Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-06
EesvH Of fho Day.

EtsVH Gs the Day
francesca PcFalto, Mexican rider, attempt !
ed st Brooklyn, n. Y, Saturday the feat Of
riding sos miles in - hours. lie began at 4
a. No., having fresh horse fer every mile. lie
accomplished tie first 100 miles ias4 hours -
minutes, average per mic . minutes 40 sec.
ouds At The 233j!h mile he was ! minutes
ahead Of time. After this three heavy showers
fell 10 succession, the track became very mud.
dy and the tuic ragged from :, 81 to ). II per
mile, and when he was on the 302 nile the
judges declared lie time was up. Perato con-
tiuued, however. making tie sos miles 10 10
hours 10 minutes. His fastest mile was the
l3S:h 10 . l3 and the sowest the 295th 10 SIS.
llo flashed 10 good condition and excellent
spirits and was heartily cheered. But for the
rain he would have succeeded 10 his task.
A dispatch from Buffalo, n. Y. says
~ agua Iumora arc ah0at Of a raid 90 Canada
Ivy tic Irish il case Of war between Russia and
England. 1t i, stated that three companies Of
Irish patriots arc armed and equipped here
| ready Tor scr9iGe, aud one thousand Western
| lrishmen have been notIh ID 30 that they can
be here 10 twenty four hours, while there are
three thousand more 10 this vicinity that will
rendezvous for a raid within three days after
orders are issued, but nothing authentic can be
|
rhc supreme council Of the thirty.thirl de.
gree Ct Masous OF the Southern jurisdiction
Will be in session duricg this week at Scottish.
Rite He'll, Washington. Tha ATTENDANCE: will
DC Of the most acl, c. character and wall be
composed Of the mcst exalted ia The forms OF
higher Masonry. Gcu hibcr: Pike, % Saturday,
constituted new degree OF Masonry, known
as "lhe Royal Order Of Scotland. l. has
! bc- +,I In
Scottish JUL ;dc,oo and uoa comes for the
first lime beyond thas country.
Five steamers sailed from New ofk for Eu
rope en- Saturday. Over FIVE Eupdred cabin
passengers went out, including Gilmore Band,
sixty members; the Australian Cricket Club,
J. NJ. Sweeney, Mayer Of Wheeling, West Es.,
one Of the commissioners to the Paris ExpCsl
ton, Rudolph Ayopson. musical composer, and
Miss Thursby the can;atrlce
Mrs. Eta Walcott has been held 10 81 900
bail ia Nav York fer cndaavoribg 10 force an
entrance ioto VIM. I}aldcn's house and threat
ening 10 shoot him. hlr. Beden's is proni
nent 6nancitr and partner OF Jay Gould, and
the lady had charged him with promise Of mar
riagc and desertoo.
At Oxford, Pa, Friday night, SAuicls Nc.
Cu!lough. a wealthy citizen, b3iog awakened
by burglar alarm 10 his house, arose, and 10
the excitement and darkness shot his wife, who
was also cropping about the room. She is
wounded 10 the rlgiit breast, and it is thought
Cannot recover.
4 negro mat knocked dowu and aucmpttu
an outrage upon white woman namcd Ger
lrude Chris.monl, 10 Washington. last Satur.
day night. A charge was also pr,ftrred in the
same ci'Y last evening against q white mau
namod johnson Of outrage on coored Girl.
y Brooklyn policeman named lleiiArman
fred two shots at his Captain yesterday after.
noon, loIlcting one severe w0uOd Tho cause
Of the attack was an impression that the Cap.
tain had reported him 10 the Police Commits.
sionars Tor Drunkenness.
a vigilance committee has been formed at
Omaha, Ncb., to put stop to burg arles,
which have been numerous Of late 10 and around
that city. An uousual number Ct tramps have
been there for some days.
The fast mail service to Havana has been de
layed By The refusal OIL rei!road to gun with.
out subsidy. The treak is made By the with.
Cedar Keys, Fla.
Gaucral Buckley, Assistant Attorney Gene
raj under President Johns)u, has disappeared
tfon his homo at Milwaukee, leaving behind
letters stating an detention to Commit suicide.
\ sailor has confnss2;, 70 The murder Of the
nlau iouod 10 New York ha, Dor last wsrk will!
uGe hundred and tilty pounds Of iron attached
70 him as :lokcr.
Vernon X. Stevenson, it,, zeal estate broker,
OF New OIk, has been auludloated a voluntary
bankrupt. Liabilities 500. 900
Rev. s. II. Philips pastor Of the EearsylIr
Methodist chtIth, near wheeling, has hcen
charged wti EaechcIlsn.
| VIRGINIA MuoNsulNEES collector j. h.
klcrs OF Lyrohbnrr, Va, forwards 10 the
Commissioner OF lnttrna Revcnuo the follow
in. report Of recent operations against Illicit
dis,Ilis's in hs district. deputy Collector
Hoodrl who had charge Of the raidlng party,
| says:
II have ja4t returned from raid on Run.
and three horses wounded, destroyed large
rounded by c7oHd of men numbering from
fifty to scycnly.lvc, armed with rh:s and
shot guns, who demanded the release Of the
prisoners, swearing they intended to kill
every one Of us. We refused 10 rcletse the
prisoDers, and, being armed with carblncs,
succeeded 10 keeping them from taking tho
prisoners, although they followed fifteen or
twenty miles, trying to waylay W."
Commissioner Raum, in reply to this, has
informed Collector RiVcs that il any add.
tiooal force was needed to enable him to co.
force the laws against organized opposition in
| bis district he could have it.
! PIundercd Mills.
FALL RIVER, MASS, May G.-The Stoppagc
Of the plundcrcd and bankruptcd mills hes
made very sensible decrease in the production
Of print cloths, viz, G! some Is 900 pieces q
week, and the effect has been pcrccptibIc 10 The
qulckened and improved market. The OK.
animation Of the books CT the detunat maDufao-
tories is sti going on, but no elaborate reports
have yet been made The books Of the Saga.
more mill are said to be 10 much better coa.
ditiou than the others aud can be moro easily
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