Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-12
NEWS OF THE EH.AE.
To shoao the very age and body Of the Tim

ne Morse disease Is reported 10 Ue spread
ing rapidly in Pennsylvania.
The four ice houses Of the Boston Ice Com
pany, at Wohurn, Mass, have been burned, |
with 600 tons Of ice.
Philip NJ. EugcI5rccht has been appointed
cashier of the Central National Bank of Fred
erck, Nd, vice F. l.. Storm, ceased.
Hon. Samuel f Dlmmick, Attorney Gene
raj of Pennsylvania, died at Harrisburg, yes
tcrday.
The "kaiserhof," the finest hotel in Ger
many. has been totally destroyed by fire. Loss
estimated at 81 900 600
Cardinal McCIoskey has purchased superb
marble altar for the Cathedral Of New York,
at cost Of $40, 600
The birthday of Father Mathew, the apostle
Of temperance, was celebrated 10 many of the
New England towns yesterday.
Eleven persons were drowned by the strand
Ing OF the English steamer Biscav, on the north
ern coast OF Denmark.
A great fire broke out, yesterday, in a tim
Der yard at Santapcar, Spain aud was still
raging at last accounts ..-.. Il. .'.f.
heavy storm prevailed on thu Nova Scotia
coast on Suuiiay night, and considerable dam
age to shipping is reported.
There was another religious pilgrimage in
Ottawa Ontario, last Sunday participated in
by about three thousand persons. Everything
passed off quietly.
Mary Gardner, coored, aged tweuty- three
has been arrested at West6cld, N. j., for kill
Ing her child two weeks old with laulanum
a do thof ,h,, la In
Three persons were arrested Sunday night in
New ! ork, charged with being implicated in
the uurder Of Mr. Noe. 1t is almost certain
that the maD DJlan is the principal in this
murder.
Abou. one thousand persons heard Hon. w.
D. kelley's lecture at Cooper Institute, n. Y,
last night, on the currency question, delivered
under the auspices of the Board of Trade. Elk.
Mayor Opdyke presided.
committee Of Italians resident 10 the Unit
ed States will be appointed to take charge of
Italian interests at the Centennial Exposition
The Pope will send two m0saics, one by Ra
phaol aud one by Centil.
In Bordcntowo, n. j., last evening, Mrs
Earlug, in coming d ,wn stairs at the house Of
DR.; Gardiner, was trippe1 by the carpet and
tell, breaking her neck. Size was widow aud
leaves one child.
The State Of louisiana has paid, iu 1915
for the support OF the public schools, the SUN
of 1880 727 Is. With the amount estimated
10 the NV Orleans city budget for the current
year added, a total is made Of $67S, 973.4l
a fire at the Utah mine, Virginia City, Ne
vada, on Sunday night, destroyed the hosting
works. eutaiIiug loss Of quarter of million
dollars. Several miners who were 10 the shaft
at the time had rarrow escape from DEATH
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has re-
ceived dispatch from Professor Jauney, of
the Black Hills geological survey, announcing
the discovery of gold in paying quantities in
that portion of the Back Hills country lying
10 Wyoming.s
Josephus Sooy, the late Treasurer of New
Jersey, has been indicted BY the grand jury of
Trenton for embczzlcment and misdemeanor in
office. George W. Patterson member of the
late Legislature. has also been indicted for en-
bezzIemeot.
AN IMPORTANT CHESS MATcH.-A chess
match has been arranged between MIR. Black
burne, the great bndtold player and Herr
Stelultz, the winner Of the first prize at the
Vienna international Tournament 10 1873 The
stakes are EGO aside and the match will be
played at the City of London Chess Club in
hnlghtrlder street, commencing early in the
ensuing winter. \ D event that has trauspired
10 the chess world since the Viouua tourna-
ment equals this match 10 interest. Setting
| aside the amount at issue and the position OF
the players, who are. perhaps, the ablest liv-
n IA hn ntoh
UNUSUAL attention from the circumstances at
tending the close Of the Vienna tournament.
Blackburn. who had played all his games. but
one with, Rosenthal, the French champion,
had tied with Stelnl;z, who had completed his
games. Blackburn had only to draw his game
With Roseothal to Wlu the first prize, as the
draw would have added half game to his
score. Tic, however, played to WHO it, and
hosenthal being 10 unusually good form he
lost 1t, aud consequently was brought. level
with Steiniz. The two deciding games were
won by Senitz, who had lost to Blackburn
ID their first meeting. The. forthcoming con
test accordingly promises to be close add ex-
citing. Indeed, by many it will be regarded
as IN reality championship match.
A SLEEPY HORSE That BEAT HE FIELD.
AT the Dubuque fair sleepy, poor, homely
~ o., 1a'ieu hJilair, was entered 10 every race.
he began by taking the s.: race, then min
utes, 2:l5, 2:4O and won two heats of the 2:35
race, when a protest WIS eutcred that he had
better record than the race he was trotiug 10.
HIS driver denied this soft impeachment, aud
challenged proof. Theiju4ges called him up
to the stand and swore him. About this time
he had got his wrath up, and swore be would
show them trick worth looking at. In the
third heat he lei the sIeanv horsa ort .nd d;,
taoced the whole field easily, cutting all others
out of the chance of second, third aud fourth
money. The swearing OF the army 10 FIap-
dcrs was nothing compared 10 those horse
men who were Topped. The air got 50 hot
that Lothian and his driver lit out in the
night with several thousand dollars pull.
ed from the greenies who played with
him.. Durog the selling Of pools the owner
bought the field s. against SIS, aud in the end
scooped the whole business The query is
Who is Lothian, and where did he c,,mo