Huntsville gazette., 1891-06-06
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.


"Ho was DOrn IN 1868, succeeds him in
the earldom. EF,
On the Goth Maj. Frank B. Hamilton,
U. 5. A.. and formerly military attache
at the court of Spain, died at Newport,
N. j., of dropsy ~
U. 5. CORNELIUS, cashier of the Sa-
guache county bank of Saguache, Col,
left thatplace, May is to attend ma
sonic banquet at Salida. He never
reached Salida, and no trace of his
| movements can be found since he took
the train. His accounts have been ex-
amined and found correct, and detect
i've have been put on the case.
q PREsIDENT HARRIsoN,s it is said, ihas
determined not to appoint the nine new
circuit court Judges until December.
Political belief, it is understood, will
not be the dominant requisite for ap-
pointment7 to these places, but ascer-
tanned fitness for the position.
On the 3Oth the funeral services over
the remains of Rev. HenryJ. Van Dyke,
d. d., were held at the Second Presby-
terian church of Brooklyn. The edifice
was crowded With mourners. An elab-
crate display of foralstribrtes testified
to the esteem of the parishioners forthe
dead clergyman, The remains laid in
state in the church until 9 o'clock next
| morning, when they were taken to
Greenwood cemetery, where theyswill
repose temporarily, and then be taken
to Philadelphia ssas= 7la iaaEIs II
on the 30th Gov. Hill delivered an
Grafton at the laying Of the corner
stone af the new state armory at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was accompa-
nied from Albany by his staff and. by
ietachments of Albany and Troy mill
Tia regiments. Many regiments from
various other cities in the state were
| also present, and the streets were crowd
ed with strangers, who witnessed a
grand parade. Grand Master Vrooman
| officiated at the masonic rites.
The Haytian legation at New York
| mas received advices of an attempted
| :nsurrection against President Hypo-
lite's government. The revolt was
suppressed, and about forty of the in
surgents executed. The department of
the west has been placed under mar
tial law, and the country is tranquil.
The government suspects Gen. Legi-
time of fomenting the uprising.
| On the 1st the official English transla-
| ton of the pope's encyclical on social
questions was issued by Cardinal Man
ming. The London Times says of the
document: sit is doubtful whether the
questions arc handled with success.
Yet it abounds in remarks that deserve
attention, and it breathes throughout a
spirit of Christian charity"
THE United States consul at Lyons,
France, states that there has been a
| material falling off in the export trade
| to America from his consular district.
During the last three months the exports
| amounted lin round fgures) to but S15,-
| 900, 900 francs. against 1890, 900 francs
for the corresponding period of 1890.
The diminution of expectation was
principally in silk goods. .4.--L1sa--
HENRY w. Miller, the oldest mer-
chant in Worcester, Mass, is dead at
the age of 81 years. He leaves two
| daughters, one the wife of Senator
| George f. Hoar and the other the wife
| of ex-Congressman ". w. Rice.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. q
| HENRY MORSE, an inmate of the
| Michigan Soldiers home at Grand Rap
| ids, entered room at the home occu-
pied by Henry Harrington, on the night
| of the 2Sth, and stabbed the latter half
| a dozen times in the side with butcher
| knife, infiicting wounds which will
prove fatal. ier
/ 1,,s1 hn mil -
| Kramer, at Frankfort, Ind, exploded,
| on the goth. Frank Hull, the engineer.
| was instantly killed, his body being
mutilated beyond recognition. Ed
| Kuntz died in a few hours, and Glenn
Swearinger was fatally, and others Sc
riously, injured.
DURING a slight rain shower at Erie,
| Col, on the 2Sth, Paul Hanson, fore
man of the Goodrich & Morrell farm,
| was instantly killed by lightning. He
| was plowing ditch on the farm. Both
horses hitched to the plow were
! knocked senseless. A lad, aged 10,
| named Clarence Peacock, who was a
| few feet in front of the team, was rem
dered unconscious, though not injured
on the 30th Thomas Jones, a colored
stableman, was arrested in New York.
on charge of stealing the race-horse
| Octagon. He was given three horses
to take from Sheepshead Bay to Buff
falo. and stabbed two of the horses in
New York city, but the third. octagon,
| could not be found. He says he sent
him to the -Westchester track to race on
| the 1st.
AN 1s-yearold girl, quite pretty, is in
iail at Carroll, Ia, who tells strange
story of theft, duplicity and mind to
commit murder frustrated only by the
| want of means She was left an orphan
| at year of age, and was raised by an
uncle. to screen whom, with other rela-
tiyes, she gives the fictitious name OF
Katie Faulkner. An inordinate love OF
| money was the cause of her undoing.
| AN excursion train of seven coaches
which left Davenport, Ia, on the morn
ing of the 30th, for Cedar Rapids. left
the track just before reaching llpton,
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