Huntsville gazette., 1889-05-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
comniled from Various Sources.
nso,s,r AND POLITICAL.

a.
DA-l-,i,+ad 49, chief Of a division in the
peon - tbe First Comptroller of the
o,1.,,r+. Oilioo Department. Mr.. Grosvenor is
49, 49, If representative Grosvenor.
1I[Jntr HALsrEAD was much improved
.t'5l+h and all fears of fatal termi-
atm be his illness were allayed.
~ the 2tth Mark Mcguire, familiarly
,.norn as "Toppy" Mcguire, the oldest
reporter on the New York City press, died
4bis home in Hartell. He was seventy
Ave years Of age. The cause of his death
vas a carbuncle, which first appeared
wear ago on the top Of his spine. He was
horn at sea August l, 1914.
Tur funeral Of the "big woman" of
Doyer, N H.. Mrs. D. C. NJ. Pierce, took
Mace on the 18th. 1t required eight per-
sons TO place the body in the casket, and
all the trimmings, handles, etc, had to be
removed TO allow the casket to pass be-
tween the doors.
On the 18th Charles A. Berry, Of Maiden,
Mass, whose foot was cut off by train
On the 24th, died in Boston. The deceased
was employed as a drummer by John II.
PRAY & Son, carpet dealers.
SECRETARY OF WAR PROCTOR inspected
tbe Watervliet Arsenal, on business con-
nected with the building of a new gun
foundary, on the 25th.
TIE King of Roumania has officially
announced that his nephew, Prince Fer
diuand, would be his heir, and that a resi-
dence for him would be built at Bu-
charest.
on the 25th Messrs. Kasson, Bates and
Phelps, the American commissioners to
the Samoan conference at Berlin, depart
ed from London for Berlin.
On the 18th the Ohio encampment G.. A.
R., in session at Dayton, elected General
Samuel H. Hurst, of Chillicothe, Depart
ment Commander, and passed resolutions
fayoring a pension of eight dollars per
month to every soldier, with one cent per
month in addition for over ninety days
service.
SECRETARY NOBLE has directed an in
yestigation of the reports that Govern
ment officials had used their authority as
officers to secure entry to land in Okla
homa Territory.
On the 25th the funeral Of Stanton
Blake took place from Kings Chapel,
Boston. Rev. Prof. Francis q. Peabody,
D. D., Of Harvard College, officiating.
The sixteen ladies who were deter
mined upon to dance in the quad-ille of
honor at the New York Centennial ball
were: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs.
Levi P Morton, Mrs. Grover Cleveland,
Mrs. Oracle King, Mrs. Alexander Van
Rens saler, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting Mrs.
William Astor, Miss Cora Livingston,
Mrs. Newbold Norris, Mrs. Elbridge T.
Ferry, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, Mrs
Buchanan Winthrop, Mrs Stuyvessant
Fish, Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. s. V. B.
Cruger and Mrs. Alexander S. Webb.
On the 2Gth Benz. Lindsay, founder OF
the New Redford (Mass.) Daily Mercury,
died, aged eighty four years.
On the 2Gth Second Assistant Postmas-
terGeneral Whitefeld directed the estab-
lishment of q messenger service from
Guthrie to Lisbon, Okla, distance OF
thirty-fve miles, the cost not to exceed
$1,000 per annHn.
WM. NJ. CLEMENTS, manager OF the Fal.
timore ONO railroad east Of the Ohio
river, has resigned. j. I. Odell, forme rly
general manager of the Chesapeake &
OHIO, will manage all the Baltimore &
lhi0 lines. 1t is not known who will uc-
eed Clements.
" the 10Th the Rhode Island Legiflat-
ure adJourned sine die, after killing the
bill to regulate medical practice.
COLONEL DUDLEY received q dispatch,
on the 25th, from Mr.. Van Pelt, in which
the latter says that the famous letter from
toOnel Dudley to himself must have been
opened in the post-office at Anderson,
lld. Mr.. Van Pelt states that no one in
Anderson, outside of the post-ofic Off
cals, knew that he had received letter
from Colonel Dudley.
EUMORS are current OF the illness Of
Ficeroy Lii Hung Chang Of China. 1t is
stated that he is so seriously indisposed
that he can scarcely articuate distinctly.
Ills death would be a great blow to for
elgners, as he has opposed the growing
party that is against the development Of
al European trade.
HE Marquis de Mores will soon leave
lonQuin for Paris, as the French Govern
ment has ordered that nothing be done
about railroad building there until sane
uoned by the French Government This
viii delay railroad construction for fully
one year.
ACTOR DABOLI, who mysterlously dis
appeared from New York City after re-
uFAlnS his manuscript part to the Casino,
tectntly, Is at his home in Providence, R.
II threatened with nervous prostration.
w Ae 2Sh Archbishop Gross left Port
anu Ore, for Rome.
IN nhA Connecticut House passed a very
-lsenI oleomargariue bill on the 26th.
i, IA l1e 26th the American Samoan Com
I'SIohefS arrived in Berlin.
~ Alexandria, Egypt, it is rumore1 !
l''' 'AelNh Senoussi's Lieutenant, Abou
--'iud iya, took Khartoum three weeks
"sO' ana that the Khalifa fed.
VII; In me 18th the Duke and Duchess OF
0urgh arrived in London.
~ .he 2dth the sixty y-seventh anniver-
o a,! oI the birth of General Grant was
III pIoprlately celebrated at many places.
r banquet at Delmonico's, in New York
t.!' anQ by the Americus Club in Pitts
S%sh' Pa, We're especially notable in
s.''Nces ot honor rendered to the name OF
"e Old Commander.
oNDEa date of April 81 Secretary of the
,9'E Tracy addressed letter to Rear
III Kimberly, giving a concise and
slhg review of the terrible disaster
Init meet at Samoa, and warmly COM
1'VuuIuS the gallant conduct and judg-
n,1IV displayed by officers and men on
mat occasion.
an; 1HE 0etfcken tutelage case has been
cc'smissed = by the Court at Hamburg.
cotl.HIany, the court holding that Prof,