Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-27
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITO sAo,o the uery age and body Of the Tin

The spring meeting at Point Breeze, Phila-
delphia, was opened yesterday with two trots
The 81 900 purse for As horses, $500 going
to the first, $500 to the second, and 500 to
the third J best three 10 five, to harness. was
won by FORBADE Maid, in the last three heats,
over Champion Morre Nettic Burlew, Car
rotou, and Vesta, the best time being 23lt j..
The 50, 500 purse for 2.22 horses (sl,5OO TO
the first, $3.50 to the second, and $3.50 TO the
third) best three in five, to harness, was won
by Sea Foam in three straight heats. Best
time 2.24!.
A dispatch from Boston records the occur
renee yesterday of an explosion from some un-
known cause 10 the drug store of j. d. Downs,
Of such force as to demoIish the building, bury
ing the inmates aud many passers by. Fire
broke out amid the rulns, adding to the hor-
rors of the situation. Two dead bodies had
been taken out and three persons In dying
condition. Ten or twelve other persons who
were Injured were scot to hospital.
The Postmaster General in relation to an
early mail train from New York, says that he
has no authority to order an extra train or tc
nav for such extra service, but that If the
PENNSYLVANIA road will put on the extra train
for the amount now paid, the Department vii
be glad of it, and the public will be benefited
thereby.
The Postofficc Department is in receipt Of q
letter FROM i. D. Siuc, through his attorneys
demurriug to the action of the Department IL
prohibiting the transmission OF bis lottery
schemes through the mails, and asking for the
law in the case 10 order to test its constitution
alily before the courts.
Philip pfarr, German living near ST. Louis
Mo-, was murdered Tuesday night by an un
known negro, aud his wife outraged. Intense
excitement prevails and twenty mounted po
lice have been securing the woods 10 search
the murderer.
The London Times prooounccs the BcsSemel
steamer so far an uudoubted failure. 1t make:
but moderate speed, is difficult TO handle ex
cept when at full speed. aud the swinging cabil
does not swing.
Panama advces to the 10th instant repor
that disturbances are appreheuded at the ap
preaching Presidential election 10 Colombia
Costa RIGA aud Nicarauga have agreed to sub
nit their differences to arbitration.
1t is said that Senator Jones, of Nevada who
went over to New York to "buII Bouanza,
los, upwards of 500, 90. Instead Of being ;
successful bull, Jay Gould gobbied him up like
lamb.
The cotton mill of ID. B. Smith, near Hart
ford. Conn, was burned yesterday. Los.
$lU0, 900; insurance $4,000 About TWO hun
dred hands are throwo out of employment.
By royal order promulgated at Madrid the
importation Of potatoes into the island Of Porte
Rico has been prohibited on account of the
potato bug.
Three men were instantly killed aud three
others MORALLY wounded at Columbus, Ohio
yesterday, by the fall Of a scatfold at the Ohio
Insane Asylum.
Abraham Jackson, the Boston defaulter
was arrested in kcesevIe n. Y, yesterday
evening.
The Atlanta Daily News suspended pubica
ton yesterday.
Specie shipments from New York to Europe
yesterday amounted to $lGS, SOS in gold.