Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-05

i on the 10Th, taxing guy
900.
N s;oux CITY Qa.) banks, having an
a-narrota capital Of 81, ,400, 900, established
eloarinp-bouse in that city on the 2Sth.
,,,xrsrER PHELPS will remain in London
for some time after the banquet to be
given to him by the Lord Mayor on jan
uaryN
THE President has approved the bill
,1acing General Andrew J. Smith ON the
rretired list of the army with the rank Of
Colonel.
THE secretary of the English East AZ
rican Company denies that any agree
nent has been entered into by the COM
pany with the Arabs regarding traffic in
slaves.
THE bursting of a shell in one Of the
fortresses of Messina, Italy, on the 2Sth,
exploded powder magazine, killing
twenty-five soldiers and injuring many
others.
THE Legislature of Idaho Territory, now
in session, is considering more stringent
measures for the overthrow Of the intiu-
ence Of the Mormon church in Territorial
politics.
DR.. BOND, the medical director on
Blackwell's Island, denies the statement
that DR.. Alexander E. Mcdonald, the cele-
brated specialist and expert on insanity,
has become insane.
THE recount Of votes in the San Fran
cisco city election, though giving O'Don-
nell, the Independent candidate, 800 addi-
tioRal votes, confirmed E. B. Pond, DEM
Ocrat, i'll his election as mayor.
A BOMB was exploded in front Of the
Madrid residence of Senior Silvela, Con-
servative member of the Spanish Cham
Der of Deputies, on the 26th. The per-
petrators Of the outrage are unknown.
REPRESENTATIVE JEHU BAKER has
served notice on w. S. Forman, Demo-
cratic Congressman-e ELECT in the Seven
teenth Illinois district, that he will con-
test his election on the ground of fraud.
THE plans for the contemplated new
coast defense vessel are ready at the
Navy Department and waiting the in
spection of prospective bidders for the
contract. The vessel will cost the Govern
ment about $2,OO0,0Oo
1T Is TuIuOTtU III tiieee eiiO NNA AZ
disposed to become reconciled to Prince
Alexander of Battenberg, late Prince of
Bulgaria, and the report is construed that
Russia will advocate his resumption of
the Bulgarian throne.
Mrs. ANNIE Boss, aged seventy years, of
Allegheny, City, Pa, while rummaging
over old papers in a trunk, recently, came
across three deeds which call for 600 acres
of land in the heart Of Philadelphia. The
case has been placed in the hands of law
yers.
THE seal of the Confederate States of
America, which was overlooked in the
evacuation of Richmond, and fell into the
possession of Colonel w. E. Earle, Of
Washington, was presented by that gen.
tleman to the State of South Carolina on
the 9th.
THE committee on Territories will rec
ommend the adoption of the euphOniOus
and appropriate name Of Winona (Which
among the Dakotan Indians was given to
the first born, if female,) for the South
ern portion of Dakota when admitted to
Statehood.
H. c. ATWOOD, for six years United
States Consul at San Domingo, has been
dismissed in disgrace from his position,
on account of having retained possession
Of money intrusted to his keeping by the
San Domingo authorities to be forwarded
to New York.
THE Emperor and Empress Of Germany
attended service, Christmas Day, in the
Berlin Cathedral. DR.. Stoecker, the
court preacher, delivered the sermon.
The Emperor sent hearty greetings to
Prince Bismarck by his son, Count Her
bert Bismarck.
Hon. JAMES T. MAFFErT, member of
Congress from the Twenty eighth district
Of Pennsylvania, has been admitted to an
asylum as private patient. The difficult
ty seems to be excessive nervousness,
which was brought on by the arduous la
bors of the recent campaign.
THE time for the reception of bids to
furnish eight 15-inch and one 10-inch
pneumatic dynamite gun, which were
solicited by War Department advertise
ments, and which were to have been
opened at the department on the 29th, has
been extended to January IA.
The remains of the late General John
N'SStAA WCiCs oi1 lAiO SVeh, ASAhAO' ~
,heir temporary resting place, where they
nave been for the past two years guarded
oy United States soldiers, and placed in
'he mortuary chapel built by Mrs. Logan
al the National Soldiers Home at WASH
ton
SCORES of letters and kilograms were
received at Hawarden, on the 29th, con-
graduating Mr.. Gladstone on the occasion
o1 his seventy ninth birthday. Most OF
tnem referred to his absence, but ex-
pressed earnest wishes for his early trl-
umph in the fight he is making for home
rule for Ireland.
The losses sustained by various San
francisco and Eastern business houses
through the mysterious departure from
oan Francisco of Charles F. Merle, presl-
oent of tie California Bone-meal Fertlllz-
ing Company, and local agent for n. *.
fairbanks & Co., the Chicago lard deal
ers, are estimated at $4,000.
DESPITE the German Emperor's wish to
spend his birthday quietly, large num-
Der OF notable persons have expressed
their desire to visit Berlin on that occa-