Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-06
THE American ship Reaper left San

Francisco recently for Sydney, N. s. W.,
carrying 900 bushels of wheat This
was the first of number Of large ship
ments which will be made to the British
colonies this year to supply the demand
caused by the partial failure Of Australian
crops.
MILL operatives of Manchester, N H.,
nave voted to ask .vr a half-holiday on
Saturday, and appointed committee to
walt on the agents Of the various mills
and present their demands.
ON the 18th there was great excitement
at the New York Coffee Exchange, and at
one time the situation verged on panic.
Before noon prices declined about fifty
points. The market was unsettled owing
to decline of two francs at Havre.
ABOUT nine O'Clock, on the night of the
3lst, meteor Of remarkable brilliancy,
from which myriads of small stars of
nearly all colors whirled off on every side,
was seen to cross the heavens at Port
land, Ore., in a northwesterly direction,
Its tail extending over nearly the whole
SKY. 1t was visible about ten seconds,
and disappeared a few degrees from the
horizon.
The British House Of Commons, in COM
mIttee on the 1st, authorized the naval
expenditures proposed by Lord George
Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty,
by vote of 25l to 75. The estimates in
volve. an expenditure of f2l, 100000.
1T is stated in Geneva, Switzerland, that
an English syndicate with a capital of co.
100000 francs has offered to buy the con-
cesslon for the construction of the SIM
plon tunnel under the Alps.
A NOTICEABLE ex Idus of Russian stu
dents from Zurich, Switzerland, has taken
place since the establishment for the
manufacture of explosives was discovered
by the police recently. The whereabouts
OF the students are unknown.
IT is reported that the American refn-
cry at San Francisco has been sold to the
Sugar Trust. 1t had worked in harmony
with the trust for some time.
The German Government has ordered
the cruiser Speer and the corvette Alex
| andrine to sail for Samoa Immediately,
to replace the two German war vessels
lost in the recent disaster at Apia.
The carpenters and painters of Buffalo,
N. Y, went on strike, on the 1st, to en-
force the nine-hour day. About I,500
men went out.
THE Paris Exposition is still in state
Of great unreadiness. Many cases from
the United States are lying ready for un-
packing, but no exhibits are in place.
After France, England will be the chief
exhibitor.
The Eiffel Tower, at Paris, just COM
pleted, is l 17S feet high.
The Sultan Of Morocco has agreed to
pay a personal indemnity to Great Brit
ain, resulting from the JUDY claims, and
the English feet will remain at Tangiers
until the money is paid.
THE Chattanooga (Tenn.) Tradesman
says that the first quarter of 1889 shows a
continuance Of the remarkable industrial
development of the Southern States.
During the quarter there have been a
number of strong corporations organize4
in the South, resulting in the influx Of
| millians of Northern capital.
A LETTER from an expert miner at Santa
Clara, Lower California, says that the
best judges among the miners there agree
in the opinion that the Santa Clara dis
trict is the richest of any section ever dis
covered on the Pacific slope.