Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-11
EEH.S OF THE D.9y.

Adiu!aat General Cunni1chaal. OF Mass.
chusat,s, has baen requisite / to resign by 1oV-
trno. Talbot.
Alithrcush lraius on the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad have been stopped. in conse-
q1erco OF ice in The liver at Memphis.
J. Bark:r & Bro. s WOODEN mill, q! Bargs.
vile, Mass, vas buroed yesterday. Loss
0,000. Caused b. Spontaneous combustion.
About million young codG:h we're Pc! into
lie ocean By the Uoited States fish commission
al Gloucester, Msss., last week.
AT 10 o'clock last light Madame hadt!sou,
The Brooklyn pcdestEiepge, tad completed
, 400 quarter miles.
The California Constitutional Conveui3D, By
vote Of e. TO S. has Indefinitely posspcocd the
resolution to expel Mr. G. {. O'D,5ae!l.
George II. Alton :t!risd TO skate twenty t2ur
hours without rest st q Il1E, Ia Bjs!oa, last
nigat. There is wager Ct $3.50 Oh !ac result.
The condition CT Commodore Guest con-
mandant at the Portsmouth IN. Il. navy ya!d,
has changed for lhe worse. 10 hope OF biz
recovery is entertained.
The TiHio (Ohi,) woolen mills, which. Until
lately, have been paying Iairsc.y, In 1877 de-
c!sring dividend Of 81 per cent, lhavc suspend
Cd, owing 800, 900; assets knoBu.
Commander D. G. kells, Uaitsd States iiavg,
is to bo court msrtialsd st NV OIl2a9s !cc
calling Senator kellogg !isr aTd saying c,hti
ugly thugs ab0u. hin.
Joseph Bu,h5G and Lewis u. L;viuaston:,
Wholesale dry goods dealers, New ic:k. have
| made an assignment. Liabilities :l40, 423; 'cz!
assets s47,659.
Marie Auge Fisnls, 80 - paglI1stet O. 10"
| French army, Committed suicide IL Neg / OK
on Thursday, By shooting himself 10 the h2sa
with pistol. lie Is supposed - have o:sA -
| financial straiia.
a hanvy snow Gt0rm prevailed IL SirlIero
Ohio, Thursday, falling in soc:e T! aces l6 lneaes
deep, aud drifting at various p.lrtS t?c feet.
| Trains we're delayed On 81 roads. TIC Il: On
the Ohio ct C:ns!nuati remsins finn.
An Allentown, Pc, dispatch reports thai iha
Lahigh Valley Irop Company st C0piey Is en-
barraasea, and that it Hi!! Gl:iler G9a;;G an a..
sigumeat or be sold by the sheriff. This VII
throw d large huober Of h. ais ca: Q; emp!33-
ment.
1t il thought that Horatio iioodnaD, the
missing lawyer Ct Boston, who aas last seen 90
Fal! river boat, en- route for New hEk, jaau-
ary |, may have fallen overheard DUNG 81 ii
vertigo 10 which be Was subject,
Farrell, !bo Qaebao murderer, 9as hnas at
that plsca yesterday. As the drop lei! ne
caught the rope with his loosely pcl'pe3 h2adS,
AID thus hung for feR Eec9nds until be *.
cu.ioacr, by ri5ent ciiJf;, shook !a3 To:o
from bis grasp gvog him Isl! Q: a65us : ijJt.
Farrell struggled oongu'.igeIy i1Fs:"sr.t nInu:tS
before giving up tie ghost.
Aneeios OF the bar Ct the UGit.! Siate:
| Supreme Corrt Was beld yc;t:rlay 70 take ae
tioa in relation 10 tho death OF Ca!e! Cn9h;aE.
| Secretary E7arts presided. i cammittc, Gon
sisiiag oil p. PHILLIPS, Roscoe Ca9Giiae. Geo.
Fl. Williams, A. T. Ackermal, General Pike
aal Attorney Central D57!gS. VS. srroin:ed
to draft suitable resolutions, w.ieh wcfe surs!'
uncnliy reported and adopted. Sn.cche5 T2Fc
made by Mssrs Wiiliam7, llacIe;', hs70c;'
aud Pike.
General Shc.iian has gives cZpIeasi1u 10 i'is
opinion upon the Army Reorganization vi.
lie approves Of that portion o57cT:uG Tho .cn
cral administration OF the arciy, bu' Oh &
the diminuion CT the cavalry aai ih3 mode q
rsrrsabizioy. lie prefers the pt4san: orsaaz--
tier. AID c,lGot approve aby 5aH AID uo!ltad
p40. He DOES DO: object TO the ce;t0g domn
Of the number Of staff Officers, bnt tasks i:
should be done by stopping prou'0!l3eE n ihr
lover grades, or by retirement. o: ty he!h.
Gs2. Pope expresses his dIsaQaro"7' c. rha 2'!'.