Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-23
News OF khe Day.

News OF the Day.
The rain storm Thursday night was very ex.
tersirr 10 NcH England rain has been falling
since Thursday. La Merdap. Conn, yestel-
day, it fell 10 torrents The fats along liar
Dor Brook 10 that place were submerged, aud
several principal streets we're flooded. \ large
plumber of dwellings were overlooked. Several
bulldogs of the Mcrldcn Bli1tani Company
were filled with water SIX to eighteen inches
deep. At the Nlcriden Silver Plato Company
| factories work is suspended 90 account OF the
flood. Tho factory of G. Rogers Il Bros. Is
also 1)Odcd. The train from New Britain,
| Conc, Was thrown from the track by wash
ont at all points on the Hudson, ia New
York, rain storms prevailed the streams we're
much swollen. and all ice cutting Was suspend.
| ed. At Emlra, N. T.. heavy rain storm
ragged all day, and the lower part OF the city
was flooded. Il dispatch from Port Hope, Ont,
states that the greatest Hood which ever visited
lhut locality Is 10 progress. Ice and water are
comiog down with terrific force, sweeping away
bridges and everything before them. All stores
| in the lower part IF the town are tull, and
great damage has been done. All the Midland
railway bridges in the vicinity have been carried
away.
Tie FIRST regular convention of the greenback
party of the United States met at Toledo, Ohio
yesterday. Twentyclght States were repre-
scntrd :Amorg the vic, presidents was Thos.
NJ. Beuoett, vi West Virginia. A platform
Was adopted setting forth the depressed Goa
dilion of business and Iavoring the repeal Of
the resumption ACT, the rcmonntiZ alton OF silver
the tax alton Of bonds, aul the sole issue by
the government of all paper and roin currency
and corelative tinaucal IropoatIons also the
1 l. l,,l ,,l nv,
erDlnents Of bureaus of labor and iodustrls
statistics. and against the contract system
convict labor, the importation It Chinese cheaI
labor, &C.
The STERN OF Thursd1Y night WAS disastrous
to the shipping along the coast. Several vessel
vent a-hore on the New Jersey coast, amon.
them III. Schooner Clements. with oysters
from Virginia, for keypcr; the schooner q. l.
Bradley, from Philadelphia. and the three
master Maggie Mcdonald. with guupowder aDc
lumber, IRON Philadelphia, Tor New York
Both are total loss. Crews saved. The British
bak lieorG Pelham, Of Cork, 10 ballast, o
| Hampton Roads, went ashore near Portsmouth
| y. c., ard will probably be a total loss Grew
saved. The British ship ST. Bernardo is a5hor
at Rcejy's Island, ct the head Of pelawar
bay.
4 special ffon For; Worth says "Doci
Shockey, charged with the murder OF mal
, contractor at Lake Charles. L., was rescue,
this AFTERNOON from the officers having h!n II
charge. Tie Officers were taking him to Lou
isiaua, sud whcn ten miles from Fort Worti
they were met b; body OF masked meo, VII
5 commanded them to bait. Shots var. ex
cbacged during which Sheriff Reid, OF "a.
casieu parish, H., aoI Mr.. r. itlenao. o
j Fort Worth. received slight Il ssh wounds. VA
If the attacking party was seriously wounded
Willie the shooting was going 90 Sholhey va
placed 90 horse bG lis c,Ht,iera:2s, and th
whole party escaped.
The fl)od in the Sacsamen,o !.var, CalsoC
MIA, has broken through all the dy kes protect
ing the Islands that had been reclaimed iron
Il the river and converted into rich farming lands
causing an immeose destruction ct property
The islands overflowcd contained th'rty thouS
and acres in high st,:e CT cultivation. A.
, exaggerated estimate Of the loss places II lrou
fifteen to twenty mil!;oas of dollars. An ctloI
: is making TO save the live stock.
Walter D. Estes, young lawyer and news
paper correspondent. died yesterday at Roh
ford, Vermont. from drinking water from we
+ that is believed to have been poisoned. hi
is The third death hat has occurred from tina
cause, and several ether ner:ons are not tx
pected 10 live.
Chief Of Police BreeD, Of Virginia City. ka
bcca arrested on tEc charge Of b2ratinG
! Cbinamcn charged with murder. aud sutfcriu
Another man paid for the purpose, TO take tn
place of the murderer The deception Was di:
covered ADD the actual of=odcr recaptured.
WV Calendar has been arrested at Wilkes
barre, Pa. charged with the murder of hi
father last January. The prisoner. who i
> only eighteen years Of age, protests his 1000
capce. He was committed to await hearing
on Tuesday next.
Fifty students have been dismissed lrol
Princeton College for the late disturbance there
but the President Of the College refuses to Civ
their Dames to the police.
Samuel Smoot, for twenty years constabl
10 Bryantowo district, Charles county, Md.
died on Wednesday last.