Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

mid form.
Tho SuFquehsuua river is lover at all points
DOW than i; he's been all summer
The official ms j1rty. against tho repudiaticn
amendment 10 Arkansas now tcOts up 1850,
and may reach 4 1000.
A Gre broke out Cd Monday in tho shaft
| suspension Of work and a less OF $4,000. No
| lives were lest
Secretary Schulz will make only one spec ch
in Indiana lat Fort Wayne TO night. after
which he will return to Washington, reaching
there Friday morning.
| The stesmer European cleared from Sa7a1-
nah. Ca. yesterday With 1900 bales of cotton,
the largest cargo CT cotton ever cleared from
apy port in this country.
| Thore was one death from yellow fever in
New Orleans Monday night. The lcc,iiiy oil
the death is ue1riy mile from the commercial
centres. The premIs:s we're promptly dlslu.
footed and The deceased buried Immediately.
Both branches Of the Baltimore City Council
have passed an ordinance appropriating $40. 00C
for the decoration of public buildings during tie
coming celebration. The Mardi Grss will not
come Of.
II is feared that tho tro!tcr 81. Julien, Low
at Washington, is suferiog from mild at!acz
of The ep;zootic He is 10 trot on Friday against
his loFmer record 90 the course Of the National
| Fair Association. but this ndisDosition may
prevent bis startiog
Courtney s race with Riley wss fxod fer yes
tcrdsy at Encucre, N. Y. bot IS Riley. failed
to aprcar, Courtney roWcd the three miles
alone, his lime being 20 minutcs 2S! Gccor ds.
To- day he will row to beat the best tine-2O
minutes l4l secoDds-for purse of 81 900.
Mad. Thicrs,a New York miiliucr who arrived
hcme on the steamer France, got into trouble
By attempting to smugelc her Paris purchases
through as personal baggage. Her baggage
s.z,d. and it will cost her So 900 to recover the
property.
James Brown, of CcnresiIl., N. j., at one
time New York broker, was short time ago
employed os he'd carrier. The other day. as
he was about 10 ascssd n ladder With bis bod,
o letter was handed to lin Announcing that he
had fa!leD heir to s54 900, by The death of his
fathlr Tho subsequent proceedings ct the
bulldog interested hiin pc moro.
The Ea:lish colory Of RuIby 10 Tennessee
was dedicated yesterday. The certm onies
opsrea with impressive religious services, con
| Quoted By Bishop Qaiatsrd. TT Tennessee, end
Rev. Ii. II. Soeed, Of GhAttanocGa. 4 poem
wss read by Miss L. Vrgi0ia Erooch. Ad-
dresses were e ade by Hon. lem Hughes. Cyrus
Clark, manager Of tho colony, snd others.
Yesterday The largest casting ever mad, 10
| this country was turned out ct tho Black Dia-
mond Steel Works. 10 PittsGurg. The c,stiDg
| waa an suril block for Z ton steam hammer,
and its weight vas l60 tons. Fivo furnaces
we're tuiIt expressly for m:tiDg tho irtn. aud
seven hours Wero Occupied 10 running the metal.
| The BANNER will TO the largest in the couDtry.
| Four months will espso before lt, block will
DO cool enough to handle.
Preliminary ceremonies took p|oo, yesterday
| ct tho centennial anniversary ct tho rtvclu-
| tioreIy battle of Kings Mountain. N. O., 90
the battle fiald. two thousand people nsrlicipa-
| iog Speeches were made by Hon. Daulti g.
Fow!c, N. G.; Gov. letter, s. G.; Rev. D. T..
Batter. Ga; Judge Nixon Van DYKE Tenn;
Gen. W. Il. Willisms Ark, end Il. Nj. McMill,
Miss. To day the baltic will be illustrated by
militia forcts directed by Ger. Hunt, of the
u. 8. army.
A systematic robbery Of The Kansas Pacific
road by n system which has existed for several
mouths has just been ueeartLed by detectives,
aid tho priocipel oonsprators- oooduc-
tors ard baggage master-bave beon arrested.
Tho echfmo was 10 sell bogus tickets over tho
Kansas Pacific road. caniiouug the purchasers
10 leave Denver ca Q c!rtela train. thereby
taking them through TO Kansas City under the
SUPERVISION Of the three cooduccr5 epGagsd 10
the cousprscy. The amount stolen was large.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Ctes!uuls ere selling 10 Lyncbtutg o! i've
c!nts per quart
Tho Grad Division of Sons Of Tcmrtrauco
Of Virgins met 10 Staunton to daJ.
There wcrc IS dealt 10 Richmond l1r tho
week ending Saturday last.
There wcrc %. GG2, 93l pounds Of leaf tobacco
sold 10 L2nrhburg fer the Year ast eTded.
The steam uliog property Of the lato Char.
lollesvill, Milling ami Manufacturing CouDa-
by was sold 90 Monday to l.. W. Cox, csq icr
5000.
The rslo which FL. 10 Petersburg yesterday
mcr1iug WAS tho first that had fallen 10 that
viciai,y for sono Wce * past, and proved very
b,ct ioal in laying the dusf, and reVlvlug
par,hed vegetation.
Already ever 800 students h1ye entered OF
the University AID 400 are expected. The
Mccormick telescope fund il growing nicely,
the amount COW necessary 10 raise bciog less
than $4,000.
The cities Ct Petersburg. L7t chburg AID
Norfolk have aupolotcd Committees TO secure
postponenebt Of the sale advertised to take
place in November nt q OF tho Atlantic. Missis-
sppi aud Ohio railroad, in which road these
cities ere pecuniatily iaHrtsicd.
Rev. II. 8. Kepltr. long PASTOR Of st Johns
Episcopal c,uroh, did at bis residence 10 Rich.
mond yesterday 1T au advanced age. The de-
CEASED was man CT eminent purity, and during
tito course Of long. useful and honorable lille
bad eoseared himself to o vide circle Of friends.
The annual movable committee of Cclored
Old Fellows of the United States, tho Canadas
aud West Iodies assembled 10 convention 10 the
House of Delegates, 10 Richmond. yesterday.
rhe convention ~ay rcoeived with so address
CT weIc,ne by Deputy Grand Mssler Forester,
of Fifein;s
10 the Court Of Appsals sitting at Stauutou.
90 Saturday, the Southern MutIa Iusursrce
Go. vs.. Msrtiu. for, g., was further argued BY
Msssrr Robertson and Harrison, and submitted.