Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-18
News OF the Day.

was hurled yesterday lrcin the Chu'va q :hc
Assumption. in that city. His iricbds say that
he reached the extraordinary age q llG. lie
was born 10 c1uoy Don, gal. Ireland, ai.d al
the age Of Is years entered III" British maine
service. Halt century ago be was 10 The car
r.iug trade bc;wcca this country add Eog'and
He unit the Sea % years ago and settled IN
Brooklyn, livlog continuously at % Prospect
street. On Friday afternoon he qaleiy brca'h
ed lis las, surrounded by lis children aud
grandchildren. lie helongc! 10 4 !nhg ilVcn
race, his mother having lived l05 yeyrS, AID
onc sister and three brothers Ov1r 80. IFS SON.
living in Ireland, is ever IS.
The Washington correspondent Of the Bali
more Sun says THE Eighth llliools cavalry
regiment, Of which ex Copgressman tarnsworih
was colonel, holds it's annual reunion ut the
Palmer House, Chicago, to morrow. The last
two years of the war this giment was statlouod
on the Virginia side in the vicinity Of wash
ingtou. and had frequent encounters with Col.
Mosbys command. Co.. Mosbg, te" days
ago. received an Invitation to participate la the
reuoiou. lie has replied regrottlng his lnaol!l
ty to be present, but assuring the command mat
he extends to them the right hand Of fellow
ship. 10 his letter Col. Mostly states that
some of the hardest knocks he received during
the war came irom the Eighth Illinois.
During the ceremonies Attending 'he dtd'ca-
tion of the soldiers and sailors monument, AT
Boston, yesterday, large tier Of seats erected
for the accommodation Of the families aod
friends Of the members of the city government.
at Blackstone Square, icll. The seats were
10 five tie,s from the fence on Washington
street, extended The whole length Of the square,
aud were crowded with several hundred people,
who went down with the debris a. Tar a.
learned the following were Injured, rccclvlr@
fractures of limbs, &c.: Mrs. Ellen ". Crow
lev, Jackson D. Hail, Henry Clinton O''ricn,
Mrs. N. App)Ilouio, Miss Belle Bartlett, Cha*.
". Sullivan aud Mis-. Hannah Buckley.
A courier from Grow Agency with cill3:a
dispatches from Gen. Sturpis says that the
Me- Pe,ces harked them and proceeded down
the Clark Fork. He followed them two days
and came upon them Cd the YELLOWSTONE about
seven miles below the uouih OF the Clark Fork
and fought them nearly al! day. lie reports
that he captured several huodtcd horses and
killed q great many 1ndians. lie lost some SO!
diers. The Crows fought and captured on
hundred aud fifty horses. The Ne Perces had
burned MacAdam'S mill aud several ranches
At Crecdmoor yesterday there WAS shooting
at the eight hundred, nine huadrcd ard orc
thousand yards ranges 10 the lu!er State IoDg
range match by six teams o! four esc!!. III
Amateur Rife Club. composed ct four Of thC
American team, scored S25. the Crc>c' mt City
Club 754, the Parlhan Gun CLUB, 1856, tt1
Massachusetts Rife Association iS3, the Hack
cpsack Riff CLUB 1872. and the Columbia Long
rb,
Won the prize.
\ Salt Lake City dispatch says dispatch
was forwarded yesterday to The |. 5. Marshal
at Beaver as follows: John ". Iouug and
Zulla COBB arc ca route for 81. George Tor al
illegal marriage. Judge Schacfer has Issued a
writ of habeas corpus at the lostaDce OF h@t
counsel. Intercept them if possible till the wit
arrives by mail. Signed James Cobb. the gir! +
father; +. r. Sprague, and N. II. ka'ghn, at,
torney.
A storm similar to the one that Was 20 de.
struc,ive 10 September, 1875, in Texas, COM
meuced at Galveston 90 Sunday. At lodlanoa
the wind reached the velocity Il 81 miles per
hour. The telegraph wires We're Frustrated AID
the railroad tracks covered with water, 50 tia:
the amount of damage is not known.
Collector Of Customs Mills, CT Rich:4ond, is
in Washington, 10 connection with the late Dc.
falcation Of bis deru:y, g. 3. Walden. IL Is
alleged that this deputy vas guilty Of cmbcZ
element last fall, and that Mills hu,hed IN :lla
matter. Special Agent Chamberlain is in R'ei-
mond Investigating the case.
Burglars crscrcl the Ca(skit, n. y. post
Office last night, tore open The registered let
ters aud took all the money they could ley
their hands o. Everything vas in such con
fusion this morciug that 10 mail cnu'd be
made up.
At the Maritime Exchange, n y, yesterday, 4
subscription was started by the members in aid
of the sufferers by yellow fever q Fern .0,iina.
Y cIlow fever having again broken out lii the
steamship Niagara, from HAVANA, that YES
sci has bceo ordered to the lower quarantine.
Bcpi. Pollard, while riding III buggy, in
Petersburg, last uight, was thrown GU; and
killed. Dr.. Robinson, who Was with him,
Jumped out and only received slight Injuries.
The horse was running away.
The grand jury Of Norfolk has found 4 true
bill against Henry Skies, for killing Peter Gin.
ton twenty years ago, but discharged 1I:mue]
Gray, who killed . man two weeks ago.
Robert Ould, jr., who shot youog cousin
named Saunders short lime sisca, Was tried
at Buckingham court, last week, but the Jury
failed to agree.
Three deaths from yellow fever occurred at
Feruaudna, Florida. yesterday, and the nun
Der of new cases is still increasing. The weather
being uutavorablc.
Moore c. Black we'll has been appointed rev
enue storekecpcr and gaugcr for the sixth dis
trict Of Virginia.
Ex.Prcsidcnt Grant
90 Friday cx President Grant was presented
with the freedom of the borough of Ayr, Scat
land. In returning thanks he expressed the
pleasure it gave him to form SO close coDrcc