Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-03
News OF the Day.

the Lehlgn valley COUpauy. nc 'oto uot
beiug unanimous, tho meeting adjourned sine
meeiag will be called if the Lehigh Valley op'
orators request it within forty.eight hours.
Their failure to agree within the time specified
means 90 combination.
The democratic caucus of the members of
the Maryland Legislature, held last night,
nominated Col. Edward Lloyd, of Talbot coun-
ty, for President of the Senate; Augustus Gas
saRsy, secretary, aud W. Ii. Hiss, resdOg
clerk. 10 the House, Hon. Felter 5. Hoblit-
zell, of Baltimore. was selected for Speaker;
Milton Y. Kidd, of Cecil county, chief clerk,
and d.. w. IL. Cole, of Baltimore, readog
clerk. The nominations arc equivalent to so
election.
The Jury 10 the case of D, Wit Ettinger
who has been on trial for several days 10 the
County Court of Rockingham county, Va,
charged with wreckirg lraio on The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, causing tho death Of an en-
gineer and fireman, yesterday returned YER
| dict of murder in tho second degree. and ascer-
| tanned the term Of his imprisonment 10 the
penitcntiary at is years.
The extensive banking house Of Jacob Bum,
of Springfield, ILL.,. made an assignment ycster-
day. His vile bins him 10 the assignment 1t
| is said the Liabilities will reach $500, 900. and
| that the assets will be sufficient TO pay every
thing il time be allowed and the property not
sacrificed. The immediate cause OF the failure
was The largo amount Of unproducIiVe real es
tate held by the bank
The failures for the gear 10 New York city
were very heavy-io eli eight hundred and sew
enty four with liabilities amounting 10 nearly
| fifty Two million dollars and assets about twcn-
ty ono millions. Manufacturers. numbering
forty -four, head the list, followed by thirty five
| BANKERS and brokers, who went down under the
| heavy load of more than six millions.
The Postmaster General has given decision
10 relation to violations of the postal law 10
| sending to postmasters lsrge number Of papers
with the quest that they should obtain sub
scribers for tho paper. and if they did they
would be supplied with copy Tree for three
months. 1t is decided that The act is viola.
ton OF the postal law.
T. G. Lambert, ex President ofthe American
Popular Life Insurance. Company, was sentenced
| in New York yesterday by Judge Brady 10 five
years imprisonment for swea'iug to false annual
reports of the company. The prisoner made q
speech, occupying two hours and half, plead.
ing for light sentence.
To the New Yo,k House of Repre- ntativcs
yesterday, concurrent resolution was pre-
sented declaring that the enactment Of the
Bland Silver bill. or OF any measure calculated
to embarrsss or prevent resumption within the
time fixed By law, would be grave public
calamity.
A dispatch from Marquette, Michigan, states
that car loaded with nitro glycerlne exploded
at the Jackson Mine, near NeganDee, yesterday.
killing seven persons. An eoeine standing pear
was lifted fifty feet 10 the air and thrown fifty
feet away.
Hickox & Spear, bankers, OF San Francisco,
suspended yesterday. No statement has been
made Of assets and liabilities yet. The immc.
date cause Of the failure was demand By
their New York correspondents, L,idaw 4
Co., 10 make good 40 overdrafl.
About 100000 10 Alabama Slate bonds and
other securities were stolen yesterday from the
Office of j. Ii. Young, 10 New York. by man
who managed to get the bookkeepcr out OF the
Office long enough to allow him TO i0roe-the
door ard carry off the valuabes.
The German bark Peter Rohland, from Sa.
vappah for Bremen, was stranded and broken
up on the Island of Terscheing, in The North
Sea. The cargo is floating along the shore.
Tho crew were saved.
The trial of Ira Perciva for the murder Of
d.. r II. Brsshier is in progress at Burng
ton, Ky. The criminal judge being relative
of the murdered man, the trial is before Judge
Boyd, Of the adjoining district
The debt statement for December shows q
reduction Of s7l ,623.l5 while in the CORES
pondiug month of last year there was an TO-
crease OF s.. 5S5,l4239 The reduction Of the
debt for the year was Sl4, 202, 7S0.47.
a new Pacific Railroad bill is to be presented
to Congress, the Eastern terminus to be at
Memphis. The projectors ask for thirteen
millions, to be repaid BY transportation OF Gov
erpment mails and supplies.
The Office of j. H. Young. 40 Nassau street,
New York, was robbed Of 100000 10 bonds
yesterday by stranger who sent the book
keeper out to answer pretended summons from
fictitious party in au imaginary carriage.
General De Rouchebouet, Chief Of the late
French Ministry, receiving the Mayor OF Dor.
deaux yesterday, empbatcally declared that
neither the Marshal nor the late Cabinet ever
contemplated coup d'etat.
The old ST. Nicholas Hotel, 90 Broadway,
New York, is to be closed on May lst, and
portion Of tho properly is to be changed into
storerooms.
A serious FIRE was in progress las: evening at
Salem. New Jersey. which up to midnight,was
beyond the control of the local fire department.
The total loss is estimated at about $50, 900.
A frightened team backed wagon contain
ing Mrs. Morris GoodIoe and four children into
the Obiou river, Tennessee, yesterday. The
four children were all drowned.
Gov. Harranft. 10 bis annual message TO the
Pennsylvania Legislature. recommends the ere.
alton of the office of Bank Examiner and Com.
missioner.
The trial Of ex Gov. Bullock, of Georgia. for
is 10 commence at Atlanta 10.
day. The indictments charging cheating AID
swindliug were quashed.
Senator Patterson bad another attack yester.
day, and grew worse during the day. Although |
resting better last night, h, still lies 10 crti.
cal condition.
Forty thousand dollars worth of business
property was destroyed st YpsiIanti, Mich,
yesterday.
The Woburo, Mass. Five Per Cent Savings
Rank has heen eriojnpd from transsctiog bus. |