Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-17
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day, destroyed $l3, 600 worth OF property.
Witbia three days thc.o iG7a arrived e!
Castle Garlep New York, 2l9t iH1misTa1:s,
tho largest Eumter 10y the SANG p:ricd in ma5y
years.
Severe bel! storms occurred il New O;Ioars
and St. James parish. l,a., yesterday. Very
largo hai!stonss fell, sonc b;icg 0Tcr 81 i-ch il
diameter.
Professor w. B. Rogers, CT Bos!oa, has been
elected president OF tho Nat0nS! Academy, 10
fill tho vacancy caused b. .he death Ct Prot.
Henry.
A tornado visited Ptcohontas, Tcua., Mon.
day eight. Houses and churches were burced,
ond great damage isrcporsea II the ilirjn2d"
ing cou1try.
The ice in the ST. L,wreGc3 opposite iIon.
trea has commenced to moved. /. is expect.
Oh that navigation will shortly no opcn. Tho
first ccegn steamer sailed ic:m Qaebte yc3ter'
doy.
Senator Bsyard says he is in full acc5rd with
his party IS TO tho proptiely CT cGi aias aealost
bayoucts at the polls il cconeci9u with the
Army Appropriation b! because suaI icGi:ia.
lion very properly belongs TO the is'tcr bill.
The total vauluo Of tho B:ti:h Columbia
fishery for 1879 was 1925, 77G, against 1888 4j2
| the prccecdiog year. 10 iactcaso o. S3l2,33 l..
10 this Industry Gu:iug 1873 th2ro were
employed l,2G0 t5hcEnla2, and 1896 taoT1-
| men.
Mr.. l.. s. CHASE q p:cmitn! c:r5:i::s:idl
| merchsnt Of Chicago, cut hia throat yesterday.
His wife bad Just stepped iato Sd aG oa;ug !ooa!
and returned TO fad him dying. ii hoa!t'l
and melancholy are sail 10 EGyo caused tbs
| act.
The estate Of the lato William J. leach. 81.
| nitted to probate in Ptiadelphis ia 1867,
! amounts to 49, 39j, $40. This igim2usa estate
is devoted to the uses Of tho widow GId three
children of the deceased The quarterly iEcome
| from the Investments made y,Sy from $50 900
to $4,000.
Tho bill introduced ia tho SaA.to yesterday
By Senator Kellogg to establish! ma: commu-
nicaton with Brazil is the cid Ohm R3ach
scheme, which was beaten last Congress. 4
strong effort will again be made 10 pass tic
measure, but any action at the rres:a- ec54on
is out CT the question.
| The Supreme Court OF South C.ro'iaa has CT
| dered maudamus compelling tho State treas
urer to pay the interest fer 1879 on tic rccog
nizad debt Of South CaEoIioa. Tlis payment
had been hitherto withheld IN obedience to az
| Injunction obtained in the United States Court
by the holders Of uarecogH4:] b2Hd', Tho status
Of which is still in litigation.
| Dr.. Cbalisnt, the alleged murderer cl josiah
| Bacon. ut San francisco, surrendered hm5cl!
yesterday. lie vas hsgglrd end w0Ta in 81.
pearauce and 10 great mental distress. he
stated that 10 business controversy E.tt
Bacon he became highly excited AID drcT 4
pistol; tibet he did cot intead TO fro il, bu. i,
vent off, he knew not how, with fatal result
The emigration fever among he coiortd
people has taken fresh start, s0ulc fur hun
| bred persons having arrived ct 81. Louis si!,c2
| Sunday. Altogether six thousand cmigrant'
have arrived there 80 far, and The local relief
committee makes an urgent appca! :0r mid l0I
the suffering and needy. 1t hag only rtc:ly
ed, up to the present tino $1,000 il sUb3cT'p
toas.
A loan of $1,000 600. tor The extension oi
tho Northern Pacific Railroad Two hundred
miles, from Bismarck to tho Yellowstone, was
effected io New York yesterday The b1ad:
| draw per cent interest, agd aic secured b.
mortgage on lands west OF Missouri on:y, BIZ;
arc further protected by sinkicg fumes aad
interest lien upon the carnicgs ci The cr;lr.
road.
The Topeka (kapsas) Ccmuorss alta i rs
ing to fnd out who "Lyc1rsus Z. Jcnes" IS
| % the 81 of last February circular signed By
that name was sent cut from Topeka ADDRESSED
to the coIored men of the South, ursias chem
| to leave the South and cmigrato TO kap;as ana
hodiDg out tho cffar Of $50 acres 81 lend to
| each head OF family. Who Lycursu5 =. Jones
! is no oue knows, hut is believed this circular
had much to DO With prompting the negro
exodus to Kansas.
There was c SENSATION IN the tiilt Il Rev.
| Mr.. Talnege, ut New York, Tuesday. when
| tho R.v. Nlr. Wood, a mambar Of the Pres
bytc!y. testified that Mr. Crosby, enc Of the
prosecutors, declared 10 conversation With 'ilr,
| last summer ths. Mr.. Telrage was ~ lag and
q scouudrel," and disgrace to the ministry"
MIR. Crosby, when on the stand last Thursday,
asserted that be had never made sEch h;a.c
! ment Be cross questioned NJ. Wood Closely
| as to the exact words, but the witness adhered
| to bis story Of tho conversation, and SEED that
Mr.. Crosby had used similar language 10 ra!er-
eDce to ''other good men,
% Monday night tho greater portion OF the
male population Of L!cksViIlc, Frederick County,
Nd, were attending a bali given in the village
in celebration of the Easter holidays. Nr.
| Richard Thomas WGs On visit to Pll1s OF
| Rocke. Taking advantage Of these c!EcumstaC-
ccs negro named Carroll first committed q
| robbery IN the house OF NJ. L. n. L2ap!J,
aud then at about II o'clock proceeded to The
residence of Mr.. Thomas. After ctlac!iGg an
entranca through wiudow 10 troko open the
door leading 10 tho chamber OF M:a. Thomas,
aud brandishiug huge knife, threatened the
lady's life if she made the least ou;cry CT re-
sistance. and 10 this manner accomplished his
diaboIicll purpose. Mrs. Thomas is small,
delicate woman, about 80 years Of eye. and tho
rnothcr nf fiua nr civ rhiidrcn 40 Cp0n nc
tho outrage became known 10 the village the
greatest excitement aud indignation Was a70u:-
ed, and almost Immediately moro than hfty
armed men began securing the coubtrgin search
Of tbs villain. If caught it is thouakt hn will
certainly BIO l9rchcd
The Negro Exodus
ST. LOUIS, ia Kansas City dispatch
laz.a e .ala=sI s...t 49, - 81.