Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.
g 70 sho,0 the very age anel Joely Of the Times.

"70 Sho,0 the ve,y age oad Coely Of the Times. :
The body of man found on Staten Island,
New York, proves to be, as reported, that or
Col. Lionel Percy Sidney, Of London, England,
but not, is it WAS stated, Of her Brltanlc Ma
csty's Household Guards, the title of colonel
having been conferred by Governor Blgler, OF
California, where Sidney had lived for a nun
Der Of years and amasSed a large fortune IN spec
ulatiou. His death, which was first attributed
to foul play is now generally conceded to have
been the result OF mental depression which cu!-
minated i'll suicide.
An official statement, prepared yesterday ut
the postotlicc Department, shows the total
number Of POSSIBILITIES ia the u. s., Oh June
3Oh, 1873, to be 1924, an Increase during
tue year Of ISL; number of miles of railroad
service, june 3Mh, e., 5lI, IN Increase during
the year Ut 5,G0j.
A young mau uamcd Dcleur, clerk to the
paymaster of the navy yard in Philadelphia,
left on Monday and has not been heard from,
although search has been made. \ Yesterday
the paymaster' sale was forced open, the keys
being in Dcleur's possession, and it was discov-
cred that at least $1,000 are missing.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company an-
nounccs its readiness to redeem the remainder
of its construction bonds outstanding, amount
ing to So UUO, 900, at par and interest. The
total amount OF these bonds issued was ST.
oOo,0OO of which sum $4,000, 900 have been
paid and cancelled.
The instructions to Com Bclknap, command
ing the u. S. steamer Tuscarora, relative to
the proposed sounding of the Pacific ocean, be-
tween the coasts OF California and Japan, were
sent to that officer yesterday from the Navy
Department.
The New York police have received orders
for the arrest Of all wonders Of torpcdoes, powd-
or crackers, chasers and snakes on the Fourth
Of July; also to arrest all persons who throw
igutcd crackers at horses or pedestrians
The application for new trial, which was
made by the counsel Of Sharkey, convicted in
New York of the murder of Robert S. Dunn,
WIS yesterday denied by Recorder Hackett.
Sentence of death is to be pronounced to-day.
The acquisitions for postal cards up to the
present time amount to more than forty three
millions. The manufacturers have been unable
to come near supplying this demand and over
half the orders are still untitled.
1TOmluCul pilySlClduS VI ~. lLouio oooSA'
that the cases Of cholera spoken ofin that city
were not Of the Asiatic type, but were simply
cases of malignant cholera morbus.
1t is reported from Cairo, Illinois, that four
men, working on the Mississippi Railroad, died
of cholera on Tuesday night. Several others
arc said to be seriously i'll of the same disease.
The authorities of Salina county, Kansas,
say that $50 600 of the bonds of that county
have been frauduently issued, and cautions the
public against receiving them.
Preparations for getting out the new Nation
al bank notes arc now being made. The cur
rency will be in circulation in about three
months.
Holland announces her purpose to continue
the war against the Atchcncsc in Sumatra un-
less they make peace on her terms.
Tomorrow, the grounds for the Centennial
Exhibition, at Philadelphia, are to be formally
handed over to the United States Commission,