Huntsville gazette., 1889-08-03
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources,
PERSONAL AND por.rrrcax

ANASO~NAk AIsD ROzzxEtGAxss
iHE jury IN the celebrated Howard libel
suit at Jackson, Tenn, found for Howard.
nxlng the damages at one cent.
On the 2Sth Captain William Ha IL, aged
sixty, native of Liverpool, dropped dead
OF apoplexy, at Brooklyn, while disputing
about wages with two sailors on board
his ship. The Spe ndthrift.
On the 2Sth Emperor William arrived
at W1lhelmshaven and dined at the Off
GERS Club. He afterwards attend ed di-
vine service, and later gave an audience
to Herr Won Beningsen, the National Lib
eral leader. The Emperor's visit at
tracted thousands of people from the
district around Wilhelmshaven.
OK the 9th Prof Oldreieve, Of Chelsea.
Mass, the champion water walker of the
world, accomplished the feat of walking
five miles across the bay near Hull
HENRY E. ABBEY in an interview states
that the report of Mary Anderson's in
sanity is absolutely untrue Her mind is
in no way affected by her illness.
THE London Telegraph says of the vote
of the Parnellites in support of the roy
atty grants ''The support of the mon
archy on the part of Mr.. Parnell and his
following is one Of the most notable
most complete division of the domestic
from the American wing of the Irish
party"
HENRY GEORGE and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. Haberkorn (Margaret Mather) were
among the passengers arriving at New
York on the steamship Umbria from
Liverpool on the 2Sth.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEF oTE, British Minis
@o,- ~ hn ir,T
don from Washington on the 2Stb, and
was enthusiastically welcomed.
NJ. DREsSLERs, who is on the way to
join Emin Bey in East Africa, writes that
he expects to come up with Emin about
the end of October or the beginning of
November.
PROF. SCHLIEMAN, the renowned Ger
man antiquarian, is visiting in London.
He is expected to spend some time in En-
land.
On the 2Sth Mrs. Alexander Sullivan
arrived on the steamship City of Berlin
from Liverpool. She declined to be in
terviewed.
RETURNS from the French general cleo
tion on the 2Sth in $50 cantons indicate a
disastrous defeat for Boulanger, VIII car
ried but twelve of the number.
on the Goth Minister Reid cabled the
State Department that he had taken the
statements of the three ladies who were
the victims of an alleged outrage COM
mitted by French officers at Mentone,
France. These statements were all that
were wanting to put the record in shape
for laying the matter before the proper
authorities.
ON the 21st the President and Private
Secretary Halford returned from Deer
Park to Washington.
MoRLEY's amendment to the Royal
Grants bill in the British Parliament was
rejected on the 29th-355 to 13i. Mr..
Gladstone, the Parnellites, and most of
the Liberals voted with the majority.
NOT a dozen members attended the
session of the South Dakota COnstitu-
tional convention on the 29th and no bus
mess was transacted.
PROF. OLDERIEvE, who started from
Hull, Mass, on the night Of the 2Sth to
walk on the water to Boston, arrived in
the latter city on the following morning,
after a severe experience in the fog, hav-
ing lost his way and gone ashore first at
Long Island light.
STEPHEN w. DORSEY, having purged
himself of contempt of court by appear
ing at the supplementary proceedings in
the matter of the Nevada Bank of San
Francisco, he was on the 29th spared the
necessity of appearing before Judge
O'Brien in the New York City Supreme
COurt