Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-23
NeWs OF the Day.

Oakland Maid won the trottng race 1t San
Francisco, Saturday, 10 22.2222!i aud 2!G2?'
Snow has fallen to the depth Of from one TO
three feet III the mountains OF Utah.
Tie cash receipts the Centennial last week
were th,. largest since the opening
SytsaDus Caldwell, cx ,mayor Of Augusta,
Me-, aud assistant State treasurer, died last
evening.
AT Belgrade it Is declared that the Gar s
return to st. Petersburg vii! be the signal ior
The entry Of a Russian army ilto Bulgaria.
4 monster excursion, aui the last that will
take Il.ea, starts from Canada far. phIa
Oh the 4!ll Of November.
The United States surveying gunboat Gcttys-
burg, from Norfolk, Va, arrived at Halifax
yesterday bound for the Mediterranean.
The glove factories OF Messrs. llodgson i
Ricketts, aud e. Ii. Pyre, in Johnstown. n.
Y, were burned Saturday morning. Loss is
heavy; partially covered by insurance.
The losses in New Bedford by the wreck OF
the Arctic whaling fleet are reported to be
nearly half million dollars, which is Insured
principally in New York and Boston Offices.
In his speech at Aiken on Friday last Gen.
Hampton is repsrted to have advised his hear.
cr: to submit themselves quietly, and to be
ready to die even Tor the good OF their country.
4 committee Of the Wcccacoc Legion Of
Philadelphia j. 10 Washington, preparing for
visit Of the command to the National Capital
on Inauguration day.
George Griflith's shovel mandatory, On
Locust street, Philadelphia, was damaged by
fire on Saturday to the extent Of $50, 600; fully
covered by insurance.
President Grant has appointed Robert Og-
den Tyler, Of Hartford, to cadetship in West
Point, in recognition Of The distinguished ser
vices Of h!4 uncle, the late General Robert y.
Tyler.
Charles Fl. Mouton. real estate agent OF
Washington, who disappeared from that city,
leaving debts estimated at from fifty to one
hundred thousand dollars was in Richmond
on Saturday, but went further South.
The Duke Of Richmond, the head Of the
British Commission. has Informed Mayor
Stokely that St. Georges building will be
presented to the city OF Philadel phia, when the
Centennial Exhibition is ended, by Her Majcs-
tvs Government.
The hurricane Of last week was felt in all its
force at Havana, and at Key West it attained
a velocity Of ninety miles an hour. A number
of marine disasters are reported, and telegraph.
ic communication throughout.the whole Island
Of Cuba was interrupted.
The schooner j. S. Marsh was boarded of
College Point, Long Island, on Tuesday night,
by gang of pirates and robbed. The captain
aud crew were overpowered at the mouth OF
the pistol, and the pirates held possession OF
the boat for an hour aud then made their
escape.
The Scarf-Morris single sculI boat race,
which took place at Pittsburg, on the Monon'
,ahela river, 90 Saturday afternoon last, was
witnessed by fully ten thousand people. 1t was
or 1000, aud after an interesting and exclt.
ug contest. was won by Billy Scarf by one
ength 10 &c minutes and % seconds.
kilograms from London give accounts oil
oattle between the Turkish forces and the Ser
,ians which is spoken of as lasting three days |
md having been "long and bloody 1t re-
ulted in the rout OF the latter with great loss |
The affair appears to have consisted Of two |
distinct operations, perhaps enabling the Turks |
o makea double advance, which may seriously |
hreatcn the position OF the Russo. SerVian |
rmy.
There were four deaths from yellow fever
It Charleston, S. G., last week. Many unac
mated persons have returned to Charleston |
within the past few days, although the weather
5 still warm and there has been no tlack frost.
The number Of iuterments at Savannah, Ca,
~ Saturday was /, Of which ) were yellow
ever cases. The interments at Savannah yes.
erday were !, three being yellow fever cases.
1spt Nadal, of the Spanish bark Olympic, disd
hera Yesterday.