Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-11
News of Enc Day.

The county Of Decatur. Indiana, has elected
a young blind man, Mr.. John Q. Donnell, to
the State Legislature.
An arrangement will soon 70 into effect, by
which the clearing houses vii! receive the
United States legal tender notes at par With
gold.
The farm buildings and store belonging to
Robert McCres at Champlain, N. Y, wore to
tally destroyed by fire Saturday night. Eleven
horses, including the stallion Black Warrior,
valued at $1,000 were consumed.
Col. W. Miner Roberts, engineer in chiet OF
the Northern Pacific Rarod, has been appoint,
ed by the Emperor of Brazil. to take charge OF
tbs Improvement of the water ways or that en-
pre, with a salary Of $4,000 q year OF three
years, or if less than three years ,0OO year.
Dispatches from the Northwest Territory re.
port the outbreak of war on the plains
between the Assiuiboines and the Sioux, in
which the B!ackfeet are taking part in conse'
oueuce OF the Assiniboines having stolen some
of their horses. A Blaskfeat chief has been
killed. The Sioux have lost eight killed.
Nothing has been effected towards the re-
coyery of the securities stolen from the Man
haitian Savings Bank of New York. At the
police headquarters it was stated that there are
no new discoveries in the Manhattan Bank rob
berg. The thieves and the stolen bonds were
still beyond the reach Of the police. The 10
speosor of police said he was Ignorant of any
new developments 10 the robbery case.
Robert B. Jourdan, 40 employee 10 the ofhcc
of the tax collector of Brooklyn, died Thursday
night, after a brief i'll ness 10 that city. The
deceased, who served during the war with the
Fourteenth Regiment, National Guard was
lieutenant colonel, ana was wounded IN the SEQ
ona battle of Bull Run. He was fifty two years
of age and native of Virginia, but had resided
in Brooklyn many years. He was republican
In politics and held the position OF clerk Ia the
tax Office for about ten years.
The fire OF Cape May. noticed 10 Saturday 8
Gazette, has laid more than one half of the prin
cipal part of the city in ashes. The flames
swept through the central portion of the city,
and as all of the buildings are of wood and the
various squares divided by narrow streets, they
fell en easy prey. The burned district embraces
nearly forty acres of spacious buildings, loclud
ing ten hotels and nineteen or twenty cottages.
Tee following hotels were destroyed Oscar
House, Congress Hall, Centre House, Mer
chants Hotel, Centennial House, Atlantic
House, Knickerbocker House, Avenue House
Wyoming House and Columbia House.
At the execution of William Rainey, at War
rentop, North Carolina, last Friday for murder
there was great excitement. The dens:
crowds Of negroes, dressed in their best and
gsyest, who surrounded toe Jail yard, when the
drop tell burst forth in loud walls from the wo
mec and deep, wild howlings from the men,
Then began scene which beggars description.
Fully Gse thousand negro men. women and
children blcckaded every street. aud vacant
spsce near the Jail, wailing, mourning, shouting
praying apd making all kinds Of dismal and
hideous sounds. like 80 many wild demons,
while tho whole mass moved and sWayed to anc
t!o. The body was cut down and buried by the
county, as noue of Rsiney relatives or frisadi
claimed il.