Huntsville gazette., 1891-05-02
TOPICS OF The DAY.
NEWS FR0M EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ups SUsANNAH NELSON, cOlOred,
1ied recently in Washington city, of the
rim At the age of 12S years. Her ninth
obid now over so years of age, is living
in that city.
THE committee appointed to count
the cash in the treasury began their
Iobors after the close of business on the
o,tb The money in the cash-room was
counted, and found correct to cent.
oy t,e aa5th Messrss- Flint g. Co, of
New York, received cable from Val
naraiso stating that the new man-of-
Aar Almiranpe Lynch, in fight with
the rebel flagship Blanco Euculada,
near the port of Caldera, sunk the latter
vessel.
On the 25th memorial services in honor
Of the late Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
were held in Richmond, Va.
AT Fresno, CAL, President Harrison
addressed the multitude from a plat
form made of the stump of an immense
redwood tree measuring thirty-two feet
in diameter.
COUNT Won MoLTKE was learned in
all the theories of war. but was never
hound by theories, taking advantage of
all the changing incidents of war and
making the most of them. His plans
were remarkable for their audacity, and
vet were executed with cool and sober
calculation. Herein was the secret of
his success.
ON the 25th Judge Patterson, in the
change of venue in the case of the New
York s. New Haven railroad directors
indicted in connection with the Harlem
tunnel disaster.
ANNA DICKINSON appeared before an
audience in the Broadway theater, New
York city, on the evening on the Goth.
Many of those present were old-time
friends of the once talented and elo-
quent woman, but before the lecture
was completed they became painfully
impressed with the fact that the mind
controlling the utterances of the speak
er was but a wreck of its former bril-
lancy.
BROTHER PATRICK, first president of
the Christian Brothers college at ST.
Louis, died in Paris, France, on the
evening of the 25th, as the result of a
stroke OF apoplexy. Bro. Patrick was
6an in Ireland in 1922.
The archbishop of Montreal has or
dered Catholics not to attend the meet
ing called in that city by the Parnellite
ENJOYS for May 3.
Miss ANNA DICKINsoN's physician, DR.
Steward, condemns the newspapers fol-
reporting Miss Dickinson's lecture in
such way as to make it appear thai
she is insane. He stakes his professional
reputation on the statement that she il
sane.
REV. r. A. KICKS, prominent in the
Christian denomination, while preach
ing in Methodist church at Burling
ton, n. c., on the Goth, fell dead in the
pulpit.
On the 27th ground was broken al
Riverside park, New York city, in the
presence of thousands of people, for the
monument to be erected to the late Gen.
Q. S. Grant.
A COMMISSION, composed of three car.
dinals, has been designated, by order Of
the pope, to effect economical reforms
in the management of the internal af-
fairs of the vatican
THE early announcement of fatal
accident to Mrs. Eaton, sister of Presi-
dent Harrison, at Cleves, o., on the
96th, happily proves to have been in
correct. On the following day she was
declared to be out of danger, and able
to be up, and telegraphed the president
to make no change in the itinerary of
his trip on her account.