Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

THE officers attached to the Woolwich
garrison a short time ago invited Mr..
Charles Marvin, the famous war corre-
spondent, traveller and author of the
work "Russia at the Gates of Herat," to
deliver q lecture on the possibility and
means of cutting off Russia's road to
India. The invitation was accepted, and
the arrangements for the lecture made,
but upon learning of the projected disa
course the British War Office put upon 1T
peremptory veto,
DR.. SIMMONS general store at Cypre-
mort Bayou, La, together with the post
Office and telephone Office were burned
on the night of the 9th.
FOREST SHEPARD, a noted mineralogist,
formerly professor of science in the
Western Reserve College at Hudson, o.,
and Yale graduate of 1922, died at Nor
wich, Conn.,, on the Sth, aged eighty eight
years.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT, the English states
man and economist, had another attack of
chills, on the 8th, which left him in very
weak condition.
SENIOR SAGASTA has been intrusted
with the formation of a new Spanish cabi-
net 1t is admitted by him, as it is claimed
by his opponents, that he viii experience
considerable difficulty in completing his
task.
PROF. T. W. KINKAID, Lieutenant in
the United States navy, has been relieved
from his position as professor of mechan-
les in the State College at Hanover, N. I'll.
OARsMAN JOHN TEEMER is now making
preparations to go to Australia, where he
will meet Searle in the race for f5O0 ar
ranged between them by Hanlan. He will
in all probability have his second contest
for the championship with O'Connor on
Australian waters.
THE only Chinese store in Hartford,
Conn, was raided on the night of the 9th,
and thirty one Cinnamon, who were
gambling in q back room, were arrested.
Considerable money, and an extensive
gambling outfit was captured. The CHINA
men claim to have gone there from other
cities to gamble, thinking they would not
be molested.
A BALLOON ascension, under the d1rec-
ton of the Novelty Air-Shlp Company,
was made, on the Sth, at Coney Island, III
the presence Of about FIVE hundred people.
James K. Allen, the professional eronaut,
ascended to the height of 500 feet where,
after going through series OF evolutlons,
propeling the machine hither and thlther,
he landed safely at Sheepshead Bay. The
experiment was pronounced decloed
success. The inventor has formed a COM
pany with a capital Of $1,0OO,OO0
THE Central State Normal School build
ing at Lock Haven, Pa, was burned, on
the 9th. entailing a loss of $150,0O0, with
small insurance. The students who
roomed in the building, over one hundred
in number. were all safely removed.
THE Western Union telegraph operator
at Ft. Wayne, Ind, was warned" by the
White Caps on the Sth.
Mrs. JAY GOULD was reported much
better on the 9Th.
AMONG the passengers of the mail
steamer Sarnia, which arrived at Halifax,
N. s.. on the 9th, was Roland Gideon
israel Barnett the Toronto, (Ont.) bank
wrecker, prisoner in charge of British
officer.
TIE President of Venezuela has issued
a decree declaring general amnesty 1or
all political offenses.
TIE ssrice question" is one of the lead
ino matters of discussion in Peru, owing,
n annears. to the failure or loss OF por-
ton of the crop.
Two battalions Of the line have been or
dered from Antwerp TO Galonver1e, the
center of the Belgian strikes and attempt
Cd dynamite outrages. A large number
of the strikers have been arrested.
HON. CARL SEIZURE was welcomed nome
.nd dined at the New York Lotus Cluo,
on the 10th, by thirty of his German
American fellow citizens, including W IL
lam Steinway, Henry Willard, Jesse Sellg-
man. Herman Oelrichs and Joseph Aep-
n1er' The German Minister, German
Consul General and G ernan Consul were
also present