Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-30
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
4 severe sho,k CT es!tquake vas fsls at

4 severe sho,k Of es!tquake vas fsls at B..
Pauls Bay, Qaeb=c, Cd sunday morning,
Mr.. Robert Lincoln received more votes th.n
auy other candidate for presidents l elccsor 10
Illinois.
A Swiss company has purchased tWo txteh'
sive tracts of land in Carada, and loterd oripg'
ing out immigrants to settle thom.
Salyiui, tho Italian trasediaO, made BIS REAP
nesrauoe in this country las. night before q
large audience at Philadelpbia.
tx Governor Spragua is o. visit to Wash.
pgtcn for the purpose OF attending 10 some
private business. Ho il accompanied by his
son Willie.
President Hayes has Issued proclamation
ordering that hereafter there shall DO 90 dis
elimination against Chinese vessels Ginning to
American ports.
Bspi. Rush Roberta. distinguished number
of tho Society Of Friends, died at Ss5dy
Spring. % Sunday Eight, in the list year OF
his age.
MIR. Hayes has conIl.scd lis message,
but declines to have it printed, Tor tear OF ad
vance shests beiog stoler, as Wss the case With
his last message.
A number CT prominent miolslers ct st.
Louis mot yesterday and d. cded to brrg suits
against propristors CT ssloots theatres and oth
er PLACES Ct amusement and against al viola
t:rs of the Sunday laws.
The Clyde sbipyatd'. IS veil as these Of
Birkenhead and Barrow, are UNUSUALLY active
at present. At the first named place there are
DOW 95 vessels on the stocks. Dearly oil large
sizs iron steamers for ooesn service.
The Supreme Court yesterday rendered a
dec sion against the Goodyear RuSbfr Com
psuy 10 the test suit sgailst Massachusetts
dentist for using c;llucid plates for arihola
teeth.
Lieut.. Gov. Robinson, Of Colorado, died yes
terday morning from tho tfftcs OF wounds re-
cciyed at Robiusoa' 3 camp CO Saturday night.
Whether bis death was tho result OF accident CT
murder is not fully settled.
Ooe OF tho attractions Of a largo Baptis! fair
nov going ca OF Trenton, N. D., Is huye
pitcher capable CT holding eleven gallous. Ii
vas manufactured apd decorated 10 Trenton,
and is to be sent to MIR. and Mrs. Hayes, With
the compliments Of the Trenton BsptlSss.
Tie Polish inhabitants Of Philadelphia yes
to-day celebrated, BY street parade aud relIgl
Gus exaroisee, the semi. centennial anniversary
OF The Polish revolution of 1880. The Polish
residents Of New York also celebrated the
anniversary. and were presided over b7 vete-
ran of 1880.
Lucius Ho!ohkss. a retired merchant snd
banker Of Now Haven. died yesterday m'rhlos
very suddeoIy. A few minutes batoIc bis
death bis aite, who bad gone 10 to soc him. on
b.ipg informed that he Was dying. fell dead o0
the bed on which he WIS lying. He WIS seven
ty eight years of age aud sho vas seventy tive.
The details Of 40 e!opemtnt ponr Milford,
Pa, have u5t been made pubic, William
Philips, aged thirty. the lathcr OF two child,
rsn, elopcd with tie ycuag and pretty WHO OF
John Middaush. o prosperous tanner. Ihey
took With them h:r only child AID ell their
Valusb!eS.
Dsratcbts from Philadelphia iaaicsle that
the condition Of affairs at tho elevators there is
similar % that 10 Baltim crn. The elevators arc
fu'I, and thousand OARS ii led with grain. are
s:suding ca tie tracks. The grain is largely
held for ,iso By spectators. Tonnage Is
scarce; 10 f,ot, dispatch ssys that there ere
DO ctarters to be bad.
Mr.. Abbey stole raareh on S:Torai Ct the
New Y ok breaches by ru5lisblrg 10 toe pa
psrs Sunday morDiog his determination not to
nroducs the Passion Play. Several sermons
denouuoing tho representation bad beeo pre-
p,red and duly advertised, aud when Sunday
came thcro W IS no cause for prosctirg them.
Alasks, scoordiug to Comm ander B3ardsleo.
of tho sloop Ct war jamestown, is not suo1
cold end barren roeion as it is represented 10 DE-.
Tho s3u,heatt;rl part, Hbero tbs settlements
are. las milj, uniform climate, the average
Of the thermometer for the year bel1g IS de-.
crees. Io TIE morainss OF tho glaciers. near
Silks. gro n,eny thousands ci acres OF arabic
land.
General George Is. Cfi;tcdaoo, OF Kentucky.
died on Saturday at Da1viie. in TINT State.
He was graduate Of West Point and yo!ua.
teer 10 tic Texan wlr of Independence. At
tho bs;,ls Of Mier ho WIS taken pIisoacr c5d
marched on foo. to The City ct Mexic,. After
wards sc took part 10 the wir with Msx'o',
and catered the capital vita the Ualted States
arpv. lie WAS b,igadi:r general 10 tho Con-
fcdtra:o service.
Col. Edward MsGraS, d leadi1z mam5er OF
the South Cayoliae House ct Representatives,
has introduced Etrl0gcnt abI dncil0e Dill IN
tSat body, which be will erdesycr to prcss
through. It provides the doath penalty for
suv po,son who shall kill another in cIel or
shall i.lct wound from which any peruon
shsll die within the space Of SIX months from
such woundirg. Another s!oio1 provides that
whoever shall carry q challenge TO light cuel,
or 10 DO present ct duel, shall DO Imprisoned
in the pepitentiary for Two years sad haed
Two childree Of George Malloy. son and
daughter, Ware burned to dsnth ia the house OF
their parents. near LsuriabBrz. N. g., 90 Sat
usday last. u2dar the mcst painful crcum,,
stances The Children we're let5 in charge CT
rheir erardfa.hcr. who tied them close to tie
fireplee, saa went ous toto the f:ld. half
mills distaDt, to pick cotton. WbiIss thus on
gagged tho clothing Ct the children caught frc.
TIE flames were communicated TO the touse,
which wss burned to tie ground before any as
sistercs could bs had. The bores OF the child
req were found in the debris by tho sgoDized
grandfather upon bis return to tho SPOT where
his house he'd stood.
The question bo,wsen The Cora and Flour
ExohaDgo aud the Baltimore and OSio Rail
road Company ns to the Imposition OF edition
al storage charged stood last night alGcst where
i, YVES 90 Saturday. Tho committee Of eve
from the Exchange c1nfsrred with MIR: Garrett
and other officials of the company. and another