Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-19
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I;,esc was great deal Of ro'stclirE 3 Iho
Philadelphia election 80 IucgGay
The Baltimore Nilx;osn VcteEsls are nil!GG
arrangements 10 attaGd TIC aatioHa! a9H7casion
at Norfolk.
Bishop piokney, OF Maryland, lsa issued a
circular letter urging contributions Tor tho Ie!let
Of lrclard.
Tho republicans 81 The first District OF North
Carolina assembled at ll!IrGa yesterday aud
selected os delegates 10 tho Chicago convention
avOwcd nhoIuau men
Mrs. Allen, the wife OF John Alice, tho lniss
ing Bol!m0rc merchant, has received telo
gram from i'm at New OrranG stating that he
would return hnn:e, whn his nnaelcn would
DO explained.
The InFg 1t land patent ,ver lNsl1d IL nos
before The pic,ldonl for his signature. Ii WAS
issuci 10 tho State OF Florida under tho Revised
Statutra, relating 10 swamp aud owes il>Ecd
lands, aud covers az area 0t 50 Gu acfca.
Nv. Wm Herbert Moriil ci ihc Protestant
Episcopal Chiucli. ,Ircd IN Philadelphia Oh
Tuesday ia-i. ri paralysis nI tho heart. in the
s'yicth wear Ct his ago, Tia Na. son OF Rev.
O.i7cr Norris, CT S.. Pauta /. j. Chnlcs,, ci
this city, Nh) died ~ Tie year l&44j
- iCi'<i, HatIS iihNaGa, fCuIuuI - says
fumora were curE2Gt thufc that the we'll known
OK Chei Cou!ilo Corr. les. with iigo OF his prn
o9ai iorn!cr c0mpar:0Es, had landed, with he's
lille into1t!ous, On !hr uuriuIn aohst II Cuba,
from Key Wts..
At &,Crmy mtG;ies ri The convention al
Irish societies 10 NuW York last night. the
question vas discussed whether tho societies
shruid parade % ST. Falrjck's Day or devote
| the m9Dcy heretofore us:d in that way TO the
| needs OF the suffering poor in Ireland. 1t wag
finally decided ID hold the parade.
puriag tho wind Storm at Cincinnati ycsier~
day q frame house, occupied by John D5Iien-
| bach, his w!ic md three children. was blcwu
completely over, buryjag TIM inmates uader the
| dctrl5. Nol!cniach was fatally irilrcd, his
vito ard Two eldest children woro slightly hurt,
and his infant child vas c,rshed to death DO.
| meath tho falling t;mbcrs.
DR.. Macarthur has been committed to Ill ct
| 81. Charles, Missouri, charged with Attempting
an indecent assault upon Miss Clayton, of St.
! Louis. The young lady advertised for plaza
as cotnpanIon to u lady, aud Waa employed by a
lady calling herself Mrs Macarthur, but who is
| supposed 10 be enc Of the Dtc:or's victims OF
Nn ncccmpGc, IS tho assault oonipIaincd Of was
attempted in her presence.
| 10 tho House OF Representatives. yesterday
Mr.. Cox. from the Committee on Foreign Ar
! lalIs. made q rcnrrt which virtually charges
| Representative Aekier, OF louisiana with hav
lGg made en- unauthorized report to the House
on the su! itcb cf The Ncaraguan claims. The
report ard cvidef C, wero referred to tho Judi
| cIaty Committee TO Gctcrmiuo what further
action ls necessary on Inc pant Of tho llousc.
Tho chairman OF tho Irish relief committee
| at Philadelphia, having tcIreraphod to Dublin
| that doubts %cfG cxprt s'cd on this Eido rs to
farther need Of help, acd asking for state.
| mcut 81 cordiiiHn G! famine in Ireland, vcster
| day received 4 cahlo dispatch from Archbishop
| hlcCnho that the dia'rcEs waa iucrcaaing, and
| nmlno extending in somo districts, ard that
money YVES urgently required for food and seed.
The Now ioIk papers state that Mrs. Jennie
Collins Tyler, NICE OF cX-Prcsdont Tyler,
died IN great poverty in Brooklyn, Tuesday,
Grd that unless same assistance IL rendered
I sic viii DO hurled in PoItcr's field. 1t
IL said tho deceased va, once q ,iyning
belle IL Washington AID possessed Of q comfort
able loTucc, which vas spent by her first hus-
band, who then deserted her. The second hus-
band, Collins, is very poor and without work.