Huntsville gazette., 1891-08-08
coNDENseD NEWS DISPATCHES,
Domestic and Foreign and of General
Interest.

Domestic and EofStsh l"N -
Interest
It is reported that Major Mckinley OF
Ohio has deciered himself I'D taVor u
renominating Mr.. Harrison for the pres
idency.
-, old ex-Union soldier was MUIR
dered IN Culllnan county, Ala, by some
unknown person. who it is supposed
committed the deed for his pension
money.
The queen has conferred the order OF
the garter upon the prince OF Naples,
the heir apparent to the throne OF Italy.
The date of his investlture has not yet
been made public.
A London dispatch states that Henry
Irving. who has been suffering from an
affection Of the hrOat. impairlng his
voice, has been operated upon by Sir
Morell Mckenzie an is now rapidly re-
covering,
Mr.. Gladstone. III letter congratu-
lating Mr.. Brand upon his victory at
Wisbeck. writes Even the Conserva-
yes and the Unionists, Judging from
recent utterances, now recognize that
their game Is up
Protest was made at New York by
delegates of the Musical Protective
union against the admission to this
country of ballet troupe now about
leaving Europe under the management
of Walter Damrosch.
AT Galveston, Tex, Dave Hall Sc
verely and perhaps fatally cut his broth
erin law. Louis Leathern, with a butch
er knife. Family troubles said to be
the cause. Hall was arrested Leath-
ern is in the hospital.
The Paris Academy Of Medicine has
awarded the Artila prize to Professor
Kaufman of the veterinary college at
Abort for a lotion for the cure OF viper
bites, consisting of one part Of chronic
acid dissolved in 100 parts Of water.
The British consul at Foo Chow tele-
graphs to the foreign Office that there is
no truth III the report that riots are
imminent there. He says the Europeans
in Foo Chow are adequately protected
by the Chinese officials and foreign gun
boats.
At Atchison, Kan, Jimmy Dolan, a
small boy, gave another small boy
a
donna, and had it not been for the
prompt action of the family in sending
for doctor the Wilson lad would have
died. Jimmy was playing doctor.
At Bordentown, n. J., DIR. VIM. Ell.
Ships, the physician of Mrs. Parnell,
who was recently bitten by a dog, re
ceived telegram from Charles Parnell
asking if it was necessary TO have his
| mother sent to Paris for treatment by
Dr.. Pasteur. DR.. Ships replied that
his patient was doing nicely.
Lieutenant Taylor, the adjutant at
Fort Mcpherson, near Atlanta, refused
to allow the military post band to play
at the Piedmont Chautauqua to greet
! ex-senator ingalls,, on the grounds that
| the whole affair was political scheme
He said that the United States took no
part i'll politics, and the band would not
play.
A Hamilton, O., special says: Conrad
| Stroh, who lives near the reservoir head
gates, left home telling his wife he was
| going to Cincinnati and would soon re-
turn. Instead he came here, made all
financial arrangements and went to
New York From there he sailed for
Germany. He has for some time been
wanting to take trip to the old coun-
try. but his wife always opposed it.
A peculiarly sad accident occurred at
the village Of West Lodi, fourteen miles
east Of Tiffin, o. Mrs. Mary Krupp
left her 2-year-old child playing in a
swing in the front yard During her
absence the little one fell from the
swing, and in some way the cords be-
, came wound abouts its neck, strangling
it. When the mother returneda few
minutes afterward her child was dead
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
decided that Geo. W. Stahler can off
ciate as postmaster and mayor Of the
new city of Huron. Kan, at the same
time Stahler was elected mayor last
week, but afterward declined to qualify
on account Of the construction he placed
on the postal law in regard to postmas-
tiers holding elective Offices The law
does not affect postoffices of the fourth
class.
The National Zeitung states that
France and the Vatican have entered
into new agreement, formed last
month, by which France undertakes to
help the Vatican out of its financial
embarrassments, and the Vatican binds
itself TO support the republic at home
and abroad, the two parties also agree
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