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Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Boiling sterilizes water, and with
IN thirty minutes will have killed harm.
full a 3teria.
-Flouris preferable to corn-starch
for thickening sauces. 1t i less pasty
and starchy, many cool-bool1s to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Christian
Union.
-Muskmelons should not be kept On
ice too long before serving, as they lose
their flavor if they become too cold;
two hours is long enough to keep them
on ice. .-Demorest.
Layer Cream Cake. One cup Of
sugar, four eggs, one cup Of flour, two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, three
tablespoonfuls Of baking powder; bake
in Jelly tins. Cream cup Of sour
cream, one cup Of sugar, one cup OF
chopped hickory-nut meats; boil five
minutes; spread between the layers. nm
Yankee Blade.
In cases of mai-nutrition, weakness
and exhaustion, fresh raw eggs, whip
ped and drunk in milk, are Invaluable.
Prepared in this way they are digested
in one and one-half hours; swallowed
raw and whole, after the old regime,
they require two hours; soft boiled
they require. three hours, while hard
boiled and fried take an additional half
hour.
Many a child in this world goes
astray, not because there il a want Of
prayer or virtue at home, but simply
because home lacks sunshine. Achild
needs smiles as much as flowers need
sunshine. Children look little beyond
the present moment. If a thing dis
pleases, they are prone to avoid it. If
homo is the place whore words arc
harsh, and fault-finding ever in the az
cendant, they will spend as many hours
rs possible elsewhere. The Home Vis-
it0r
A dainty little pudding is made Of
any stale sponge-cake. say about half q
pound. Cut in slices and soak it in Il
little scalding milk; then beat up light
ly, mixing in the juice and lnely-gratod
rind OF half lemon or teaspoonful Of
orange marmalade, a small piece Of
butter and an egg, well beaten; two
ounces Of sugar, if the lemon is used;
bake half an hour in q quick oven.
Roughly-chopped preserved ginger or
pineapple can be used instead Of the
other fruit. adding some Of the sirup
! instead of sugar.
The following is q cooling oint-
ment for sun burns, etc: Elder low-
ers, two pounds; lard, two pounds; sim
mer till crisp aq4 strain Apply on re-
litilang. iqa .asl6tf b tines during the day
ii you can ~ This will be found to
| greatly beneht the complexion during
the summer months. Now is the timo
to gather the elder flowers. as they are
| in bloom. You need, not make the full
quantity as above, but half or a quarter
Of the amount. But the flowers can DO
obtained only once year, so l think it
best to make enough to last for some
1 time
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

EBEN S. ALLEN, ex-president of the
Forty-second and Grand Street Railroad
Company, New York City, who pleaded
guilty in the Court of General Sessions to
the fraudulent issue of stock of the CON-
pany was sentenced to fourteen years
impris onment in State prison.
THE British bark j. G. Williams from
Buenos Ayres, June u, for Barbados,
sprung a leak while at sea and fouudered.
Her crew arrived at Barbados on the
10th.
OK the 10th, by wreck on the Butler
branch of the West Pennsylvania rail-
road. two persons were killed, two fatal
lv injured, and twenty-seven more or
less seriously hurt.
WILLIAM TRAINoR, who attempted to
rob Money Broker Goetzloeb, at his of
fee in New York City, at the point OF a
revolver, was sentenced to fifteen years
in State prison at hard labor.
ON the evening of the 18th four Of the
Kings Mills (O.) powder mills exploded,
shortly after ali the employees had quit
work. No lives were lost. Loss to prop
erty. $6, 900.
FIRE was discovered in the curiosity
store of H. D. Hill, On the assembly
grounds at CnauLauqud' ~. z, " -
night of the 18th. The fire spread TO q.
H. OTIS book store, and from there 20
three cottages, owned by the assembly
and conducted as boarding houses.
On the night of 18th the motor on
Newport (R L. electric car was 'shor'
circuited, "and the passengers in Jumping
from the car were more or less injured,
Joseph Ferris and man supposed TO DC
VIM. Anderson, Of Philadelphia, were
badly hurt, the latter probably fatally
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Ex-speaker Carlisle in Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO. VIA GALVESTON, Tex,
Aug. 19-Speaker Carlisle and wife left
here for Guadalaiara on Saturday night
accompanied by United States Minister
Ryan. where they will be given recep-
ton by Governor Consona OF the
State Of Jalisco. Previous to
the departure Of the party Romero
Rubio, Secretary Of the Interior, gave
dinner at Tacubaya, at which Mr.. aud
Mrs. Carlisle. Minis ter Ryan and Presl'
dent and Mrs. Diaz were present. The
entertainment is said to have been the
finest ever given in Mexico. Mr.. Carlisle
has received more attention from Mexl-
cen officials since he has been here than
any American since General Grants
visit,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

JOSEPH QUEEN, the original "Old
Black joe" is dead, havi:g passed
away at his little cabin in the out
skirts of Mount Holly, N. j. He was
undoubtedly the oldest man in the
State, having been born in Virginia in
l1T7, according to authentic record.
lie was very patriarchal in appear
ance, and for a long time his head
has been bending low with the
weight OF his extraordinary accumula-
tion of years.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

An exhibition has just been opened
at the Crystal Palace in England of CO.
operative products Of British work.
men, that is at once surprise to En-
gIlshmen and foreign visitors. Sixteen
hundred separate establishments or
ganlzed on the cooperative principle
are represented-some of them very
eXtensive-in which nearly two hun
dred distinct trades or occupations are
carried on. This exhibition is regarded
as the forerunner of the final soluti on
Of the labor problem.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

!, ABOUT 150,000 persons have gone to
The top Of the Washington Monument
since October of last year, when it was
opened to the public. In this number
were relic fiends. who stole a number
Of the brass letters in the block pre-
sonted by the Swiss Confederation.
The rest of the letters have been re-
mo we'd and the inscription cut in the
StOne.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

The treasury hoard is again increas-
ing. There was large reduction made
in it during July, on account of the
heavy ordinary expenditures of the
Government, bringing the surplus down
to about $65, 100000. Since the begin
ming of August. however, it has been
expanding, and is now once more
above the $40, ,O00,0 900 mark. This in
increase is partly due to the falling off
in bond offerings.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Cotton-Growers Satisfied.

The committee of the commissioners
of agriculture of the cotton growing
States have made public their report.
They report very satisfactory results in
their conference with the New York Cot
ton Exchange regarding the substitution
of cotton bagging for jute bagging, and
they think that through the influence Of
the New York and New Orleans ex
changes the matter viii soon be adjusted
to the entire satisfaction Of the cotton
growers.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
HUNTSVILLE ALA. SATURDAY, AUGUST "a 1889.

A HURRICANE swept over the southern
part of Spain on the 18th, causing i'm
mems damage to property. A number of
houses and churches in Grenada were
wrecked, and part of the dome Of the
famous church of San Felipe was blown
down. The Alhambra was also damaged.
On the 18th J. C. Lyons was killed out
right, G. w. Fauly fatally mangled, an
engine and eight cars wrecked and large
rum Der of cattle killed in an accident at
Montgomery, Ind.
On the 18th the body of an unknown
man apparently sixty years old was found
drowned in Brooklyn. An Italian mer-
chant of that city, whose card was found
in his pocket, believes him TO have been
an agent for T. H. Hartman, a Cincinnati
liquor merchant to whom he gave an or
der few days before.
MTaGEZElANEOUs.
On the 10Th, in the British House of
Commons, the government announced its
withds'awaj of the Titlles bill. ~
IT is said that one of the grandest as
semblages of Odd Fellows ever seen on
this continent will be at Columbus. O..
during the week beginning September
TO- The Sovereign Grand Lodge will
then be in session, and the Patriarchs
Militant, the uniformed portion of the
order, will be there in numbers estimated
at from 5000 to 10000.
On the 18th the Thirteenth regiment N.
G. N. Y.S. LETT Brooklyn for a weeks tour,
going first to Cleveland O., and thence
to Hamilton, Ont.
SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY HEPBURN,
IN delving among the records of his
office, has discovered proof of unpaid
personal judgements due the Govern
ment aggregating S25,000,0O0, the great
majority of them secured prior to 1861.
He will attempt to collect them, and is
hopeful of success.
On the 18th the effort to enforce the
Sunday law was reasonably successful
i'll Indianapolis, Ind. A number Of sa-
loon men undertook to defy the Of
ficers, but FIVE Of them were arrested, and
the others then closed up
JUDGE tNGRAHAM, of the Supreme Court
of New York City, on the 10Th, denied the
application of Receiver Gray of the North
River Sugar Refining Company for an
injunction against the corporations COM
posing the Sugar Refneries Trust.
In the race at Newport, +. L, for the
COrinthian Yacht Club sweepstakes, only
40-footers competing. the Minerva won,
the others following in this order: Pa
poose, Gorilla, Liris, Helen, Alice, Toma-
hawk and Marquita.
IT is announced that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is about to establish
pension system for its employees. The
system will be the first Of its kind in this
country, and is likely to attract wide =
spread attention.
On the 10Th the Supreme Conclave Of
the Knights of Sherwood Forest convened
at Minneapolis, Minn., with about fifty
delegates present
On the first Tuesday in September, 1889,
Civil Service examinations for applicap IS
for the railway mail service will be
held in the following named cities: Tue
son, Ariz. San Francisco. Cal Sac
ramento, CAL; Los Angeles, Cal; Den
yer, Col; Pueblo, Col; Boise City,
Idaho; Spokane Falls,W. T.; Miles City,
Mont; Helena, Mont; Carson City,
New; Albuquerque, N. M; Portland,
Ore; Roseburgh, Ore; Salt Lake City,
Utah; Seattle, w. T., and Cheyenne,
WYO.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

THE mad rush to test the virtues OF
the Elixir of Life" is likely to re-
Ccive a check as sudden as was the
start if the cases of evil results con-
tinue to multiply. 1t would seem that
this potent agency, while pregnant
with good results in the hands of q
really scientific practitioner, becomes
Il very uncertain and often dangerous
affair when undertaken indiscrimi-
nately.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Fatal Fall From a Window.

Mrs. James +. Stokes, the wife OF a
prominent planter living at McGee's
Landing, Miss, fell from a second story
window Of the family residence, and was
instantly killed Mrs. Stokes was the
daughter Of Miles McGee, formerly the
wealthiest slave owner in this country
excepting, possibly, General Wade Eamp-
ton. and prior to her marriage some
fifteen years ago was, perhaps, the most
prominent society belle in the South.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Heir to a Big Fortune.

will Manning, head money order clerl
in the Southern Express Office at Birming
ham, Ala, has received the gratifying
news that he is heir to $3.50 000 III money
and property by the death Of his grand
mother in Vincennes, Ind. Young Man
ming read the information with no mani
festation Of either surprise or delight,
but quickly resigned his position and left
for Indiana, where he will take charge Of
his fortune,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
ManpIed by A Runaway Horse.

Robert Boyle, The tifteen-year step-son
of D. H. j. Winn, of Birmingham, Ala,
was riding in a dog cart when the horse
took fright and ran away. The boy was
thrown out, one foot caught in wheel,
and he was dragged some distance and
horribly mangled. He was still alive,
but can not recover. Boyle is heir to an
estate worth nearly $1,000, 600.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Typhoid Fever.

President Thompson Of the Kentucky
Board Of Health has published a letter
concerning typhoid fever. 1t is directed
to health officials especially. He says
typhoid fever is undoubtedly produced
by the entrance into the system Of the
germs of the disease thrown off in fecal
matter. The medium by which this is
conveyed is usually well water, though
sometimes ice, milk and other articles.
The increase Of the diseass is called to
the attention of officials, and special at
tention to disinfection is enjoined. Peo-
pie in general are warned to secure an
entirely safe water supply or to boil all
water.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Serious Damage Threatened by Cotton
Worms.

Messrs. Hill, Fontaine & Co., Of Mem
phis, Tenn, nave reliable information
that the caterpillars have made their ap-
poarance in great numbers in Concordia
Parish, La, and Central Mississippi ad-
iacent to that parish, and are devastating
the cotton crop. The planters are much
alarmed and have ordered many tons OF
paris green to poison the worms and stop
their ravages.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

THE proposed new Atlantic cable
from Labrador to Ireland would be
only LOO miles long, or 200 miles
shorter thIn any of the existing nine
cables There may be room for a
tenth cable, and the enterprise would
prob ably be fairly profitable.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
YeIdell Acq uitted.

The first ballot taken by the jury in the
Yeldell murder trial at Edgefeld, S. c.,
resulted in vote of eleven for acquittal
and one for conviction. The jury soon
afterward unanimously agreed upon an
acquittal. The verdict seems to meet
with the approval of the public. The
prisoner was greatly broken down, his
dervous system having given out. He left
for the North. being escorted to q special
train by military guard to prevent a
lynching.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
VOLUME X.

THE hundred and third anniversary
OF David Crockett's birthday was cele-
brated on the 18th inst. on the NOla-
chucky, the historic Tennessee stream
where the first permanent settlement
was made in the great West.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
wife Murderer Hanged.

Bill Westmoreland, negro wife mur-
derer, was hanged at Jacks onville, Fla.
He was in the company of Father Kenny
and Sister Mary Ann from an early hour
N the morning, and up to the moment
that he swung through the scaffold ex-
hibited a remarkable degree of nerve. He
was twenty five years oll.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
An Illicit still DESTROYED.

United States Deputy Marshal Latin re-
ports the seizure and destruction of an
illicit distilIery, said to belong to Bill
Smith, and located in the mountains,
fifteen miles southeast of Tracy City,
Grundy County, Tenn. There are several
crooked establishments in that section,
but they are 80 we'll concealed it is very
difficult to locate them.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

A vERITABLE ice mine has been dis
covered in Latah County, Idaho. 1t is
situated in Pine Creek canyon, 1000
feet above the sea. Geologists who
have examined it think the formation
belongs to the glacial period.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

THE Gar of Russia has indicated his
Z. hostility toward Bulgaria and given an
open menace to the Porte by confer
ring the Cross Of St Stanisaus upon
Captin Grueff, the notorious abductor
of Prince Alexander from the Bulga-
rian capital.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

SINCE the Fre2ch Republic passed a
measure granting amnesty to desert
ers, nearly 1900 exiles have returned
to their native land, and many of these
have volunteered to serve out the re-
mainder of their terms Of enlistment.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
College Changes.

DR.. j. L. Johnson, late Of the Universi-
ty of Mississippi at Oxford, has been
elected president Of Mary Sharp College
at Winchester, Tenn. Prof. A. +. Dix
who was for many years connected with
this college, has been elected to the chair
of languages.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Killed by His own Wagon.

James Smith, an aged citizen of Chris
tian County, KY, fell from wagon and
was mortally wounded by the wagon
wheels passing oyer his stomach. One
arm was broken by the fall. He can not
possibly recover
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

H.
Death has alre ady caused four va
."ucles IN the House of Representa-
,'eS Of the Fifty-irst Congress.
lanes = n, Burnes, of Missouri; R. w.
oo"nShend, of Illinois. and Edward j..
""y' OF Louisiana. died several months
a:o, and the demise Of James Laird,
n, ~ Neoraska, has just taken place.
! "e tnree first named were Democrats
"lio tne latter Republican. Success
soFS 70 Burnes and Townshend have
sv sT7a CHOSEN, and Gays place will be
I'led BY special election to be held
a September 3. Laird's successor
I 4 probably be chosen before Con-
gress meets.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
A Government Omcer Murdered.

Frank Weller, deputy collector Of in
ternal revenue, Jacksonville, Fla, went
to the house of John BrOwnwell, an Illicit
distiller living near Westville, Holmes
County, that State, to arrest him. As
Weller entered the house BrownN eli
jumped from window, shooting Weller
as he jumped, and killing him instantly.
BroYnwell escaped.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

HE masterpieces of Verestchagin,
the great Russian artist collection of
whose works is to be exhibited in the
ot Louis Exposition this fall, are said
10 be the offspring of genius bent on
preaching silent sermons against war.
4 thls be true they are mutely elo-
qoent, for the awful horrors of the
Uattleheld are uncovered, and;1 though
IneS chill by their nakedness, they
.each moral lesson that strikes every
humane pulse home. Verestchagin
""Sa Participant in the Turko-Rus-
ol"H var himself. and was second TO
'Aooelotf in command at Shipka Pass.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

LIE drop of'nearly SO, 800, 900 in the
tosefVes of the banks of the New York
clearinghouse Association in the week
;uSt ended brings the surplus in those
.'iS'ltutions down to 1882, 525, which
{ 'ne lowest point touched in several
months past.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
Run Over by a Train.

Thomas kelso, a brakeman on the
Decherd & Fayetteville railroad, was run
over by train Of cars at IEelso Station,
Tenn, and killed. The cars became un-
coupled and he fell between them.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24
SOUTHERN GIEANINGS,
Stabbed to Death.

Will Thomas stabbed to death Link
Hudley in game of cards, at Louisville,
KY. Both colored. Thomas is under ar.
rest.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-24

A Nephew of Allen G. Thurman Killed.
Samuel w. Renault, brakeman, who
was killed near Birmingham, Ala, is said
to have been a nephew of Allen @. Thur
man. He was from Paducah, KY.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
Thcre No Trn,hinIf.

CmcAGo, ILL.,, April l2.-Mr. ]. +,
Quinn, manager for Armour & Co., was
interviewed today in regard TO alleged dis
patch from New York that Armour & Co.,
through their influence with the cotton
seed oil trust, had compelled their new
rival, the American Meat Company, to
close is subscription booksand retire. Mr..
Quinn said.
There is no truth in Il, 10 far m this
company Is concerned. Alr. Armour was
in Europe when the stock Of the American
Meat Company was iloated, and ! know
that he never attempted In any way, Ill.
recily or indirectly. to force the company
out Of the business, nor has any representa-
tive Of this firm done 20. We believe
there ia room for other meat companies,
aud have not made aud will not make any
efforts 10 stop their coming into the field.
III never regarded the American Meat
Company. however, as much OF a com
petitor. The reason for the withdrawal o.
the subscription book must be sought else
whore know OF no reason"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
A sawm,i, Escape. 90 Canada.

DETROIT, Mich, April IA special to
the Journal from 81. lgnaco says The
Moiles Brothers mill plant is safe in
Canada. After the Mary left Detour for
this port Wednesday the whole force con-
nected with the Canada bound expedition
was put TO work saving ice, to release the
fleeing craft and their plumber, knowing
the Mary would report her condition and
an attempt be made TO capture them in
American waters. TIE pursuing tug, Sag
atuck, with tho officers and men, which
went from hero yesterday, returned at 3
o'clock this morning. By the time the
pursuers had oyertakcn the fugitives last
night the latter had sawed their way
through the ice into Canadian waters and
there bid defiance ". ,hcif puBuers SEQ
ing the closcnesecof tho situation the saga.
tuck turnet-ba,t The two mill aud ma
clliRl.%y AIDED tges aud the tugs are now
'sbehind an Island in a safe position, and
will remain there until the ice goes out 80
they can proceed 20 their destination.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
a Cotton nanaf,e,urer Fails.

LANCASTER Pa, April u. Geo. Calder.
a prominent cotton manufacturer OF This
city, proprietor Of the Fulton Cotton Mtll,
made an assignment today. Tho liabili.
ties are At least $4,000 and the aHsots
may reach $4,000, Of which not moro than
$50 900 viii 10 Tor general creditors. The
principal creditors are tho VIM. ii. Miles
estate aud bradbury, Wilson & Co, OF Phil-
ndelphia. The failure Is asoribed to de-
preston In tho cotton market and its abil'
ity TO market goods. Fulton Mill, employ
Ing l1O hands, will be continscd In opera
ton temporarily. Calder formerly owned
two cotton mills In this city and ono In
Harrisburg, and was considered wealthy.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
THE ]. s. MENKRN COMPANY.
a onnrnn,In, .,nnen rlennea.

MonLr, Ala, April i9.-All the con-
demncd articles nj tho old quarantine sta
ton ON Ship Island, opposite Biloxi, Miss,
were destroyed today by order, and last
night the yellow fever hospital and d.
lures aud every particle Of matter supposed
10 bc capable of carrying injection was
fired. There was great muss Of bedding,
clothing and refuse loft there when the
quarantine moved last month to Chando-
lcur Island, aud as the mass was known
Ia hp injected with germs and visiiors
we're not prevented from going ON the
island. there was q call through tho prcsa
for It's destruction with the result above
mentioned.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
Ordnr of pnhlIcntlon.

so ae11. n. DIN the Chauc1fy CouH 81 shelby
Connty. Tennis u Cruise, Trustee W }. J.
Il aplsssfing from the bill 81 fcvivor aed IN this
cause April ~ l.s1. which Il sworn TO- that the dc.
idudlnis. w. ~ boucgan aud Fanny noucFan, afa
residents 81 The stale 81 Alabala, and non-rcti'
dunls oi the slaic 81 TcuucsCC,
tits therefore ordered. That they mHkc their M.
rcdrAnce hertin At the Coufthoufc VI shelby
onuniy. IN the CITY 81 Memphis nov TAtlng Dis.
ifict II shelby county, Team, on the htsi Monday
10 May, is,a, aud plead. answer o. demon 20
aid hill ~ rufiYof o. the same VII - taken W
confessed 10 thrm aud set iof hc4fins etspafte,
wceL TOT ionf successive weeks N TmE MExrnn
Arrrit. TlTis eth day Of April iNQ
true copy Attest
En- N9,iESPy olsrt aud Master
i'usiou a Fusion and q W. fieinkoll, solicitors
for Coupininnnts. elenH