Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-26
News OF tile Hay

The expense Of Stanley, great African i,ur
Geys, last concluded. have been about $ll5..
O0O, borne equally Ivy the New York Herald
and London Telegraph
! The culture Of c. flee 10 sourhero California Is
becoming profitable. The liant, it is STATED,
! grows as vigorously as 10 the coffee countries 4
South America, aud yields bean of strong
aromatic favor.
The Rev. Jonathan Crau. pastor Of the First
Congregational Chu,ch at MddIruwu, Mass
died yesterday. lie was stricken with apopcxy
while preaching in lis pulpit on Study
morDlor.
The D,e Manufacturing Company OF P4,er
son, N. D., is going iuto liquidation. Their
liabilities are $500. 900 to $iOO, 0O0 They own
tn, largest silk mill in Patersuo Depreciation
10 prices Of eilk goods is the cause.
The savings bapk cJumi, souers Of Massa.
chusetts have crjpiaed tho Taunton Savings
Bank from dcing farther business. According
| to au otlicll statement The bank has asseIs to
the amount Of 81 ,404. 5l3, with liabilities
amounting to 81, 1858 763. The weak condition
of the bank is due to depreciation Of loaus on
| mortgages.
Joseph Z ;ldeu>cheiular. jr., a bar tender in
| New Ork, who Is separated from his wife, VS.
| tied her 90 Monday night aud tried to induce
| her 10 90 home with him. but she refused as
he Was very dIsslpatei and !alled to provide iul
| her. lie went ln,o the yard aud with a revolver
shot himself through the breast, dying TO-
staulIy.
The rr-iItuc. Of Dr. W. Mccarthy, at Clio
cInuati. OhiD, Was catered yesterday mOr0log
ADD about $40 OOO worth OF notes and valuable
papers carried off. 1t is surmised by the Doctor
4, naH Tor fEa
Of securing papers bearing upon recent sensa-
| lional scandal case, as six largo envelopes COO
| tanning crrespanLoncu relative to that case
were taken away.
Tho herring has measurably declined Of late
years 10 the Chesapeake and its tributaries.
This f.llug 6if has provoked so1a' sc!eati: ln-
fuiry. Wllhuu! the iaot i'u,;tvciy settling tho
question, it il stated that durIug the present
year there has been al enormous catch of her.
rng oil the coast OF Denmark, and that said
fishes have not heretofore appeared there 10
notable quantities wthia the last three hua
dred ytals.
An otli;iul telegram fom Sanct Spirlus,
Cuba, says IS Insurgents surrendered Sunday 10
the Central department. Among them were the
vile aud family Of Maxine Gomez. The sur.
render Of the family OF Gomez had been pre-
VlOuS y uu1Teu, aUu ucl, hlalIlutA OampuS pcl-
mited them to surrender either on the island
Of Cubl or outside, aco,rIiug to their wishes.
Mouuay it surrenders were reported 10 the
central department.
At Brooklyn, N. Y. yesterday, several boys
from ten to fifteen Years Of age went to shoot
al i mark Daring The sport boy named
David S~ccnry took up Al old qua loaded with
shut, aud pointing at Thomas Rourke, aged II.
said. iu spirit OF fun, Look out, LII shoot
you |" No souuer Were the words uttered than
the Gun was DISCHARGED, the shot tearing away
the greater paft of R)nrke's faco and neck and
kilIios him Instantly. Sweeney Was arrested.
Labor troubles in Lyou, Alass., are inereas.
Ing, aud another strike took place there Moo
day, that TT the operatives OF the shoe manu-
tory Of s. j. Hollis. The cluso Of the strike
was proposed reduction Of wages, and the
strikers We're authOr;z ID iu their action by the
Crlspin board of arbitration. The strike OF the
lasters at the shoe mandatory of keene Bros
has caused the whole shops crew, numbering
Is men. to lie idle. The strikers 10 Lyon now
number over 300