Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-16

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| NEWS IN BRIEF.
c.un,led from Various oouEO
uon,i.oHicially announced that,
1T - go boI,ino recognized Legitime
olT@I p.o1ident Of Hayti, France VIII DO ike
wise.
rrrrEn has been received at Indian
. ~ - nd. from defaulter Sullivan,
apoi-Y ,in, that he is in Canada and enjoy
ing himself.
NOTICE has been given in the Delaware
canota of bill to revoke the liability OF
%omen Tn to the pillory and whipping-post
FOR certain crimes.
r. was determined by the Senate, in se-
..a+ session, on the 18th, to make public
.be vote bv which the British Extradition
treaty was rejected.
Mo WASAMAKER has purchased the
p-alncbuvsen house on | street, Wash
in9tons now occupied by Secretary Whit
pey. He paid $4,000 for it.
A GOLDSMITH of Vienna poisoned his
FIVE children with cyanide of potassium,
on the 18th, and afterwards committed
sncide by the same means.
THE Berlin correspondent OF the Lon
don Chronicle says that Mr.. Pendleton,
tbe American Minister to Germany, will
nreside at the coming Samoan confer
ence.
A FIRE broke out in Cincinnati school
bonse on the 9th. The teachers marshaled
the 100 pupils in their fire drill" and all
escaped without trouble OF panic. The
loss was $1,000.
OK the night Of the 7th, while the jail
at Downpatrick, Ireland, was guarded by
soldiers and police, the Jail armory was
entered by un known persons and all the
carbines stolen.
A. S. GooKIN, cashier of the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company, of New York
CITY, is reported to have absconded to
Canatla with from $4,000 to $4,000 Of tre
company's money.
GOVERNOR FORAKER repeats his decla-
ration that he is not an applicant for any
position under the Harrison Administra-
ton, but declines to say whether he would
accept snug berth if rendered.
IT is rumored that the College of
Physicians and Surgeons has decided to
erase the name of Doctor Sir Morrell
Mackenzie from its rolls, and that its ac-
lion will shortly be publicly announced.
THE first vestibule train from New Or
leans arrived in the City Of Mexico on the
10th. 1t made the run in seventy-three
hours. An immense crowd gathered at
the depot to witness the arrival OF the
train.
The steamer Carondelet was libeled at
N ,w York, on the 7th, and prevented from
sailing for Hayti with a cargo of ammu-
milton and other contraband articles,
supposed to be for the use Of Hippolyte's
forces.
TIE President, on the 7th asked the
resignation Of Harold Sewall, Consul
General at Samoa, on the ground that his
views were not in accord with those of
the State Department and the Admins
tratiCu.
THE storm in Canada, on the Sth, Is pro-
nOunced by railroad men as one of the
worst they have ever experienced. The
New York trains were all more or less de-
layed, and passengers suffered from cold
and hunger.
THE President approved on the 18th,
among others, the bill to enlarge the
powers and duties of the Bureau of Agri-
MI tO Inc do
partment to be known as the Department
of Agriculture.
THE Dublin Express states that Mr.. Par
nelPs health is very precarious, and that
the carriage of his physician is often seen
at the door of his villa at StreathaIh
from whence the Irish leader seldom
energies of late.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD will not be resi-
dent OF Washington long after the change
of Administration. He is to become pres
ldent of the New York Security and Trust
Company, and intends disposing of his
Washington home.
The Khediye of Egypt sent polite
note through the American Consul Cen
eral on the 10th, expressing regret at his
inability to return to Cairo and see the
baseball teams play game. He invited
'he toys 10 come again.
The North River Sugar Refining Com
pany OF New York has appealed to the
general term of the Supreme Court of
new York City from the decision of
suage Barrett dissolving the company for
"1nlng the Sugar Trust.
IN !hE London Daily News Rome dis
pa''l states that conclave of Cardinals
t log declded that Prince Rudolph must
aa,e oeen insane when he agreed to fight
IL Luel' aud was, therefore, entitled to re-
-'siouS rites at his burial.
n pAfEROR WILLIAM has officially notified
diHce Alexander of Battenberg that he
AN to not desire his presence in Berlin,
~! t'aior lor the purpose of settling the af-
,a'S u ms father, the late Prince Alex
text.
-, me senate, in secret session, on the
= confirmed number of nominations
- - uie military and revenue marine serv
~ u tne nature of promotions, among
" uem Colonel John c. Breckenridge to be
Inspector General of the United States |
army