Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-08
I'iSFsEEGF ETE.H 5.

Serious disturbances nave brokcu ous b.i0W
the town Of Bhano II upper BurrlaL.
Aiyiccs fr0m koDt state that tbs hop crop
threatens q u!ore dislatrcu; isi'u1c lhan ior
years past. 49,
The WiGip, SiIis;ris, Ruslchuk ard Voros
f5rts have been demolished, pursuant to the
treaty Of BelllD
An extensive fro occurred at Ikutsk, Rus
sic, on the 4:h iostaut. which destroyed 2GO
houses. The officials If Tul and an import
ant manufacturing town in Russia, have receiV
cd letters threatening Tie destruction OF the
town by fire.
An sc,omplico Of SoloYIcif, who tried to a.
sassinatc the CIR. has been discovered; lis
name il Dr.. .Wicmnr, aud he furnished slio PTS
toll used by tic assassin and also The poison
with Which he attempted suicide alter his
failure. e, i'.
The government Ct Robes in Mac1a!cla,
Colombia, is coDtincd almost entirely to the
| carital, Santa Marta, A fight has taken place
10 the neighbcrhood cf tic Cicacsa, 10 which
the rcvolutioaists, under command CT General
Campo Serrano, were victorious.
The town of Calama. situated 10 the disput.,
cd territory, is reported 10 haVo b3en captured
by the allied forces Of Bolivia and Peru, the
CHILEAN troops being defeated. The Senate oil
CoIoobis has directed the President OF that
republic to offer his services as mediator.
ASi. Petersburg dispatch TO tho London
| Daily News says: The latest official telegram
state that the houses of fourteen out OF GltceD
| wards, lormitg tho most important part oil
Irkutsk, Siberia, wcrc destroyed BIZ the lire on
the 18th inst, md mary of the lchabltants
arc homeless.
The Prime, and Princess O! Walls, tic Duke
| and Duchess OF Edinburgh, and the Duke acd
| Duchess Of ConnGueht, attended the Toto and
| fancy far at The Royal Albert Hall, London,
yesterday, fer tho beuelit Of tho French hos
pital.
| An Attempted rebellion against D!aZ OCCUR
red in Vera Cruz. but has b1cn suppressed
| Tho crew tI the war steamer lIibcrtGt mutln-
led, 10 sympathy with the movement md have
mado off with the steamer. ell the Vera
| Cruz merchants ara hostile to The government,
10 CONSEQUENCE Of the passage ct the law against
contrabanI trade, and they haVo ever since
been 10 state Of quasi revolt
In THE CoILS or A BLACK SNAEE.--Fiora
Agncw, II years CID, living 10 NoT York city,
has bccn visiting at tho house OF her uncle,
Henry Burns two end a half miles north Of
Hunters Range, Pa. She has frequently COLO
With her couio, girl about tho same age as
herstli, TO Gr,vc Tho cows to posture. Last
Sunday mcrting her cousin was sick, and Flora
went alone with the COWS When sho had
driven them 10 the pasture she started Ter the
house, bat becoming tired, she sat d0"n On Z
messy mound to rest. She had hardly seated
h,-scI before she saw hugo black snake
colled on u V'~otor az laurel bushes. She
screamed and started 10 iuu. but tho suakG
darted at hcc add circIcd itself about her body.
She cried at the Top OF her voice ard ran. with
the snake drawing lis Ioits tighter and tighter
arcuad her, til sho fell down with fright and
| txhans ion. Her cries brought ilcr uuaie, who
cut the snake in loo with his knife and released
her. 1t was some tine before the iii, girl
could speak The imprint OF tho snake folds
was left on her body. The snake r'casurcd fix
feet 1.-Two inches in length