Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-09-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO sho,o the very age and body Of the Times.

10 sho1o the veTy age and body OF the 1s''les.'
Advices from China state that typboou 10
the Chinese Sea had caused much damage to
shipping, and heavy rains 10 the Central Prov
lnces had damaged property to the extent of
over two million dollars. Military operations
against Formosa have been suspended on &C.
count of revolt of the soldiers The latter,
on landing at Foo Choo assaulted an American
gentleman aud lady, and an investigation of
the affair was being made by the American
Consul. The Government is about to send Dip
Iomatic representatives to the leading Western
nations, and it is reported that they will be
preceded by mission similar to Burlingame's
The Government has paid the French Legation
forty thousand taeIs as indemnity for the muir
der OF a French priest.
The lawlessness of the Pennsylvania mining
regions still continues, John p. Jones, the 10.
side boss of the l. high and Wiikesbarre Coal
Company, at the Lonsford mines, having been
shot dead yesterday morning by two strangers.
A party OF miners Immediately gave chase to
the murderers, and 10 the course Of the after
noon two meo were arrested 10 the woods near
Tamaqua, and we're fully identified as the per-
petrators of the deed.
Rev. Father Jacquemet, vino. few months
ago, renounced the Catholic faith 10 Baltimore,
has written letter from Montreal to Arch
bishop B~yey renewing bis allegiance to the
Catholic Church. He has been admitted Ia
the Jesuit Community in Canada
Eight hundred boot aud shoemakers are on
a strike at Cochituate, Mass, 10 consequence
Of the refusal Of the employers to restore the
wages to the same standard as before the re-
ductlon, which took place some months since.
Louis Rehm, the teller of the Planters Ma
tlonal Bank OF Louisville, who confessed tc
having robbed that institution 90 "Wednesday
night was yesterday committed 10 default Of
$4,000 bail.
Goldsmith Maid trottcd yesterday against
her 2. IA time, and made the mile in l4t
which turfmen consider her greatest achieve
ment, considering attendant circumstances.
NJ. G. Hill, former president of the New
FORK Philharmonic Society, committed suicide
because of pecunlary difficulties, Thursday, a.
his residence, near Paterson, N. j.
Gen. VIM. K Kimball, of Paris, Me-, com
mltted suicide at Norway, Me, last evening
by shooting himself No cause is known tol
the act
Milton Whitney, esq, we'll koown member
of the Baltimore bar, died at Ashburuham
Massachusetts, at 40 early hour yesterday
morning, after lingering illness.
Rear Admiral l. NJ. Goldsboroueh is lyiul
seriously i'll at his residence in Washington
and 1t is feared that he will not recover.
The mills in Dundee, Scotland, are agair
running, the strikers having submitted to re
duction Of five per cent Of their wages.
The report that the Kiug of Burmah hac
refused to receive Col. Duncan, the British en-
voy, is discredted at Calcutta.
Over 100000 notes were returned to the
Treasury in Washington to exchange for new
ones during the month Of August.
The completion of the bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Atchisoo, Kansas, was yesterday
appropriately celebrated there.
The Gibson House and the Henry House
two Of the principal hotels 10 Charleston, w.
Va, were burned yesterday.
MIR. Hutchinson, farmer, living near Worth
lngtoD, Ohio, was yesterday killed by tramp
whom be found in bis barn.
The leading hotels Of New York have deter
mined to make material reduction 10 their rates
for board.
Six men were hanged at Fort Smith, Indian
Territory, yesterday.