Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-26
NEWS OF TIL IL - a ".
g. u ,ho.o the very age and body Of the Times

, suyar finn at Sagua la Grande, Cuba in
communication to It's correspondents in New
vork city, under date of the 18th instant, re-
,,r,s that within the two days preceding, four
,ssn of the finest estates OF that Jurisdiction
h.d beeu reduced to ashes by the tires OF lncen-
Tar;,s The damage done to machinery and
lniIdiDgs they say will exceed ahalf million OF
5nIars, aud loss of crops cannot be calculated
Of less than $1,000 tons OF sugar
The destruction of bridges on the coal rail
roads of New Jersey caused by ice gorges
,hrsatens a coal famine in New York. All
,ar|s in jersey City aud Hnboken which are
..mnnll,d by the Erie and~Dclaware aud lAacka-
wanna Railroads are greatly reduced in their
srock, The supplies of some yards have Gu
tirely run out and the yards are closed.
large meeting of the members of the Do.
miuion House of Commons has been held up
m the subject OF the prohibition Of the liquor
traffic 4 resolution was adopted to appoint
y committee to prepare programme OF the
proper measures to be taken to promote the
objects ofthe meeting.
The Secretary Of the Interior is aiming to
break up the business OF the agents and attor-
new, who drive profitable calling in acting as
m;Jdle,nru between the Indians aod the Coy
rruueut lie has directed the Commissioners
Of Indian Aft .rs to refuse hereafter to recng-
nize them in making contracts.
The trial Of Samuel Payne, for the murder
Of Martha Payne, his wife, near Rockville,
Md was commenced at Rockville yesterday.
The alleged murder took place Christmas eve.
Both parties w.re addicted to drinking, and the
theory of the defense is that the woman died
OF the result of accident and exposure.
A bill to repeal the law requiring insurance
compauies doing business in South Carolina to
make deposit of bonds as security to policy
holders has passed both branches Of the Legls
lature of that State, and will undoubtedly be
signed by the Governor.
The Manufacturers Board of Trade at Fall
River, Mass, in accordance with an intimatiou
given last week, yesterday stated that Oh aud
after the first Monday in April the price OF
weaving will be advanced to twenty-yeveu cents
per cut, and the pay Of other operatives in pro-
portion
The reports to the Grand Chapter Of the Phi
Kappa Sigma Societies, now in session in Phil
adephia, show the order to be 10 a state of
great prosperity. IL mas SUBORDINATE Cuapte[s
at all the important colleges of the country.
aud numbers $500 members.
Washington kilograms deny that Secretary
Bristow contempates reslgnng, that ex-Sena-
tor Chandler will not accept any position 10 t he
gift of the President, and that Treasurer Spin
ner 5 retirement from Office will not be imme
date.
A special dispatch from Port Deposit, Md,
Indicates that the ice gorge opposite that place
is weakening, and that there is some hope that
the town will escape second Hood.
A large uumber of vessels are at Locust Point
and Canton aud vicinity loading cargoes Of mer
chandise from Baltimore and points reached By
its railroad connections.
A dispatch from Boston announces the ar
rest aud Identification of the man who is be-
lieved tc have murdered Mrs. Bingham 10 that
city few days ago.
The German Government coDtemplates an
amendment of the law against Jcsuits so as to
make it operative against other religious orders.
The Beecher trial was yesterday colored up
by the testimony of Mrs. Woodhulls servant
man, who was formerly Virginia slave.
An expedition to the Black Hills is to fit out
10 Boston.