his residence IN
"asnlngton, was the first secretary of
'0satlon under Sir Frederick Bruce.
- ne International Exhibition at Brus-
~ osi9 >, was closed, on the 18th, by the Count
y: :, flanders. The American representa-
YES Messrs. Bigelow and McFarla ane,
I.celVed the decoration of the Order of
nUopold, the former being made a COM
-snoef and the latter chevalier Of the
pay pyHncIoR BILLINGS, of the Boston Base