Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-18

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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from varioss Sources. !
,,--o1 MorrsAx sBRooYs alias W. H.
NJ NV" MAXWELL and Henry Landgraff
49, Lonl-e xacnted in the city Jail at st. Louis
~to.o9 a M. on the 10th.
ggr neople of Washington City, who
sahti,,g the bob-tail cars, established
,ines Of Herdics, on the 18th, to run in
competition with the street cars. M
TUE Department of State was informed,
On the 10th. that the Territory of Alaska Is
70 be hereafter included in the jurisdic-
tion of the French Consulate at San Fran
cisco.
THE reunion Of Farnsworth's Cavalry
Brigade will take place on the battlefield
of Gettysburg on the Goth of September,
instead of the 18th, as heretofore an
nounced. r-- &f- @Ft
The New York Base Ball Club has a
commanding lead for the championship
in the National League The St Louis
Browns stand at the head of the American
Association. l---al taE
Both the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives, on the 10th, adjourned over
until the 18th, to give their members op-
portunity to attend the obsequies Of Gen.
eral Sheridan.
IL the British House of Commons, on
the 9th the Oaths bill passed its third
reading by vote of lat to 60. In the
House of Lords, the Parnell Commission
bill was read for the first time.
MRS. MARY PULLIAM, who has been in
an insane asylum at Cincinnati for three
years, has produced proof that she is
sane and was put in the asylum by her
husband who wanted her money.
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THOMAS M. BRAsHER, aged seventy one
years, Captain In the United States
navy, retired, died suddenly. on the 18th,
at his residence in Brooklyn. He en-
tered the service at the age of thirteen.
A TERRIFIC wind and hail storm swept
across Madison County, Ind, on the 9th.
A strip OF land mile wide was laid
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leveled and the corn crop utterly ruined.
AT midnight OF the 1ath the 13) faoto-
res controlled by the American Flint
Glass Workers Union resumed opera
tons suspended June 80. Six thousand
men returned to work at advanced wages.
VICE-PREsIDENr CHARLES CROKER OF
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
hie in
Cal, from aggravated dia betes, and grave
fears are entertained that he can not re.
coFer
THE special train bearing the remains
Of General Sheridan arrived in Washing
ton at two O'Clock on the aftertoou OF the
9th. There was a large crowd at and
about the depot awaiting the arrival OF
the train.
EXISTING regulations in regard to the
collection of duties on merchandise ar
irving from foreign countries by parcel
post were on the 18th, extended to mer-
chandise arriving in a similar manner
from Mexico
THE Postmaster General, on the 13 tn,
recommended an additional appropria-
ton of $562, ,4S2 to cover cost of transpor-
tation caused by increased volume of
mail matter in the Western and North
western States.
THERE was a slight frost on low grounds
at Greeley, in Delaware County, Ia, on
the morning of the, 18th. The weather
had been unusually cold for several days,
and farmers were getting worried about
the growing crops.
ITwas stated, on the 9th, that the wreck
Of an English sloop-o war which went
down in 179S, with $40, 100000 in gold and
silver on board had been located by DR..
Seth Pancoast, OF Philadelphia, who had
spent $4,000 in the search.
SIX hundred women employed in the
Government cigar factory at Lille.
France, went on strike on the 18th. They
claim that the quality of the tobacco sup
piled them prevents their making cigars
which will pass the overseers.
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AN awful volcanic eruption occurred,
on July 15 in the mountain Bandai San,
Japan, by which many villages were
buried with debris from seven to twenty
feet in depth, and the lives Of hundreds
OF human victims were destroyed.
IHE OHceS or the Paris LABOR EXcndnSe
we're reopened on the 10th, but the meeting
nall remained closed. The guard Of po-
lice, which was placed in charge of the
building when it was ordered closed, was
still stationed in front of the Exchange.
The people of Stamford, Conn.,, turned
out 1000 strong, with flags and banners
lying to greet Mr.. Blaine, when he ar
rived in that place on the noon train on
the 18th. He was introduced by Mr.. Fes-
senden, and made a brief speech in re-
sponse.
lHE Parnellites will apply to the judges
Wlhe new commission of inq uiry for
Vmmlssion to be sent to America to OBJ
IAN an inspection of important docu-
Ients relative to charges brought against
aem which will be investigated by the
commission.
ADVICES from the flooded districts OF
Uermany, on the 10th, report several
teathS Fourteen persons were missing
~ me Lauben district alone. Herr Herr
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