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Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
PERSONAL AND ~ IMPERSONAL

The Duchess of Fife is capital
all-round gymnast and is especially
fond Of fencing, at which sport she
excels.
Mrs. Harrison recently remarked
that if woman loves the society OF
her husband she should never en-
courage him to become public man,
Anton Meucci, Garibaldi's old
compatriot. is still living at the old
house at Clifton. S.. l., in which Carl
baldi manufactured candles when in
this country. FaT. fHt H
One of Sag Harbor's old citizens
has quit the use of tobacco. He says
he has smoked 5000 cigars during
the past fifty-two years and did not be-
gin until he was twenty -four years
old. u
Engineer Folsom, who ran the ILL
fated Ashtabula train at the time OF
the disaster, has never since handled
an engine throttle. He is now work
ing in purchasing department of a
Western railroad. l.e 4.ta
"A short time ago lady, the first
Of her sex, graduated in medicine in
Mexico. AS an appropriate compli-
ment her fellow-students of the other
Sex got up an amateur bull fight in
honor Of the occasion. .
Tho Countess Marie Edle Won
Ameline, who recently arrived in San
Francisco, has been travelling in India
for the past three years, and has been
amusing herself by hunting tigers and
other large jungle game. She is only
| thirty-five years old and worth a mill
| ion or more. She is said to carry with
her jewels of great value.
There is a man in Biddeford. Me-,
who has whitfield so industriouslY and
skillfully for eleven years as to bring
| himself into notice. Among the prod
ucts of his jackknife are violin case
made of 2,937 pieces of wood of 106 diff
ferent kinds; yoke of oxen and a
cart, put together in a glass jar with q
small neck, and great number OF
really well-made animals.
The death was recently reported
| of mechanic of marvellous ingenuity
and wonderful skill, Mr.. Fasoldt, OF
Albany, N. Y. When about seventy
years of age he devised machine by
which he could scratch upon glass
about one million lines in an inch
space BY aid Of the microscope it is
only possible to see these rulings of a
| fneness of 230, 900 lines to the inch.
Mr.. Presley Saunders, uncle OF
Mrs. Russell Harrison, recently died
at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa He had lived
on the same quarter-section since 1884,
and one of his children was born in
Michigan Territory, another in Wis
consin Territory. third in Iowa Ter
ritory, and fourth in the State Of
Iowa. The family record is a lesson
in political geography.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1889.

On the Both two express trains running
in opposite directions between Naples
and Foggia, Italy, came into collision
while running at a high rate Of speed
through tunnel. Twenty carriages were
wrecked and fifty persons killed or in
jured.
AT Titusville, Fla. W. H. Adams died,
on the Both, from the bite of rattle
snake, in spite of prompt medical aid
and the imbibing Of large quantities Of
whisky.
JUDGE NEY, of Waterloo, Ia, in im-
posing sentence upon NJ. e. Billings, con-
victed of manslaughter in the first de :
gree remarked that had he been a juror
he would have voted for acquittal. He
then pronounced upon the prisoner the
full limit of the law. Billings was con
victed OF the murder of County Attor-
ney Kinsley at Waverly, Ia, in Decem-
Der, 1887.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AN explosion occurred, on the 10Th, in
Latin & Rand's powder mill, at Cres-
soma. Pa. William Scropp, Sam Stotaf
and Henry Reed were instantly killed,
and number of other workmen were Sc
riously injured.
On the 2Sth an explosion occurred in a
coal mine at Homberg- on the Rhine,
R henish Prussia, killing ten persons and
injuring several others, some of them
fatally.
On the 29th Frank Duffy, justice of the
peace at Jay Gould, Mont, was fatally
stabbed by John Glendenning in a quar-
rel growing out of an old grudge. Duffy
was the aggressor, and Glendenning
claims he acted in self defense.
On the 9th, by the capsizing Of row.
boat in South Watuppa pond, near Fall
River, Mass, Louis Dubois, aged fifty
three years; Nathalie Dubois, his niece,
aged thirty eight years; Mrs. Geo. Mich
aud, her daughter, Leah Michaud, aged
seven, and Rosanna Levitere. aged eight,
were drowned. Mary Michaud was res
cued.
On the night of the 9th the first section
of the st. Louis express on the New York
Central railroad broke down when near
Palatine Bridge N. Y, and the Sec
ond section plunged into it with terrific
rce wrecking several crowded cars
and killing large number Of passen-
gers.
HARRY FLYNN. of Pitts burgh, Pa, who
embezzled over $35 600 from the Marine
National Bank of that city, was sentenced
to five years in the Western Penns ylvania
penitentiary and to pay the cost of the
prosecution.
On the 2Sth chemicals exploded in the
artillery laboratory at Spandau, Ger
many, wrecking a part of the building.
No one was killed, but twenty two women
and ten men were more or less seriously
hurt kfE E@E fAt
JOHN FRrEzE shot and killed his be-
trothed, Miss George Stone. at Balii-
more, Md, on the Goth, for walking with
another young man.
On the Both two unknown men were
struck by train on the Philadelphia &
Wilmington railroad at Wilmington, Del,
and instantly killed.
AT Allentown. Pa, on the 30th, Matthia S
Gruber was shot at target practice by
Achilles Becker, and died the same day.
The coroner's jury exonerated Becker,
Gruber was member OF Company B,
Fourth regiment.
AT Waterloo. Ia, Sheriff Hoxie was
shot in the head, on the 30th, by one f
three horse thieves who were confined in
the county Jail at that place awaiting
trial The sheriff had just entered the
Jail to give the prisoners their supper,
when one of them fired the shot that
wounded him. All of the men escaped.
On the 80 Pat Calhoun. j. D. William
son, Henry Jackson and John King, prin-
cipals and seconds in the recent Calhoun
Williamson duel in Alabama, were
each placed under $500 bonds to appear
in court December j.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL Ann pOrrrIcaI


The remains of Captain Schoonmak er
OF the Vandalia. who was drowned at
Samoa during the hurricane last March,
have been disinterred and will be
brought to America on the Monongahela
THE CATHOLIC Primate Of Armagh, Ire
land, recently annohnced that the Pope
will probably leave R ONE shortly. The
L rlmate took occasion to deplore the in
creasing lack Of reverence and religion
in Ireland
STEPHEN CHAMBERLAIN, who disap-
peared mysteriously from Owego. N Y,
last July, and whose life insurance was
recently paid to his wife on account of
his supposed death, is said to be doing
business as a broker at Baltimore, Nd.
THE Paris Exposition awards were dis
tributed on the 29th. President Carnot
thanked the governments and exhibitors
who had contributed to the success of the
exposition.
On the 2Sth General Samuel G. Sturgis,
q s. A.. died at his home in st. Paul,
Mimi. He graduated from West Point in
1916. along with George B. Mcclellan,
Stonewall Jackson, Stoneman, Pickett
and many famous soldiers. He was en-
gagged i'll some of the most important
battles of the war of the rebellion, and
fought Indians in the Northwest for forty
years, retiring from active command
three years ago.
Hon. J. G. WASHBURN, Minister to
Switzerland, arrived in New York on the
29th.
c. A. PILLsBURY denies the report that
the mills of Minneapolis, Mimi, have
been sold to an English syndicate.
| On the Doth ex-Queen Natalie returned
to Belgrade. She was enthusiastically
welcomed by the populace, but the gov
ernment ignored her presence.
On the 29th Hon. B. B. Stiles. one Of the
| first settlers of Denver, Col, and twice
mayor Of that city, died suddenly from
apoplexy.
PERRY BELMONT writes to the New York
Herald from Newport, r. l., that he is
not candidate for the Congressional
nomination in the Ninth IN. W Con-
gressional district, and says that he has
no present desire to return to Congress.
1T is charged by the New Haven (Conn. }
Union that Superintendent Munson of
the Noroton Soldiers Home has opened
letters containing pension checks ad :
dressed to inmates of the home, and
compelled the vet erans to turn the money
over to him or be dismissed from the in :
stitution.
IT is stated by Rhenish papers that the
remarriage of Count Won Hatzfeldt Ger
man Ambassador to London, to his di-
vorced wife, formerly Miss Moulton, of
Canada, will take place shortly at Wies-
baden. Their separation, the papers al
lege, was formal and for political rea-
sons.
KING ALEXANDER, it is announced, has
refused to call upon his mother, ex-
Queen Natalie, until he receives permis-
sion to do SO from his father, ex-King
Milan.
IT is announced that the statement that
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., is so i'll that
she can not recover is untrue. Her at
tending physicians say that though she
is very sick, there is every chance of re-
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

First dude-"I have tewible news,
Charles is dead" Second dude-"How
did he die?" First dude-"His cane
fell on him. Boston Beacon.
The man who feels around in the
dark for door, and gets an arm on
each side of it, occupies the time of a
recording angel for fully five minutes.
Puck.
The watermelon comes again,
On greedy lips to sweetly melt,
And Johnny. feebly, will complain
Because it hits below the belt. F.. ..
Washington Post.
-Finlan Cat the rolling-mill scrap)
-"Have yez amy more gloves
handy?" Master Of ceremonies-"We
have" Finlan-''Put wan On me op-
ponint's head, r tn match doan't come
off, Olive fit wild coons befoor.
Judge.
They had missed the train, and
she was telling him SO emphatically.
''You are not in your right mind, are
you?" she said. Certainly not, my
love-" he responded sweetly. as hus-'
bands always do under such circum-
stances; certainly not; I'm in my left
mind. w ashington Critic.
Judge Ito prisoner) $50 you were
drunk and disorderly. What have you
to say?" Prisoner-'rve good deal
to say, your honor, if you'll only give
me time to say it." Judge-"Cer-
tainly, with pleasure Sixty days
will be enough, won't itP Our object
is to please. Washington Critic.
Miss Gushley-"I so often see
some one spoken of as being beautiful
as poets dream. Do you poets have
more beautiful dreams than we COM
mon mortals?" Mr.. A. Tennyson Fiz-
zle-'I hardly know. l generally
dream OF porterhouse steaks. fried
chickens and that sort Of thing
Terre Haute Express.
Are you fond of autographs, Mrs.
Mushroom" asked the aesthetic young
lady of the practical visitor. NO; ]
don't 60 much on 'em, but my son,
who's away at college, has a big col
lection OF the handwritin' of great cell
ebrights. l reckon I'll surprise him
some when he gets back this summer.
In what way?" "Well, you see, soma
Of them celebrights writ such poor
| writin' that had all the names copied.
off in neat hand in a big book. You
have no idee how much better they
look That other truck, that nobody
couldn't make out, ] just burned up.
America.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
A Novel Damage Suit.

A suit was filed in the Circuit Court al
Birmingham, Ala. recently against the
county for $4,000 damages by Thomas
F. Jones, administrator of Will Myrick.
Myrick was convicted in the Criminal
Court Of Jefferson County Of carrying a
concealed weapon and worked out his
fine and costs. While so employed he
was instantly killed by the explosion of
a dynamite cartridge. The allegation IS
that the explosion which killed Myrick
was caused by carelessness Of a fellow
convict while tapping blast.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
Jumped His Bond.

William B. Hussey. Of Madison County,
Ala, under charge OF murder, has fed
and forfeited bail of $4,000. The Gov
ernor has offered a reward Of $4,000 the
limit allowed by law, for his apprehen-
sion. Several years ago Hussey killed
ais brother iu law, Matt o. Strong, was
tried at the February term this year,
found guilty and sentenced to twenty five
years in the penitentiary. The Supreme
Court granted him new trial, and at the
August term, when his case was called.
1e was gone.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
Those Georgia Duelists.

Governor Gordon of Georgia was re-
Gently waited upon by an officer from
Alabama, who bore O warrant from Gov
ernor Seay of that State for the arrest
of Pat Calhoun and ]. D. Williamson, to-
gether with their seconds, who were en-
gagged in the recent duel in Cherokee
County, Ala. Governor Gordon at once
honored the requisition, and the whole
dueling party was arrested. They agreed
to meet in Montgomery, where proper
legal steps were to be Inaugurated for
their defense.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
The Question of Tare.

At meeting of the Memphis (Tenn.)
Cotton Exchange the resolutions adopted
by the New Orleans convention, fixing a
tare Of twenty-four pounds and sixteen
pounds on bales covered with jute and
cotton bagging, respectively, were unan-
imously rejected. 1t was recommended
that the factors in the Memphis market
tier in warehouses all cotton covered
bales separately from jute- covered bales,
and that it be sold upon it's merits sepa-
rate and apart therefrom.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
The Jute Bagging War.

Large quantities of cotton are being
mark keted at Greenville, Ala, fully two-
thirds of which is covered with cotton
bagging The war against the Jute Trust
is so bitter there that farmers will pay
almost any price for cotton bagging, and
will withhold their crop from market
until they can get it rather than use the
jute. Farmers alliances throughout that
section of tie cotton belt are boycotting
merchants who can not furnish them with
cotton ba gging.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

ACCORDING to the latest estimates in
,be list Of corn-producing States this
vear, Iowa stands first Missouri sec
ond Kansas third. and Illinois fourth.
The aggregate yield of these four
States is put at 1,141, 100000 bushels.
Or over one-half of the total corn
nroduct Of the country.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
Natural Gas In Tennessee.

There is considerable excitement over
the discovery of natural gas in the neigh
borhood of Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1t is
not known whether or not it is in paying
quantities. 1t is on the farm Of J. J.
Hillman, Birmingham capitalist, and
he will probably inve stigate it.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
A Pythian Temple.

The corner stone of the first Pythian
temple in the South and third in the
world was laid at jackson by Grand
Chancellor F. Wilson, in the presence Of
visitin Knights from all over the State
The castle will cost $4,000, and will be
used for business, an opera hall and
Pythian castle.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,


Thrown From Buggy and Killed.
Mrs. Newton Hudson, of Shop Springs,
Wilson County. Tenn, was thrown from
a buggy and killed. She was caught in q
wheel and dragged three-quarters Of a
mile. The body was horribly mangled.
North Carolina Poisoning Case.
The coroner's jury in the Morris poi
soning case in the town Of Reidsville, N.
G., rendered verdict after a long and
laborious. examination Of the witnesses
and the attendant circumstances. The
verdict re ndered was that D. E. Morris
came to his death by the use of chloro-
form administered by his wife, Cora
Scales Morris. The woman has been ar
rested and is now in the hands of the
sheriff. Although the result of the in
vesigation was generally anticipated,
the final decision of the jury has caused
the most intense excitement. Mrs. Nor
ris is kinswoman Of ex- Governor Scales
and member of one of the best known
families in the State. .
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

oxr Of the Paris newspapers esti-
,,atss that the loss to France which
orld ln. result from customs union be-
,rsan @o',, tbe United States and the other
;5onondont :"l countries Of this continent
lDo,i3 lna, amount to about $40, ,0O0,O 900 q
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
Kentucky immigration Society.

The State immigration convention was
held at Louisville, recently, under the
auspices Of the State League Of Com
mercial Clubs. Governor Buckner called
the N Getting to order. Speeches were
made by Dr.. Broaddus, of the Baptist
Theological School, State Geologist
Proctor and others. Resolutions look
ing to the establishment Of State bureau
Of information and immigration were
adopted.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

FnoN the increasing frequency OF
,.oar.ond collisions on railways the last
coach of a train is getting to be as un-
desirable place as the first. About
tbo onIy way to do is to get in the
nontor and take chances of catching it
l.n1h rars-
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

MAKING an allowance even for the
great reduction in prices in recent
years the value Of the agricultural
yield Of the country in 1889 will prob
ably be greater in the aggregate than
il was in any year in the past. The
products Of our mines, too, will I'M
doubtedly be in excess Of that of any
previous year, while the output of our
factories and mills will be fully up to
the biggest past recOrd.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
The Heavenly Road.

Away down on the eastern coast Of
Florida is piece Of railroad almost too
short to be indicated on the map, and
called the Jupiter & Lake Work railway.
lis length is eight miles and the stations
are nemed Jupiter, Venus, Mars and
Juno.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
The Cotton Crop.

In Central Alabama the farmers re-
port the damage done to the cotton crop
by rain very small. Cotton has opened
very rapidly, and, owing to the further
fact that labor is very scarce, the harvest
is late and the fields are white with open
co tton.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

ALL the preliminaries looking to the
election of Hippolyte to the post Of
President Of Hayti have been gone
through with, and that individual will
have virtually no opposition. Theo-
retically, the term of the President is
seven years, but actually he is gener-
allv forcibly removed before that time,
as Legitime, who was elected in 1888,
rog
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

rthe recent voting contest at the
g, q Louis Exposition for choice of a
(: Rational flower over q, 600 votes were
-,a. t of which Golden-Rod received a
decided 6eli plurality, the Sunfiower being
-.ond choice.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

THE death of Eliza Cook, at the ad-
yanced age Of seventy-two, serves to
recall the fact that she was one Of the
most popular OF English poets about
orty years ago. Her name has prac-
tically disappeared from our litera-
ture, but many now living can remem-
Der when "The Old Arm Chair" and
others of her productions were regard
ed with universal favor.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
A North Carolina Poisoning Case.
Industrial School for Girls.

The Georgia Legislature has passed a
bill for the establishment Of a State in
dustrial school for girls. 1t is to be
based on the plan of the Mississippi In
dustrial School, lt
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

w. LOUIS Is to have a celebration of
German Day as one of the features of
" fall festivities, in which the Ger
-1a citizens intend showing their
strength as upholders OF American in
'"auons. No flags, no regalias, no
.-pIems save the flag of our country
lit appear in the parade, and every
NJ Participating will wear a miniature
" 'uat emblem of our nationality. At
a ,-% arrangement the handful of An
'L'sS h.S IN the city are wroth, they
4a,ng sa hoped for an opportunity to
,n' '-p' their red flag. Not even a
~. s'"atr OF SOcialistic tendencies can
s"aplace on the prooramme.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05
VOLUME X.

American cruisers are conceded
: l tnreign experts to be the best yes
O ~ of their class possessed by any
,,orernment
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

THERE i very little emigration from
France, but in point Of population it is
almost at standstilI. In several de-
partmentS more deaths than births are
recorded in the returns for 1888. and
for the last five years the number OF
births in the whole republic has been
steadily decreasing every month. If
this condition of affairs continues the
proportion Of native-born citizens to
Immigrants will soon become very
small for an old country like France.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

IHE annual meeting of the National
board Of Trade, which convenes at Lou
svl-Ie' Ky, Wednesday. October 16, is
expected to be the largest ever held in
lnlS country. Several important ques-
'IOns are to be discussed. "The River
ana 4, harbor Improvements, ""Our River
highways, "Adulteration of Lard, :"
ocean Steam Commerce" 'Prohibi-
upn oi Pooling, " Basis for Banking"
In'ernal-Revenue Taxation" and
lae National Bankrupt Law" are
'aolett' that not only interest boards
VI Fade, but the whole country.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

The New Orleans Proposition Rejected.
The st. Louis Cotton Exchange has re-
iected the proposition Of the New Orleans
convention that cotton be sold by net
weight
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

i ul department Of State has been
~ .'aIIy informed that the executive
5isJ' 4, Of the Argentine Republic has
~. !. Velore the Congress q draft of a
s,,. o''lalng 75,000,0O0 acres of gov
N, 4+'l' land in the Territory of Chu-
,o1o 5u'o small holdings, from 500 to
r., ~ @cfeS each, and Offering the same
no. '''e at from 81 to s., national
ona+ 1Ll J, per hectare-about two and
Gd. M !" acres, 1t is proposed to di-
tna 4 "a ne whole area into ten sections,
,ts ~ allotted to Argentine settlers. and
rs,iosI;! o.'lqrs respectively to the different
nig.r4i o.alltles Of Europe supplying i'm
a'lon to the Argentine Republic.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

IA
e,ts- ''N ol the South American dele
e,oo 70 The Three Americas confer
ubiIitia III 9 enthusiastic. over the pos
eona1 es ot benefit to the countries
a srned ,Ia that they are even limiting
;Or+L 'U'Noon Of a sort of federation
V republics of the continent,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-10-05

yea.
The Newtown bee., 1889-12-06

owing to the large number of patients unable to gain admittance to IIr Mer- rows Bridgeport office and for the bene- fit of the needy poor, he will continue his free consultation few days longer. Mrs Mary M. Stevens, No i6 Bassick avenue. has been afflicted with catarrh for several years. She was taken sick in the latter part. of April. 1888. She was treated by several good physicians or Bridgeport, but grew worse. Was or dered Ill May to go into the country for her health. On the 12th of May, she went to Nashua, N. II. There she failed fast and was told by one of the best physicians in Nashua that she could not live three months. Returned home Ju- " and July IS called Dr Morrow, who found her suffering from cough, con- stantly hawking and splitting, with her lower eXtremities almost paralyZed, so that she was unable to walk. In seven weeks, ,she was able to do her own house. work and walk about and on September '2s called at Dr Merrow's office She is now doing the housework for five per sons and sounding the praises of Dr Merrow; she further says that but for him she would have died. Mrs Coles, No. lo Gilbert street, had had a cancer of the left breast for F years. September 26. she consulted Dr Morrow at the Bridge port Medical Institute, who in six days removed 1t without the loss of drop of blood. The doctor has the cancer spec linen at his office. Willie Ketchum of Wheeler avenue aged II, has been affiict- ed with epileptic fits since he was a small boy. Placed under treatment by Dr Merrow, July 2S, he has had but one fit since and that during the first week of treatment.
The Newtown bee., 1889-12-06
NUMBER 49.

In TIT, there were 360 tax payers in list. Following are familiar names: William Hawley, Lemuel Camp, Samuel Camp, Daniel Beers, John Blackman, Jabez Botsford, Amos Hard, John Jud- son, William Northrop, John Northrop, ford, John Tousey, Dr Samuel Thomas, James Sanford. The largest tax payer was Oliver Tousey. Is shillings and 10 pence.
The Newtown bee., 1889-12-06

Gershom Platt will continue to peddle meat on his Brookfield route all Winter, but will discontinue other routes. Hor- ace Platt has made repairs and alterat- ions on his barn, putting in stanchions and stalls in the basement.
The Newtown bee., 1889-12-06

The company which bought John Fer rvs Bogus feldspar mine have sold their interest at Bogus as we'll as Branchville. The new firm announced their intention of resuming operations at Bogus, but nothing has been done there yet.