Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

OF the Civil Guard.
| GEORGE ANDERSON, Of Valparaiso, Ind.
got drunk Christmas, and attempted to
| murder the family of John Van Vert
| with razor. He was overpowered by Mr..
| and Mrs Van Vert, aided by their hired
| man, and later arrested.
SIOUX FALLS, OAK, had its first snow
storm OF the season on the Goth.
The Missouri river was still open at
Chamberlain, Oak, on the 9th, and the
weather continued moderate.
THE Machine brothers, of Havana,
Cuba, who, while under sentence of death
for kidnapping, escaped from Jail month
| ago, murdered detective who was after
them, on the 9th, and again made their
| escape.
The Richmond (va.,) Whg announced
| its suspension on the 9th.
THE sporting goods house of c. A.
| Gardner, of Hastings, Neb., failed on
the 26th, with largo liabilities; assets
| unknown.
GUsTI VAsKo, the murderer Of Skokam,
| of Perth Amboy, n. j., was, on the 9th,
sentenced to State prison for ten years.
| The ducking-tub and hanging by the
| wrists-modes of punishment long in
vogue at the Ohio penitentiary-have been
abolished by Warden Coffin as too severe
| and inhuman, and the dark dungeon SUBJ
| stituted in their stead.
| A SPECIAL from Saqua La Grande
| Cuba, on the 9th, announced the murder
| Of soldier and sergeant of the Civil
Guard by the bandits near Jicotea.
| EDWARD w. Rowland, formerly of New
Bedford, Mass, was murdered, on the 18th,
| in Mexico, where he has for year
| had charge of two electric stations. He
leaves widow in Lynn.
THE Big Rapids (Mich.) City Gas works
were destroyed by fire, on the 9th, leav-
| ing the city in darkness.
| A SERIOUS riot, growing out of dispute
| over the ownership of a goose, occurred
| near Tripp, Dak., on the 9th, between
| Russian Mennonites and Americans.
| One of the latter, Charles Johnson, was
| fatally hurt, and his brother Georges
| arm was broken. Three Russians were
| cut, but none fatally.
| THE Honorable Miss Cornelia Elizabeth
| Prrttie, second daughter of Lord Dunal-
| ley, was killed while hunting at Kilber,
near Nenagh, County Tpperary, Ireland,
on the 2Sth. While riding at full speed
| her horse stumbled and she was thrown
from her saddle. Her feet became entan =
a considerable distance, head downward.
When her horse was finally stopped she
was dead.
SIX prisoners, each under sentence to
the penitentiary for two years, escaped
from Jail at Butte, Mont, on the 9th.
ADVANCE sheets Of the annual report of
the Dominion Minister OF Customs show
that the exports of Canada during the fis-
cal year ended June last amounted to
800, $50, 900, and the imports to $11l, 200, 900
the largest balance of trade against
Canada since the Dominion was formed.
MISS ANNIE C. GARRETT, daughter Of
the late James and Ann Garrett, Of Ches-
ter County, Pa, died at Milan, Italy, on
the 27th.
THE Bey of Tunis has ordered that all
foreign employees become naturalized
Frenchmen, and the Italian Government
has addressed an amicable note of protest
to France on the subject.
GENERAL GRENFELL, with Welsh regi
ment of cavalry and detachment of Sou
danese from the garrison of Suakim, made
a reconnaissance of the enemy's country
for four miles, on the 2Sth, and reports
that he only saw a few rebels riding on
camels, who quickly retreated on his ap-
proach. General GrenfeIl filled up the
rebel wells and returned.
THE British bark William N. Chapman,
from Hamburg, December IA, for New
York, was sunk off North Foreland, En-
gland, on the Goth, by collision with the
British steamer Bedlormie.
ONE Hathaway, a Canadian, was impris-
oned at Ft. Mckinney, Wyo., in 1885,
charged with being a deserter from the
United States army. He brought his case
to the notice of the British Government
which has succeeded in obtaining for him
from the United States an indemnity OF
$1,000.
PETE MORRIS attempted, on the 2Sth, to
kill an old man named Higdon, near Cum
berland Gap, Tenn. Higdon's daughter,
Martha, interfered in her fathers defense,
and fatally shot Morris.
CHARLES SHAw-LERFEvRE, Vlscount
Eversley, died in London, on the 18th,
aged ninety four years
PROF. PAUL COMBS, aged thirty, mem
ber of the faculty of the Maryland Agrl-
cultural College, was dl owned, on the 2Sth,
on Breton's bay, near Leonardtown, st.
Mary's County, Md, in full sight OF ms
mother and other members of his family,
while cunning for ducks.
DELoRAINE, q thriving village of about
500 inhabitants in the Southwestern part
of the Province of Manitoba, was nearly
destroyed by fire on the 2Sth.
SIX prisoners who escaped from the
Tippecanoe County lInd.) Jail on Christ
mas night, were recaptured near Corwln,
in the southern portion of the county, on
the 27th.
PRApo, the murderer of Marie Ague-
tant, q prominent member of the denn-
monde of Paris, was guillotined in the
Rouuette prison on the 18th.
THE wheat crop of the United States for
the year 1888 is estimated at 4O0,000,0O0
bushels.
ELIJAn HASKELL, Of Strawn, Henry
County, Ind, shot and instantly killed
Miss Delilah Allison, domestic In the
employ of R. R. Colburn, on the 2sth, and
then shot himself, dying in two hours.
Refusal of Miss Allison to entertain pro-
posaI of marriage is supposed to have
been the cause of the tragedy.
TROUBLE is brewing in Hawaii over the
construction, by an English company, OF
a street railway from Honolulu 70 val
kiki. in which the British Government
NAV be called upon to take ahost.ie hand.
THE total score In the international
OF Sr,an EDXtAn6.