Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The Lebanon In.) Chronicle gives an tic.
count Ola terrible tornado which passed over a
portion ofSt. Clair county, lust Tuesday night.
The STORM paSScda half mile cast Of Lebanon,
and did great damage; Some twenty farm
houses were either blown from their tounda,
tons or entirely demolished, and several per
sons killed. .... ......., ...,.. ..' -..': ..,'
Judge Ellis Lewis, late chief justice Of tire
supreme court Of Pennsylvania, died on Sun
day ut West Philadelphia, aged a. He was
the first supreme Judge elected by the people,
and at the expiration of, his term declined re-
nomination.
Through the carelcssuess Of 4 switch-tsnder
on the Norris and Essex Railroad, 4 collision
occurred on Sunday morning near Bergen
tunnel. between freight trains. One Tuan was
killed, others were injured and $2O,0U0 worth
Of property DESTROYED ,.n.. ...i.
The retirement ofIear Admiral MclanethOn
Smith, on the 9TH of May next, promotes
Commodore B. f. Sands, now the superinten-
dent of the Naval Observatory, to the rank of
rear admiral. 81. .... .... ..'.. g." = .""' u
c. j. Baker, President Of the Canton Com
Ilny of Baltimore, offers to sell the city thirty
eight and a-half acres of the property of that
Company, as IN addition to Patterson Park,
for $4,000. .,..... ......'.....,...., g..
The Maryland Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church, now in session at Chester
town, Maryland, will next year meet IN WASH
ington, ID. G. -. 49,, .a...4c
O.. The United States Consul at Lima writes
Secretary Fish that a more uhpromsing locali
ty for persons seeking employment, cannot cast
ly DO found than Peru. . ..,..,... =. ..1,
Mr.. J. Edgar Thompson,, of the Pennsylva-
mia Central, is to go South, making i tour of
inspection of the connections Of that great cor.
poratlon. ....., .t.....,.. ....,...! ;..,ii,yi
ii, Yesterday the PostoAice Department award
cd the contracts for carrying the mail on seye-:
ri Of tile post routes in Virginia and West
Virginia. ...... .......r,.,<,,,
j. The latest returns Of the Now Hampshird
election give the Democrats majority. an tho
Legislature. which secures the! election 'of
Democratic Governor ''':' ''i'.' ':'" ''' .'-''
ii Vice PRESIDENT ColGtxi will deliver an address
this evening, before the Young Women
Christian Association 81 Baltimore "
Gen. Charles Provost, it is said will be ap-
polntcu COlleCtUr or CUSTOMS at i hllatel phla,
vice HI d. Moore !reagncd. ~ ':"'' I I
:, Rear Admiral GoldSborough retires from the
command Of tic Washington Navy Yard in
July next. i !i.'.!i = "'''" =.
T. Str SrIEh-tInaer the head of ''iSit Still''
very good advice is given in the Philadelphia
Age: to th9sq who are impatient to leave stages,
cars. steamboats, aud 0mnihliscs, upon nearing
their destination IA thousand accidents are
the result of the haste that will not,wat till ths
car stops. TO JUMP off, Railroad car i'll mo.
ton was Il risk WHICH Curly Harris, might take,
to get away from the police; but it is much moro
dih icult to account for it in those who are not
trying to escape Justice From our steamboats,
therc is . rush Of passengers, who, TO be ready
for it, crowd the gang-wHys and: block up the
stair tenor fifteen minutes before the boat
reaches the landing What aH you iii III hurry,
for, is a question to which lew give n reasoh
able answer Many are rather too early for
their business, and u igoolIy number have MO
business at all. ! None, probably, have any iY
which the lbss ola lew seconds makes the least
aiferepaee. In many public places The advice
IS good SIT 81 sti until IT. is really time to
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