Huntsville gazette., 1888-01-14

0!SuO vi biO oeHr ''' 49,
THE mavor of Newark n j., thinks
few funerals are needed in the directory
Of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad and so states it in his annual
message.
D1sAsTPoUs floods are reported in Sc
riIIa Snain. Six lives have been lost and
,nanv rarsons have been injured. The
DAMAGE bv the floods in Malaga is esti-
mated at S20),00)
TUE prcprieter of the RUNAWAY" New
Rrrnswic,, timber raft, which recently
creat,,l n "reien Of terror" on the high
seas. says there will be no more timber
RATS of that kind built
ABOUT three hundred stone cutters at
Buffalo. n. Y, are on strike. The en-
ployers had notified them that during the
winter months they must work ten hours
Der dav, and tie str Ike is the result.
Mr.. WILLIAM JOHN LANE, member of
the British Parliament for the East divis-
ion Of Cork, has been arrested at Cork on
the charge of making a seditious speech
at Wateraraes hill on December 4. He
was admitted to bail.
A GENERAL resumption of work in the
river coal mines in Pennsylvania will
probably take place this week at the adj
vance in wages demanded by the miners.
The resumption will give employment to
nearly five thousand men.
A LETTER of Cardinal Taschereau was
read in all the Roman Catholic churches
in Quebec, on the Sth, strongly advising
all Catholics not TO enroll themselves in
e IL. T
If enrolled, to withdraw as soon ss pos
sibe.
TIE marriage of Prince Henry of Ger
manv and Princess Irene, daughter of the
late Princess Alice of England, has been
fixed to take place on April "a. If the
health Of the Crown Prince permits he
will 80 to Berlin to be present at the cere-
mony.
DANIEL MANNING's will was admitted TO
probate ut Albany, n Y, on the 9th, by
SURROGATE Woods. 1t was made July 2,
1886, whom Mr.. Manning was in Albany
attending the bi-cen tennial celebration of
that city, and bequeaths all his property
TO MS family.
ADvICES from the head of the Susuue-
hanna river state that the recent heavy
rainfall caused the streams to overflow
their banks. B0Oms and beams have
given wa and millions of feet of lumber
and ogs have broken loose. The loss to
lumhermen will be great
Mrs. CLEvELAND'S first afternoon re-
ceHton Of the season took place on the
1th. i was very brilliant and very large
ly attended. Mrs Cleveland was assisted
IN receiving by Mrs. ingalls, and half
score q pretty young girls, among them
MISS Endicott Miss Bayard and Miss
Villas.
f. B. WILBUR, one of the most widely
known Sra n merchants in Buffalo, N. Y,
mas gone to Canada. Tuscott g. Heath
ned are out $i 090 and S. S. McCrea,
freight agent of the Grand Trunk, is a
loser to the amount of $4,000, and a num-
Der Of others are sad to be out various
amounts.
THREE Reading collieries, with a capaci-
" Of 559 cars per dav, were at work on
the 9TH. They can employ 1900 hands.
1t is not believed that any considerable
portion of the miners employed by indi-
vidual operators at the advance will re-
fuse to cut coal if handled by non union
railroaders.
MRS. LEON0RA NJ. BARRY, the general
investigator OF the Knights of Labor, has
issued circular letter to the female |
members of the order wherever found 1t
deals with the subject of the condition of
"orkingwomen and girls, and strongly
advocates the expenditure of money for
education instead of strikes.
EX-EMPREss EUGENE has decided that
me ceremony of the removal of the re-
mains of Napoleon III. aud the Prince
imperial from Chsalhurst to Farm
borough shall take place OH the 9th. By
private request of the ex-Empress none of
tne m ,mberS of the royal family will be
present, but the Queen will send wreaths
70 be placed on the coffins.
ANNIE BUECHER, young lady living
with her parents in Pittsburgh, Pa, went
INTO the cellar on the 7th with a lighted
lamp. An explosion of natural gas fol-
iowed, which partly wrecked the house
ahd damaged number of dwellings in
lhe vicinity Miss Bnecher was thrown
70 the ground and fatally burned.
SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON has issued
circular authorizing the admission to
the Marine Hospital, free of charge, of
seamen employed by the Mississippi River
commission. This is in accordance with
d al oplAion given by the Solicitor of the
treasury that these men are entitled to
.ne benefits of the Marine Hospital serv-
ice.
MAsS-MEETING under the auspices OF
the Reading strikers was held at Phlla-
ueiphla ON the night of the 4th, and reso-
iu'IonS were passed denouncing the Read |
.ns management for employing Pnker-
.oN detectives; charging it " it'll imped- |
ins the traffic of the Sta te by refusing to |
meet It's employees amicabIy, and calling |
vi al merchants and business men to boy. |
sott the road