Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-06
&EWr5 OF TIE UNE.

General Niger is charged with the defeat Of
Captain Howeate 10 lis endeavors to get aid
for bis Atc ic expedition.
Mrs. Dixon. whose husband was killed a.
Yazoo City, Miss, last year, died last Thurs
day of brain fever.
A row boat was run down by Q ferry boat,
GEAR Philadelphia, Sunday night, AID tour OF
the occupants we're drowned
At the unwilling of soldiers monument at
Psnosvi l., ONO, 90 Saturday, Mr.. Glti lid
delivered an addr, So depicting the horrors of
war.
The New Bork city tax and assessment lis S
for 1880 give the total valuation of real srd
personal estate in the civ $l.143 765. 727. an
Increase over 1879 o! $40 Cos 1872
The Ga ifornia State convention Of the demo
cratic wing # the workinRmcn's party lave
deposed Denis Keerney as president Of the
p ,rty, Ard endorsed Hshcack nod EGG ish.
Geo. Ripley, LII D., president of the N W
York Tritune Association, sod literary editc:
of that paper. died Sunday eff raoyu, in the
18Th year OF his age.
The Uliod Labor League of America b., Id q
picnic in New York Sun Jay, at Msnhattan
Park Gen. James D. Mcbride, of Virginia,
at meeting OF the central committee, WIS sworr
in as national seoretary.
Capt Bogardus, the famous American sbo'
again defeated George Russell, the Eoplish
man, al CoDey Island Saturday, Boeardus
killing SO birds out Of 100, whist RusselI killed
SIS and missed -.
The Chicago Tribune uoticls, az ''surpris-
log fact" that the CENSUS returns from portions
of the interior Counties of the older Western
Sta!es-Ohio, Iodisos, Michigan, Illinois AID
soousir-show decrease of population as
compared with the CELSIUS of 1870.
A third call for the redemption Of registered
stock Of the late corporation of Washington
was issued Saturday. The call Includes corpor
alton certificates numbered 42S 445. inclusive
aud district certificates l2l, lLcusive, and vi
be paid on aud after July Is, o. which date
Interest will coa:e.
The tiny steamship Anthracite, 81 feet loug,
New Yok last Friday. being the smallest
steam vetsI that ever crossed sbs Atlantic.
But 500 gallons Of water was used during the
voyage and cniy % tons f coal. She will take
small cargo back to Eoglend.
Alex. c. Laughlin, engaged as 50 expert to
count ard caucil bills Of the Box Of the State
of South Caroline, VIII Oh are Low b.iog funded
in State ccusol5 at 50 cents on the dollar hiss
been committed to jill 10 dtAult of $50 900
bail, charged with lraudulantly appropratiug
nearly 500 600 of the bills to his own use.
The Fourth Ct July was generally celebrated
yesterday 10 eli psrs Ct the country, snd Was
acc ID paned by the usual number OF .ccdens.
Over a dozen deaths by drowning are reported
From New York, Philadelphia and other large
Giles there Wss q geperal exodus to suburbs
and summer resorts.
The foe nsw iron steamship f. w. Harris
1000 TO, burden, from Cardiff for Montreal
was wrecked In fog at the Dorth head OIL
Chance Cove, N f., Thursday noroiog. The
passengers and crew were safely removed and
tex an 70 St. johns. Chance Cove is abou
eight miles northeast of Cape Race.
Tho deaths 10 New York city during the pas!
six months numbered Is 279, On Increase of
! 13l over the same period of 1879. 10 the
same period there we're $3.50 births and AIS
marriages, an ircreas, of l,l47 in the former
ard 456 10 the latter. The humber Of deaths
10 New York last week was l ,297, the largest,
with one exception, in tea years.
A mouth ego Jacob Donce, bad character
of Sou b Cauaau, Pa, sole coat, loaded
Gun and me other articles from a ucighbor,
0 Lereh. After dark cunshot was heard,
but nothing was thought of it. Nothing more
was seen of DeDee until last week, when his
body was found in wood near by in the stolen
coat, the gun lying by his side urloaded, but
with the mans head missing. 1t is supposed
an accidental shot severed the man s head from
his body, and the head was carried of by wolves.