Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


many was laid in state in the Berlin
Cathedral on the 18th.
THE jury in the Schell murder case at
Burlington, Conn, brought in a verdict
OF guilty on the 10th.
IMPRESSIVE memorial services for
Henry Ward Beecher were held in Ply
mouth church on the night of the 1lth.
FIVE ersons were killed and number
injured in an accident on the Erie rail-
road on the morn ing of the 10th.
AN American posse pursuing the Stin
passenger-train robbers upon Mexican
territory, were arrested and lodged in a
dungeon at Janos, Chihuahua, recently.
An affecting meeting between King
Humbert of Italy and Frederick L of
Germany took place on the 10th. The
scene, which is described as extremely
touching, excited the emotion of all who
witnessed it.
The Senate committee on the improve
ment of the Mississ ippi river and its
tributaries, of which Senator Paddock is
chairman, held an important meeting on
the 10th, at which it was in effect decided
to make a thorough investig alton of
the present methods Of river improve
ment.
SUPERINTENDENT NASH of the railway
mail service is in Chica 20 for the purpose
of looking after the handling of the
United States mails on the railroads upon
which strike of the engineers is in ope-
ration. He will remain until all the rail-
road troubles are over
The Emperor and Empress of Germany
arrived in Berlin about midnight on the
11th.
LATE advices from China give de-
scription of awful earthquakes in the
Province of Younan on December 10 and
16. In some places the entire topography
of the country was changed, large tracts
of land being swallowed up and the
surface converted into lake.
In the depar artmental city of Ching Chan
over fl ve thousand persons were killed by
falling buildings, while the mum Der injured
was beyond computation. In Lochan
more than ten thousand souls are said to
have persisted.
OPINION in Canada is rapidly crystaliz-
ing against the liberation of bucket shops.
Two EMPLOYEES of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company were killed and two
others seriously injured in collision be-
tween freight and passenger trains near
Huntin gton, Pa, on the 18th. The acci-
dent was very destructive of rolling
stock and blocked the road for several
hours
FRENCH and Russian newspapers are
deSoting much space to the discussion of
the probable future course of Germany.
WINDOWS of residences along the route
of the late Emperor's funeral are being
offered for the use of spectators at fabu-
lous prices. In one case the use of
single window was sol for $500.
GEO. NJ. BARTHOLOMEW, the millionaire
defaulting ex-president of the Charter
Oak Life Insurance Company, at present
residing in Canada, is said to be anxious
to compound his defalcation and return
to his home and fam ily in Hartford, Conn.
JOHN T.. SULLIVAN, the defeated worlds
champion says he is too old to re-enter
the prize ring. John has aged very fast
during the past few d ays.
THE City of Washing ton was almost
comp,etelv isolated fro m the rest of the
country on the 12th by the most violent
snow storm experienced in that city for
wears. The storm extended with unprece-
dented fury over the North Atlantic
States.
THE Randall Internal Revenue and
Tariff bill was introduced in the House
on the 18th. The internal-revenue featu
is the principal part of the bill, making
nitogether a reduction of about $70,0OU,
ea0. The Gust ans feature of the Dill is
e,,bordinate. .Aaking reduction OF ONLY
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