Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources
.o, Narcnco, at Pasadena, Cal,
.. burned on the 18Th.
r,nr in Nanticoke, Pa, on the 18th, de-
II -.-a,1ed ! number Of buildings, and at one
trne threatened the existence OF the town.
ror among the millionaire coke
na+ors Of Connellsville, Pa, was said,
W +ba 18th. to be costing about $4,000
day.
DIV nroclamation, issued on the 18th,
uro,n fruits, trees, shrubs, and certain
s7aodc are permitted to enter Canada duty
free.
I'm 1,BRrEN, the irrepressible National
,saouer. was arrested at Xingstown, Ire
land on the 18th, for speech delivered at
Iougbrea on the Sth.
THE stealings of Teller Cameron of the
Union Bank of Winnipeg, Man.,
ornonnted to $500, 900. He was arrested at
| perhiua on the 18th
~ "a the 10Th more than $4,000 had
baen subscribed in Washington to the
rnd for the benefit of the widow of the
late Chief Justice Waite.
THE Jeffersonian Club of Newark, N. j..
held a reception, on the night of the 18th,
in honor Of the 145th anniversary Of the
birth of Thomas Jefferson.
An overworked conductor on the Bur-
Iington road fell asleep, on the 18th, and
ran by his siding. A collision, with
several fatalities, was the result.
S
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the
representation Of this country at the Mel
bourne (Australia) International Exposi-
ton, for which $50, 900 has been appropri-
ated.
THE Michigan Greenback State conven-
ton has been called to meet at Lansing,
MAY s, to select delegates to the National
convention, which meets at Cincinnati one
week later
SENIOR CALINDEz, q wealthy Cuban mer-
chant has been kidnapped at his estate in
Santa Rita, by bandits. 1t is reported
that two planters have been kidnapped at
Remedies.
GENERAL BoULANGEI was elected from
The Department of the Nord to the
Chamber Of Deputies, on the 18th, his vote
being more than double that cast for both
his opponents.
The race for e., 600 between the yawl
Atlantic and the ketch Bridesmaid, from
Southampton to Funchatl, Madeira, was
finished on the 18th, the Bridesmaid COM
ing in seven miles ahead.
THE rules o? the w ashington Baseball
Club impose upon their players fines for
drinking: For the fist offense, S25; sec
ond offense $50; third offense, 500, and
for habitual DIR mixing blacklist.
ALL of the correspondents to the Lon
don papers agree that the crisis over the
marriage of Prince Alexander to Princess
Victoria has been settled amicably, and
that there will be no political change.
MARKAU, commander of the Roumanian
fotilla, has been tried by court-martial
on the charge Of embezzlement, convicted,
and degraded from his rank and sem
fenced to ten months imprisonment and
TO pay costs.
On the 18th Nine. Diss De Bar, her hus-
band, General Diss De Bar, DR.. Benz.
Lawrence and his son Frank were ar
raigned in the Tombs court, New York
City, charged with conspiring to defreud
Lawyer Marsh.
THE FIRST annual banquet of the Unita-
rian Club Of New York City was held on
the 10th. Among those present were Geo.
" III. Curtis Dorman B. Eaton, ex-Gov-
ernor Chamberlain, Robt. Collyer and
Jno. B. Woodward.
GRASsIE BULKLEY, husband of the un-
happy young bride who committed suicide
IN Washington on the 18th, holds Mr.. Hill
yer, his father-in- law. responsible for the
mental torture which drove his daughter
10 suicides grave.
On the 18th Senate bill appropriating
$1,000 for making survey and estimating
the cost of removing Smiths, Perry's and
Windmill islands from the Delaware river
between Philadelphia and Camden, was
tavorably reported in the Senate
~
On the night of the 11th James B. Mills
teolored), of Stamford, Conn, reported to
the police that party of oystermen had
hlled his wife and brutally beaten him,
ana was promptly arrested on suspicion
q having done the murder himself.
MRS. DEGRAsSTE BULKLEY, the young
woman who, while engaged to W. L. Tren-
hom, son Of the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency, elOped with and was married to
young Bulkley, ended her existence with
poison, at her home in Washington, on
the 18th.
eoNSUL- GENERAL PHELAN is OF the
opinion that the Americans are very
IoollsA in opposing the Fisheries treaty,
as secures for US more than could have
oeen hoped. The people Of Nova Scotia,
WIN more reason, are all opposed to the
treaty.
nECRETARY WHITNEY has appointed two
boards Of examiners, one of engineers
ana the other of constructors, to investi-
gaze changes proposed by the contractors
Ill the cruisprS Newark Baltimore.