Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-03
.HEfIsS or IRE yXL..


A strike occurred :. lhs Luke Fli::r, / :,
c)fll,ry Ih's uorDlug.
| The Gu It's cp've' ct 3 st,s Gus;os y"
past ysar lool W. $l2 734 So 75. IS sal
| Bishop Whtiinghan Of MafJi''
ouslg il 10 BaltiDors OF pp,sa Wi!nine,op. i.
Tic exports of ea,to1 yreea.ed 80 .4Cl bales,
G., f.. re- ,1s yea zss !!ssi hSs in 1877.
asslns. sae yesr 1878 tha tote! shipment CT
IL o oHgts from Boston 20 Europe was 34.G5S
LILLE, 27.9o5 sheep, 1860 hogs aud 2O7
horses
A Louisville dispatch states that sp;aia
er.UG jury yesterday returned indictments
| agslust twelve mooEshio2rF, who have been II
| jai! there scveTa! months.
A Gre at Faruervii!s L.. yestertaf, das
! tssyed four buildings, iaclnd!rg Judge It!G.
| hie's Iaw ofHcc, With portion CT bis valuable
library. Loss about SO .0CO; insured ter 81 .OVO
A tcraaio struck Santa Barbara, CAL, Wed
ncsday p!ef., and uDrooffed AID demolished q
| uuuber OF houses. VIA. Gts3 was killed ty {
falling chimney. About CO feet ct the a:esn1.
| boat wharf was Carried away.
| A requiem high mass WAC Gupg 10 s.. Pat
rick's Cathedral, New York, this morning. Ter
tho reposa 0! the souls Ct Archbishop Hughes
aud Bishops DGbols, ConcaEnoc and Connolly
| Vicar General Qainn was the cc!ebrart
The banking house CT Banset!, Phelps 4
| Co., Of Wiikesbarr., Pc, have made an a::lga-
meut, in consequences CT the inability OF tito
Forty Fort Coal CompsD5, the Rivaf,i; Coal
Com auy, and others to meet their Obligations.
A fire b:oke on. Of Esia, Ill.,, yesterday, ia
| ToSr's block, on the cNnsr Of Cbicisa street.
aud Eeuotsio Square. Aided by Q high west
wind it swept the extra sou:a tlic o. CSl.aEo
street, c,u;ing total loss q at5ut SlOp,GGoi
Insurance. $50 GEO.
The democrats AMI creea5sck:ls il toe Mage
| House Of Represent a.iVes held q clu:as Lass
nigh:, and it is understood that they resolved
10 seed to The Seoa:c fEr Governor the rs,a:5
Of GarcaIon aoa Smith, ox;lutirg tho rcrch!'
can candidate f;om b:;ag ss!ected b IL, 70
publican Senate.
The marriage oil Rev. ). Is. Meatb.ra:, 70
Miss ka!is Smith. grand uieoo CT Mrs. y. !.
| Stewart ct New lv;k, yesterday, attracted .
large and fashionable aitepdaoca 20 Ill':t
Church, which was cIaoorately decorated Tux
the occasion. Bishop Littliiohn, Ct Log Is
land, cod Rev. d.. Dig ch,iltcl. Neatly
| 5 000 izTi:a::,5s La4 b:ec i;saed for The c:7,-
moDy.
4 reduction Of ten per CENT. o! Wages u Cit
rers emrloysd by Chssles Parrish d Co., At
Wi.ktsoatre. Pa, took r.aca WcducsiaT.--
Yesterday the nen struck, rctusiGg 10 VOL. at
the redrc,d ra;e. Three hundred men sGd
boss employed by the Reading Coal and Tree
| Company At Mount Latec, struck yesterday,
c'aiUiog that they Ead not h;eu paid IL! two
| no1ths.
Yesterday be;w.en | an1 o'c,ctk thiat
entered the government printing tEi:c, IL
Washington. and, watching bis opportu atty.
!o5k from the ssie ct the Disturbing clerk 9
package Of cartoucg. contgiCiog SIS 100. ioenG'
ed for paying Of the en- pioycs and Tor The III:
chase of material, and made bis escape without
obsprra!ion. Detectives were Immediately pu:
to work, apd it il thought the mon:y vii! sooa
be recovered.
| Ninety six nud:r5rs were haps.G in toe
Uaitcd States duriog ,bs PISS. year, Th:ca Il
an Increase Of thirteen compared with tho pre-
vous year. all were NED; ferry wcro Thiic
fly two c0iored. two Icdiaus aod enc Z, Chiea
mat; five were hanged for outrage, tJlr fJr
wife murder aod ooc for 6iicde; there Hc:e
seven double executions, focr triple aud tso
qaadrapl:. The southern States h.i 3aveC3
per cent. IF all the haugioea, aud rcar'y vs.
| thirds cf tho yi,lins we're peRr0es.