Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-26
.N.EH,s OF TEE r.GEss

TIE loo 10 tho St. LawGeCca river broke up
yesterday sweeping away twenty seven nshlng
cabins. Two fshcrmeu are nisslog, supposed
to have been drowned.
The Chicago greenbackers are charging that
four 10 Eve Of their executive committee ms
appropriated campaig On luods CT took money
from the candidates OF other parties.
Richard Benton, of Gates couo!y. N. O., foil
uod,r q freight train at Bowers Hill, on The
Seaboard Road, Tuesday, had his right srm
crushed off at the elbow snd died OF his Inquiries
Internal Revenue Collector Braytoo, OF Sau,h
Carolina. repolts having seix,6 10 Abbevle
county, ia that State, since November IS,
seven illicit stills ead arrested ten Illicit ois
ti!Iers.
The Indian war that was threatened 10
WASHINGTON Territory has been everteG by the
eoion ct the cgepts Of the Interior Department,
with the cid CT the civil authorities hloses
spd ten CT bis dissatisfied chiefs aso il prison.
The Missouri Court Of Appeals, sis'iug 10
St. Louis. has decided that divorce casas can
not DO referred toe referee. This decislGn
places quito number Of p&rsops whose suits
we're placed in the hands CT G referee 10 v@ry
urpleassn. position.
ilr. j. ". Sbi=, of Brussels. Ootaric, Can
ada, a guest of The American Hotel, Roho:ou1
Va, died suddenly Sunday attesuc0a While
sitting up 10 chair 10 bis loom, Of ce:suIsp.
ton. He vas on his way 10 F;orlda Tor !no
benefit OF his health.
The state line steamer State OF Louisiana
from Glasgow bouod to New York, has gODa
ashore On Huater's Rock, gear Glasgow. aod
will probably prove Z total loss, having upo feet
of water 10 her engine roGn. The crew ard
passengers we're ali saved.
At Junction City, Texas, the other dag Tcm
Dcrsn aud Louis Temple fought With pistols,
aud Dorau KILLED Temple. Tie lsttes's father
pursued Lorsn, shooting hlIa tHicc, fatally. lie
then stabbed the prcstrste man eleven ;!n.es,
and cut bis throat f:on ear to ear.
Ezcs Wilson killed his wife ct Boston yGsttr
day, aud then cam ni!:ad suicide. They we've
married in july, tut had qusr1eled AID sepa
rated. She visited bis store TO procure soma
letters written during their courIship, and a
second iatersisH Terminated With the Death 81
both parties.
Tho grand jury at St. Louis is eng aged IN
Investigating the aft airs o! the de!ulct Baai, q
the State OF Missouri, aud will probably !rd;Gt
ali directors Of that concern. Captain james
Is. i Ids was one OF The directors. but ;ha a'at&'
meut that indictments have b2en f0ula ai,A!o&t
him Is premature.
The Empire Mutual Insurance Company a;
New York is to be cited to show eaus- Nh7 Is
receiver should not be appointed fer II. ihe
company has done 60 business ID h7e yee1s.
The obi 7ct OF the arpoiD}peot OF receiver IL
to ascertain Who is entitled to the $lG9,CO3 d.
posted io the Insurance department,
The repcrs Of The canal auditor tcc Now Iotk
shows that the total qusIlity Of fregh; cloalcd
On tie canals Of that State lrci. the opcniaG Ct
navigation to tie c!csc of the season this gear 79s
5,l70,S22 tors, go increase OF ucarig 2l5 600
mere toos thau 10 1877 The amount G! tolls
was 1898. $40, or. $ll2,4 AT mcrs than in 1877.
Admiral II. K. Hotf, U. s. N. died il Wash
iueton yesterday, ct tie residence o. bis son,
Lieut.. Commander ". b. HofE, Of cecgestiol
of the brain. lie was sixty nine years OF csc.
His widow is the youngest daughter Ct toe late
Commodore ". III. cambridge, y. S. II. TIC
remains will be taken to Philadelphia for H.
termeGt.
At Kansas City, Me-, the weather it. Tic
past week has been tbs everest known III ii.2t
region for twenty years. Overtwo ;uet ot sn1"
covers The esr,b, while The mercury has tceF3
several degrees DeloS zero. Tho Missouri slv@r
las been closed iJr week ald the ice is foot
is noH done BY sleishs.
Mozart Grand Mass. No. SO. it Z f.t, was
performed fur the htst time in America ?cslcr-
day morning., 1T St. Mary's Catholic CharcG,
Pn,ladeio his, in he presence ct au lSmerse
congregation. Forty singers and graua OF
caestra participated. The Grand professional
marches performed Mt St. Peters, ct Rome,
also had an Initial performances.
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q close bolldsy. la the evening" an auiicccG ii
G000 persons listened 10 TIC Ora'otio G: Tic
Messiah at Music Hall, rendered By tho Iaor:
as Orchestra, the great eraac ara cacrr' Oh
GOO composed of singers Of Cincinnati ard Dig
ton, and il is proposed to make this oEa;orlo /:
feature Of each Christians blight 10 ClacpGai
10 the future.
Ths Philadelphia sOa Beading Railroad
Conpauy have determined 10 pay Ctticers,
agents and other employees, for September, o.
6cates, payable ons half on April Is. and tho
be receivable Tor debts due the railroad, end viii
be issued in sums cten dollars escb. ell baIsooas
under ten dollars beiog paid in cash.
Wilmington, N. c.. was visited with da
stIucuve fire Tuesday, CONSUMING the steamers
j. Z. Underhiil and Northeast, aud spre.diug
to the warehouses, devastated half Il square,
ten stores and warehouses, .Wj sta
bles eud oue thousand barrels Of rosu, ssvcu
buuGred tons of COAL ous hundred hogShaadg
of molasses and other produoe. The I0ss is
estimated at seventy thousand dollars.
The SLOW storm which began ia western \ sw
York last Saturday had not abated yesterday,
At WATERFOWL the depth Of the snow Was tour
feet, and no trsiOs bad arrived since MoeaaY
night. Similar reports CONE from o,heg ',o!n1>
10 that section of New York. The seci'cr OF
Ootario, about Port Cu!bornc, has been vi:i,~t;
by the heaviest SNOW storm for mauy ycarg.--
The SNOW noa lies 70 The depth CT three feet
for ten mills inland. Railroad traffic is c;,s'
siderahly delayed.
Preparations are being made for the haosiap
On January ID, OF Belj amin Huuter, convicted;
Of The murder Of John Armstrong 10 Cam3cr, |
N. j. 1t has been decided TO have the ex.su,
ton in the court room. The gaIlows is to be !
erected within few feet of The spot where
I Il Z.