Huntsville gazette., 1890-05-17

The SUIT OF the Chemical bank ~ New
| York against the receiver OF the Fidelity,
of Cincinnati. for $4,000, has b.-n ,e-
cided in favor of the latter.
| Miss Nellie Dudley was marrlea at
| Frankfort, KY, Wednesday, to Amos
Northcote, of Chicago, son of Sir Stafford
Northcote, Earl Of Iddesleigh.
| The president and Mrs Harrison gave q
private dinner party to few personal
| friends Wednesday night. Hon Ben But
terworth and wife were present.
| Jacob Gilbert was arrested, at Youngs-
! town, o., for beating his wife when she
found him occupying the same room with
girl who was visiting the family
| AT Gallusburg, Ind, Tuesday, the jury
in the case of Elizabeth Critser, charged
with poisoning her mother-in-law. Martha
Critser, returned verdict of not guilty
John Jackson, alias Richard A. Arthur,
was arrested at Muskegon, Mich, yester-
| day. He is wanted for the murder Of
Mamie Murphy, in New York, three weeks
ago.
During fight at Hillsboro, O., between
Ed. Mcfarland and Amos Medley, colored,
the former stabbed the latter four times
Medley's injuries will probably prove
fatal
Mr.. c. T. Jones, who is at the head Of
the Harper Brothers educational depart
ment, says there is no truth in the story
that the firm is about to j in the book
trust.
James &. Slaton, a prominent and
wealthy farmer living near Harrisburg,
H., shot and killed Hugh Norris one Of
his tenants. Slaton claims the killing was
done in self-defense.
The great forest fires which have been
raging in northern Wisconsin at intervals
for two weeks past are gaining ground.
The greatest loss has been in the vicinity
of Kings Bridge.
Negotiations are in progress, for the es-
tablishment of u parcel post between Can
ada and Japan, on the lines of the present
parcel post service between the Dominion
and the mother country
White Caps visited the house of IA man
named Rhodes. in Wyoming county. West
Virginia, and, after advising him to get
rid OF Il woman who was living with him,
gave him a sound fiogging
The Doran & Wright Company, bucket
shop keepers, of New York, have notified
its correspondents that it would suspend
| payments. The liabilities are from $780,
600 to S400, 600, with no assets
A cloud-burst near Elmira, n Y, raised
| many of the small streams, washed
bridges away and did much other damage.
The same report is made by Utica North
| BroOkfield, KnoxbOro and other places
A man named Jordan was arres, ed at
Laporte and taken to Kendallyille, Ind, d,
Tuesday, to answer charge of criminal
X yirl
have been looking for him for more than a
| year.
The notorious adventures OF New York,
Princess -thn Odc.i.. Dis Debt, is III
| prison in Rome on the charge OF swindliug
the Hotel Bristol with false dra t, 1i.,i il
| probably in for long term OF imprison-
| ment.
] An unknown young man was found
| dead In ditch by the railroad, at Van
| Vert, O., Tuesday. 1t is supposed he was
| taken with a fit and 6ell into the water,
| which was only six inches deep, and was
| drowned
Judge Jackson oyerruled the motion for
a new trial in the case of Dr. Walter E.
| Reid, the spirit" postmaster convicted in
| the United States court at Grand Rapids,
| Mich, for using the mails for fraudulent
| purposes.
| At Guthrie, KY, a tramp who was steal
| ing ride on a freight train fired at the
conductor, the bali passing through his
clothes and lodging in the side of boy
near by, infiicting a dangerous wound
The tramp escaped.
]. B. Howard, the walking delegate Of
| the carpenters union, who has been
swindling unions at Indianapolis, Del
phos, Defiance and other places, was SEN
fenced at Fort Wayne, Ind, TO two years
in the penitentiary.
Sir Julian Pauncefote planted an oak
near the tomb of Washington Wednesday.
| 1t supplants the one set by the Prince Of
| Wales ON his first visit to the United
States which died. This one was grown
| from an English acorn.
| The execution of the murderers of Lord
Cavendish and Secretary Burk, in Phoenix
| park, Dublin, was commemorated by q
meeting of United Irishmen and Irish vol
unteers. in New York, Wednesday night
Parnell was denounced
| The supreme court of Nebraska has de-
dided that farmers alliances have q right
to build elevators near railway stations,
and that railroads cannot discriminate
against them but must accord all persons
equal shipping facilities.
A bill has been reported to the senate
by the judiciary committee subjecting inn
ported liquors to the laws of the several
states. 1t is designed to prevent original
package" importation and sale under the
i late s,preme court decision.
| The directors of the Chicago board Of
trade have adopted memorial to con-
gress asking that modern niRll-caSs
war vessel be substituted for the old
steamer Michigan, the only United States
man-of-war on the great lakes.
| City Cham berlain Crane, of New York,
alleges that $, 2,000,O 900 of the sinking fund
of that city is in banks drawing 2Ia per
cent. interest, and that the comptroller is
| borrowing money from the same iiistitu-
tions, paying per cent. for it, uae.
| The description Of Reason Myers, who
| suddenly disappeared from Sandy willie O.,
April 10, taliies so closely with that OK
the young man murdered at Terre Haute,
| Ind, that tie mayer of tLat oity has lcull
| asked to send more definite descrip-
| ton.
Six Italian labOrers and a cont, actor