Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-05
FOOD FOR FICTION.
Realistic Tales Taken from Real Life and
Jotted Down Hastily.

Realistic Tales Taken from Real Life and
| Jotted Down Hastily.
Hopkins pard has not arrived His
cOnditi III is much > Orse.
It is said that gcll la teen discover
ed in Franklin county, y massachusetts,.
There wele fever busln IS ia res in
Cincinnati during 1888 than jh-le have
| been for five years past.
Fire destrol ed large six story brick
building at st. Louis. he loss is esti-
mated at nearly $5O0,C
During a hotel tile at St. ouis, three
women JumE ed from d third story win
dow. One of them was killed
A national convent ion Of colored Cath
, olics continued at Washington thurs
day.
John Matthews, one OF the condemned
Bald Knobbers. who escaped from jail
at Ozark, Mo-, has been re- aptul ed.
Two pupils of the institution for the
deaf and dumb were drywned while
skating at Colt mbus. A third barely
escaped.
The mayor Of Chi ago has asked the
courts TO definite instructions as to the
extent of his power in dealing with an
archists.
1t is, pro- osed to have an extensive
park at Washington, the expense to be
borne jointly by congress and the Dis
trlct of Columbia.
A large company OF veterans, all Of
whom had served und Gen George H.
Thoma5, called on his widow at Wash
ington.
The steamer Natchez struck a reef
near Lake p evidence, La, and was
badly damaged. No lives were lost, but
the boat and cargo will prove a total
loss
The new Players Club" has been for
mally o.ened at New York. Edwin
Booth delivered the address, and gave
the title deeds of the property to his
fellow players.
A collision between the steamers Sarah
and Ii G. Warmoth near p, lingten.
Miss, resulted in the sinking OF the
Warmoth and the d owning of Mrs. Sa-
rah Gabriel. passenger.
The Frederick Douglass Library asec-
citation, OF Alexandra. Va, celebrated
the 2t tn anniversary Of the emancips
ton proclamation. A | It from Prssi-
dent elect Harrison was read.
Bradstreets summary of failures in
the United States shows the following
comparisons: Failures in 1888, 10,5ef,
against 9,740 in 1887 and 1e,569 in 1855.
Total actual assets in 1888, 81 ,g90, oil;
in 1887, $64, COL 900; in 1886, $50, els, lie.
General liabilities in 1888, $120, ,24a, 4t9;
in 1887, $l30 sos, 900; in 1856, S118,64s,-
Y91. Per ent of assets to lab: Titles In
1889, $52; in 1887, SOLE; in 1886, $40.
All the Touring mills in st. Louis, ex-
cept one Closed under an agreement
entered into by the uillers' assoc alton
at its late con senEion at Milwaukee. The
execution is the Anchor mill, which will
$50 close down as soon as it fills two or
three unimDortant orders on han1. Un
der the agreement noted. $50 mills in the
fall wheat belt will either cloe down or
run on talf time dur ng January.
A dispatch rom Philadelphia says:
To-day al the dies, numb r.ng between
500 and 800, used during the year 1888
in The Tn ted States mint, were Destroy
ed un er the recticn of superb endent
Fox. n the presence OF the chief coiner
and assayer At | 0 clock the dles were
all taken to a blacksmith sho>, where
the were ub ected to hite at, the
temief &c NJ ldkeH Out o. the Sttti.
Then each die was pa ed upon an anvil
ana two stalwart blacksmiths, with
sled hammers. dea lower u blows
u on the fl. e. thus dest oy ng and OBJ
literating the in crij ton. III op ration
required about two hours.
Evictions on the Clphert estate in
DONEGAL, ireland, were attended with a
serlco Of citing enes. The house OF
Black mith o Donnell was strongly bar
ricaded Tne bailiffs we lepuised, and
then ha o.ice attempted TO capture the
p!a e. Ser.-e ut sleComb vi; di abled
by bein V ounded with pit hfork in
the hea AM !eg, AMI struck on the
Lead with a ST ne. Rim. .5ing cheers greet
ed ca h successive lepulse. Finally the
sol:iers, having Leen ordered 10 fire, the
esieged, ON the advice of Father Ste
-phens. surende red Ten ! ersons were
arrested he defenders were ch sered
by large crowd. Father McFadden
wa amo the spectators, and joined in