Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EEhoOCN<A1s AMI
The Journal de st. Peters bug ex-
presses qualification at the appointment
| of Chaker Pasha as Governor of Crete.
and is sanguine that his administration
will be successful.
On the 10th the sheriff of San Joaou in
County, Cal, served q warrant of arrest
| upon Justice Field at the latter's cham
bers in San Francisco. immediately
| after the warrant was served a writ of
habeas corpus was sworn out before
Judge Sawyer, of the United States
Circuit Court, who ordered the prisoner
released, fixing the bail at s., 900.
On the 10th John L. Sullivan was found
guilty OF prize fighting at Purvis, Miss.
Sentence was deferred.
On the 7th. in tha Montana aConstfsutiont
al convention, the revision and phrase
ology committees having completed their
work, and the Constitution being finished,
the convention adjourned sine die.
On the 18Th Madame Adelina Patti ar
rived at Southampton, and proceeded to
Craig-y- Nos, her castle in Wales.
CHARLES t. LOVING, president of the
Point Pleasant (Va.) Electric Light and
Power Company, left his home some time
ago to visit Pitts burgh and New York to
| purchase a new dynamo and other ma
chinery. On the 18th his wife received O
| letter saying he would never return, aud
would never see her again. He had a
| good deal of the company's cash with
| him. and the corporation is seriously Grip
| pied.
SULLIv AN, the pugilist, was sentenced
at Purvis, Miss, to one years imprison-
ment in the county Jail for participation
in the prize fight at Richburgh. An ap-
| peal was taken.
| Up to the 10Th the sentence of Com
mander Harrington to two years. sus-
pension for running the Constellation
ashore had not been acted upon by the
Navy Department, despite all reports to
| the contrary.
IT is probable that bill to provide for
the extension of the White House, with a
view Of giving the family Of the Presi-
dent more room for domestic purposes,
will be introduced by Senator Cameron
this winter.
SULLIVAN, the pugilist, arrived in New
York City, on the 10Th, and was at once
taken in charge by Wakeley, Johnston
and others of his cronies and proceeded
to have good time.
On the 18th reception was held at
the Vatican, celebrating the Feast Of
st. Joachim, the fete-day of Pope Leo
XIII. The visitors were entertained by
His Holiness in his private library.
| THE Washington Territory Constitu
| tional convention defeated the article on
State, school and granted lands, and or
dered the committee on lands to report
new article. The convention adopted a
State seal and an article defining the
States boundaries.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has ex-
pressed an opinion that Captain Duverge.
who is under sente nee in Madagascar for
killing United Staes Consul, would be
technically free if brought to this coun-
try to serve out his sentence.
IT is held by Assistant Secretary Batch
eller that the wife Of Chinese merchant,
who may himself be entitled to exemp-
ton from the provisions of the Chinese
Restriction act by reason of his former
residence in the United States, can not be
admitted to entry when coming for the
first time to the United States without the
production of the required Identification
certificate.
On the 18th James S. Gordon, q we'll
known newspaper man of Ohio, once a
member of the Ohio Legislature, died at
the Fordham Hospital, New York City, of
COQSumDUlOU. his UOiy was
The Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury has notified all custodians of United
States buildings that according to law
they are required to cause the revenue
flag to fly from custom houses and the
United States standard from all other
public buildings during business hours.
On the 10Th Secretary Window left
Washington for a two-weeks' vacation in
Massachusetts, He met his family in New
York, and then went to Newton, Mrs. Win
dom's former home in the Berkshire hills.
Ir is now said that the health of the
Pope is excellent. He exercises IN the
Vatican gardens an hour each day.
OK the 10Th the President commuted the
sentence of Linden S. Clark, OF K ich-
mond, Va, to three years in the pc nlten-
tiary. Clark was convicted OF making
false entries in the books OF the First
National Bank OF Richmond.