Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-04
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
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A yJe.t macy Youog !Den oil ever Wa! VIZ
siris arc dall7 leariug fjr LeadSl!'c, 20.
General Hancock is said to b. the wea!ihl'H
general officer 10 the Uaitd States arrS.
Four Illicit distllelies have recently been &C.
s,royed ia Wasnc county, Tennessee. Much
trouble i cxrtrcnccd in crtcTc.ng s"e revenue
LAYS.
4 coalition Of d@;a ocr.!ic and uati, NAL parties
in Cleveland. Ohio. has been !ermtC, and totl
ioael = n.u,i:,pai ;ickst, With NaidemaV O.ls
for Mayer.
Mr. Cbns. OCoao7. Of Ne~ York, has wit
ten M opinion ia favor Ct the holders oil let,
pcssce State bn3Jl sustaining the validity Of
their !icus u1oa the principal railroads IN tfc
State.
Hen. James \. Stewart, chief Judge Ct the
FMs: judicial Circuit Of Maryland; olsd Al
Cambridge yesterday mcrniog IN The, seventy
FIRST gear CT bis age, after an Illness CT seVtrS
months Of carc:r.
Waite, Watson WAS Lung at Newport. loo.
Yesterday, 10. The murder OF Ezra Compton, 10
Jauuag; last The prisoner was accompanied
to the soafold by lis ycung wife. who took he'
leave weeping bitterly.
The late DR.. George g. Wood, Of PhllaoeI-
phia. left largo btq1ests to The College OF pny
slcians. American Philosophical Society, Uni
yersi.y Of penCsylyauia, 10 additiao to smaller
lesacies TO charitable and educational lnsil:u
tious. He also 'cii $4,000 TO Tie University
Hospital.
An auxi,i.ry sa.!tar7 association, composed
| Of leading merchants Of New Orlaans, has beer
| organized 10 cooperate with the municipal aBt
health authorities in an active, energetic art
uurar,it;i6g fJrt to preserve IN New Ofeau
| throurEou: Tie summer the present Gcod health
of the city.
! A severe tornado passed over browa's Sum
nit, II. g., bct3cou DaGpisie, Va, and Char
| lo;;c, Yesterday. Several houses vera blcwr
dnya end their contents scattered Broadcast
| Ooc b,y vas killed, and several persons scrI
| tusIy Injured by falling tImhar%. Trees AIT
| fecc:s wirc bl0Ho DIVA aud grca! damage
doue.
TIE wtatt!r st Qa:btc rcnialcs bitterly c9li
The Northern Shc.c train, which left Mon;EcG
| on Tuesday afternoon, is still! showed up G
! Port Rouge. The mails and passengers were
brought 10 Qachcc il slelshs \ heavy s2oV
storni prevailed yesterday at Lock Haven, Ia
Three l!et ct sooR have fallen 10 North Troy
| W., since Monday.
! la consequence Of the active rivalry hnpni
;raLsporta,lyn companiss Tor the freight tariff
between New York AID Phladslphia, fouT,t
class freight has b2on carrie. recently to AT
from Phliadephis as cut rate Of sig CENTS
hundred rouats. i reduction Ct i've c2nts Oh
first and slco1d class and CT two cents on tlilrt
and fourth class has been made to nearly o!
large shippers 10 consideration q promises 9
| future business.
Mr.. Patrick A. Council IVES seriously wouad
cd by the discharge OF pistol yesterday ia th
hardware store Of Jcsaph i. Savage, 10 Wash
| ington civ The pistol lad been handed L
Mr.. ". G. Miller, drummer Of the fra Q
W. II. Co:e 4 Co., Of Baltimore, to examine
Mr.. hli!:er. rot surprising the weapon vas IOa ]
ed, pulled TIC trigger, aud the bail it conane'
was lodged ia he ie:t shoulder DIN. Of Mr.
CorucII. |, is feared tie bone is shattered.