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Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The Fig-Iron Industry.

The Superintendent of Census recent
ly issued his bulletin on the production
of pig-iron in the United States during
the year ended June 30, 1890. In this
bulletin the superintendent says:
The production of pg-iron, including
Bessemer, during the year named aggre-
gated 9,579,779 tons (of 2,O00-pounds to the
tony. as compared with 3,7Sl,02l tons pro-
duced during the census year OF 1880, and
1921 tons during the census year of 1870
1t Will be gratifying to notice the great
strides which the Southern States have made
in the manufacture OF pig. iron since 1880,
the total production in that year being $780,
436 tons, as against ,909 tons in 1890. The
development OF the man ufaeture of pig iron
In the United States during the ten years
from 1880 to 1885 has been phcnomenais and
at the present rate of increase in production
this country is destined soon to become the
leading producer of pig iron in the world,
possibly reaching this distinction in the eal-
endar year 1890.
In point of production, Pennsylvania
stands first, Ohio second, Alabama
third, Illinois fourth, New York fifth.
Viginia sixth and Tennessee seventh.
The superintendent calls particular at
tention to the rapid development of the
blast furnace industry Of the Southern
States as one of the most noticeable
features in the growth Of the manufact-
ure of pig-iron in this country. In the
Western States which produce iron
there has been large increase in pro-
duction.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE Scotch Coal, Iron & Railroad
Company, backed by ample British cap
ital, has purchased for immediate devel
opment stHer $50, 900 acres of the finest
mineral and timber land in West Vir
ginia.
THE State Department has taken
measures to secure full particulars OF
the shooting of Gen. Barrundia on
board an American vessel lying in the
port of San Jose by officers of the Gau-
temalan Government.
PoRTIA, Ark. =. has shipped ,12O car
loads of water melons this season.
IT is authoritatiyely stated at Louis
vile, KY, that the combination in con-
troll Of the fruit brandy trade will soon
advance the price 10 cents gallon.
One dealer has $4,000 gallons waiting
for the advance.
DURING tho past week 6, ,745 steerage
and 2,O63 cabin passengers arrived at
New York The same week last year
5, 994 steerage and 1890 cabin passengers
landed at that port. For the month OF
August there were AZ, $50 and 1906
cabin passengers; for the corresponding
month last year 23, 462 steerage and 13,-
392 cabin passengers.
SAMUEL FRANCIS, while walking II.
the eastern part of Altoona, Pa, on the
31st, was brutally beaten and robbed OF
Of hy 4.
In their endeavors to still his cries his
tongue was wrenched from its roots.
He may recover.
w. ?. CAMPBELL & Co., bankers, or
Florence, Ala, suspended on the 3Oth
owing to the tightness of the money
market East.
THE police of Louisville, Ky, on the
Slst arrested Pat Clark, IS years Of age,
for shooting and probably fatally wound
ing Owen Curly, Is years of age.
LEE PAUL, aged about SO years died
at Lexington, KY, on the 31st. He was
one of the oldest trainers of race horses
in the United States.
THE sixteen shot tower companies OF
the United States have formed ma
tional trust similar to those controlling
the manufacture and price of white
lead, linseed oil and cotton seed oil, ana
there is not one shot manufacturing
plant left out of the organization.
ABOUT $500 people gathered at
Stuart's Springs, Ark, on the 3oth and
enjoyed one of the grandest barbecues
Of the season. Everybody was invited,
regardless OF color or political creed.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
HUNTSVILLE. ALA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1890

REV. WILLIAM EDGELL, Methodist
minister of sBrownstown, w. Va, was
arrested, on the 30th, on a charge OF
forging afiidavits and making illegal
charges in pension cases.
SIX more villages in Southern Hum
gary have been destroyed by fire. This
fearful destruction by flames is due to
the extreme dryness of the buildings
caused by long season of torrid
weather. Twelve persons lost their
lives during the burning of Mezo- X Koezsd
recently.
Ira EVERETT BRIGGS, of Voluntown,
Conn, the son of a wealthy mill-owner,
who some six months ago shot and
killed his fathers coachman, Samuel
Green. has become violently insane,
and has been taken to the State insane
retreat at Middletown.
On the 31st Richard II. Fretlig, while
bathing with his wife at Point Lookout,
l.. l., was carried out to sea by the un-
dertow and drowned.
On the 1st eighty miners were suffo-
Gated by an explosion at Borysla, Ga
licia.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mr. Henrik Ibsen makes his wife
copy all mis- prosy and unsayorY manu-
scripts for him.
Baron Rothschild is an ardghtPhf.'
| latelist, and devotes much time and
money to collecting and arranging
stamps 9
The largest library in the world is
that founded by Lonis NV. in Paris;
there are 1,400, 600 volumes, 175, 600
manuscripts, 100000 maps and charts,
and $50, 600 coins and medals.
The Emperor of China sleeps on a
bed of carved wood magnifcently in
laid with gold and ivory. 1t is said
concerning the Chinese court that the
strictest observance of etiquette ex-
tends even to the parents Of the mon
arch, who, on visiting their son, dare
not omit to bend the knee, whilst the
younger brother of his Celestial Majesty
is subject to observances no less rigid.
Kaiser Wilhelm's Land in New
Guinea is quite prosperous. The soil
and climate in Stephansport and HAITI
feldthaven are very favorable for the
cultivation of tobacco. Last year there
was quite large quantity of the finest
cotton exported from Kaiser Wilhelms
Land, and many shiploads Of corn were
sent to Australia. The cultivation Of
coffee, too, is progressing very satisfac-
torily.
The German Emperor models his
handwriting as closely as possible after
that of his grandfather, and has caused
the Empress to have her photograph
taken for public display and sale, in the
style of dress and attitude identified
with Queen Louisa of Prussia. tie has
scarcely been able, however, to make
the Empress face resemble in any de-
gree that Of the beautiful but unfortu-
nate Queen.
Profit on cheap literature in England
is said to be about as follows: A 'shil-
ling shocker" pays its expenses when
it has sold 4, 900 copies; a three-shilling
book, upon which grade and all higher
grades the price of the cover has to be
accounted for, becomes profitable after
it has sold 1900; six-shilling book
when it has sold 100C; two-volume
library book when it has sold 400, and
three volume book when it has sold
800
DIR John Macintosh. author of the
'History of Scotland" which yMr.
Fisher Unwin Is about to publish, is
secondhand bookseller at Aberdeen.
He is regular dryasdust, and pores
over the books. His customers used to
wonder what he was always doing. As
it turned out, he was writing his ex-
celent History Of Civilization in
Scotland" for which the University OF
his native town conferred on him the
degree Of LII. D.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
THE OTHER SIDE OF lT.
The COnvlcts' Version of the Late Riot In
the Massachusetts State Prison.

The Convicts' Version of the Late Riot In
the Massachusetts, State Prison.
Boston, Sept. 2.-In the Block or
Fort RUSSELL" the place of solitary
confinement in the Massachusetts, State
prison, there are to-day twenty-five or
thirty men who are charged with vio-
lating rules of the institution. They
are supposed to be separated from the
outside world with no commpnication
whatever. Yet last evening there came
to the Herald Office long letter writ
ten on brown wrapping paper and
signed by thirteen of these men, II
tells the convicts' story of the recent
outbreak, and asserts that the warden
is the whole cause of the dissatisfaction
existing in the prison, and that he is
totally untitled for his position. 1t
alleges that the men who participated
in the Bertillon demonstration by
shouting, pounding with dippers, ETC.,
were clubbed, thrust in squads OF four
or six into solitary cells and deprived
of food for fifty hours, and that while
the thermometer stood at "a degrees,
steam was turned into the ventilators
until the men tainted from heat and
lack OF water. 1t was the severity OF
this punishment for ''trifling offense"
which caused the recent riot. In con-
clusion the letter expresses the hope
that the charges which it makes may
be investigated.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
HUMOROUS.

81 kin lick you with both hands tied
behind my back" 'Yes, you'll die
some day wifi both yer hans tied behine
yer back. Puck.
Would you like to hear me
sing In the Sweet BY and BY Miss
Mattie?" She--(sweetly) y)-"Yes, Henry,
but not before. "-N. Y. World.
-"How's business with you, friend?"
Looking up all the time" "What line
are you in?" I'm in the flve-cents-a-
peep street telescope business. Light.
--"Did you see my boy Willie this
morning?" yep" Where was he
going?" THE other way, Mum
That's like him. He always was con.
trary"-Puck.
From all we can learn we Judge that
when wheat is cut down in it's prime it
is mortified; but when it is exposed to
the sun in stacks it is shocked. -Phila-
delphia Press
-Jeweler-'Want it set in a lace
pin? 1t is an odd looking stone.
Where did you get it?" Customer-'.'It
was left this morning by my iceman."
Jewellers weekly.
Small Loss. s.-Cora-''Oh, dear! am
so sorry, Florence! | have broken your
penknife." Florence-"Never mind.
1t doesn't belong to me. It's papa's."-
Burlington FREQ Press.
please, ma am, can't you give me
some dinner? l haven't had bit all
day" But you have big pie there in
your pocket" That's for dessert
ma am. "--H arper's Bazar.
-Visitor-s'Your sister is studying,
music / understand?" Little Girl-''Oh,
no ma am, she doesn't study music. "''She
doesn't?" Nom She only practices
scales an things. IN. Y. Weekly.
Professor Ito class in chemistry
What is the difference between dia-
mond and lump of anthracite coal?"
Aleck Smart-"Chemically they are
about the same; but the diamond will
serve fellow better in pinch. -
jewelers. Weekly.
The English language sounds funny
to foreigner: 'Oh, by the bye, will
come by, by and by, and buy a bicy-
cle," said traveller, and the shop-keep-
er had an attack of brain fever trying
to make out what he meant-Ally
Sloper's Half-Holiday
mo, Stree, ye don't ketch me
sendin' my chillun ter schools Eddica-
ton is the ruin O. the kentry! Eff Bob,
an Jim, an little Kate dom know how
to read, they won't never be tempted
ter pick up dime novel, and plunge
inter yallar slab literature. Yankee
Blade.
Don't you think" she said, as she
gazed out where the stars are, ''that the
idea Of space is something awful and
impressive to contemplated ''Yes,"
said her escort, who is Of an eminently
practical turn of mind, II do; especial
ly if you business is one that needs 4
great deal Of advertising. "-Burlingtoa
rost.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
An Ancient Silver Mine.

James Pallard, Of Davisville, Ala,
mas discovered an abandoned silver
mine in the mountains, four miles east
of that town. Tho entrance to the
mine is in narrow ravine, and drift
had been worked 60 or 70 feet. Some
stone picks and pans were found in the
drift, and it is believed the mine was
opened and worked by the Indians
Some of the ore has been examined by
experts, who claim it will yield at least
$500 of pure silver to the ton. Few
people suspected the existence of silver
ore in that locality, and it is certain
the mine was never worked by white
men. The find has revived interest in
the stories and traditions of rich de-
posits of siver discovered in that To-
cality by the Creek Indians many years
before the country was settled by white
men.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

AS branch Of the investigation
winch the Department of Agriculture,
phaer ! the direction of Secretary ]. NJ.
musk IS making into the relation of
tallroads to forest supplies, there has
oeen published by the department an
exhaustive report upon the "Substitu-
moh Ir OF Metal for Wood in Railroad
iles BY E. E. Russell Tratm c. E.
Hr' lratman reviews the experiments
mat have been made with metal ties,
ootn IN Europe and in this country,
anu tne conclusion reached is that the
proposed substitution is practicable.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

NEXT after His Holiness Pope Leo
the most talked about man in Italy at the
present moment is Captain Casati. the
Italian explorer Of Africa, the compan-
ion of Emin, 50 praised by Stanley. He
has been feted and interviewed, has
been presented to His Majesty King
Humbert, and requested by Premier
Crispi to consider the question of enter
ing the service Of the country in diplo-
matte capacity
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

COLONEL SULLIVAN has made his bow
across the footlights and announced his
determination 10 eschew pugilism for
the future and devote his time and
talents to the delinea ton of the robust
and heroic in the dramatic line. If he
only manages to prove that he has a
honest Heart and Willing Hand" in
the way of keeping his promise, people
may In time, be induced to forget, or
at least forgive, the brutal role in which
ne has posed for SO long.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
MrRpER las been terribly on the II

MURDER has been terribly on the in
crease in all the cities ofthis land since
the date Of Kemmlers execution. 1t
would appear that the murderers either
don't read tie newspapers to find out
what the doctors think of electrical
execution, or they don't care what the
doctors think, or they don't stop before
committing their crime to think what
the consequences will be. OF these
three propositions the latter is the most
likely TO be true.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
A Mammoth Steel Plant.

Ground has been broken at Middles.
borough, KY, for mammoth open
hearth basic steel plant, tho only one Of
it's kind in the country. 1t is being
built for the Watts steel and iron syn
dicate of London, and will cost 5000, 0OO
There will be three acres of ground
under roof, and 1000 men will be en-
ployed in the works.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
PERSONAL AND PoLITiCAL.

MIR. SANIlEY, of the Irish Board of
Works, and Mr. jackson; one of.the joint
secretaries of the British Treasury,
are making a tour of the northwest OF
Ireland for the purpose of reporting as
to what relief work shall be inaugu-
rated in order to assist the people in
case of famine arising from the failure
of the potato crop.
On the 31st DR.. Gibier, the head OF
the New York Pasteur Institute, re-
turned from Berlin. He. had attended
the conference of medical men at Ber-
lin, which, he says, adopted the opinion
that Pasteur's theory was success.
HOUSE committee on Territories has
ordered favorable report on resolu-
tion providing for the appointment OF
select committee Of seven members to
visit the Territories of New Mexico,
Arizona and Utah and gather statistics
that will enable Congress to decide
whether these Territories arc entitled
to Statehood or not
I AFTER listening to the protests OF the
Armenian Patriarch agains the abuse
of Christ tians in Armenia, tho Sultan,
on the '1st, promised that reforms
should at once be introduced in the
government of that province. The
Patriarch thereupon withdrew his res
ignation, which he had previously in
sisted upon the. Sultan accepting.
On the 1st f. r. Swift, editor and pro-
prietor of the Waterbury Conn Sun
day Herald, was fined 500 in the police
court for libeling Mayor Charles r. Bald
win. He appealed
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
Died from Having a Tooth Pulled.

DR.. Joe Bell, formerly postmaster
and prominent citizen of Shelbyvillo.
KY, died there the other night under
peculiar circumstances. Several weeks
ago he had jaw-tooth pulled and a
painful abscess formed, which swelled
so that silver tube was inserted in his
throat to enable him to breathe. This
prolonged his life several hours, but he
died from suffocat tion, caused by the
swelling in his throat
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

THE new cruiser Philadelphia seems
n he swifter even than the other fly
era which have been added to this
branch Of the navy in the past two or
three years. In some respects, at least,
the United States will soon be able to
dub herself mistress of the seas.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

TIE first bullion notes issued under
tbe sherman Bullion bill were to the
Kansas City, Smelling Works for $50,
900. They were numbered from to So
and were for,S1, 900 each. One Of them
was Immediately presented for pay
mant and.rsdeemed in gold.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
Dabbled in Rock Island Stock.

Frank M. Allen, teller, of the Capital
City Bank, Nashville. Tenn, is short in
his accounts to the amount of $40, 900 OF
S45, 000 Allen has been specializing in
Rock Island stock with the bank g
money, and a recent fall in the stock at
New York caused him to make con-
fession Of his shortage to w. A. Benson,
vice-president of the bank. The Guar.
antee Company Of North America is on
his bond for $4,000 and relatives are
endeavoring to pay the other $50, 000
He is thirty-one years Of age, married
and has here tofore stood high in the
community. The bank is sound and nc
trouble is anticipa ted.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
A Date for n Hanging.

Governor Fowle of North Carolina has
issued warrant for the execution OF
Steve Jacobs, the Croaton Indian muir
derer, and the latter is ordered to be
hanged at Lumberton, September &C.
Six months ago the Governor issued a
similar warrant, but before it reached
the sheriff of Robson County Jacobs
had escaped by the aid Of friends.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
Missionaries Depart for China.

An enthusiastic party Of missionaries
of the NJ. e. Church South, left st.
Louis the other day for Shanghai. China.
In the party were Mr.. and Mrs. Brown,
of Atlanta, Ga, and Miss NJ. Littleton
Smithley, of Jersyville. Va.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
Struck Terror to the Lawless.

Captain Gather, Of the company
which is protecting Judge Lilly's court
at Hazard, Perry County, Ky, says
Joe Davidson, leader of the French
faction in tho French-Eversole feud,
has been captured. He says Davidson
is the worst desperate Of all, and his
capture has struck terror into the law.
less bands
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

ApAssEYGER elevator to the summit
n Mont Blanc, in the Savoy Alps, is pro-
ro,ed by an American engineer. The
shaft is to be of eight compartments,
Zach six feet square, intended to carry
A triple-decloH elevator for twenty
saven passengers.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

THE EiHel Tower in Paris is ITO be
allied for Obtaining a: very high
rressure by means of a tube 7-ranning
f.or, ton to bottom and filed with mer-,
cnrv A pressure of 400 atmospheres is
.bro obtainable.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
Two Female ConyIcts Burned.

Two female county conyicts were
burned to death in house on the farm
Of Fl. J. Hill, near Washington, Ga. who
has lease of all convicts in that Judi
cial circuit
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

rur total count of the population OF
40 state of Idaho, as announced by the
census Bureau, is 81 ss9; D, In 1850 the
onnIation was 2,616. This is an in
ft-oase Of 81. SO.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the 3cth Engineer Ed Hill and
Fireman John Seaman were killed by
the overturning of their engine on the
Columbus, Shawnee & Hooking Valley
railroad near Shawnee, 0.
FIFTEEN persons were killed by the
falling in of the roof of burning build
ing at the vile of Mejoe Kerestze, in
the district Of Bersod, Hungary, on the
30th. ss-la @t .t& ss E&se
On the 30th Miss Ida Gfroerer, beau
tiful young lady Of Hamilton, O., was
filing gasoline reservoir, when the
oil ignited and exploded. She was
frightfrH~ ''ooA. cut the face and
S-lothing on hei
After suffer
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
A Remarkable Rainfall,

The rainfall at Springfield. KY, as
reported by the State signal service
observer there, for the thirty-six hours
ending at 6 p. M, August %, was 917
inches.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06
He Was Short.

H. c. Cans, cashier of the Bank Of
Commerce Of Owensboro KY, died three
months ago. An examination of his
books shows shortage Of 81 goo.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

GERMAN railways run four classes OF
.rriqoes-frst and second with uphol-
.torod seats; third class good hard
Toolen seats without disguise; fourth
o1oss no seax at all.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

posroy expects, on the official records,
poorodited with 445, 900 inhabitants.
~ tbe preliminary figures its aggregate
'r.s mt at 437, 900. -7tlLTTEf
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

,ecan,Is cnpIAIs ALIANiv. REED, who was
Of ina!y investigated by naval court
nirs11 11'try ry on charges .preferred by Ad.
Old -. uiIAs, has been restored to his
q, p;i SoLl hand Of the United State steam
Set.'S 'Gnmond. Admiral Gillie
~ o'a'aed from the
" waiting orde
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

IN iron production Pennsylvania
Aolds the lead in wonderful fashion,
YO"Sluerlng the great advances which
Ha'e oeen made in this direction in
V'nef parts Of the country, especially
n n 'tle South during the past few years.
mat State, which produced 81 per cent.
~ ,a .ne output OF the whole country in
i''o' stlll produces 40 per cent. Ohio is
second standing next to Pennsylvania
~ WIS respect, as it did in 1880, but
:A'@oama, which was tenth in that year,
: 'nlfd now. The growth of Alabama
80 an lron-producing State is without a
this field. y
Huntsville gazette., 1890-09-06

M nL4Ep, 1923; injured. &c, so9-not
.aI"e ae and hogs, but human beings
H'' IS the record Of the railroads in
~ I onited States for the year ending
tue S. 'V, 1889, as shown BY the Inter
III" NY. commerce Commission's report
sa .1S' issued. 1t is a ghastIy record. One
;tsison killed for each 10000 inhah-
inh.#'. Sn'S' one person injured for each 9, 500
.;nao!tants, ~ But only small proper
son ,Un VI TINS mortality has visited pas
Az: SoFS' only $40 passengers were killed
mn l8 the year, The employees killed
WI puoered L972. "other persons. killed
no; NY 0'o4L This last class is composed
A. my OF persons struck while walking
h., u"cK or crossing track on streets or
yn5io,y crossings, either afoot or in
s,a.E e and Of tramps killed while
jn;n-s rides on freight trains. OF the
sarre' eu' 2O,O2S were employees, ., 146 pas.
sefS and 3, 1876 other. persons.
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