Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-22
VIEWS or THE Udr.

sVEtt'S or THE DAF.
The American Uuion Tell graph Company
has been OF joined irom ercc!irg telegraph poles,
c., 10 Washington.
The Texas democratic convention sent an
uDpledGed delegation to Cinciona,i but passed
II Solutions recommending Hancock.
There are COZ bias, turntc?s 10 tie Uoited
States, with an anbu.l capacity Of 6 500 QUO
net tons, aud $50 rol log mills have been COM
pletcd.
Tho Baltimore nnd OH, Rnltoad Company
have begun tho tr, c.lon ii Cattle pers for
drOvers and live ok dealers on the liuc OF road
near BAl,imtre.
The steamer European, before reported at
Liverpool from Baltiu,rI lest forty head OF
cattle on the passage. Ihe vessel encountered
hesvy weather, AID is slightly damaged.
As far as learned, over l00 people were killed
by the recent tornado in Missouri. tnl over
200 wouoded The loss in ore c1unty will eX-
c;ed 81 900 .0G0
The vtss wall Of the Madisou Sq1ate Gar.
den. NV York. fell 10 last night while the
Hsh0t m,on Hospital Fair va3 10 progress -
Three persons were killed. aud ever q dtz!D
wounded
Three men iu al at Mobery, Mo, charged
with murder, we're yesterday morning taken
from the Jail by mob e na,k ed mcn. Ooe
OF the accls:d confessed, whertupon he was put
back 10 all, and the ether two were hanged.
A Cul occurred jos: beyond The city limits
OF Jacksonville, Fla, yesterday, between two
Cubsns named Raphael I,laGo and Yubabira
| Pima, beth cigar makers. Thrco shots were
exchanged and Toledo WAS killed. There were
20 s(c,nds. The afsit wac witnessed by boy
who happend to piss that WY.
| New York city has 497 churches, eao O.
9S in the last ten years, and yet these have &C.
commodaticLs tor not more than fourth OF tht
population should all wish to 70 to church Q
once. The Epi:copsl.sns hsvo the Iarges
number Of churches, but the Catholic oburche:
have The largcs; accommodations + thei
h:cks.
| A correspondent! o. the N. Y. Post waro8 The
| demo cratic party in Congress that revenue
reform is tho only issue that they can safely gt
/ before the people upon 10 this campaign, aud
that 10 mike it available they must revise TIT
sugar duties in he interest of free competition
and otherwise c,rroot The II lstio g of the pre-
sent tariff.
The United States Senate, yestt rduy. wal
principally occupied with the Geneva aware
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the provision for the payment CT Gains OF un
derWriter., after which Mr.. Thurman said ht
could not support the bill as amended, and die
not wish to remain in charge OF it. Finall;
tie b i, by vote Of 81 to IS. was Indefinitely
postponed.
Ia Shelb5siIle. Indiana, John B.rnun has
bseu d. clared By the verdict of jury t, be tbe
latbertt child bcro by Mrs. Mary IT, Grim
she havng charged him with tho commission o.
rape. Mrs. Grim is d;mnutive woman, po
more than seventeen years Of ago. While the
parties wero awaiting the return Of tho jury
With their verdict. the proecoutrx was promeD
adus the court corridor with her husband, and
| be wss csrtyiog the child. the Innocent cause Of
all the trouble, aud which the iory has decidec
belongs to the man convicted.
The Irish relief ship Constellation which ar
rived at Queenstown Tuesday. experienced
fearful WealhCr 10 her voyage across tho Allan
tic. Her chain plates on tho rort and star
board sides were started and her masts Sigh It's
spluog. Tho captain soys be must lay no o
few days for repairs The Duke Of ELM
turgh has ordered Ada iral Hamilton, a
| Queenstown. to furnish tug to tow the shy
around to Galway il tho captain wishes.
snall part OF tho cargo must be unlt AIDED u
| Q1eet stowr, as there is danger that it will bt
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