Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-07-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


OWEN HowELLs, colored, of Milwau-
Manager Lift of the Biiou Opera House
for refusal to honor his tickets for the
parquette on account Of his color.
ROBERT B. CARNAHAN,aged sixty-four
years, who was United States district
attorney under President Grant died
at his residence in Pittsburgh, Pa, on
the 4th, after long ILLNESS.
On the Sd, before leaving Washington
for Cape May, N. j., President Harrison
approved the bill admitting Idaho into
the Union.
On the 9th Bishop Gruscha, formerly
vicar of the Austrian army, was en-
throned as Archbishop of Vienna.
P. T. BARNUM celebrated his eightie tn
birthday at Bridgeport Conn.,, on the
9Th. giving an eight-course dinner to all
his employees and their families at the
fifty persons partook of the spread, and
freely showered congratulations upon
the veteran Snowman.
On the 9th the Bohemian societies of
New York City held meetings and de-
livered orations in memory of John
Huss their great countrymans who was
burned at the stake years ago on ac-
count of his efforts in behalf of religious
freedom. Contributions were literally
made toward fund that is being raised
for the erection of monument to Huss
in that city.
On the stu Edwin Chadwick, the
noted English SAM tary reformer, died,
aged eighty-nine years. He had done
much to improve the sanitary condition
of the people, especially of the poorer
classes.
IT is said that complaints are to be
made to Rome agains5 Bishop La
Fleiche, of Three Rivers, Can, who is
accused of having taken an active part
in the recent elections for the Quebec
Legislature. r-..-........t "a
On the 9th Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
delivered sermon at the Chautauqua
Assembly grounds at Beatrice, Neb. on
the "Power of Testimony" to ten thou
sand people, or as many as could crowd
within hearing. Excursionists were
present from all over Nebraska and
Kansas, and it is estimated that fully
thirty thousand people were on the
grounds
IT is said that the Pope has confirmed
the action of Archbishop Corrigan in re-
gard to DR.. BurtselL of Brooklyn, who
espoused the cause of DR.. McGlynn, and
DR.. Burtsell will be transferred to a
rural parish. s
d. w. FAUNCE, of West Newton,
Kas., has been awarded the Fletcher
prize of $500 offered by the trustees OF
Dartmouth College for the best essay on
Prayer. h s
COURT circles in Berlin are greatly
disturbed in consequence of the action
Of Dowager Empress Frederick in in
vesting the fortune she inherited from
the Duchess of Galliera in England.
On the 9th Messrs. Zimmerman and
Klein, of New York, and Mr.. jacob, of
San Francisco, won prizes in the rife
contests in Berlin.
SIGNoR CoRTI has been appointed
Italian Consul at New Orleans. -
DIR. HARLOW. of Poughkeepsie, N. ",
up to the 7th had lived for forty-ffve
days on glass of milk or cup of coffee
daily, losing forty -four pounds, but re-
tanning his health. G
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
AT Middletown, Ind, Grandma"
Mizehart dropped dead from excitement
during fire, on the night of the 1st;
Captain c, Sheridan fell in fit which
nearly proved fatal, and Daniel Bickle
was knocked down and fatally trampled
by horses.
KEMMIER, the Buffalo IN. Y. wife,
murderer, has been re-sentenced to die
by electrocution during the week be-
ginning August T. -.
MANY lives have been lost and much
property destroyed by floods in the
Province Of Tomsk, Western Siberia. -
A CHILD of w. E.oWhetherbee, OF
Keene, N. H., was burned to death
while its father was at church, on the
9th, by its clothing taking fire from an
overturned oil-stove. In her efforts to