Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-25

OLO ML la.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
wae Joint canvass of Indiana by the
,,,,harna.oral candidates, Hovey and
Ta,son.. will begin about Septemb er l..
crcnpTAgY OF WAR ENDIcoTr is In
60, Mass. for n two weeks vacation.
General MacFeely officiates in his alb
senoe.
THF Buffalo IN W police found genu.
Inc bomb Of the gas-pipe pattern in ront
of house on North AMI Peach strea+ ,n8-
the 10Th.
THE English press comments uafavor-
ABLY on the anti French tone oe the re-
marks of Emperor William at Frankfort.
on the Oder.
THE President, on the Goth, nominated
]. Russell Parsons, of New York, to be
Consul Of the United States at AK la
Chapelle. France.
THE Navy Department has temporarily
abandoned the naval stations at Pensacola
and Key West. Fla, on account OF the
yellow fever scare.
THE corrected list places the number of
victims in the disastrous collision be-
tween the Geiser and Thingvalla, off Sable
Island, on the l4th, at III.
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SENATOR GoRMAN pronounced the re-
port that he is TO supplant Mr.. Brice as
chairman of the Democratic campai ign
committee pure invention.
GENERAL BoULANGER was, on the 10Th,
Charente and Nord-bv majorities re-
spectively of 15 O60 and 3,5S5.
SENATOR MoRGAN's resolution to post
pone consideration Of the Fisheries treaty
until D ecember was defeated, on the 10th,
by strict party vote of % to "a.
BENJAMIN HARRISON, of indianapolis,
was elected vice-president to represent
indiana in the American Bar Association
at its meeting in Saratoga, n. Y, on the
18th.
JUDGE LINCOLN ordered permanent in
functions against fortv-seven Dubuque
Ia.) saloon keepers on the 10th. The de-
PENDANTS will appeal to the State Supreme
Court.
If the expedition for the relief Of min
Bey proves successful, it is intended to
form a commercial highway from the in
terror lakes eastward, with number Of
stations.
RAILROAD traffic was impeded and q
vast amount OF damage done to property
bv recent storms in Central Iowa, which
assumed almost the proportions or wa
ter-spOuts.
Hox. JOHN HAGGART, the new Post
master General of Canada, was chosen
by reclamation, on the 18th, to represent
South L1nark, Ont, in the Dominion
Parliament.
Mrs. BELvA LOCKWOOD returned to
Washington on the 9th. She claims to
he the only bona ide presidential candi-
date in the field. none Of the others hav-
ing yet accepted.
Mr.. PARNELL denies the reports circu-
lated in Dublin. on the 10th, that he in
tends to vacate his seat in Parliament
until the commission or the Scotch court
complete their inquiries.
LARGE meeting was held in Roches-
ter, N. V, on the 10Th, to protest against
arecently inaugurated series of Sunday
games Of base ball at Windsor Beach,
lakeside resort near that city.
s
TIE speech OF the Emperor of Germany
OH the occasion Of the unvailing Of the
statne Of Prince Frederick Charles, on
the 18th. has caused feeling of depres-
r'on IN all the European bourses.
Ar an inquest held on the body OF
James Gray, colored, who was shot and
killed in Washington, on the 10th,
coroner's jury, on the 10th, held Thomas
MARSHALL to answer for the murder.
N. STAMBULoFF, the Bulgarian premier,
through the British agent at Sofia, has
returned thanks to Lord Salisbury for
ms kind mention OF Bulgaria in his
speech at the Mansion House banquet.
INSPECTOR STEERS and number Of New
York City policemen, marching in the
funeral procession of the late Captain
Mcdonnell, on the 10Th, were overcome
BY heat, and the parade was abandoned.
EIGHTEEN houses were destroyed by
fire and nine families rendered homeless
II Wadena, MINI, at an early hour on the
morning of the Goth. The conflagration
Is supposed to have been of incendiary or
igin.
MEMORIAL tribute to the late d. K.
Locke, of the Toledo (O.) Blade, was di-
rected TO be prepared and entered upon
the records of the W estern Associated
Press at its meeting in Detroit, Mich, on
the 18th.
EIGHT fever refugees from Jack SON.
vile, Fla, attempted to leave the train
at Ashley's Junction, S. c., on the 10Th.
They were not allowed to do so. but were
compelled to continue their journey
nOrthward
IHE Department of Justice sent to the
Senate, on the 2)th, in response to Mr..
hdmunds' resolution Of inquiry, the cor
dependence relating to the appointment
q deputy United States marshals In New
4ork during the election of 1856, and for
the coming presidential election.