Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-11

\ RHODE ISLAND SAMpsoN.-There Is liv
Ing in Newport r. l., says correspondent,
i man quite as remarkable for his muscular
powers as he who in olden times bore off on bis
shoulders the gates of Guza. When youth
he was won't TO shoulder u barrel OF hjur with
his feet Inside peek ueasure. Oa one occa-
sluu, on Stevens wharf, as the result OF ban
Ter that he could not shoulder an anchor weigh
Ing 800 pounds. he raised ii to his shoulders,
carried ii up BaDnister's wharf, up four steps
into The Uuitcd States Hotel (west door, car
lied it through down one step, out of the
south door, down to the wharf, back again, aud
deposited it uu the scales for weighing. The
distance he carried it nuSt have been from 800
to 400 yards. The feat vas considered SO re-
tuarkable that 1t was placed upon the town re-
cords, where it may be seen by any one who
uay be ncreduous.
On another OCCASION half dozen men were
tal slug at ho!shead Of molascs lying on its
tl.gc; cudcayorlng 10 place it on end, when he
ordered them aside aud ended it up alone.
Though now 81 years old, he is now ready at
any time on a wager to hit to his shoulder a
barrel OF -four The saue man (he is an out
ald cut tectotalcr now has been known TO
stand at the bar Of the old Palk House aud
drink thirty-two glasses Of liquor without turn
lng around. On one occasion he says that he
and another man, making night OF 1t, sat
dowu to halt barrel OF beer, and drank it all up
before morning
\ ct 10 person ever saw this man in the gut
Ter, or even stagger from the effects OF his po-
laIlors 1t was his boast in his younger days
that he could out-liit and out drink any man iu
Rhode Island. The readers may think that IN
The dcarth Of 'items,' We have been strlnglug
tl,,,ro o pt nbaus tal far
aud their amusement; but the man is still iv-
lng, and there are those amoug US who will
verify the statements above made.
FATAL HlrpoDRoME.-Mrs Charles Davis,
one of the lady riders IN the races at Baruum
llippcdrome, New York, who was injured in
tie hurdle race on Friday night, died on Mon
day. On the night of the accident she was
riding at full speed, aud her horse, Spot :
an English thoroughbred gathered himself
too quickly to leap one of the hurdles, and Sulk.
inG it with his lore feet turned Il complete Som-
ey>auIt. His rider came 10 contact With the
hurdle aud fractured her collar bone, also sus
t.iung internal Injuries of a serious nature
She hat been suffering previously from weak
hess OF the lungs, aud the shock OccaSloned by
h" accident produced constant aud violent
Avmorrhaees, which caused her death. The
lcath Of Mrs. Davis makes the fourth fatal ac-
tdent at the Hippodrome during the past
Gonth, not to speak of the broken bones and
;'oAeu heads OF other performers. Upwards
H,tweu,y years ago Franconi's Paris Hippo.
lonlc exhibited in New York with career
%urthlng akin to that of Baruum's 8, until the
14IoEl'icS lntcrpoSed to modify the character
" '4c performances.
HOMER In an able article in the last Fort
.'>At!y, Mr. Gladstone Seeks to d, fine II mer 5
.,-ie . lu history and assigns his poems o some
,--s 'eiore the Dorian conquest of the Pelo
u~">o> He expresses no opiniou as to there
.',.s one or more compllers, but says merely
H. Is stage 1t is nrt necessary by the word
aF ,%alSF winch probably means no more than
,,.I''Scr TO understand more than the poet
tVS 'rour whom proceeded the substance
,.. "e liaI or Odyssey Mr.. Gladstone Is
E,soSy 'ueIlncd to believe u DR.. Schhemauu's S
s,S", sv'sfy o. the site of Troy, aud gives several
.,,'' ,l.' aFSuaeuts III is favor. AS to Homcr'S
t.,'.4 t,,"4''T, OYER which there has been So much
:+i.~' 1'' l'F Gladstone says be would as easily
s., 'v 'lTuer was an A>iatc Greek as that he
S..,c"'' 49, h'sI'>hman, or Shakespeare was a
aaor o!.D"n' OF Daute an American. HOMER
aoIIS 10 Mr: Gladstone, was undoubtedly
a. A'an, and sang of Aci7aian men, Acha-
Nuuct>, and an Achaian age.