Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-12
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IIHCEssiEc :alh- - lGuia HaFG E:uhCu Slcul
& pods lhroug!rcus the country.
The Egyptian cotton crop, it is estimated.
will yield this var | L., 900, 900 pcuadS.
The reported fears ri tronb' with The coal
miners in the Shin:kin ~. i1r ara sail 10 be
groHndleas.
The Spaaish u.i:l ,!taL.-Gs i;.,t :I.'ci at
Havana % Saturday 'rau /; ~, ,..;!'loa 'ol
lars iu specie
The deiaIcalion Isl tn, lhi5t Bank CT Boston
amounts to SIS. 000, with probability 81 az 10.
crease from further Investigations.
Work on the East river bridge. New York,
suspended to day for want OF appropriations
and five hundred men we're discharged.
At Rochester, N. T., Saturday, Rarus t1o-
ted his third hca, in The race against time be.
qua on Friday. He made the heat in Gle.
Teo collection agents for Boston firms were
plundered OF nearly 81 800 on Saturday morn
ing near West Dealham by number Of armed
men.
The Italian Government refuses 10 recognize
tue appointment OF Mnusisucr San Fcioa as
Archbishop OF Napss, aad will bnt contribute
to his support.
The POSSIBILITIES authorizes 1t San Francisco
arc making preparations for sending seven nl
lous in gold from that city to New York ~
third class matter
Tho banking house Of Grim 4 Co., al Anlrr
SON, Indiana, was robbed OF i've Thousand dol
lars during business hours Oh Saturday by two
men eciog in concert.
II. r. Robinson, we'll known hiokcr Of
PHILADELPHIA, Committed suicide Gn Saturday
By shooting himself, Ia the third story q the
building whore his Office il located.
The democrats of the Second Ohio Congress
sional district, now represented by Mr.. Banning,
have nominated l.. w. Gos3. Tho Hon. Mil
ton Saylcr has been renominatcd 10 the First
district.
The boot and shoe manufacturers Of Chicago
have under consideration an offer from tho Six
Chinese Companies to supply fifteen hundred
Chinese TO take the place Of striking Cnsp!ns
in that city.
Fonnt Peach, a prominent republican,, shot
and killed Essex Cook, colorad, iu Williamson
county, Tenn.. Saturday. the latter having
threatened the life of tho former on account Of
alleged Intimacy with Cooks wife.
Rev Father Tamcy, president OF tho Lazarist
order, and late professor in Cape Girardoau
College, Missouri, died at the Hotel Dicu, New
Orleans. yesterday, of yellow fever. 10 went
to New Orleans few weeks ago TO spend his
vacation.
The steamer Elizabeth, from Baltimore for
PHILADELPHIA, ccliided With and sunk the
schooner Harriet II. ia the Delaware river
above the Cbristisua light Saturday. There
were twelve persons on tho schooner, all OF
whom were sived.
The Insurgents opposing the Austrian occu
patton of Bosnia arc said to number one hun
d1cd thousand men, we'll armed. All the
strategic points on TIE road to Serajevo are CO
cupied and ontrcnchetl. Both sides arc con.
stnntly being reinforced.
A aoorca boy, eleven years old, named Harry
Tucker, was found drowned in duck pond Oh
the old Blair farm. near Silver Spring, Mont
gomery county, Md, about seven O'Clock last
evening. 1t is supposed that while driving the
ducks ho fell in and was unable to save himself.
The Chinese embassy arrived at Hartford.
Conn, Saturday, and werc escorted to the
building owned by their government in that
city. They were received by Yung Wing, tha
resident Chinese commissioner, who is onc OF
the ambassadors. They will remain nprlVacy,
declining any public hOuor5 until after prrscn
tatInn to the President m Xt month.
The victorious crew Of The Columbia N,llasn
were received on Saturday at New York with
grand demonstration by their fellow oollcsan9.
The carriage containing the crew was hauled
through the streets by q long Inc o! enthusiasts,
who had taken away the horses and substituted
manual power. 10 tho carriage were the oars
with which the victory had been achieved, with
their blades pninting upward.
The mass meeting OF the goniaii5c labor
party in Brooklyn, N. Y, Saturday night. was
q failure. There were only four or FIVE leaders
prescott. Resolutions denunciatory Of the mode
OF procedure Of The Hewitt Cangrcssicnai labor
lnquisition, as they termed it. were adopted.
Addresses were made, 10 which Grant, Tai
matge, Batchcr aud the Congressional L1hcr
Committee were denounced for their interirr
cnce and opposition to The Interests Of ths
worklogman.
Six OF tho persons w1uolcl by .he tornado
at WaIinglord, Ct., have died suco Friday,
mahiug the total loss OF life twenty scvcn. The
funeral services were conducted yesterday after.
nooo, and attracted q tbrong Of ten thousand
persons There are still 10 the hospital seven
teen Of tho sufferers three Of whom cannot live
Liberal contributions arc being made tnr TIC
relief Of the sufferers. Llrge numbers OF vis
tors were at the scene oil desolation Saturday.
Gov. Hubbard was Oh the ground part OF tbs
day.
Tho Commissioner Of Iotcrna Revenue at
Washington has official advcel to the effect
that Redmond, the South Carolina outlaw, has
signifed his willingness to surrender il sentence
aeain9t him for violating tho revenue laws be
suspended, and lie is willing to stand trial Tor
the murder of Dlckworth Macy other moon
sh6crs arc su1renderng, and everything nov
looks like general breaking up oi The illicit
business ia that State. The commissioner.
however, decides that the ease OF Redmond H.
entirely * ,eptional, and should not be included
with those OF ordinary offenders.
j. i. Trcntler, chief constable of South Car
dina, arrived at Boston Saturday with rIqui,
stioa for Hiram IL. Kimptoo. The indc:.
mrnt upon which tho rtqulsitlop IL based
charges John }. Patterson, Niles G. Parker
and Hiram II. kmpton With conspiracy 10
bride the South Carolina Legislature. Gov.
Rice has directed full hearing to be had. -
kimpton' ) counsel say the matter will be fought
at every point, aud that the case Is lu'cIy OF a
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