davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1879-04-05

stanrts lownr restricted trado; at s11. .09if
for now, anu S0. Ao1n. hu for old. Cnt meals
steady, bnt not remarkably heiise. 13acon mod.
ssasolf sought at former figures. Wcstcrn stcam
lard moro nct!so for sarl, delivery. but a. eascr
prices; safes of ZOO tcs May, at 50, 1a!telG .G5;
2, 750 tcs June. at 81. T0G1u. 72!f,
TA1Ipw--Falr cnl quoted steady; prime closing
at 1p-lGc.
suaAns--raw rather enaict In price, on modcr.
ntcly active market. Cuba n,uscovns!o quolcd At
03-tGJaG T.IUc Tor fair to guod ruuulng; rcnnad
about rs last Gnntcl.
WnlsHy-.10 brls NJ 81 .05A CASH; market dull.
fnEt1nrs-A comparatively slow movement:
howoyer, Eenosally unchanged Quotatinnu.
TO The 1rf.tsrn l:,-oeiatsd r.s&
NEw YnnK. April 4.-CorraN. Irregular 1t III;
6l11t4c; futntcs Irregular: April. 1.l0c; May,
1l.21c; tune. n.;hc; .0y. l.4Hc; August,
II. .G0c net roccfrts at all United Btatca ports dur
Ing tho wcels. II. QUO bales; last year, ii, QUO;
totnl receipts At all unised s.aes potts to .lau.
4, l5o, 0oos last year, 3,tG,1, GOO; exports frun,
all Unitod snca ports for tic woek. to, QUO; last
ychs 1oa, zoos total exports from all unl'cd slutcs
pnsts to date. =. D46, coo; Inst year, 2,7ll, ,000
stock at all United statos poris, Ell, coo; last
year, 514, 00g; soca nt ait interior towns, r, COO:
last year, d'1.oo0; aoc's at Lverpno, 67s, 100;
last Ycar. 10 COO; stuck Of American niloat for
saper stato Weste.n, vi 3oN. 10; eoinmaon q
EonH ExtlNt St HHAasfs Nv tOpH 10 CEVles 9s.utfW
4.60: white wheat extra, St .h:if, "a: extra Ohn.
VI: fhDo 90; IT, Lnne, s.. Sua15. 75; minnesota
pntcnt process. 81. 5DQt T1G.
tsnAiN-Wheat--1n moderate demand: rfcclrla.
1eb. o1o 6u: rejected snrlng, 7fc: No. ! do haf9
roc: No. i anrng. DlMiEc: No. to. stnre. 81. o.
Gt. !; nnEradcd do, hlc6I91 o.: AnKInucd Wiitrr
rcd. n0caSHl 40; No ) 10, 81 l:!oie1. 1o!f Nc. 4
DO. 81. 1ohbl, ibJ; No. l 10. g.. .1a!t1i. -; NJ:
nEnDer. 81. 1:,4t + 13ts; unYraueA Hl!te. $!.l::s
az: ~; No. 2do ST. 114b1: Hi; No. 1dn = !S!asa
l.l3!s. Ryc-Marsot dull: Western. iis1sFRa0!sc.
Harley 1utut hut stcady mntt nuninh!Iy uncnnngr'.
torn In fAis dannnd; rccnlrlr, 11fl. 0oo HI: nn-
nracd, ij6t4bc: No. y. i4Ac; steamer. i.3D ib!hc:
No.a, III. q ih}tc: a!enmer. yellow, ih4c. tlats
quiet: fcce,pts, e, ono ln,: NJ. wtitc,, TILE;
No. Z tlo. :i4o: No, DO. 3!'c; mixed Western,
j1tsG5.!!c: white Western. 5dEJdtic.
ilAy-Nom lnalty unchanged.
1i1ra-Dnl1. t........
0nocznEs-cofIee eutot and unchanged. Vugar
STEADY; fair to good refining, gM4bu!iG. MnlAstcs
. steady, with fair IeNIano. Rlce aMlct nnd un-
changed.
: pErnoLEtM-Quict: un1trd. 7nNGbaoc; crude iu
. bulk Of II brls. 7ilGhH1ic: rnHneu, VIC.
;! TArt0w-stcady Mt Gti1UO.11c.
HEstS-Qutct III 81. 40
1unrENTtHE-lllEllcr; n4o hill
, Eaes-FisNIcr: Western, 1atffa14c. 49,.
Observation-Disclosures dali: mess, M.aGGb
1il. .Gu 10, old; 10i3G1lo.dc fur new Beet rtrndy.
Cut lncnt. dull; long clrar mItifics, 6Ac short
clear mtllhtcs,i Lido. Lard in rnodatute demand;
prime ntcRln, 50. 57SE0.u0.
EH--tnsettlcd: Western. 612Uo.
. CNEEsK-N0mtnuliy unchanged.
WutaxG'-Qutct Ut 81. l.Oj,l.
, 1879-04-05

Ut. LouIa. No., April -F1oun-Stoady md
unchanged,
OnA,N-Wheat inactive and lower; No, rcd
fall, s1.o511 .oJI; cash; sl.07D1. Of; May,
s1.oahG1. OAK; june, St.oo; M. . do, 81. /.
'corn-~Den'nnd actiyo; cash options allow and
hApril; 9:,i dlao5sc May; 3lI @34Go JuMc: ,oi: c
skJuy. Oats armrr; No. 2. e1i{ .0sio cash; no op-
,sNtions. ltvu grnl md unchanged ri lake Harley
II Wn.sKr-ssoady md unchanged u 81 III. ~~'
:, ,PnayisioSs-.Pork dull; tohbInv II sl0.6o do.
llulk Mcats dull; clear ribs. Sl.D0 askcIl; no
hss: llacon qnct; clear rI..s. $5.37Gs3, 10 cash;
sSi5 say;s stSsF 6 "a SoS i5i os p,
corn. q, ooo ea; oats. 5000 nu: rye. 2, 600 bu;
BuirMExrs--Flour. Il. 900 brls; wheat, none: I:
corn, 10. 0o0hu oats, u1o bui rye, none; bar.
?, mona.
, 1879-04-05

DErno,r, Mich. April 4.-FLoun-Dn1l.
uHAtx-Whcat weak; extra, sl.01; No. while,
sl.EE!i; April, sl.D3!1; May,$l.OiS: June,
sl.04N; 1uly, s1.ot!; milling NJ. i, s1.01.
1,.cx,rrs--Whcnt. 10. .st4a bu.
huirNkkra-Wlcut, ~, B1D bu.
, 1879-04-05

MILWAUKEE. April 4.--t'nAtH-No. wheat,
Mhy, Dl3sc; JnHe, N5sic; M. i.ht.swnnkcc. T)c:
M. 1. 7lsl@7;ic: rolectud, GlGes]5c. cofn arm;
No. =, 1'c. Oats lowcs, No. 4, :4!4c. hye
slc1ly, with fair demand: No. !, 4oAc. barley
I11ntAal: No. = trflng, Tic.
l'nuyIstpHa.-t}nIot. car.cr. Afras pork quiet;
new. SlN."5. Prime stcnn, Inrd, el; ~
1laGa-I.ive atcndy At 81. 1.Nb3. iD.
ftEck,1Th-F Ftnnr. 7. Ulu btls: wheat, III. 91u hn
bItrMksrs--TIuur d. 6U0 bfls; wheat, VI, oo0b bu.
, 1879-04-05

asc; No. r white. :Il,!lliMc, No. i whtto and No.
mixed, ;lNtltc. Rye, tttiG.
ltrcE1rya -l'lnuf, 7,600 brls; wheat, B, 600 but
curn. III, Utt0 In,
snirAsKrs-Elunr, 72;i hrls; corn, 20. 600 bu.
, 1879-04-05
OPIUM MANUFACTURE.

Factories siaried ln this Country to Prn-
due" the Drug pr s"okt"E-A 1+u's of
N"vcnus by Frnutsp
fw t rssas cpsss n nnnaa" ~ aspsfns s @
very very quietly @ dsvslope" tue Un,ea States st n"i
" rsTsvns hS ana Of
s ss, aps ssaas s sposa s SEs 'ess% e an %
III THE year ending ttine no. 1877, tic mporta.
finn ri ontnm nnl cxtracta a,nnnn,c nj n a.o On
,,,,,,[1, ,.,1',oa NJ ~ "a Y,7. ,.s,,., ,I,'
value Of cigars tl9qorlel in tic same
period was only D0J,UoJ, anI OF spfr[1s
uutv s1,0O0,OD lii, The ycar cndt,u,
ncc. NJ. IN. ,horn wcrc rccctvc;1 ~
Dee' o'' Ao, ''u' ". 49, iseheo ~
the port OF san fraficlsao o,''o3 pounds Of crude
opium yauutt at Sei,H4S. and 5e,io7 pounds of
op,um preparyti Tor sAtdkiny, which wins valued
as9o7lI, showing t,,ae more Tim IS mr. ccnI ot
tAe aunhtieS "as pFeR43Eca "!lao'' According
to tlr statement Of Nv specinl agent Of the
Treasury more than thrcc,t!fths ot tin tn;at
anouut OF llu'tss are collected fru.n tls prr.
parcd onium.. from j. sta,r,nen. l,y tl,c Cul-
lurtur OF thr Fort Of Eyn Franclscu, It ap,,cars
TINT the at,o,lnt ol prGparc opium entcfc,l nj
Tint port from pan'!na iron, Feb. |, 1875, to
of the sarnu war, 2IttA3 pounds. valued ut
$Ni, ,5l4. Thu Transactions IN cru,le uptl,n at
tho aat1lr D!ncu for tllcyear ending Sept, O lS7s
wrre as folIpws: =;
Ioand,, 11l,sr,
1mportcl drec .,.......t. .... 6.:Ell eo:. s,l9
Kerciyed III baHJ from Ss,yrork \, iU2 81, tint
~ trantt...: ..........,ry, -. ~. titl 1l7.NA3
Miilldmw11 1ri for consumption. II, ll5 VA 4;lM
Exnns. - n, nan,ti. nlS.:.i,::.'''. ,,'. :sr oii'T!
ExrnEt 10 ttrtlsG cniIm1la y Tx 81, @5
,r t''.... - '., o. ~ pno" '4l
i,.a H.. onts un G1tuo nil.1n.n - e. nonhu. on
on.un pIelMtsu lol 5plnS5hs u ls ~ nonnu.
iiu .,t nnnn!a.n' u .! Sraaae o.h'tn coiltnlnln;s
isss 1ma,a es eIns ~. v .'osFna Is prn'hlIen.
NnW u apPeaEs tllht oIfuIn Wnci1 contains Us
tn1e as ncs sefl o1 fqor.t,!o toes mt al'swcr
u. purposes Pnt. "a u 1mS n3amniactufer ' WIG pre-.
naIes op' lot hnoSk a. welt as 1!a tnie:l"r
ash' cheapcr Efaaes, EhIch contain trnin .tu s
per cent OF 1norphla. Ouly tlese latter grAdcs
afU lsGtl 10 any extent !oF that plrt'oac.
Ing lfeaa'lfv o'1leersl Pearni'iE tint n1antl'
factory to prepare Gpl!tta sor smoking has hecn
cs1aolisleu III NeW Jersey anu l!'at twoor iilnro
Of tho Same aort are ~ qperaflmh ~ snn Frnn.
cinto, htlsleeteu tnat LOW grht'ee OF opium Wrro
he!'E brought INTO t''ls country contrary 70 law,
u
, 1879-04-05

greatest kindness AM! hospitality until they In
suit us wnufen!y. Then nc reserve the right to
BaF what we think.
The Alovc riFcumstanco took place at the Al
tamalIa Hotel, not at tI.s Jcsup House.
, 1879-04-05

Snfc1dl fispafch 10 7ht Tribune.
KANsAB CITY, Mo-, April 4.-t'mA,S.-Tho TrIes
Current rrports wheat rtceipta i. 1D1 ba; eh!p.
men'a, l., 4oi bu; unsettled; NJ. cash, Dfr;
Ap.l1. nH.sa: No. \ caah. Hlc: April. llGc Corn
1.scaptA, i. 0Es bn; shtp,ntnts lu, D1u bu; slow;
NJ. !. caah, abc; April. aSsir.
, 1879-04-05
BOSTON,

uoaToK, April 4.-FLorM- Market dull; West,
efn sapeEs, 81. oo13.a5; cpu,mon extsas, 10. 7a{b
20; Wisconsin extra. s4.Q,eaa. 50; Minnesota
10 ~ 25de, 20; winter wheat t,hio and Michigan,
et7aao.:oi Illinois and Indians. $4,000, as;
ns ns,an Aanas ~ oo3t1 o9 Wisconsin and A!nnssota
GaAta -Cora qu!et; mixed and yellox, 400
efs*e. ohts stesdyj No. and sxtEs walts, H0,{h
, 1879-04-05
INDIANAPOLIS.

1an,AxAroI,s. April i. -uhAtH-Whcnt-st Steady;
No. z rcd. 81. 0J1GD1 n4tt. corn-steadY at34!iGb
bic. ttnta-Marltct dull Ut 1s65.B,ic.
1'nov,s.uYs Shoulders, 3hc; cieat rib, Axe.
I,nra, sU,:.4I{. Hams. s7+H0d1B.G0
iious-tlniet At S!.!a13.Bo; receipts, z, BOO;
ehtpmaHts, |, 70Q.
, 1879-04-05

oswrno, April 4.-OEA1S- Wheat-stealy, with
fair demand; No. l hard lnluth sprlnE 81. IL;
No. Milwaukee,, sl.U5. Corn study; old No. 9
Western, 47e.
, 1879-04-05

11erc."' sail n farmer IN Syracuse, ns he ox-
hib!Ictt brolcn Jlr tn tho manufacturer, ~
packed this iul, ol butter, u,ni tl tar split from
top II bottpn,. pcshll,s ynu chi oxplain the
pt!cnornc,,on." ''O, ycs. casl." was ,l,u really
rcply; "tte butter VIA stronger tlIan the tur Il
, 1879-04-05

To,xpo. O.. Apsll 4.--GnA1s--Wheat dull: am.
hcr MlchIaan. Juac. sl.os!a; No. = rcd winter.
May. Sl.OTA: June. SLIM. Corn quiet; No. :.
Mny, 3!lic; No. . white, i7!:c. Oats dull Aur
nominal.
, 1879-04-05

the revenue. The matter Is under a'lvtscment
bv III. Treasury Department. n,"i IL h highly
probable tIA.t Congress- vii be applied 10 fur
legislation on illg huhfert ht an ear1J Lay.
, 1879-04-05

nA1rtNonr. April 4.-FIouu-stcady and in
letter demand: Western super, s3..5Ge3. is; do
extra. 81. 00l,4. o5; do fanltty. 81 .75G5.50.
Whtat-Wce,crnq quiat: No. . rcnnss1ya.
MIA unchanged; No. Western winter rcd. spot
4 and April. 81. 1t; May. S1.13aG0l.14. Corn
Western tnlf; Western mixed, spot and April, I'm.
chnnced: nay, tt:sQ4lAo; Juno, 44hQ144,ic;
steamer 4oiGs ioAc Data armer; Western wh!to,
,nsxca, aud Pennsylvania unchanged. Rye quiet
md unchanged.
HTosisay; MA prime to choice pennsylvania,
l'.osisInxs--Firn,. Mes. park. $40 5o@lD. rs.
Lux nehta Loose shoulders. 35ic: clear rib sides.
a!le: c!eas rib .iie4. 61i6oIc HAMS 50. .74SiO 75
Lard--fiennsn iu tIosces, 7,iG.7,ie.
parked. 1sS1Inc: roll 1fAlDe.
Edas-Qnfet at l.l 1n.4c.
tErHoLLuM--uul1t ntcnAncrd.
CoPrEx-Flfn,; n,o cargoc*, 10Gl1Gc.
WnfsIr-Dnlt and nominal ut 81. .U7Cl1 .u7l<.
FnKiusTs-fo 1tvosnno! per steamer stcady;
cot,om, 9-:2hi honr, " I'd: grai,i, us:l.
HEcElrTR-Ffnur, z. .:pu brls; wllcat. 69. 400 bu;
corn. 13O. 400 bn: Uais, j, tiltt bH. -,
.. SAirAEkrs-Wheat 1.B, leo 1u; corn, 3o7, eco
bn.
, 1879-04-05
MILWAUKEE.
Snsci1l Hi<Msfeh to TIT 7t-fbHn4.

Sn<cial HisMfch to Tnt Tribune
MiLwAuKEE, April 4,-'rl,r Esoanula fishing
tng 1ames W. Hruols won't intu dry.locli at
alessrs. Wolf s. Davldson's shipyard to-day for
at ovcrlnulng
The launching Of the new schr Resumption,
for the Ford River LAUNDERING Company, nf Cht.
ergo. will tako place Tomorrow afternoon ut
o'clock sharp The owners nro expected to be
present. Invitations to bo witness the event
have also been extended to a1d accepted by thu
Mayor, Common Council, aud city officials gen
crally.
~ Manitowoc, thc scow Fclic[tous had somo
Of tier hcnagcar carried asay bY u collision.
Tho contract for rebuilding the schr Rob Roy,
now lying ut this port, las beon let to james
Butler, Of AIanitowoc. The Rob Roy will be
towcd to thAt purt,
The schr II. Rand, which has been robutlt mud
morrow afternoon.
The sidcwheel etmr Chicago has gono Into
dEy-dock at Marttowoc to lie cautkrt1.
At Manitowor, n!so, tile srtir Industry has re-
cciTctl n now fDretnnst, and the Lydn general
repa(ra, whIa tile acllr Lnke Forest IL to hu
dGcked for rcpnlr ot tic damage sustained by
going on the bench at Muskega,l late last fall,
&. u. Rand hns takcn q contract to but;d at
Manttnwoc barge Tor tllu Atcnn!ntnea iLno 0f
the following dlIcnsions: LengtA Of keel, 1G5
teILt Ot%oAsA VI uSo'''I 81 ANEbf ASElA u 5i0lQl
ii feat.
The STOW Alaska still remains on the leach at
Two Creeks. Tho Bun1 nmt clay nre settling
ero''nd her firmly, nsl tho water where el'e ltea
Is now not moro than font IN depth. THO
Alaska Will have tn l,o rutsrd witt. screws n,nI
Launched. Thu tug Wtllu llichnrds la1 the eot,-
tract to pull her OF for SlD5, but failed In ,llo
ut1ort.
'i'lo following salca of ycssul.propcrty were
received for regard o.lay at TIN Cusulsl.lIonse
sci'r Mlacc--A. JONES u1ltl I. ", KrtlA,h, Of
JJatksonpost. Wis, to Martin md George
F9taoo'a: q Gibraltar, Door County, Wis; thu
- sshr Fenslcas-Gcorgo Murray to James II.
keliV, ut 1uclnu; one-iourth, Sl,0nO.
lhe following ts a statement 0f tho commerce
March:
, 1879-04-05

Wttnts1Tox. April 4.-Sr1Alrs TuArExTlk1-
Quiet at .Qc.
, 1879-04-05

rnrLAnEarnlA, April 4.-FLouH-Na,ket dnlt,
MINNESOTA extra family, ss.5u0l.75; Ohio do,
clo'eo, %. -. Rye Hour steady nj 81, Tta, s7tf,
GnAEN-'Htcat auet; No. = Westosn RID. Ia
: elevator, 81. 1aa. lsyo nom!nslly unchanged.
Corn steady; Wcstern rejected, 40lailtin; do
sssamtr. 41'.Gb+.o. Outs hsm; mixed Western,
IoI3lc; white do, 3l6Gi.!e.
PaovisioAR-Acttso and firm. Mess beef, 81. no; ;
Eicss pork. $40. p5G310,ho llams- Smoked. 81. 10
~. fto:a; sgtssled, st. 25GB..5. LxEt-Weslsfa
hu1TAn- -Huminnlly unchanged.
MuuE-StFouH; Western, lie.
:. crMds; RNc. '"-e-"' ~"~'
4 MnsKY-Hteady; westesn, $780,
81, nsgan!ssg-Eloar, a ~, 0U0 brls; wheat. 10, 600
IN ~ s''a' ~ oeo but oa.s, 1000 hu; tys, 5000
, 1879-04-05


NEW 0nLrAss. April i,-FLouR-Dtman good
and tending upward; snprrnne. 81, 20: Ky. ST, ii
G4o0; xxx, Si.95N1. 60; high Erades, S5.25D
G.14!s.
GnA1S-Corn steady, with a fair demand; wh!tc,
45,t04Uc. Oats active and firm; VA: :Ga:3Gc.
conH: MEAL-seureo, ,e1 an4 Enl A Saal 70 tq @ Ar
rive; dull At $40. "'''''' ''' N''r:' '''''''
flAy-Marl;et dull; ordinary. 50. OoGp1l. 90;
pstmc 9i2. hoGh13. 90; clsoire. Sis. 0DGs no.
FnovIsioss--rork uuIct; old, su.25: new.
S1l. .oo. lhrd steady: ttcrec. d'4dbTAc: kegs. ID
.T4c. nnlkIueAts scarce anu firm: shoulders laoxr,
noep!; ;oo' ,packed. t@14'ec; clent ~. 6,ac;
::rib. iaie; clear, aA@ue. suear:curcd .iums-
Market hut; canvased. H5t!'Esc. Us In sizc.
WuISKf-Matkct dull; Western rscttlcd. 81. .Ob
clio.
GnocEnIEs--C Coffee dull nnd unchnneel: lilo
cnrRues, ordinary 10 prime, 11dh1lc, suEnr stcnIy
coinmon 70 good common. 4ai6t5Ac; fail to Iully
tair; hsfaD5hc; prime 10 choice. us.dbGAc; yellow
clarified. GalW11sc. Mulasscs quiut: coin1,inn, ~
8aa5c: fair. eido2Bc: prlmu to chn'cu, :s7Gtlbc;
csensrlfp9al ssG1:ac: !trmenting. :'06teso. Rice
DnAA-Dcmand f4ir aid rrifea hiIlor; o5e.
, 1879-04-05

COTTON.

pEon,A, April 4.-iI,anw1Srs = UnsetsIed al
1.031,
, 1879-04-05
FIJI
cLkA!I1 H..

According TO information received tore, tho
seow Milton hAd ru,tEl, experience on her frat
trip. 6ho was compelled to slip boil! anchors
A1ll hal let f0yU alla lnntR Ea!fa broken,
, 1879-04-05
EEkANDlAl..


Aier. FrottnRianI 4 ca. hays been for snanv years
stnrk lsaktIs asla Akfra I'll frw yurk. ut II Wast.
Ihrs hs's tts rtSua!9n 81 x.ntEE for shrlr ca.ta.
Stl aud hava ilu eI.tabu ttluls Ut always max.
Ing timirk re1nrs. kuIld for ther ttHaActut ReFt,
fIet.-ADw furk Trtkunr.
, 1879-04-05

CHICAGO. ALTON L ST. LOUIE, AND CHICAGO
KANSAS CITY DENVER GH0RT LINEa.
Union Depnt. West Side. nehr MAdfsap.st bridge xnb
Twenty. thIftl.si. Ticket uG1cc. l22 Naadopf.1t,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-06
Che scu;. Race on the Tyne.

TIE ,rdca S;arCs-dS Ttp!Gt o! :!i3 rae2r
say.: "Ha&i.n Won tho ttsl for n2s!lil1, aud
lock tie DosIh side which gavo h:ni shelter icr
The first hail mile. Before th0 Start i!V; to
Two Tss offered sud taken ca iiacIa9, tui af;S
20 limited tx:cl:. 4: Hills ba!o1a !"o
o'coc'; tho r13o tcok l:i:ir pos.'i'Ds at re
s!skc beats AZ The frs: attempt tiny started
by mutual consent. A! the end q the list
hucdced yards IIan!aa Lal drawn !2rg!h
ard little further or vas fully 2H2th clear,
With ease, improving his position. b4'rre The
end CT tic frs. quarter Elie il seemed that
lie was goi5g 10 be 81 essy Wlroer DotSltn'
standing HaHdcn WAS rowing tls! AID we'll. Al
tn, Sk!pn:r Bara Haniau Hal Two l!0eihs
ahead. lie frequently looked GROUND over bis
shoulder 10 see that the c3prs, wgs clear, np
pssenlIy 80. tzafliag hns:if 10 his tr!e-'
powers. aud fcoliog qlto 81 eea?, IS II c;t Il
dent OF the rssol:. Approaching R"dh'u sh
Bridge. Hswdcu pu! 90 f ssur:, tu! it had 10
effect. Hat!an also quicken Up. acd pass; ID
uud,r the bridge With O lead OF about three
eoglhs. I1awdop, smuggling maIluIly on,
roSea we'll ard fast, whic his opponent cJi'
tiaued hia easy, qulet stSl:, neVtr apparently
exef!ing hltGself. Al,cr passing under the
bridge the Canadian actually CEASED rowing.
He allowed HaTdoI to dra1 W almost en- Il
level with him, and then with . lew s.r0ng
strokes drew away and resu@ed MS lead OF
ptarIy three !cust!:s. Tho rac2 was lrom the
vary first ooc-sidcd tff,i7, Notwithstanding
Hawdon roSei gam4ly. More than oncc liaI'
Ian allowed the Tyna-sder to draw up. but with
the grcaleit cts; quickly resumed the lead,
9tiie every few strokes Eo locked around to
see bis curse. Near he top OF k0s's mead.
or IS the men wcre both il vary rJu2h water
aarian ceased rowing. and Hs7don, With halt
q ctz,n Strokes pulled upun level With hlm
Hapian smiled, and nodded to bis pilot, who
Tss following 10 cutter, aud al ortc drew
away. \ ;tlc further on HgiiiG, 70 t6e
amusameDt God astCli,hncat 81 may stepped
TcRiug, sporged the Tat1r OF: CT his beat, and
aud then sitting quietly TO work again Dire"
away with cGse, and this be did t40 cc three
times. He eventually wen: in lh9 cascs; Of
4ipacrs by Eve leue;b;, and c,uli have won by
a1y dist7oce be liked. His time vas 90 raia.
utes and 5 sec)rds. Suyh race vas never
seen 90 Tie Tyre. u4wdon is acknowledged 10
be c. p!tsI scuIicT, aud his easy fcssst shows
what Tie Canadian can de-.
iiaalsn doubtless anticipated q mere dill,u!t
task or lie WauId not have sart2d Ct 80 not g
pace. Tho Newcastle Chrouiclc Ssys: Tic is
undoubtedly one of the most Gais!cd scai!crs
We have ever seen. His siida is Exceptionally
lj2g, ard he use3 i; 10 the fullest tx:cet. there
By taxing tho grand sscellag slr,kc which,
8trn he tyarts bis strength, scs;a9 almost to
lift thu beat out Ct water, though !; always
travels Csc: fully on &C c7cu Keel. Ii ~ had
ci:s:n he ught havu wou the race By half .
uile. TIE CREATES: credit is cue iIaSd3n fJr
n:ls .Ycring. 10 o dishearleaiar IasE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-06
The May number Ct the Educational Journal
Of Virginia has been received, aIi is very 10.
teres!iog one.
TELEGRaPHTC BRIsFs

Tho movement towards a strike Of The spin.
ners at Fail River, Msse., meets with no So 10
psthy from Tho cil;zsns generally.
LAST evening the students Of Cornell Uniycr-
sity lthscs. N. T.. serensded President White
on the eve of his leaving the country.
Edward Psrr. of PhiladelphIa, sixty years
old, stabbed his daughter Sus,n Irwin, eyed 60
in tho left breast and temple about ii o'clock
this M rnipg, inhc,ing injuries from which che
expired almost instantly.
Michael McNamars. formerly clerk of the
Msssssoit Rouse, at Springfield, Mass, while
attempting to bos, q train ut stamford Station
last night. fell under the cars and had his head
completely severed from his body.
The Engligh steamer Golden Grove hiss heen
fined S47, 424 IS by the United States District
Court at Wilmington, Del, for running into
sad sinking The American brig Krsmlin, eff the
COST OF Nantucket on tho 9th Of July last.
Yesterday Dr. Ezra Rese proprietor of q drug
store at Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio, invited
his friend, Sylvester Garfield. to Try some now
liquor which ho had just received. By mistake
hey each drank about two ounces of acoaile.
The doctor died in few hours. Garfield is in
precarious situation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-06
VIRGINIA VIEWS.

hiaj3r john W. LawsoD, a prominen citizen
IF DaDvlie, was stricken With paralysis trday'
Tie Vireici. fish commissioner is arranging
to Distribute large number CT young li,h ID
the waters Of Tho Shenandoah Valley.
Sir. George Morris, Ct Louise county, has
beou appeialcl by Judge Rives clerk OF the
Uai!ed States Cour: at DanviIl:. 10 pae, OF
Mr. Z. 2. Latham, resigned.
a avrro w1man Ir Fauquier county he's been
lodged il jail, at Watrcntou. CHARGED i! is
said on rnulistak tbIs grounds with having
htuieliy uuldsred htr child, two or three years
tii.
Auditors Taylor aud Roge!s have gone 10
Winchester to sec tic GtvaIuor on business 10
part ooun.o:vi with the funding of the public
debt, iha Gjvctnor has been q1te i'll from
poaumoas ard bronchitis, but Is DOW better.
As the result Of q,arrel at Curtis Nick,
last week, Mr.. JcUnson, white, shot nbd
pe,hsps ia.al2 wounded Ned Banks, coIoFeo,
wtereunon lie la.ter's SOC, fifteen years ct eye,
fred OF johnson, five a!ugs taking effect 10 bis
body nud uibS, ittlicting painful but not SO
r.ous iGiarias.
The counsel fer Edward kerpy, the uegro
who married white woman and both OF whom
are in the neaitentiesy for violation of the laws
of The State, hava applied to judge Hughes,
Dow at Norfolk. for writ cf hsheas corpus.
TIE iaiyc coninucd the case till the l3:h, nod
directed notice to be selvsd Oh the attorney
eeu6ra! Of the State.
Th3 Ric}m, Dispatch says: THOUSANDS
Of b.akfrp;s have rever received their dis
charges, AID by recent rule of the court suon
CASTS c;n be declared ended ~ proceeding
t;k2a uron tic application of apy p-ry in TO-
terest, ana the termination Of the cas-, 10 this
manner de2Iiscs tie party Of the prcicc'lou Of
thu bankruptcy isT.
10 The Housing Court Of Riotmord yestar-
day. ". Ii. Michael, alias q. Virtue, the bogus
lend buyer, who gave forged checks on tho
Girard Ba1k. Philadelphia, and The Stat: bark
of Virginia, VS. indicted by tho grand Jury.
Mr.. Michael, Of phiIadelphia, was present 10
court, and rs soon IS the accused saw him he
pleaded gully. The case was silcn to the Jlry,
who returned G verde: Ct guilty. cid ascer
taired bis punishment at two years 10 the
paniscDl!ary. The court at once passed sentence.
Il disnalch was published day or two ago
ID the q fact that L young man named Smith
had stot and killed bis father in Fauquitr
cauoty. |. tu-Cs aut that The boy did shoot at
bis father sprarcrlly with lnteut 10 xii but
very fortunately. While the gun had powder IN
it, lie balls hsd bsen removed from it t.w
hours before with Tie purpose of reloadng 1t
with different shot. Smith Wss knocked down
and compctcly sIunEed by the discharge Of tho
quo, and bu. fer the Icrova! Of the shot it is
feared would ha7e been killed. Verious rC'
moIs ere 81 jat-ono 10 the effect that the boy
is GRAZ; others. that owing 10 some domestic
itf. c,,e 10 the family. ard barsh treatment
ftcU his fstbcr, young Smith was goaded into
The crime, &c. Dir. Smith says that be cannot
adept tho theory Ct his 800 insanity. a1d pro
nounces the scs malicious ooc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-06
A Plttsburg Horror.

P1TsBUR0. Pa. May 6.-About ) o'clock
yesterday morning Audrew Htisel, German
about as years old, got up from bis bed and
weot down stairs into butcher shop, where
he selected sharp carving kriIe. and, after
putting keen edge oD it. went Gu. 10 tho
back yard and crawled into small dog ken-
mel. He then took of bis boots and cut open
the arteries 10 bis feet. ono by one. He seem.
ed to find tina. tho blood did not aow fast
enough, 50 be took eff lis coat, rolled up lis
shirt sleeves md cus deep cross like letter
4 on each arm, just below the elbow. He
several quarts of blood snd then went into q
stable, climbed up 10 bay NOW and thero did
something which few men have been able to
do. He cut his throat 80 thoroughly that bis
head hung to his body by the spinal column.
alone. The cause for tie act was domestic trouble
aud lack of work.