Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-15
EeWa CT stie Day.

Geld, s. c., Monday, show that the firing be-
gau ia bar room Wtero the parties were
driokicg, AID Was i1isLcd in the public square,
whittier the combattants went, keeping up the
fire % they retired There we're some twenty
five shots fred IL all. The men engaged were
desneIsFe characters aud very much feared. IL
addition to the three killed outright, fourth
who was wounded, died soon after the light
Mrs. B. j. Sweet, widow of the late Gen.
Sweet and mother Of Miss Ada Sweet peeslon
apept at Chicago was struck by locomotive
at Lombard, on the Northwestern railroad,n near
Chicago. Yesterday, thrown several ieet aud
Instantly killed. She leaves family CT Jour
children, The corone!'s irqucst cxoneratcd the
railroad company.
The palaco car Dom PEDRO, purchased by
The Emperor Of Brazil Wbeu be was 10 THIS
country was cent from New York 10 the
schooner Eta aud Josie, Capt. Bunker, which
sailed July ,. The schooner has since been
abs1doncd at sea.
Chancellor Rupyon has issued an order d.
| rected to Charles Il. ColWell, receiver OF the
| PHILADELPHIA aud Atlantic City Narrow Gauge
Railroad, TO show cause on tie Goth inst. why
| he should net be relieved Of the duties Of tha!
position.
A vote was taken yesterday by the citizens
| of Cincinnati, on the question OF issuing two
| million dollars in bonds for tho completion or
| the Southern Railroad. There was majority
of 5. 500 in favor Of the loan.
Secretary Schurz has decided that letters
patent issuing to two or more persons ~ncn
but one of them is the real inventor, are void,
and cannot be made valid by any act OF the
parties concerned or by tho patent otlcc'
The Postmaster General orders that tn pre-,
sect system Of registering for mail matter Oh
tho first class be extended 10 matter OF inc
third GLASS from ard after the first day OF Ooto'
Der, A. D. 1873.
Ex.Gov. Amos, Of Mississippi, SOD 10 Ia" 0!
Gen. B. L. Butler, has Abandoned politics apo
is now butter and cheese comm SOD mercn'
ant in New York.
NaIsou Jarboe, esq.,, The eldest brother OF
! Vim. 4, Jarboe, esd, Of Upper Marlboro,
Nd, died suadcul " at Munroe, Michigan, last
week.
| The STORM of the 9th inst. wrought saa
havoc in the meuagcric in Contra! Park. Two
and half inches of water fell 10 less than
thirty minutes. 10 the antelope house the
water rose to The height Of five feet IN 1--we
minutes This part Of the rcnsgerle is stuat'
cd in hollow behind the arsenal. The water
pouring from tho higher lands ran toto 1t as
into basin.
The defective sewerage added to tue trouble
| The bears, foxes, wolves, jackals,. the glrane'
peccary and tapr are all kept 10 this enclosure
In the centre is the tank OF the two sea hons'
surrounded by tall iron paIlsading.. All these
4 - ~ ha rlrn
to swim for their lives. The tnpir was the
most frightened The peccary, whose cage IS
open at the top, was hoated out and spIasheo
| 10 among the other animals. The racooonS
chung 10 the roof Of their prison: -,
| Tie giraffe kept the coolest. 1t stood quietly
chewing its cud as the water rose over Its hlps.
The sea lion S tank is of wood, fastened dowo
| BY iron stanchions. 1t was forced tron lts
| foundation, its pasadiug broken, and it Il lated
| like huge tub round the enclosure. The sea
ioos made their escape, and padded about
cBioyiug their unexpected liberty. Keepers
vadcd 10 I'D to the chin to capture them, but
for sometime we're unsuccessful. Twice the
animals darted between the legs Ct their pus'
sucrs. upsetlng them 10 the water, and lcaV:
ipr them to come to the surface sputterng and
| easping for breath. They We're ct length
cap:uryd and consigned to another tank, sliuat'
ed on higher ground.
| The ether animals kept up conuoutu
chorus Of bowls. banks, ard grunts Mr. W.
! Z. Conkling director OF the menaGerle, was
compelled to leave them as they were, as he
had no room for ,hcm elsewhere. a valuable
| South American tx sunk exhausted after
attempts to keep its head above the surface.
It was specdiy rescued, but it vas two hours
before it was resuScitated. TIE dog Juoo did
good service. Thousands Of rats, driven by
| the sudden ir lux of water from their holes,
swan about, too frightened to land. Juno
| dashed ia eltcr them, nippiog them up at the
rate Of enc every second. 1t is thought that
| over two thousa1d of these rodents were de-.
| s!soyed ci:to! by drowning or By being killed
By juno. :,
l.. was three hoaE5 before tie water subsidized.
! The drives AID paths 10 the park are in many
cases entirely destroyed. In some parts car
rage drivicg is impossible. Nj. CoDkliug says
| he never witnessed such storm. The rain fell
DOT in drops, but in great sheets.-NeW YORK;
| Sun.
Crows FEET WRINKLES. "A recipe for pre-.
venting wrinkles is published 10 an exchaDge
| from popular and aristcoratic seaside resort
The uusightly CROW feet about the eyes 1t
says, ARE the results Of sleeping upon the right
and left sides. The pressure upon the temples
ADD checks leaves wrinkles st the corners and
underneath the eyes which disappear 10 few
hours, but finally become 50 fixed that neither
bours COZ additions will abato them. II girl
children were compelled to sleep on their backs
and continue the habit when they reach woman
hood aud aftcrwsrd, they would arrive at mid.
die life without crows feet gathering IN the
noiebborhood of the eyes, and in most cases
their forehcads would be free from even shall
low Burrows" That is first rate, bu: it says
nothing about getting hole livery stablelul
OF nightmares from sleeping 90 the back. 30.
sides, it evidently cares nothing about the men,
and though they sro all wiling to be ugly that
their wives may appear beautiful beside them,
in the matter OF age they do not want to seem
chrouieaIly 1ncvenly matched.
Greenback Convention.
LINCOLN, NEE, Aug. l5.-The grecuback
State Convention met here yesterday, about fifty
delegates beiog present. Hon. B. W.. Berk'