Huntsville gazette., 1888-05-19
PERSONAL ANC) GENERAL.

THE King of Sweden was received with
great ceremony on his arrival ct Lisbon
on the 18th.
SECRETARY and Mrs. Villas are at
Atlantic City, N. j.
MRS. DANIEL LAMONT has fully
recovered from the tedious illness which
had kept her indoors more or less dur
ing the spring months.
THE House bill for the retirement of
General Pleasanton with the rank of
Colonel, is antagonized by the Senate bill
to retire him with the rank of Major, and
two eXConfederate Generals in the House
will champion the cause of the Union
General for the higher grade.
A RESOLUTION declaring all the condi-
tiOns precedent to a union of the
churches in the United States and Canada
fulfilled and the union in fact accom-
plished, was passed by the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church conference in
session at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
18th.
THE United States frigate Pensacola,
Commodore Yates, reached New York
from Aspinwall and anchored off Tomp
kinsville, Staten Island on the 18th. She
sailed from Aspinwan on April 80, and
had no rough weather on the way up.
THE Pennsylvania railroad gave a COM
plimentary excursion to Natural Bridge,
Va, and other points to the Philadelphia,
Baltimore AID Washington press on the
18th.
A GREAT Baptist meeting, composed of
the Woman's Home and foreign Mission
and the Educational and Publication So
cieties, among others, assembled in w ash
ington on the 10Th.
A DISPATCH from Tamatave, Madagas
car, of the 18th, says that General Will
loughby has been deprived Of the conces
sions granted to him by the Government
Of Madagascar, and has been expelled from
the country.
A TRAIN on the Shenandoah branch
Of the Reading railroad was thrown from
the track at Lost Creek, Pa, on the 14th,
by .obstructions wedged in the switch frog.
The engine was completely wrecked, and
the engineer, and probably the fireman,
also, fatally injured.
HE Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that Benson, the vender of
fraudulent Patti tickets, must be returned
to Mexico for trial BensOn's motion for
q writ of habeas corpus was denied.
THE President, on the 14th, signed the
bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to award gold medal of the
first class to Captain Thomas Sampson, OF
New York City, for rescuing five boys
from drowning.
THE Democratic Senators voted solidly
against open-session consideration of the
Fisheries treaty when the question came
up in the Senate on the 14th.
THE Senate public buildings committee
authorized a favorable report, on the 14th,
on the bill for the purchase of site for
an imposing building for the use OF the
Supreme Court.
A VIOLENT and destructive rain storm
occurred at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and vicin-
ity, on the 18th, doing much damage IN
the rural districts in demolishing barns
and uprooting fruit trees. Several persons
were injured by lightning or crushed in
falling buildings.
TWENTY-FIVE families of Scotch croft
ers embarked for new homes in Manitoba
on the 14th.
Hon. w. E. MASON will deliver the ora
ton at the ceremonies to be held at the
tomb of General John A. Logan on Me-
mortal Day.
THE mystery surrounding the sudden
death of Nicolas Garcia, of Santa Fe, n.
NJ, on the 18th, is being made the subject
Of an investigation.
A COLLISION, with burning oil and gun
powder explosion accompaniments, oc-
Cured at Fountain, Col, on the Santa Fe
railroad, on the 14th, killing three persons
and wounding many others. Two cars
were burned, and one locomotive, sixteen
cars and some dwelling houses were
wrecked.
Mr.. MATSoN, chairman of the House
committee on invalid pensions, reported
a bill, on the 14th, removing limitation on
arrearages of pensions up TO date.
THE entire receipts of the six-days' go
in New York, which
closed on the 18th, were Sl5,S9650, OF
which one-half, S7,9iS.25, goes to the
walkers. Littlewood receives $3, l1l.l3;
Guerrero, 81, 1851; Herty, 81, 115.14; More
mac. S743 43, and Golden, Sill.
THE next annual regatta OF the North
western Rowing Association will be held
at Grand Rapids, Mich, on July 2f-3.
AMENDMENTS to the River and Harpor
bill were offered on the 18th, as follows:
Fo.. the Improvement of the Missouri nv
or at Omaha, Neb, and Council Bluffs, Ia,
800. 600: and for the Improvement OF the
same river at Plattsmouth, Neb., S3oooo.
EXPORTS of breadstuffs during Aprll
ma # aggregated in value S, ,S29, 994, against
~. $40. 9i6 for The corresponding week last