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Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

IsADoR WEINE, formerly Of Charles
ton, s. c., and chief officer Of General
Beauregard's staff during the war OF the
rebellion, died suddenly at New York on
the 21st. After the surrender at Appo-
mattox he moved north and engaged In
several business enterprises, all OF
which ended in financial disaster.
On the 21st Judge McIlvaine, OF Wash
ington County, Pa, refused, in a long
decision, to grant retail liquor licenses
in that county, which has been proh1bl-
ton for twenty-five years.
DURING divine worship at Syracuse,
N. Y, on the Goth, Mrs Orville Coon
was seized with an epileptic fit and de-
spite the efforts of physicians who were
.ummoned died soon after
On the 21st the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives, while in session, was inter-
iupted by fight in the lobby between
Adiutant-General Morton L. Hawkins
and Colonel Sol p. Kennon, an officer OF
the First Ohio Regiment, who were dis
putting concerning regimental matters,
when Kennon called Hawkins liar
and was Immediately knocked down by
the latter.
lT is said that William E. Jackson, of
Augusta, Ca, has perfected mechanical
appliances for making cotton bagging
from the heretofore waste stalks of the
cotton plant which, it is estimated, will
give the planter $4,000, 600 annually for
what has been regarded as rubbish.
Mrs. GENERAL .. S. GRANT, who is
we'll and active despite her years, states
in an interview that she is preparing a
volume of family "reminiscences, which.
however, is not intended for publica-
ton, but for the exclusive use OF her
children.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
GOVERNMENT RATES.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
Will See Whether the Government Can
Arbitrarily Say what 1t Shall Pay for
Services Rendered.

The Western Union Telegraph Company
Will See Whether the Government Can
Arbitrarily Say what 1t Shall Pay for
Services Rendered.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The Govern
ment is now indebted to the Western
Union Telegraph Company for about ten
months service, for business amount
ing to about $500, 200 annually. The
telegraph company has refused to ac-
cept the rate fixed by Postmaster-Gen-
eral Wanamaker, and the latter has de-
clined to make any further modification.
Mr.. Wanamaker's rate is ten cents for
ten words for distances of 800 miles and
less, and a proportionate increase for
greater distances. The Western Union
Company is still continuing to take all
Government messages, but ever since
last June they have refused to receive
any pay on the basis of the new rates.
1t is said that the company proposes
to institute suit to dete--ine- tire legal
questions involved, and that it will
deny that the Government has a right
to fix a rate which is not just remu-
neration for the services rendered, and
will claim that the rate fixed by Post
master-General Wanamaker is of this
character. The company will, it is un-
derstood, refuse to accept any money
for telegraph service until the courts
have rendered a decision. No suit,
however, has yet been instituted, and
Government officials are wondering
when the telegraph company proposes
to take action.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

TWENTY persons were poisoned at
Manchester, Conn, on the Goth by cake
delivered to various houses by baker
who peddles cakes and CONNECTIONS IN
that vicinity. Five Of the victims are
likely to die.
REPORTS received at the War Depart
ment for nine months, beginning with
the fiscal year, July l, 1889, show there
have heen 1,57s desertions from the reg
ular army during that period.
WHILE Mrs Mary Arthur, of Harri-
son, N. j., was attempting to take bread
from a stove her clothing caught fire.
She ran to the topof the building, which
is three stories high, and then down
and out to the yard, screaming all the
wav. Neighbors seized her, but her
clothing was burned entirely from her.
She will die.
REPORTS from sections of Western and
Southwestern Texas say that seasonable
rains have fallen and the crop prospects
are the most encouraging OF any for
wears, with the exception of the small
damage done by bugs to the grain crop.
The southern aw-bridge of the Queen
& Crescent Railroad over Lake Ponchar-
train has been damaged by the Govern
ment tender Grover, and cannot be used.
This leaves only one unobstructed rail-
way out of New Orleans running north
ward-the Louisville & Nashville.
F. E. WEAVER started from New
Haven, Conn, on the 21st for trip, py
bicycle, to San Francisco, which is ex-
pected to occupy 200 days.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, on the 21st bought
$40. 600 of it's 5 per cent. bonds at "
cents. Less than three years ago the
same bonds were selling at 65 cents
UNCLE JOHNNY JoBE, one of the
Oldest men in North Mississippi. died
on the 21st at his home near Corinth,
Miss. He was 30 years old and was
veteran of the Jackson war.
THE upper portion of Geneva county,
Ala, was visited by destructive
tornado on the Goth. Houses, barns and
fences were torn to pieces. Fragments
were carried up into the clouds and be-
came scattered in all directions.
THE little town of Harrodsburg, KY,
was about completely wiped out by fire
on the 21st. The damage is estimated
at S15O,000.
THE celebrated Pan-Electric case OF
Rogers VS.. Acknowledgement Garland
and others was dismissed on the 21st,
each party to pay his own costs,
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Half the Town of Harrodsburg, KY. Swept
Away by Fire-The Firms Burned Out


Half the Town of Harrodsburg, KY. Swept
Away by Fire-The Firms Burned Out
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 21.-A tele-
phone message was received last night
about $50 from Harrodsburg, saying
that fire was raging which threatened
to destroy the business portion Of the
town. 1t is impossible to tell the extent
of the damage. The fire originated in
Cardwell's drug store and the Opera
house and quickly spread to adjoining
buildings, completely quitting the fol-
lowing: o Bedwitz, restaurant; no in
surance. Mattheny & Poteet, dry goods;
total loss. II. D. Woods, confectionery,
partial loss G. c. Bottoms saloon, total
loss Hanford James & Co., dry goods;
complete loss. Smith & Witherspoon
drugs; complete loss. These business
houses were situated on the east side of
Main street. The fire then spread to
the west side, completely destroying
j. Gadscomb's saloon and Henry Nor
gan's barber shop. The Western Union
Telegraph Office and about five other
buildings in the block were burned. 1t
is supposed that the Opera-house was
set on fire by small boys. The loss will
reach $780, 600 or $50, 600.
Atlas this morning word was received
that the fire was under control, having
burned all within its reach. No definite
news can be learned of the fire, but it
is reported that half of the town is
burned.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Strange Story of a Lost Child.

There is now residing in Fayetteville,
Ark, a woman whose identity is un
known to herself and friends. She is
married, and is known as Lucy Burnett
Mrs. Burnett says that when she was a
child about three years old Federal sol
diers came and took her father away
and that one day while she was at play
a Federal soldier stole her from the
door yard. She believes that she was
stolen from some place in Tennessee
and that it was about the year 1868
Mrs. Burnett is described as five fee
six inches in heighth, wears No. 1
shoe, has small hands, eyes dark blue
and broad forehead.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A wAeoN-LoAD of nitro-glycerine
shells. used in shooting oil and gas
wells, exploded at Cygnet, O., on the
18th. with terrific force. Two men who
we're on the wagon were blown to pieces,
only a few strings of their clothing
being found. The horses were both
killed and terribly mangled, and the
wagon was reduced to kindling-wood.
AT Cementville, Ind, not far from
New Albany, on the nth, Thomas James
was killed and Robert Livingston fatal
ly and Sam Clark severely injured by
the premature explosion of charge OF
dynamite in limestone quarry.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
ADDRESS TO FARMERS.
Secretary Rusk About to Issue an Ad.
dress to the Farmers of the Country on
the Subject of Agricultural Depression.

Secretary Rusk About to Issue an Ad.
dress to the Farmers of the Country on
the Subject of Agricultural Depression.
NEW YORK, April 21.-A special to the
World from Washington says: Secre-
tary Rusk is about to issue an address
to the farmers of the country explain
ing how the depression in agriculture
can be remedied. He attributes the
present state of affssrs in part to care
less culture, and says that in these days
of worldwide competition a success
full farmer must be as we'll trained
and careful in business as the
store-keeper and his equal in intelli-
gence and general education. The sec
retary also thinks that the farmer does
not study the market reports as careful
ly as he should and recommends that
he avail himself of the information
supplied by the Agricultural Depart
ment. He thinks that farmers should
not acquire more land than they can
proitably cultivate. After touching
upon the question of mortgages, trans
portation, the middle man, gambling in
farm products, and combinations to
control the market, the secretary makes
a long argument in favor of higher
duties on farm products He gives
tables to show that our imports of agri-
cultural products amount to $266, 273, 73S,
the greater part of which, probably $3.50, :
900, 600, might be, with proper encourage
ment, produced on our own soil. He
thinks that the problem can be solved
by the imposition of high rates Of duty
on agricultural products.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
A Georgia Man Perfects Mechanical APP
plances for Making Bagging from the
Stalks of the Cotton Plant.

stalks OF the Cotton Plant.
AUGUSTA, Ca, April 22.-William Z.
Jackson, a well-known lawyer of this
city, has solved the jute-bagging prob
lem that has agitated cotton circles for
so long. Mr.. Jackson has perfected
mechanical appliances for making the
bagging from the cotton stalk, and he
has just returned from New York with
roll Of bagging. Expert cotton men
say that it is IN every respect equal to
cotton bagging. He will utilize the
bare stalks and can afford to pay about
two dollars a ton laid down. An annual
stalk yield will bale three years cotton
crop. The machinery consists OF
heavily-weighted corrugated rollers
with vats for running water, carding
machine and bagging looms. 1t is esti-
mated that in making bagging from
cotton stalks, two million dollars will
annually go into the pockets of farm
ers, for what is now cleared from the
land as rubbish. Mr. Jackson has his
method patented in this country Cana
da. Mexico, India, South America and
all tho European Countries
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

WILLIAM IL. purposes to govern as
we'll as to rule. Heretofore the Min
u! reported to the Chancellor, and the
,a.ef "a, 10 the Emperor. Hereafter the
ri'HlSters report to the Emperor direct.
.apryi, the successor of Bismarck, will
ua'e lar less power than the latter
welded, and the Emperor will enter
more N actively and directly into control
.Ian Ia either his father or his GRANDPA.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

ao.5 .nh OBITUARY eulogies delivered over
~ a4 congressman by their colleagues
y,ss ~ :. 'ne most part porfunctory trib-
i, s y pfoprlety, like the hired mourn
funeral, but those to the late
jnr !" Io1 . show evidence of genuine feel
t,r Iooaoly no public man in our
49, sOA lor himself a larger circle of
win rD1S OF held them to him closer. 1t
bs q p " a long time before his place in
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

THE EPan-American Conference adopted
the report Of the committee on arbitra-
ton. Chilli did not vote and Mexico
voted in the affirmative, with a roserva
ton as to certain articles of the pro-
posed basis of the treaties. The OBJ
iectionable articles were not specified.
The report Of the committee on extradi-
tinn was also adOnted.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Origin of the Confederate Gray.

According to the views of member
Of the military committee of the Lee
monument, says Richmond (Va.) dis
patch to the New York Times, there is
a peculiar reason why the New York
Seventh should be at the upvailing. If
that gentleman is correct, to the visit of
that famous regiment at Richmond in
1857 was due the adoption Of the gray
uniform by the Confederate army. When
the Seventh regiment came down on
that visit the First regiment and other
military commands of Richmond had
such uniforms as each organization
chose. The handsome gray dress Of the
Seventh regiment attracted great deal
of attention in military circles, and soon
after their return home the First Vir-
ginia Infantry of Richmond adopted a
similar uniform. This was just before
the civil war broke out. The commit
teeman is confident that the Confederacy
took the gray uniform of the First regi-
ment as a model for the army.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

THE last span of the bridge across
the chasm caused by the civil war will
soon be in position if, as is announced,
the contemplated marriage of Miss
Winnie Davis, daughter of the late Con-
lederacy's chief executive, and Mr.. AL
fred Wilkinson, of Syracuse, N. Y,
grandson of Samuel j. May, the great
Ab0itiOnist leader, proves to be verify.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

VNE Of the Justices of the Wisconsin
supreme Court explains that the recent
version OF that tribunal against the
sa1lnS OF the Bible in the public schools
ss'eIy iorblds its use as a special book
vi religious instruction, and does not
t,salol' /. tne reading of it as a history or
Il anS ordinary purpose. The distinc-
.ai3 ~ I one Of some Importance, and it
s1uuio siam ~ not be overlooked in the discus
Sion Of the case
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

PREDICTIONS at this time as to the
size Of the crops which will be harvest
ed this year are as premature as the
crops. Yet it seems safe to hazard a
guess that the corn yield will be COM
paratively small 1t was abnormally
large in 1883 and 1889, and there is no
precedent for the occurrence of such a
thing three years in succession. But
then there's no telling.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Died from HydrophobIa.

Geo. Wright. colored, died at Amer.
icus, Ga, the other day in terrible
agony from hydrophobia- He went
crazy, and attempted to kill DR.. J. M.
R. Westbrook, who attended him, as
well as several others. He frothed at
the mouth, barked like dog and showed
every evidence of hydrophobia. 1t re-
quired the united strength of dozen
men to take him to Jail, where he died.
Wright was bitten by dog month be-
fore he showed any signs Of rabies.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

r.- rreIiminary steps to the union OF
InI Central American States as a
the NV .onobIic have taken place. Hon
sln9' cnIvador. s Costa Rica and Guate-
daI''I n. have already signed the treaty OF
mae ,.',ne % and Nicaragua's acquiescence
sIlian,', ~ .,beme is expected in few
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

asa military necessity, the PROPOSE
Inn 70 build a ship canal at Niagara
blls Is worthy of consideration. In
Ne event of a war with England the
httpr could control the Welland canal
and send feet through to the lakes.
With waterway at Niagara England
would have no advantage over US in
-his rngard
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

TIE absence Of any public demonstra-
uon and the immense gathering of peo-
PIE OF all walks of life marked Mr.. RAN
aaIlS funeral as one of the notable ones
IN fhlIadelphia's history. The flags on
all public and many private buildings
were placed at half-mast, but this was
Inc only outward sign of sorrow, it ap-
peaflng as though every body was con-
'Fht TO express their grief in silence.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

Tar new German Chancellor starts out
IN. manifest purpose to try the policy
t.,cnronise and conciliation. That
~ bo tbe wisest as matters now stand;
Inf % il was certainly not by such course
,h,t Bismarck accomplished his ends,
,,i made Germany one of the greatest
inatiOns.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

TIM Young Chinese Emperor has dis
lnn ".j = nolice-board gambling ring in
cow 6 ,1 nd has threatened to chop off a
Isn-a, ,bo, j, official heads. The beauty
nanCt ..Eirese reform" is that when an
u 'a.i,i head is chopped off the unofficial
.na y.a5 often chopped with it for good
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
South Land University.

The ceremonies attending the break.
ing of ground for the University Of
South Land, at Biuffton, Ala, on Thurs
day, April "a, WIS participated in by
several citizens of prominence. The
new university will cost about 50, o0O, 600.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
A Nashville Assignment.

The Merchants and Traders Produce
Exchange at Nashville, Tenn, has made
an assignment Liabilities, 500, 1000;
assets, S55,310 Too much dealing in
stocks is given as the cause.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Rodents Causing Trouble.

Rats are ravaging the rural districts
in the neighborhood of Austin, Tex,
and farmers, after planting their corn
two or three times have determined to
put the land in cotton.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The Deadly Cigarette

Wakefield w. Price, aged sixteen,
died of meningitis at Salisbury, N. G.
The doctor says the disease would not
necessarily have been fatal had Price
not been addicted to cigarette smoking.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Map of Chickamauga.

There is to be meeting of the sur
vivors of the different regiments and
batteries, both Union and Confederate,
that were engaged in the battle OF
Chickamauga, on the battlefield, on
Wednesday, May 81, 1890, for the pur-
pose of locating the various positions
occupied by each command in the battle,
that the same may. be correctly marked
on the field and entered on map of the
same, SO that no monument in that Ma
tional park need be enormously placed.
Reduced railroad fare is assured upon
all railroads. The meeting will con-
tinue as many days as may be necessary,
and surveys and plats will be made Of
all positions positively located. George
E. Dolton, of 1S South Main street, St.
Louis, can furnish all particulars de-
sired
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
A Queer Lynching Party.

What was supposed to be lynchfng
party forced the sheriff of Plarson Coun-
ty, N. c., to give up the keys to the jail,
and then instead of seizing some prison
er they proceeded to carry off some illicit
whisky that had been placed in cel'
for safe keeping.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

-. has made arrangements for
Bo'loSs sowing city treasury. A new
% o'elnI rbicb has just gone into ef-
adi1an'' 4 fine of twenty dollars for
feet IMP II profane language in the
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

man Government intends on
Inh to apply to State workshops a
Var ,o w measures now in course OF
le9lsl1ai tion for the protection of the
pe9a,i ia moral weIl-being OF the
health anu
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
MARY STEWART, sixteen years old,


was arrested at McKeesport, Pa, on
the Goth, on charge of poisoning her
mother, two sisters and four-year-old
brother, from the effects of which the
boy died.
A PACKING-CAsE, purporting to con-
tain toys and consigned to an unknown
address in Berlin, exploded in the rail
way station at Mannheim on the 10Th,
killing one man and injuring several
others.
QON the 21st William W. Christopher,
who pleaded guilty to the charge of kill
ing Charles P. Logue last summer. was
fined S1OO and costs in Baltimore, Md.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Dahomian army, with the King
at its head, was, at last reports, near
Porto Novo. On the march the Daho-
mians burned number of villages and
created the greatest excitement and
alarm among the people.
The attendance at the National
League game of base ball at Cincin-
natl on the 10th, it is estimated, ex-
ceeded twenty thousand. The weather
was delightful, and Chicago won the
game by score of 5 to f.
THE Risden Iron Works of San Fran
cisco have indicated to Secretarya Tracy
their intention of bidding for the con-
struction of armored cruisers Nos. 2
and 6.
UP to the Goth seventy carloads of
oranges had left Los Angeles, Cal, for
the East by special trains, and railroad
agents estimated that there were five
hundred carloads remaining to be
shipped.
On the 10th the one hundred and fif-
teenth anniversary of the battle of Lex
ington, Mass, was celebrated in that
city. Salutes were fired, bells rung
and an old-fashioned breakfast was
served. Business was generally sus-
pended.
On the Goth the steamer Vanguard
arrived at Harbor Grace, N. F., with
10, 500 seals. She spoke the Iceland
March 21, which had then panned IL, 600
seals.
IT is said that every thing is working
smoothly and satisfactorily at the new
immigrant station in New York, and
that when the new force are familiar
with their duties, business will be
transacted more expeditiously and
speedily than under the old employees
and old system.
On the 21st the Inman Line steamship
City of Berlin was seized by the rev.
enue officers at New York and threat.
ened with confiscation for discharging %
portion of her cargo without having,
first entered at the custom-house.
A GENERAL increase has been made
in the Newfoundland tariff system of
five to ten per cent. The duty on but
ter and cheese has been raised to three
cents per pound; cigars ten per cent.
ad valorem and Sc per thousand, and
fresh meats ~ cents per pound.
On the 21st the Para Rubber Shoe
Company, of South Framingham, Mass.
voluntarily increased the wages of their
employees an average of about twelve
Dor cent.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Mammoth Block OF Coal.

The Cardiff (Tenn.) Coal and Iron
Company has taken from its property
the biggest block of coal ever taken
from Southern mine. 1t is feet by
feet by feet, weighing two and quar-
ter tons. 1t is handsomely squared and
free from all impurities-a perfect speci-
men. At the point where this lump was
removed the vein is sixty feet thick.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Accidentally Shot Through the Head

At Newport, Tenn, Feb White, aged
twenty-three, accidentally shot Shell
Clark, fourteen years old, through the
head with 35-caliber pistol. The
ball, after passing through the lads
skull, broke a show window in the gro.
Gerry where the accident occurred, and
in which White was clerk The boy
can not recover.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

nav -cLNAL y Won CArRIvI, the new Ger
vor.bIa a'ilcel lor' created decidedly fa-
,be d. d. impression at the opening of
ceva3 ;usSian Diet, his speech being re-
CbamIo" WIN general applause by the
s,,afaS 1t remains to be demon
vbeo1 whether the new man at the
coeI,, = as adept steersman as the
the MI! MI! dropped overheard. Perhaps
% 10 H. spe' may take it into his head
we'll firoo IL Steering himself, and then
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
Death of an Aged Lady.

Mrs. Margaret Wilson, aged sixty
three, died at the convent near Shreve-
port, La, which was founded by her ia
ther. She was buried in the convent
grounds, where her father, mother and
other members of the family are buried.
Three sisters of the deceased are nuns
in the convent and were with her in
her last moments.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26

dent Carnot. Snu>iasm called out by Presi-
tlat t. Ialnot tour through France shows
tons IepubHc rests on solid founda-
tpred ia \. AZ events, it has already en-
sgsten longer ta than any governmental
eyerthro--'o. -ounded in France since the
Louis NV Nv, Ol the Bourbon monarchy Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
GREAT BARGAINS IN PIANOS AND
ORGANS
At Henricks' Temple of Music.

To close out at once large stock of new
and secondhand instruments great reduc-
tions have been made; in fact pianos that
cost as much as 81, 900 when new can now
be bought for 5000 Here are some of the
bargains:
Chickering piano for 5000, worth 81 900.
Steinway piano for $3.50, worth 5000.
Wheelock piano for Sl65, worth $3.50.
Newton piano for $3.50, worth $780,
Marshall & Wendell piano for S175, worth
$500.
Fuller & Son piano for S125, worth $3.50.
Loud & Son piano Tor $50, worth $780,
Kimball organ for S65, worth $40.
Taylor & Farley organ ior S35, worth
s11O.
Beatty organ for S25. worth SIS.
The first comers will have the choice.
Easy payments arranged if desired, at
HENRICKS' TEMPLE OF Music,
79 Fifth avenue.