Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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Cafullal nlcClOskey, on Saturday, babe fare
well to the Pope aud Cardinal AutonelIi.
Father Matthew's birthday was celebrated
nv the Catholic temperance societies in NV
York, Saturday, by mass meeting.
1t is reported that Germany will demand
this year six million marks additional for the
military expenses.
The damage to the Memphis court house by
the fire Friday night will probably reach SIP
OOO. The fire was the work of 40 iucendlary.
The IradeSmen's Industrial Exposition was
opened at Pittsburg, Pa, Saturday, and proves
u success.
Loudon dispatch says it is reported at
Portsmouth that all the British vessels ia jap
| aucse waters have been ordered to China
The failure OF Mag T. Co., of MONTGOMERY,
Ala, is reported in Louisville, Ky, where the
firm is said to be Indebted il the sun of 5 lUO,-
900.
WIN. PembertOn, an escaped convictshorse
| thief, was mobbed while 10 custody Of cousta.
he at Peoria, Illinois, Friday morning, shot
several times, and finally hug
1t is suspected that the Carlists contemplate
another attack on Bilbao. One thousand troops
| left CadIz, yesterday, for Cuba, and fifteen hun
| dred more will follow on Wednesday,
The man recently captured in Fcutress county,
Tennessee, with 81 700, has been identified as
| one OF the robbers Of the HUNTINGTON West
| Flrgnia) bank.
| John Doan, who was arrested for the MUIR
| der of Mr.. Noe on Greenwich street, New
York, WAS committed yesterday, without bail
| to await his trial.
q. L. Heard was convicted at Conycrs, Ga. q,
Saturday, Of an attempt to outrage two li!tlc
| girls. lie committed suicide imm .diatcly after
| conviction by taking morphine
Recent rains have caused disastrous foods
10 Lsccsershre and Warwckshire, England,
aud great destruction of property aud some loss
OF hte is reported.
| The run on the two German savings banks
at New York, which followed the suspension
OF the Third Avenue Savings Bank, mas en-
| tirely ceased.
Captain Bogardus, the we'll known pigeon
shooter, has been arrested in St. Louis at tile
Instance Of the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, Tor shooting at a match
near that city Friday.
! ln Baltimore during the past forty hit
hours experienced burglars got into seven stores
IN one neighborh0Ud, but their plumber amount
ed to very llttle-nOt above few hundred dol
lars in the total.
AT Lawrence, Mass, Saturday uight, Ber-
| nard Bradley, while drunk, beat his wife over
| the head with bottle, and then poured boil
| Ing water over her. She cannot recover. Brad
| ley was arrested.
| Charles Ehrug, tailor, at Railway. n J
attempted TO connit suicide by stabbiug him
self nineteen times in the head and five times
ID the breast. lie then tried to hang himself
with suspcndcr, but was prevented by the
police and locke! up. H. was under the icflu
ence OF liquor a! the time.
a freight train on the New York Central
Railroad, going forty miles an hour, left the
| track at Buffalo, Saturday, and dashed into
| the walls OF the depot, dcmoshing u large
| portion OF the structure, wrarking the lucomo-
| tive aud part OF the train, aud instantly killing
the engineer and the fireman, their bodies be,
log shockingly nanged.
Some wretch entered the house of George
Forrest, at Bay City, Mich, aud poured vitro
10 the face OF Mrs, Forrest while she Was asleep
from which she will probably lose her cyesght,
besides being otherwise dis6gured. The out
! rage Is supposed to have been com :nitted By
man whose suit had been rejected IN Forests
| family.
destructive fire occurred on Friday night
| at the country residence Of Daniel j. Foley, of
Baltimore. Several buildings were DESTROYED
| with fifteen tons of hay, one thousand bushels
| of wheat, and fifteen head Of valuable import
ed cattle. The fire is attributed to a tramp
| who was seen 10 the neghborhood. The prop
| crty is Insured.
A systematic effort to swindIc the Canadian
| banks by means Of forged letters of credit has
been brought to light by the arrest of a man at
Quebec while attempting to pass forged draft
at one OF the banks. Gu Thursday the Bank
OF British North America, of Halifax, was
swlndcd out of $500 By means of forged
letter OF credit purpOruug to have been issued
at It's New York agency.
The bad feeling which has existed for long
time past among the miners of different nation
allilcs in the Pennsylvania coal region culmi-
mated 10 desperate riot at Shenandoah on
Saturday nlght, 10 which several persons were
wounded. The latest reports last night repre-
scented all quiet at Shenandoah, with strong
posse of Sherltf's officers and police patrong
the town.
The American brig Helen g. Rich is ashore
| on Salt Key bank, Of the coast of Cuba, and
it is thought will be a total loss though her
| cargo OF lumber will be parity saved The mate
OF the brig reports that on the island, near
where the vessel stranded, he saw signal pole
standing and found there the skeletons of five
persons, which had evidently been exposed to
the weather Tor months. l. is supposed from
the clothing and shoes on thsm that the skelc-
tons were those of Euglish sailors.
CoLLINGWooD. The Collingwood CORES
pondcDt oil the Virginia Farmer say,:-L4st
Monday MIR. 5. ii. Snowdeu, having previous
" rented his extensive farm to Mr.. Benton,
OF Ohio, broke ground for Il large new residence
within a few rods OF the Potomac, on one 0!
the most eligible aud beautiful sites of the
hundreds, and | might, without cxaggcration,
say thousands that strew the backs of this uc.
surpassed river. His builders, the Mcssrs,
IbT,.,,