Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-18
NEWS OF TIE DAY

EE' c.b:o between Kay Wes! and Ns7sna
es2 been rtpAlrsd eIa cam usication restored.
Testimony to7 tha tcfacss in tho Whi!ske:
case vas cl,sad ycs;erlty.
Ge0. BS.u;egard hes foiabe; ito first VOL
umo Of Ills history Of thu war.
:, Blk tuadr,d tors OF bacacas cimo in 70 Nca
YoE < b. single vessel yesterday. This nsaas
At lcas: ten million banaoae
a simple Of Cow shcst, e1oRu 10 North
Csr1ilos, WAS Exhibited at the Corn ind Elcu,
Exchange of Baltimore Yesterday.
Herman Toika, ciCarmsksr, Committed
suicide by Swallowing desc Of lauasoun ct
drug sore, 10 Bi!iimvEe, yesterday.
a sold mountain of fna red, brown AID
white sandstone has bccc discovered mar
Reagan, Tex.
IA lnsauo Tomao Of ST. Rocho, Canals,
found BY 6 nsishSor triiog 10 force oae Of htr
children into lighted stove, hss been sent 10
the asylum.
Mr.. Stanley Matthews took !hn oath ef Office
as associate justice of Tie Udied STATES
supreme Court, yesterday, ard WAS assigned
10 tho SIKH Circuit. relieving Judge Bradley.
Severn! persons having been made tick by
4slog water trom well near MefchantsiIle, N.
10 thc hadiCg Ct q child's body ic the veil.
Ihs euricsitiCs Of crime fud Illustration al
most daily i1 New York. On Monday LAST
husband epd Tlfa Scro arrested for d!uaken.
ness and locked up in adjoining cells. A short
tlmo ater The Tlte quietly hanged hcts,it IL her
cell.
The Convention If tho Protestant Episcopal
Chnlch, Dioces, OF MaIy!aal, meets to day ct
st. Peters CSuroh, B4t!more, under tho ps1s
id:rc7 CT Bishop Plukuey. A large attendance
OF ucllosl aod lay delegates is looked ior, AID
| business CT importance will 10 before Tho c2r,
7entlcG.
Ecu, repaigmen on tito Sudbury, Hazecn
AID Wkaebarrs Railroad, we're c:ossing tho
treBtswoIk oil Nashville. Pa, On rack car
yesterday, when they were overtaken By G
irel&ht rain al d hurled dig;a,c, vi fly feet
iva Ct the men Waro Instantly killed aad the
| Other t"o ar moi expected to live.
Ellen NcHmsp, girl ut l6 was rescued liuu
tie Sctuiklil river Lear tia Gi;aId asenuu
| bridge, PAiIsdolphia 90 Muudsy, by tic crcy
! 81 beat cun, Sha tad QuaiIliitu si.h her
| tuather, w':0 blamed hex for r,scin. sensational
s;o:l:s Ia lie weekly papers linz xii j. r.
ho'u5 alteG Tic qualr.l l2d threw h;r;c: i.;o
| INC I:rtr. tent uD0n suoid:. She is Ia cgi,i
! ca! c5Gd!iop ,. iii; hospital.
Dur1g 9ln;tn5 Nuider sto:m st B!otki;u
! EtGut Ihlcu uo'cck Oh Sunday mnfaiog bal!
ct IRE l:arlonSIg described as 10 9i1aunsian.)
| bufsS "a The cir, aud lmaedistc!y it. upi: al {;
to are al!g5ted c;ijze1a rs if ten thoussnd
; tcna Of EcEai iEoa lad landed &C ten ee:ss Of
To roofs 81 oVe!pGacring ~ss tho crash thu:
| tJiow@3. Ihn eity Hgs spir,d irua a1y dam :
SIC.
! Iho Chiats, liagead=rs 81 IN, ! Die lI}. G. |
fi2i hs1o been cJnll!t!Iu !ar i,i;!. G:oaE
| CROWDS Il GhlntS, ;oatoaod IN iul occupied tbs
| toifa G1t,0g tho progress OF the lX.miuNi2p.
DaIlcg the morning the railway cjmpsny' 4
7To!ks i9cre banned, bu: :!Io CliGeso tr, not O.
lcV:t 70 hago bad ary;Liag 10 30 with tia i;e.
i@9 Jhilt So rIot:ls charge The supplying col-
pa:7 With ttdu II the weight OF supplies
IT'S GEEK play 'OGlipus" waa perforated Al
Tho Sanders Iheatcr. Harvard C5tItg,. Iass
Digit. Pol, Gtc1go Riddle appearing rs I IL
| pus. Ina players were cjstumcG ysth the
stlic;est fidelity 10 eIcie7t Customs. Among
the Notable people 10 the audiercs were Gov.
low, Rev. EdUG;d E7ero.t Hale AID H9V.
Phillips Bro,k+.
A Philadelphia dealer s,Gt to toe gun cnts
o. wv pigeons last year, GLd duTiEg lie past
fifteen years $50 600 pieeo.s have passed from
bis haad1 10 Tho traps 10 be s!srg ltered by
| so2rtsGlcp. Ito g.:s them lrom The IVES. IS
far as Indians, AID from the South e5 fsr as
Richmond, Va. But he saga they arc tclEo,
noE, and " hcre he will gat the 1850 ordered
fer Decoration Day Le does DO: klow.
The largest freight tow thai has evtr started
down tho Mississippi river left 81. Louis Mon,
day for Now Ohoaas. Th9 tcw5oat oakland
lett, taking eight bags, loaded With over
10 600 tons OF freight. composed Of grain, -four
ard gcncsal irtga!, aud to transport which
would have required over 500 car7 With CIV
pac;y Of 400 bushels Of gain to hs car. Near
y the whole Of this lstg shipmen: is attended
for expert TO Europe.
The city of Nashville, Teau., vas visited yes
| teldsy ty the greatest disaster by fire il hiss
ever knoHn. Thirty four buildings were desroy-
ed, obiet amoog which was the spIerdii new
marble front Ncel Blcck, in which wsa lco,ted
the ofic, Of the Western Uaion Telegraph
Company aod ether foo Establishments The
American newspaper cfico Wss also damaged 10
the extent OF several Thousands Of dollars. Tho
losses trs estimated at about $3.50 900, though
locstr estimates mealisn moro extraVsgant
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