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Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
The Fourth or Ring Finger.

1t is a generally known fact that the
fourth, or ring finger OF the human
hand is not on par with the other
fingers, it being the weakest, the least
flexible and the most rebelious in
action. Scientific men explain this
feebleness by the theory that the
lateral tendons joining the ring finger
to the others composing the hand in a
measure paralyze its movements. To
the majority of people it matters little
that one of the fingers should be in
ferior to the rest in strength; as a sci
entific oddity, however, it is worthy
of note; to the pianist or the
player of stringed instruments it is a
source of considerable inconvenience.
AS art can in the present day remedy
most defects which incommode us,
medical man has thought that some
thing might be done to free the ring
finger He informs those interested in
the matter that if they wish to have a
strong, flexible fourth finger they have
but to submit to surgical operation,
which consists in dividing the tendons
Of the hand. The operation, which ia
very simple, scarcely deserving of the
name, has recently been performed on
several New York, Boston and Brook
.Yn pianists. st Louis Republic.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS:

THE Secretary of the Navy. on tho
4th awarded to Cramp & Sons, of Phila-
delphia, the contracts for building two
coast-line battle ships, increased twelve
feet in length, for 49, 900, 900 each, and
the protected cruiser on the department
plans for 50, 725, 600.
SEVERAL deaths are reported from the
island of Achill, on the west coast of
Ireland, owing to a lack of proper food,
and indirectly to the failure of the
potato crop
The Mississippi River Commission.
after sitting in New York City for a
week, finished its work, on the 4th,
after apportioning over So, 900, 900 for
the improvement of the Lower Missis-
sippi and its tributaries. The commits
sion will report to the Secretary of
War, and the work of improvement will
begin as soon as he approves the ap-
portionment.
ALL the Scotch iron furnaces are now
quenched with the exception of few
which do not belong to the Iron Mas
ters' Combination and which make iron
for private purposes. The lockout re-
duces the market supply 20, 900 tons
weekly.
THE persons having the matter Of
purchasing supplies for the destitute of
Oklahoma in charge say that the $47,-
600 appropriated by the Government
for that purpose will not go far toward
relieving the distress of the sufferers.
OFFICIAL returns show that four Of
the British Government factories, with
II, 900 employees, have turned out fire.
arms to the value of $12, 900, 600 during
the past year. The improvement in the
manufacture of smokeless powder is
progressing satisfactorily.
The cholera scOurge is believed to
have broken out in Barcelona, Spain,
where five suspected cases have been
reported, two of which proved fatal.
On the night of the 9th fifteen thou
sand persons were in the "German-Day''
torchlight parade in Baltimore, Nd.
The line was made brilliant by the use
Of every known Illuminating device.
The seventy enormous and very elab-
crate floats presented a beautiful ap-
pearance.
QON the 9th the local postal service of
Constantinople, was suspended, the OBJ
iect being to prevent the consummation
of conspiracy against the government,
evidence of the existence of which had
been discovered.
On the 9th bids were opened at the
Navy Department for three steam tugs
for the navy. Harrison Lorings, of
South Boston, was the lowest bidder,
at $32, 1856 each.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the Sd two of the Ohio express
robbers were captured at Bellefontaine
bv the railroad detectives, and one OF
them made confession.
On the Sd tremendous gale swept
over the North Sea. During its preVa-
lence five vessels foundered.
On the night of the I'd two children
of Nelson Dion, of Marlborough, Mass,
aged seven and four, were burned to
death by the explosion of lamp.
The conditions of the cases OF the
Navassa rioters, who are under sentence
of death in Baltimore. Nd, is such as
to strongly indicate that they will pay
the penalty of their crime upon the
gallows, despite the efforts which were
put forth to bring them before the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
RoBERT D. GEORGE and James +.
Hafley, of Limestone County, Ala,
young men, were remanded at York
vile New York City, on the 9th,
on the charge Of dealing in "green
goods A complete outfit of green
tinted paper, tied up to resemble
rolls Of bills, and S1,so0 in genuine
money were found in their possession.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE total values Of property in
Alabama as shown by the abstracts OF
assessment on file in the Office of the
Auditor, amounts to 3,97S, SIS. Al,
which assessment produces totai
revenue Of 81, ,O42, ,618.03.
In order to retain property interests,
Miss May Scudden, of San Francisco, was
married to j. Palmer, of Seneca, Kan, by
telegraph on the 9th, Seneca minister
officiating. The marriage service was
herd all along the line.
THE Chattanooga Tradesnadn, in it's
weekly report Of the industrial develop
ment of the Eouth for the week ending
October 4, 1890, reports seventy-one new
industries, eight new banks, eleven new
railroad companies, one dummy line,
.hree electric lines and four street rail
way companies.
WHILE returning from a funeral OF
she 9th s. Randall, prominent young
man Of Bradford, Ark, was thrown from
his horse against tree, sustaining such
injuries as to cause his death. He was
a distant relative of the late Samuel j..
Randall.
AMONG the corporations chartered by
the Secretary of State of Illinois on the
9th was the Mount Carmel Aronautlc
Navigation Company to operate alrsnlps'
with capital of $50, 1000, 900.
JOHN SANDERsoN, a wealthy and
highly respected citizen of Cennas,
Texas, on the 9th procured from dark
closet flask which he supposed con-
tanned whisky and out of which ne
drank a small quantity. The f1ulo
proved to be carbolic acid, and the dose
soon caused his death.
A DUEL. with revolvers took place at
Clinton, La, on the 9th, in which MIR.
A. B. Haggerman was wounded by MI
Charles Reilly.
THE anniversary Of the landing of the
first German settlers in America was
celebrated at Wheeling, W. Va, on the
9th.
THE issue of silver from the mlnts
during the week ended October was
1901, 524 The issue of standard silver
dollars during the corresponding period
of last year was s1,254,025. The ship
ments of fractional silver coin during
September were 81. .os2, SOS.
AUTHENTIC reports have been received
at Ardmore, l. T., Of the finding OF I'M
mense veins of gold and silver IN the
Arbuckle Mountains, in the ChickasaW
Nation, forty-fve miles north OF tha1
city.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mn the Senate, on the Ist, the conference
report on the bill in reference to contracts
for surveying public lands was agreed to-
Veto messages OF bills for the relief of
Charles Z. Chouteau and of the Portland
company, and to prohibit book making in
the District of Columbia were received from
the President The Senate refused to con
cur in the resolution to correct further the
Tariff bill. LIN the House the report of
the committee on accounts on the inyesti-
cation OF the postmaster of the House was
presented. 1t declares tho office of post
master vacant and directs the assistant
postmaster to discharge the duties until
another postmaster shall be elected The
report was agreed to. Senate concurrent
resolution requesting the President to enter
into negotiations with Great Britain and
Mexico to secure trade stpulations to pre-
vent the entry of Chinese laborers was
passed The Senate agreed to the confer
ence report on the bill in reference to con-
tracts for surveying public lands. At six
o'clock both Houses of Congress adjourned
sine die.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
SOUTHERN SLEANlNGS.
A Singular NIishap.

At Jackson. Tenn, the thirteen-year.
old daughter Of ex-United States Dis
trict Attorney Ii. W. McCorry was en-
gagged in cutting flowers for the grave
of her mother, who died several weeks
since. She had placed ladder against
the porch to reach the flowers, using a
heavy pair of scissors to cut them
with. That done, she placed the scis-
sors on secrre placa, as sshe thought,
and got down TO Ii t laGier NJ
doing so the scssx-E were dlsio- ges.'.
and falling struck her on the head, one
prong pene trating the skull, whore the
parietal bones como together. Tho
young lady, with her own hand, pulled
the scissors out and at first the wound
was not thought serious, but she grew
worse and NAV die
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


GEORGE BANCROFT, the venerable
historian, quietly celebrated his nine
tieth birthday anniversary on the Sd,
at his home in Newport, r. 1.
THE greatest discomfort, it is said,
reigns in Guatemala among the masses
against President Barrillas, and war
within four months is predicted
KARL HAAS, the valet of the Count
of Paris, was removed from the steam
ship Germanic to St. Vincent's Hos
pital, in New York City, on the Sd, and
died the same evening from intestinal
obstruction.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND will attend
the banquet to be rendered by the Thur
man Club of Columbus, O., to ex Senator
Allen G. Thurman on his next birthday
anniversary, November IS.
On the 4th Mrs. Booth, wife of General
Booth, chief of the Salvation army, died
in London. From the beginning of the
Salvation movement Mrs. Booth has
been her husbands chief assistant in
the development of the organiza tion,
having been the first to introduce the
female element, which forms SO con-
spicuous feature of the army.
On the evening of the 5th the Compt
d'Paris, the Due d'Orleans, the Due
privately with General Sherman at the
latter's residence in New York.
ONsthe 9Th Demonstrations al War
amaker made public a letter addressed
by him to Representative Bingham,
chairman of tho House committee on
post-offices, embodying an elaborate
argument in favor of his plan of postal
telegraphy.
AT the annual conference of the lead
ers Of the Mormon church in Salt Lake
City, on the 4th, President Woodruff
delivered an address in which he gave
thanks fol- the prosperity of the church.
He said he had recently talked behind
the vail' with Joseph Smith and Brig
ham Young, and was encouraged greatly.
DOM PEDRO, ex-Empcror of Brazil, is
in Cologne. He is described as looking
very unhappy and completely broken
down, and is continually accompanied
by an attendant owing to his en-
feebled condition. AT Intervals, in con-
versation, he is heard to mutter: Bra
zil, Oh, dear Brazil" 1t is feared that
his mind is weakened by his misfort-
unes.
On the 9th Mrs. Jefferson Davis left
Beauvoir, Miss, for New York, where
she goes to look after the publication
of her book.
THE King of the Belgians is prepar-
ing to pay visit to the German court
about the close of the present month,
and it is said that his chief object is to
discuss with the Kaiser the claim of
France to preferential right over Bel
gium in the purchase of the territories
of the Congo Free State.
On the 9th, in speech before the
Mormon conference at Salt Lake City,
Utah, President Woodruff spoke of the
martvrdom of Joseph Smith and the
crucifixion of Christ as events OF like
import.
RUMoR has it that the matrimonial
engagement between Miss Winnie Da-
Wis, daughter of the late Jefferson Da-
Wis and Mr.. Wilkinson has been broken
off.
THE Mexican newspapers call on the
Mexican Government to appeal to the
Postal Union against the action of the
United States Government in forbid
ding the transmission of Mexican news
papers, bearing Mexican postage, with
lottery advertisements.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

a SCHEME is on foot for the adoption
VI system of letter boxes on every
horse in cities where the free delivery
~ IN operation, thereby saving much
II rle 70 the carriers in their rounds.
4ne poStmasters from number of the
Nlhclpal cities of the country recently
met IN Washington to examine the
various devices Of inventors to supply
~ want and fortune awaits the
,uVAy man whose box the Post-Office
department adopts.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

TIE River and Harbor bill which was
passed this year, and which appropri-
ates nearly S25, CO0,OG0 calls for the
largest amount Of money ever demanded
in similar measure. 1t has been the
fashion lately, however, to pass the bill
every second year only This is proba-
bly the last river and harbor measure
that will be heard of until 1892.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

ACCORDING to recent Developments
the stealing of cattle in the Cherokee
Strip has been carried on in a whole
sale manner for the past six or eight
months. 1t is believed that the cattle
thieves are regularly organized,< and
that they have been supplying tho mar
kets of Guthrie, Arkansas City, Cald-
well, Kiowa and the small towns of
Oklahoma, with stolen cattle TO largo
extent
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

iNFArUATIoN for the game of chess
mas ruined one of the most brilliant
rpv1sSpaper ps men in Michigan. Fred
-,0cf' graduate of Amherst, with a
.N'"u as bright and a wit as keen as
sai, ny n 4 the land, entered the journalistic
s.u Hlteen years ago. To-day he is a
III grant IN the clutches of the law, and
~ Owlhg TO the fact of his permitting
a.o o measures Of the game of chess to
sni. a" nlm away from his legitimate pur-
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
What a South Carolinian Wants.

Representative Miller, of South Caro-
lima, has introduced a bill making an
appropriation of $3.50. 900 for the cree
tion Of a monument in some city, to be
selected by committee appointed for
that purpose, ito commemorate the
valor and patriotism of the negro SOL
diers who fought in the Union army
during the late war"
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

SPAIN is finding it necessary to tax o
precautions against possible Republic
an uprising. The republic has had
trial in Spain and did not prove as ca
ceptable to thatcountry as its supporters
expected. Republicans, believe, though,
that if they mad another show" they
would avoid the blunders which they
committed fifteen or eighteen years
aro
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

HE question has been raised in En-
gland as to the necessity for reconse-
Grating st. Pauls Cathedral in view Of
the recent suicide in the sacred edifice.
me traditions Of the Church of En-
gland would seem to favor the afIirma-
IlYe SIDE OF the question. Archdeacon
olnclalr IS OF the opinion that the de-
clslon IN the matter will rest on wheth-
ef the man was quite dead when carried
out of the building.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

Two Catholic priests, who recently
arrived from Europe, having admitted
that they were hired to come to this
country as teachers in the Catholic Col
lege at st. Paul, Mimi, founded by
Bishop Ireland, have been detained by
the immigration authorities in New
York City until their status under tho
Contract Labor lawcan be determined.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

r. looks as though Postmaster'Wheat
n tho National House of Representa-
lives is likely to get sacked. His
notbods for augmenting his income at
+be expense OF subordinates have been
.bown to be such that no party could
oford to shoulder the responsibility of
his continuance in Office.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

rup Russian Minister of the Interior
!. aid to be preparing law authoriz-
- the deportation to Siberia, under
administrative process (without trial., +,
ofaI foreigners who have been expelled
,.on their own countries and whose
,ovornments refuse to recognize them
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
The WIN of Millionaire Davis.

HELENA. Mont. Oct THE case OF
the will of A. J. Davis, for whose NIL
lions numerous claimants have ap-
peared is again before the Supreme
Court on argument on the appeal from
the District Court. Over dozen eoun-
sci represent the various claimants ID
the latest crop from California. The
argument in its present stage is liable
to occupy several days.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
A Florida Tragedy.

Maple Joseph, nineteen years old,
daughter of well-known merchant OF
ST. Augustine, Fla, was shot and
killed by Alexander Campbell, whom
she had refused to marry. He shot her
while she was on her knees begging for
her life The murderer was saved with
difficulty from being lynched.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

THE Mexican newspapers are calling
unon their Government to appeal to the
Postal Union against the action Of the
United States Government in forbidding
the Transportation of Mexican newspa-
pers. bearing Mexican postage, contain
ing lottery advertisements through the
United States mails.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

THE Russian Minister of the Interior
/, nrenaring a law authorizing the de-
rortation to Siberia, without trial or
brmality of any kind, of all foreigners
Who have been expelled from their own
countries and whose governments re-
fuse to recognize them.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

ryDER our form of government every
citizen is presumed to be politician
an amateur at least. The professionals
take possession of tho primaries, how
over. and leave the amateurs very
small part to play in the actual work OF
rnrprnment.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
ADemented Mothers Act.

Mrs. Jesse w. Campbell, of Cotulla,
Tex, who has been demented for some
time, took large quantity of laudanum
and also administered the drug to her
monthsold infant and three-year-
old daughter. Prompt action on the
part of physician saved the lives OF
the mother and daughter, but the infant
died. Mrs. Campbell will be trans
ferred to the State Lunatic Asylum.
Mr.. Campbell was once u wealthy cat
tleman, and is we'll connected.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
VOLUME XI.

ruv Louisiana Lottery is virtually
,-4art from the mails, but until it is
'nrt ont from the express companies its
r;atonce and profits will continue. At
IT,, ,1is noint the conspirators must soon
80 attacked by Congress.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Kentucky Lottery Licenses Void.

Attorney General Hardin Of Ken.
lucky has given an opinion on the
standing Of the Frankfort and Henry
County lotteries. He holds that the
license under which the lotteries claim
to operate is void.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Duel with Winchesters.

Ed Capp and II. M. Bates settled a
misunderstanding concerning q joint
crop of farm products with Winches-
ters, near Denton. Tex. Capp did his
firing from behind his wagon, while
Bates used horse as his Dreastwork.
The former was dangerously wounded,
a ball breaking the thigh-bone. Bates
surrendered to the sheriff.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

lhAr electricity will kill, and that
instantly, was forcibly demonstrated in
NeW orleans, recently, when a tin
smith ;, at work repairing a roof placed
himself in contact with an electric-ligh
WIRE from which the insulating material
mad been worn off. A convulsive shud-
uer w OF TWO was all the sign of life after
ue instant Of contact, and the body was
neither burned not distorted.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Convicted After Twenty Years.

ever tried in any court in this country
was tried in the Cleburne County (Ala.)
Circuit Court few days ago. Over
twenty years ago man named Zaner
killed another man named Hogin in a
difficulty over a hog. Zaner was ar
rested, but his trial has been continued
from term to term, and now he is sem
fenced to term of one year.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Duel Between Brothers.

Zack and Nat Wilson, brothers, quar-
relied at Georgetown, KY. about a wom-
an. Both drew pistols and exchanged
shots Zack was shot in the bowels and
Nat in the thigh. Both are dangerously
wounded, and the chances are against
Zack's recovery.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
The Alabama Alliance and Cotton.

George +. Gathers, manager of the
Alabama Alliance Exchange, announces
officially that arrangements have been
perfected by the Alliance Exchange to
advance S35 per bale on 500 900 bales Of
insured cotton in warehouses.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Population of Two Arkansas Towns.

The population Of Helena, Ark, is
5,175, which is gain of 1883 since the
last census, the rate of increase being
41.9S per cent, Pine Bluff, according to
the official figures, has 9,952 inhabit-
ants, which is more than three times as
many as it had in 1880 The last census
showed population Of only 3,203, and
The city has, therefore, gained 6,749 in
habitants, or 210.7 per cent
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Newspapers Seized.

An entire mail issue Of the Birming.
ham (Ala.) Age-Herald and of the At
lanta (Ga.) Weekly Constitution were
recently seized by the postal authori-
ties for publishing lottery advertise
mentS.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Died at Ninety.

Mrs. Sarah w. Grissam died at hei
home, several miles north Of Hopkins
vile, KY, aged ninety years.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
The Louisville Pavement Trouble.

Zeb Warb, the prominent Arkansas
quarry owner, and Scott Newman, a
Louisville Ky.) granite contractor,
have been indicted by the grand jury at
Louisville for swindling the city out
of thousands of dollars by alleged false
weights in the granite with which the
CITY is paved.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

bof.;iL" ~" years ago Lawyer Leonard
,,-enued Louis Stremmel, Colorado
- s'4eF who went to New York to see
go.se eggplant and landed in Bellevue
ToSSp'al physical and mental wreck.
crraS v-'Iu' ~ alter long legal conflict, Sc
a+,N oVfemmefs release, and received
itn3. zee zee lor his services. But the graf
tba. y the Colorado man did not stop
his 's' y LOT BY his will, made public since
fonna 'VOent demise, Lawyer Leonard is
N y oe richer bv $3.50. OOO.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11

tba I + puolc should bear in mind that
anolioo oOefal Anti-Lottery law not only
man. % organized lottery, but to all
raf1a' l'er OF gift enterprises, concerts,
iaire a, 1no the drawing of prizes at
saya ! ne knowledge of this fact may
with a many good people from trouble
''l sle postal authorities.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
4 Fine Structure.

A syndicate has been formed at Dal.
las, Tex, to erect an opera-hou and
nata torium to cost 100000.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
Dropped Dead While Making Speech

Andrew Dempsey, Alliance candidate
for the Legislature in Cobb County, Ca,
dropped dead while making speech.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-11
;.x-Governor Yarmouth for Congress.

Ex-GovernorH. c. Yarmouth received
the nomination for Congress from the
Republican convention of the First
Louisiana district.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-21

does not lie in the power it gives of
enabling one to swim any distance, as
out Of a hundred people who can swim
fairly well. probably not five, when out
OF practice, could propei themselves a
quarter of a mile without physical ex-
hauStion. The benefit is in the 0 II
fidence it gives n in the water, and it
is solely for want of this confidence that
many lives are annually sacrificed. The
horror of drowning is deeply rooted in
the minds of all, and it so completely
takes possession of any helpless person
who finds himself or herself suddenly
immersed that presence of mind is lost.
The impending fate is apparently so
near, and the danger is felt to be so i'm
minent that it is practically impossible
for n so situated to refrain from
wrestling desperately with his doom.
Hence commences a course of rantlc
struggles that are not only utterly use
less in themselves, but make it very
risky, if not impossible, for any person,
however good a swimmer, to render any
assistance. Many Instances have been
known in which a powerful and
expert swimmer has gone to the
rescue of a drowning person, VINO,
in his wild and seEselesS efforts,
has not only thwarted the good lnten-
lions of his rescuer, but, by clinging to
him with a desperate and fatal grip, has
carried him also to his death. When
once the art of swimming has been mas
tered it gives to the swimmer a conf
dence in the water that was never felt
before, and which is never afterward
lost. There is a perfect consciousness
of the power of being able to keep afioat
in the water, and this. even if supple
mented by little actual swimming abil-
ity, enables the swimmer to do the best
thing, under the circumstances, to save
himself