Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-08

VOLUME X.
NEWS IN BRIEF
COmpiled from Various Sources
D Frank NEALLY (Rep) was
.,nc+sd n4ei mayor Of Dover, n. H. Oh 'ne
Z D cnIit in the West finds lit |
M u +anonce a. among the members Of
& he order in the East.
Hoy. JAMES G. BLAINE was in New
- ilG,' On the 29tlse to attend the funeral
y eryices Of Mrs Sherman.
il ups FrLEN EWING SHERMAN, wife of
ane,.aI 1Il, ". T. Sherman, died at her resi-
d Iva n New York City on the 2oth.
,,rnprsrvrArTvE W. C. OATES, of Ala
q ana expresses himself as favoring the
II CllSellHuL VI lllt ucSIOtS.
e
4 TIE late Mr.. Levi j. Lawson left, by the
/. .rovisions Of his will, handsome legacy
4 each member of the staff of the London
|Tdmapd.
r. il asserted that Colonel MacMurdo,
I. .be successful newspaper pioneer, is
! sbo1t to start a paper in London which is
io rival the Times.
iris understood in Vienna that Count |
! |von Tafee, president of the Austrian
Council, will shortly be endowed with
. he title Of prince.
| n. .EIFFEL, the famous French engineer,
claims that his tower has already reached |
Ian altitude thirty-one meters higher than
|he Washington monument.
us. TREASURER HYATT, on the 30th, mail
ed9HG checks, aggregating $18,025.17, to
cover quarterly interest on IL per cent. |
registered bonds due October L.
JAY EYE SEE, the gelding, will recover
from the severing of an artery in his leg,
and Ed Bither, his driver, states that he
will live to lower his record.
CONGRESSMAN MILLS says: "On the |
tariff issue the Democrats carried every
hing 1t was Doodle that beat us. 1t was
D every Congressional district. / felt it
I mine"
TIE village of Voubecourt, near Nancy,
rance, was totally destroyed by fire on
he 9th. Thousands of persons were
endered homeless and absolutely with
ut shelter.
IT is stated that the original diary of the
ate Emperor Frederick of Germany is in
possession of his widow, the dowager En-
press Victoria, who has obtained q copy
right upon it.
THE King and Queen of Belgium gave |
areweu dinner at court in honor of Judge |
ambert Tree, the American Minister, |
nd his wife, prior to their departure for |
t. Petersburg.
THE Commissioner Of Agriculture has
ppointed Commission to investigate the |
lbiect of swine diseases in the United !
tates, and methods for their treatment |
nd prevention.
IT is reported that White Caps have or
lnized in the vicinity of Glendale, Ham,
ton County, O., and that several persons
ave received notices from them to leave
le neighborhood.
Mr.. GENT-DAvIs, NJ. P. for Kensington,
no had heretofore been only nominally |
nprisoned under the warrant Of arrest |
II contempt of court, was actually put in |
rson on the 29th.
Ex-OUEEN NATALIE has received from |
King Milan of Servia all of the presents |
e formerly made to her and grant OF a |
million francs, which remain at her dis
posal in the Bank of Servia.
THE steamship Etruria arrived at
Queenstown from New York on the 1st. |
She was delayed by frightful gale, after |
leaving New York, during which several
passengers were thrown down and in
jmed.
The sale Of the household effects of Hon. |
Perry Belmont. the newly appointed Min |
ster to Spain, took place at Washington
n the 30th. The crowd was small but Sc
ect, and the goods sold readily at fair
air prices.
IT was rumOred at Columbus, o., on the |
u, that the management of the Ohio Cen
euuial Exhibition is to be investigated |
when the Legislature assemblies in Janu-
ry. There is large shortage, and
Gookcd work is limited at.
Iy the Supreme Court Of New York |
City, On the Sd, Circuit Justice Beach di-
rected jury to render verdict of $iS, 130
lganst Seymour, Baker & Co., the stock
.roAers, in the suit brought by W. H. M.
Sanger, 10 recover $4,000 for breach of
oltract.
! MEETING of the directors OF the Keely
Motor Company was held in Philadelphia,
a ule 23th, and it is said that all the diff
'Tences between Kelly and the board
Nt.e compromised by the formulation OF
aNan for the entire reorganization OF the
company.
HERE is great rejoicing in Berlin med
,l ,,dl GIces over the resignation OF DR..
\ 4d,Senzit from the College Of Physicians,
Ioas1 doubtless the doctor is as greatly
''Jo-ced to rid himself of the uncongenlal
">N'clatlons which his membership ne
'essitated
LIE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
'ds Inc first to respond favorably to the
eussesuon Of the committee on trans