Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-23
.1sEEysS OF THE DgS.

h.O,k.o,:, Gal, Saturday,. Rsrus trotted
tTe oos u.ii, heats 10 2. IA sod 2 lag
A sensation has been caused at Paterson, N.
J.. BY TIC discovery Of petroleum. oil sprng
10 Tic liar of hvuse owoed by Joho kuflng,
q Germau. Property owners Ia toe vicinity ere
in fever Cf excitement, and Gro ladu'glcg
visions Of supeudouS wealth.
Tho widow OF Lieut.. Benner. who lost bis
life while 10 commacd OF the yellow fever boat
Chambers, took en- overdose Of laudauum by
mistake for cough mixture, while o. q visit at
Evansville, Ind, Saturday. and is thought to
be in q dangerous condition.
1t is stated that The President is very much
Inclined to make clean sweep OF ell the Eede,.
raj officials III Louisiana, with the exception OF
the United States district attorney. and that
lhcrc is really sorno probability that Pitkln will
bo reappointcd Ulited States marshal.
Senator McPherson's house, at Woodbridge,
II. j., wss burned Friday night, with all it's
contents. The facliy barely escaped With their
lives, being forced to fly from the burning
house il their night clothes. The Senator re-
iucacd on Friday from Washington, and was
home at the tine.
The late George NJ. Marsh. of Portsmouth, N.
! H., leaves tho bulk Of bis property, estimated
| Episcopal Bishop ct the Diocese of New lamp
shire, The rector Of 81. John's Church and other
| trustees, Tor tho purpose CT erecting church,
| to BE- called Christ Church.
| Congressman Thor1burgh, Of Tennessee, has
been sick in Washington for several days with
! symptoms Of pneumonia. but there have been
| 10 critical indications. Representative Riddle,
! Of Inc sano State, has also been very sick for
several days, and will leave for home ia a day
c. i've ia CONSEQUENCE OF i'll health.
The atteolou CT Tho Blaine outrage commit.
| ice will be called 10 due time to the fact that
| Z. ". n. M.ckey, tho defeated radical candi-
| date Tor Congress in South Carolina. had ten
Thousand tissue tickets printed 10 Charleston
| Just before 10 cisctiop. All the Information
as 70 inc tissue baiIo! stufhog in South Caro-.
liza over which Mr.. Blaine aud his coDieres
hayc bena losking such fuss came from
| Ma2EGY.
The sao7 atosn of Saturday was very exte1'
s;7e, prevailing iron Canada to the southern
sections OF tits State aud in ths West At
this aad other points the snow Vac followed
BY raio, and high tide submerged the lower
parts Of New York. At Long Branch, N. j.,
heavy rain and wind also followed the snow.
T:.c waters OF Staten Island sound Inundated
taD lower portion o! South and Perth Amboy.
1T Mor;1eaI, Canada. usaliy three feet OF snow
! fa!i, ohsttueiing travel generally. Ia Now
jecsey tic !aI! 1883 three inches.
TIC trad, il, fresh beef and 10 cattle on the
hoot between Inc Uniel States aud Great
Biitain il steadily exteudiog 10 the British
markets uat As steadily gaining il popular On
f:auc:. 81 Ets it was thought that cattle on
The leo; could BET DC prtf;ably taken across
the Atlantic, bu: :hins have been provided With
5geesi sc:1nmod for cattle aud the los5
ia transit Is now very small /. At tho Smith
i3!d cattle market, during the first week OF tie
present. month, uiEcty five oxen from America
were pronounced the best that have yet crossed
he Atlantic; The number of such shipments ia
! fhe pat year ilaviag been 100000.