Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-15
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IGe last Is tue tGlto attCDpI that heT DSSa
made upon the lie Of Car Alexander III.
Paul Boytou, the swimmer, lett Memphis,
Tcrn., yesterday. Oh his voyage to the gull.
A dispatch from Rouadout. N. Y, records
the death of two little girls from wearing Color
ed stockings.
A hail storm occurred ct PcnsaoolI, Florida,
Yesterdays thing upknown before. l2ll Tell
es largo 90 q hens egg.
Bishop Simpson, Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, has appointed the Rev. X. W. Todd
% P,csiding Elder Of the Dover Conference 10
the place Of the late DR.. Hough.
A man pamrd John Quincy Adams, while
d,uok, fell against pane Of glass 10 EIle. Ia,
on Saturday, and, cutting one OF tho main or
tories 10 his wrist, bled to death.
Tho Trenton city election came off yesterday.
The democrats elect their oily ticket OF mayor
and school superintendent. Iho councl Is re-
publican By one majority.
An earthquake vas felt at Norfolk, N. Y,
Yesterday, at ILLS AM. The sound passed
from east to west, lasting about thirty seconds,
and was very distinct
Gen. Grants friends urge his candidacy upon
the ground that he is the only man who can DC
depended on to give the country peace. Yet
he managed during his eight years ct Office TO
keep the country 10 hot water pretty much oil
the time.
The Bolivian consul ct New Yotk has no
caivod advices from La PEI. Bolivia. which
state that the famine prevailing in that dlstno'
is appalling beyond description; people are =! ny
inc 10 the streets and squares. Corn IS selliog
at 800 bushtl and wheat at $50.
1t appears that swine arc not ouly subject tt
fatal attacks Of cholera, but also that typhoid
fever sometimes attains among thom tho malig
nity of an epidemic. An lGogsh farmer write:
to Tho London Standard that typhoid fever was
at tho date Of his letter, Swceplog oil largo
numbers Of hogs in Berkshire county.
+, +. Flynn, the father Of Gen. Mite, the
Midget, has published card denying the 70
port that bis son vas 10 be married 10 tho Other
midget, Lucratis ZTatc. lie says the idea
of ma.rimony is far from the minds Ct tho mid
sois, es we'll as their parents. The report seem:
to have been put out as al advertising dodge
The bowel OF misery old woman, namod
MiIly Williams, uear Gatesvil'c, N. C., was
burned last week. She was rescued from the
burning house, but all its contents were lost
About nine pounds Of melted gold and silver
coin wero afterwards found 10 tho ruins.
a New York dispatch says the war between
tho roads west of st. Louis and Chicago vii
not aifeos casera roads. The latter will charg;
full rates hetween Chicago and st. Louis ant
Eastcrn cities, and guarantee no through rate!
beyond Chicago and S.. Louis until Western
rates are restored.
tlsior W. Carrel Hail died at tho res dence
cf his sister, Mrs. II. &. Roblnson, IN Balh
more, yesterday mor5iog, 10 his 10th year
after brief illness Deceased served with dis
tnc,ion during the ato aar 10 the Confederate
s.ryicj, on the staff Of Goneral Isaac IL. Trim
bic.
10 tho Supreme Court yesterday notice wa:
given 20 tho Attorney General that lio may lille
before Sunday next printed briefs in opposition
to the pending motion for a reaTgumopt OF the
Utah Poyeanist Reynolds case, decided last
winter The only point to be considered Is the
alleged error OF the lower curt IN sentencing
the prisoner to hard labor.
Rsv. Edward Il. Anes. d. d., bishop o.
the NJ. +. church, who has been copined tc
bed Tor several days, in Baltimore, is pronouno
| ed by his friends to be 10 sericuI condition
| Bishop Ames has been failing in health fol
sevcra! years. but has forced himself to the tul
| discharge of Ills Gu'ioa VII, physically unable
| to perform them.
Tie banking ard currency committee Of TIT
| House Ct Representatives will meetto Gay Il
consider whether they will proceed with bust
ness at this stssioa, and tho impression is thai
| the decision will be in the affirmative. Mr.
Alexander II. Stevens states that be expects
| to rcport from his committee on coinage
weights and measures several tinarc:a bills be-
| icrc the end OF the week.
The contribution hex OF St. Johns German
| Reformed Church. Baltimore, placed in tht
yeslibulc. was broken open during tho morning
seryic, las. Sunday aud robbed of its contents
| considerable SUN OF money, the Easter
offerings of tho congregation Tor the orphans
| The bottom OF the btX, which was OF tho, was
cut out by The thieves. Tho uro supposed to bi
two men who Wcro seen lettering around the
church before service.
In the United States Circuit Court at Charles
too, S. G., Yesterday. Judge Bond denied mo
lions 10 sct aside the jurics 10 the election oase
| ~ illegal, 10 continue the cases. and to proven
the application Of the test oath to tho Jurors
Judge Bryan disseuted, and Judge Bond en-
| nourced ,ha! pcLtirg tho appeal On these
Issues to tho Supreme Court the accused, i
convicted, would b, admitted to bail. VIM
| KorrigGn (@hite) charged with sssauliirg aDc
obslructiux Johu freeman, a colorcd Uoitsl
States supervisor. WAS then tIid by Jury
cigh, whites and fur cOored mcp, formed
| urGer the operation OF tho lest oath. The cast
was eivea to tho jury without chorse, ano
! hey agreed upon sealed verdict, to be rel-
| 1traa 10 DAY. ard which il reported to DO ioI
c2ayIa'ioB.
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