Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
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summary of Important and Interesting
News-World's News Abridged.

News-World's News Abridged.
The Bulgarian exiles in Roumania and
hussla are plotting for formidable in
vasion of Bulgaria.
r me depot building at New Berne, N.
-, together with its contents. was en-
tlreiy destroyed by fire Wednesday.
by Jury's verdict in Louisville, Fran
cis - Goos, the colored mistress of James
W. homan, an old farmer recently de-
ceased, was given all his property, in
amount $4,000.
A. w. Edens, Of the firm Of Eden &
Co., real estate agents of Boston. was
arrested Thursday, CHARGED with utter
ing forged deeds Of lots of land n Florida.
MIR. Parnell has engaged Sir Charles
husseil, MIR. Asquith and Arthur Russell
70 conduct the libel suit brought by him
against The Times. The trial of the case
VIII take place in London in the autumn.
1he Minnesota street car company sue
| ceeded IN running several cars Thursday,
Dut the strike is not by any means over.
| There were several brushes" between
strikers and their sympathizers and the
poilce The police fear more trouble.
Thomas +. Scanlan, doing business as
the New England Piano company, with
aa office at 157 fremont street Boston,
and ~ Fifth avenue, New York, with a
factory at Roxbury, Mass, has failed
| and assigned to Godfrey Morse, lawyer.
Liabilities 100000.
The postoffice department officials have
rescSllded an order issued during the last
| administration having for its object the
dlscouragement of the practice by train
men OF carrying special newspaper cor
respondence and other matter on other
than mail trains.
From 100 to $50 fourth-class postmast-
ers are now being appointed daily. Of
these about one-third are to fill existing
| vacancies. Another third are appointed
| in the places of postmasters removed for
cause, and the other third succeed post
masters who have served about four
years.
The white Republican and protection
Democrats, so-called, of Birmingham,
Ala, were much rejoiced Thursday by
| report from Washington that their can
didate for the position had been appoint
ed postmaster Of the city. The appoint
ment, after so long and hot contest,
was regarded as an assurance of the re-
cognition and support of the white Repub-
hcan party and their protection allies by
the administration.
Elections in many cities and towns Of
Illinois on the liquor selling question were
held this week. A summary of the re-
suits reached shows that the prohibition
lists were successful in the choice of anti
license candidates in eighteen towns and
secured high license in two; that the IL
Cense element carried the day in seven
teen municipalities; that the straight
republican ticket was victorious in six
and the democrats in eight.
The president Thursday made the fol-
lowing appointments:
Robert P. Porter, of New York, to be
superintendent of census.
VIM. III. Calkins, Of Washington terri
tory, to be associate justice of the SUI
preme court of the territory of Wash
ingtOIL
John b. Donnelly, of Louisiana, to be
marshal of the United States for the
eastern district Of Louisiana.
The Minnesota house Of representa-
tives has passed bill to make drunken
ness crime, which had previously passed
| the senate. The penalties prescribed are;
For the first offense a fine not less than
$40 nor more than $40, or punishment
for not less than 10 days nor more than
40 days; for the second offense fine not
less than $50 nor more than $50, or pun-
ishment for not less than 80 days ney
more than 30; for the third and later Of
fenses imprisonment for not less than go
nor more than 80 days.
At Londonderry, while Professor Har-
rison was being carried to jail, under
sentence for assisting tenants resisting
eviction, he was heartily cheered by the
populace The sergeant who was in
charge of the policemen who arrested
Professor Harrison, ordered his men to
''beat the devil out of them," and Fathers
Gildyea, Boyle, Conyear, O'Brien and
McShea, and reporter of The London
Daily News were roughly handled. The
crowd trampled upon women, and, in
some instances were clubbed by police.
| The excitement was intense, the popu-
lace being greatly enraged by the action
of the police.
The Interstate commerce commission
has issued an order citing twenty-seven
railroad companies to appear before the
| commission at its Office in Washington
city on the Sd of May next, to answer
and set forth before the commission the
persons and classes of persons, if any, to
whom each of them, respectively, have
issued free passes or free transportation,
to persons other than its own officers and
employees and officers and employees Of
other railroad companies and all condi-
tions and limitations connected there
with in each instance, and how they do
| this branch of their business.
Is Mrs Ianptry Secretinp Herself?