Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-03
NEWS OF THE DAY
10 sho,o the very age and body of the Times

Presbyterian churcn anu 'ne Tooio vi 'ue -
ket house and depots. One person was k'.ieo'
DR.. Montgomery house, pear hutledge' va
was blown down, and his sou, four years old,
blown awsy AT Covingtop, Ca, the wife and
child of John Norton we're badly hurt, At
Rockville, Tenn, heavy storm blew ooWn
the county bridge over the Tennessee river and
also damaged the Charleston railroad bridge
Loss 10 the country around Knoxville S4O,Ooo.
Bud Montgomery Ben Haleaud one jackson
have been arrested at Carney, Ark, charged
with robbing the Southern Express agent there
in Jaouary OF $500 aud watch. Hale con-
fessed, stating jackson was the leader OF the
gang. Jackson threw his coat over the head
of one OF the guard and escaped. 1t IS belleV,
ed that Jackson is the leader OF the celebrated
Gad's Hill robbers.
The ceremony of coosecrating Bishop VIII
Iiams, of Boston, as archbishop of that newly
elevated archiepiscopa see. took place there In
the new Cathedral Of the RoyCross yesterday
Cardinal McCloskey oficiated, and large
number of church dgnitaries, including Arch
bishop Bayey and the papal delegation were
present,
The fire in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,, was more
destructive than at fist reported. The loss will
not be uuder two millions of dollars. Hundreds
of families we're made houseless. In proportion
| TO its population and wealth, Oshkosh suffered
| more severely than Chicago in the great cont1a-
| grafton.
10 the Circuit Court for Adne Arundel Co.,
Md, on Saturday, Baltimore lottery dealer
was sentenced to four months lmprlsor ment,
and 81 900 6ne was imposed 10 the case OF
party charged with renting house to be used
as ''lottery shop" ....
A grand council of all the Indian tribes of
Indian Territory will assemble at Okmulgee to
day. Indian Commissioner Hoag attends it.
An attempt will be made to conciate all war
| like Indians and torestore peace without blood
sbed
! A negro riot occurred 10 Darien, Ga, Friday
night, in which the sheriff, two whites aud
negro we're slightly wounded with shot. 1t
grew out of the arrest of Tuois u. Campbell, a
colored magistrate Campbell was secured,
| however.
At meeting of the Directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company on Saturday, a
dividend of four per cent for the past six
mouths, clear Of all taxes, and payable on the
2Sth inst, was declared
MIR. John u Conner Pourr member Of Par
lament for Mayo county. Ireland, has been
engaged for six-months' tour in the United
States to deliver lectures on the present cond'
ton of Ireland.
The present production of the mills in Lo-
well, Mass, as compared with the product be-
fore the strike, shows decrease OF rs to 40
per cent. In mule spinning there is a decrease
Of about 50 per cent.
10 Cincinnati, Saturday, Henry Diehm, an
intoxicated German, aged So years, read his
| life insurance policy to his wife and children
and then stabbed himself fatally with butch
er's knife.
J.J Prior, playing with the Lolita troupe at
Toledo, Ohio, fell dead of heart disease 10 the
| dressing room of the opera house during the
performance of Little Nell Saturday night.
| Mr. Prior was resident Of New York.
The Assistant Postmaster at Vicksburg, un-
der the later Peter Casey, has resigned because
the old white clerks, among them young Peter
Casey, have been discharged and their places
| filled by negroes by Postmaster Pease.
The new Alexandra Palace, erected on the
site of the structure Of the same name destroy
ed by fire some time since, was opened by the
Lord Mayor of London on Saturday with great
eclat in the presence of thousands OF people.
| Nineteen thousand passengers and one thous-
| and nine hundred and seventy-uiDe cars we're
carried over the Union Railroad, Of Baltimore,
during the month Of April.
On Wednesday, 5th inst, the Supreme Con-
clave of the Order of Heptasophs Assem- bles at
Indianapolis, lad The Maryland and Vir
GINA representatives leave Baltimore to-day.
The Grand Jury has reported true bills
against five persons, charged with brlbng
members of the Louisiana Legislature with ln-
| tent to influence their votes.
Mayor Wickam, of New York, has made a
police commissioner of Gen. Badly" Smith,
we'll known in the history of the armies during
the war.
Lieut.. Col. A. j. Dodge has been appointed
to command the escort to Mr.. Janney into the
Black Hills. The expedition leaves Fort Lara
ME on the 18th instant.
The city OF New Orleans defaulted in its in
terest and bonds maturing Saturday. The Lou
isaoa Levee Company also failed to pay inter
est on its bonds.
The building of the first section of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad was commenced
at Galveston, Texas Saturday, in the presence
of large number Of citizens.
Another indication of the waning of the Car
list cause in Spain occurs 10 the revolt Of
body of iusurgeut troops on the Navarro from
tier They have declared for King AtoDzo.
Five millions Of dollars 10 gold are to be sold
10 New York during this month on the Gov
ernment account.
The public debt statement, issued on Satur-
day, shows decrease during the past month
of nearly two aud halt million dollars.
Ice formed half an inch thick in the vicinity
of Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday night Ligh,
snow, mingled with rain, fell all the afternoon.
Two more deaths from yellow fever are re-
nnrtad nt K ON Wost and seuaral new cases are