Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO shoao the very age and body of the Times


the suit of the Erie Railroad against the Jeffer-
son Railway Company the object being to break
up the contract made by Jay Gould, BY which
il is alleged he came into possession OF 4O:0OO
shares of Jefferson Railway stock. which is now
held in trust for him by Justin ID: White. 1t
is also charged in the oil Of complaint that
Gould withdrew from the Erie Railroad 1854.
900 of Jefferson Railway bonds and substituted
an equal amount OF doubtful bouds
The Irish Band which came to tins, country
a short time ago for the purpose OF taking part
in the Boston Jubilee have quarrelled among
themselves, and instead Of one there are two
Irish Bands. The leader and fifteen OF his 10y
al tooters have departed for Ireland, while the
seceders have organized under new leader,
and EXPRESS their determination of making Il
professional tour of the United States. Z
Marseilles has another sensation; this time
the cause of excitement has been produced by
the presentation of play at one of the thea
tres, in which the ex Emperor Napoleon Is
made a prominent feature. The uproar IN the
dience were dispersed by the police, aud on the
outside of the building large number OF per-
sons were arrested by soldies.
The Concord river has been so much reduc-
ed in volume 10 consequence ofthe extraordlua-
~ demands of Boston on the principal trlbuta-
nv to fill the reservoir that there is reason to
anprehend that some Lowell manufactures, de-
peudent upon the Concord for water powcr,wl
be compelled to suspend operations.
A fierce attack on Colonel Forney and others
associated with him, made by Senator Came
ron 10 the New York Herald Of Friday last, is
about to lead to spirited correspondence,
which can have no other effect than to widen
the breach already existing 10 the republican
ranks ID Pennsylvania.
Mr. F. Perry, Congressman from the First
District of Ohio, has resigned his seat in the
House of Representatives, so that an election
will have to be held iu the coming October to
ill his vacancy in the present Congress as well
as to choose his successor in the next.
1t is estimated that the foods In Alabama
will entail loss of not less than five millions Of
dollars. The central portion Of the State Jared
worse than the other sections and many houses
are reported as having been washed away and
their inmates drowned in the angry streams.
Senator Schurz, after speaking in ST. Louis,
will 20 to New Orleans and thence to Mobile,
and then start northward through Alabama
and Georgia He will not be able to reach North
Carolina in time for the present. campaign
there
1t was stated in Wilmington, n. G., 90 Sat
urday that Thomas Lowry, brother of the
famous outlaw had been killed by Robert Wis
hart, brother of Colonel +. NJ. Wishart, who
was murdered by the Lowry gang some months
since.
Buffalo, New York, was visited by incendiary
fires on Saturday which destroyed property val
ued at upwards of one hundred thousand dol
lars Nearly nine hundred persons are thrown
out Of employment in consequence of the dis
aSters. .....
The King and Queen of Spain appeared in
the streets of Madrid on Saturday IN aa open
pie, they being greeted at almost every cross
ing by hurrahs from the populace.
Queen Victoria has commissioned Captain
Ric hard Francis Burton, the explorer in the
lake regions Of Central Africa, Her Majesty S
Consul at Trieste, in succession to the late
Charles Lever, the novelist.
Ex.United States Senator Wilkinson of Min
nesota, who supports Greeley, writes encourag.
ingly of the prospects of the conservative ticket
in that State Mr. W. has been until recently
strong radical.
By advice of counsel, the Erie Railway Com
pany have decided to repudiate the $3.50 OF
scrip awarded in 1869 to the holders Of prefer
red stock, in lieu of the accumulated interest
then due upon their certificates.
Max Maretzck has returned from Europe
and is engaged iu arrangements, for the next
season Of Italian opera at the Academy OF Mu-
sic in New York.
A large, meteor fell and exploded last even
ing near Winnemacca, Nevada with a shock
that caused the people to believe there was an
earthquake. The was no one hurt
In Rome yesterday there was great rejoicing
over the escape of the King and Queen Of
Spain from assassination.
Lieut. Fred. D. Grant and Gen. Wilson arri-
we'd in New York yesterday from Europe in
the steamer Oceanic.
Rev. Mr.. Yates, the well known American
missionary has arrived from China.
Gen. Sherman expects to return home at an
early date in the month of September.
The Erie railway offices are to be removed
Immediately from the Grand Opera House.
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