Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-09
NEWS OF The DAY,

Secretary Blaine is sgain iadispcs'd sud will
so0n 80 On his summer vacation 10 Maioc.
a severe Storm visited Baltimore yesterday,
dong very considerable damage 10 the uorth,
Wts:ern stctlon Of the city.
Commodore JEFF RS has resigned ss chief of
ordinance Ct the Navy Department, and after G
irlp to Europe ri be placed o. the re:iri
list.
frank Baker. deputy sheriff, was fatally
shot By Jesse Smith, whom he was endtavor
ln2 to arrest in Stokes county, N. c., last
Thursday. Smith escaped.
The recent nomination of Hon. VIM. Piokncy
Whytc Tor mayor Of Baltimore was ratified last
night by CIT z'ns mass meeting at Maryland
Institute. Mayor Latrobo hiss written letter
Withdrawing from the contest.
The Rsplblioan State Convention met al!
Cleveland. Ohio, yesterday, and renominatsd
lion. Charles Foster for Governor and Judge
Richards for Lieutenant Govcuor. Senator
Sherman presided as permanent Chairman.
At the reunion OF the Society of the Army
OF the Potomac at Hartford yesterday General
Sherman mad, long speech. reviewing Jeff.
DAVIS new book aud pron6utcng several state
mens relating to himself untrue.
Col, g. 7. Rogers, ageut of the Yclktosn
Center NAL Association, states that of the SIS.
600 waited 10 make the c,utsnnisl succ ,ss
$50 GOO hes slresdy been secured. aud tho
Other viii be had without doubt before the
summer is half gene.
A oucl WAS fought lost Saturday near the
mouth of HeWi;t's creek. Boone county, w.
Va. between JCh1 p. jeffrey and James e.
klns. about woman OF bad character. named
Rabtc.a Chambers. Both men fired at the
same a5tcut, aud both fell Jeffrey died in-
san,Iy. pitrcsd to the heat, and Ekins lived
until tho next dsy.
The one hundred and twenty seventh CON-
meucement Of Columbia College took pIec, 10
New York yesterday. The dogrse Of bachelor
OF arts IVES conferred upon forty seven members
OF tho graduating Class. fifteen received the
degree Il cusroer Of Lnioep eight degrees Of
c'Vl! cuginecrs, and twenty oae degrees Of
bachelor of philosophy.
Tho Centennial organization for tho better
nd1wnent OF the WASHINGTON and Lee UDiver.
slty at Lexington. met in Philsdelphis yester.
day, AID clrcied Mr.. W. w, Corcorau, Of
Washington, ID. g.. president, vice Morton
McMlchaoI, deceased An advisory board vas
ais elected. Hon. S. j. Randall presided at
the mcetlng end mado al appropriate address,
Richard Thompson. ooortd. was killed by
llghtci0g at Richmond. yesterday, while loading
cart With sand 90 the RIVER bank. There was
no s!orm prevailing. OILY very small clouds pass.
ing over the city st the time from which only one
Hash CT lightning issued, accompanied by mod
crate report otthuldar. Thompson vas stand
log raslog 90 his shovel when killed, the light
nins striking him 10 the forehead.
The safes in the cfico OF the Brooklyn Board
CT Education have been robbed of the account
books. l>dgors and vouchers pertaining to tie
Transactions of he board fer the last &c or six
years. The robbery was undoubtedly for the
purpose OF preventing an examination by eX-
pCrs to inquire iuto discrepancy of $50, 600
recently discovered. There was 20 monty 10
the safes robbed.
\ rain storm of unu:usl severity occurred ia
the vicinity Of Wheeling. West w.. about mid
night Tuesday night by which considerable
damage was done. A family usmed Strruo.
living on G!eun's Ruo, was sWep: away, the
mother AID five children bciog drowned, and
the father carried on log to the head of oro of
the Sisters Islands, where ho vas found yes.
tcrday IN On ias:nSib'c condition,
At Westminster, Nd. yesterday, Chief Jus
tlee Bartol. 10 tho habeas corpus case of Col.
Wm. L. Mou'sty, Committed to Jail by Judge
lsydc0 in deiau, OF payment of $40 iue for
alleged u!sb ?hsVior 10 court, refused the petit
tson fer dr charge aud remanded tho petitioner
10 custody until the san'eto' of Judge Hayden
Shall hsVc ben obeycd. Col. Msulsty sgan
refused 10 psy the 6uo aud was returned to Jail,
but later his son rad the fDc and he was re-.
leased.