Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-31
NEWS OF TIE DAP.


luc,iOn OF abtus $l4 600. coo.
|; S reported that the old,r Of Mol ia Ma
cures. under various names, is being rpcr.
gao z,d 10 tho Peu6sy lVania coal regions.
A call has been istaed for National Refarn
CJtt;rt no., haSiog for its OF ice: the rrahibi
ton OF the liqnor Irafla. to bs htli 10 New
York 90 October ~.
Tho mon uhn robbed General Sohramn al
s., Denis, France, OF valuat n worth over
: ID. 900 have been ooGvic cd. The Gentrbl is
90 years OF age. He fought at Aui t rlliz
Al tia election in Kentucky recently, MR..
Minerva BrashohIa WAS chosen clerk OF L.,cLtr
county, AID Mrs. Emma Saith. c'eik of Laurel
county.
The Washington Light lafanrY CvtIs have
Got yet Decd d 10 slteud ths Iorkto c,nteu.
ol.l, DO, " they CO. they will taxa 100 ruen,
rapk soi file.
The cjrner in cotton ST. Il verpool has given
40 impetus to the movenaot 10 favor OF cot
ton tuylog c,mpa'y 10 suppau. the prcseo.
system II iuypg through brokers.
Mr.. James y. ThomSs. we'll kaosu stock
broker, soI Mr.. Nathan Hcs., al Old shoe
mstn scut2r OF Balim r.. bo,h died yester.
day.
A youcg mao, h,larinusls drnn., made scr.
;ls lnlo the streets Ct New prk tle o'her dsY,
armed With sabre ard II u iron, ard prt ,ed.
cd to !2n n mu,k. lie WAS ioslly captured snd
locked up
A fire al Piac 81 Anaa. Nj! at on esrly
hour yesterday morOirg. i, sroyed the SJmer
set Hotel building. Occupied as n store und
dwaIlipp. the S,merss! Il,rald bui NJ and
the residence Of George Lloyd
William kirg, of Williamstosn, N. j has
married tie morh.r Of Ills lhi;d and las, vile.
klcg ID about fiItV years Of age. and f.rlutr
by OCCUPATION. HIS last lnhfi,g, il an iudio-
table GtleDso 10 New jersey.
Auothcr evId.1co Of the growth of ,ha for
eign trade OF this oDuotry il given 10 tho inaue.
uration OF steamship Ii 10 b.tween Now York
and Bordeaux Ffarca, tie rnecr OF tho line
teing now 10 New York.
A terrible hooidrot, which resulted ia the
death OF THREE c'orcd l.borcrs AID the ii Jury
oil i0nr or i've oLhors, WAS caused yeti ,rday
mornlt 8 by the falling of tho north wall of a
buldirg. on Hanover street. Baltimore, which
WAS 10 coursO Of btiOg .orn down.
At tho call of tho Yonug Mems Christian
Association. uuion meeting Of prayer for Pre-
sldent Gtrhold's r crvcrY wa, held il Pbila-
delphis last hight. Clerfymcn Of different
denominations took part. hnd the feeling was
one OF gEeat devotional soictudr.
The National Board of Health has revived
adVicas from hlsrin 10 that yellow fever is
prevailing there, and Iear5 arc enter aimed That
1t will 5000 become epidtm;c. Tho Uoited
States oonanl st Georgetown, nancrars. t,lo.
graphs that yellow fever has h., k o GU, 10 Tho
shipping ut that port.
Francis Z. Pease, aged %, rasidlg 10 Bos
ton. fired fso shots from revolver h s. night
into biz wills, eyed Is years Two Of tho shots
took { ff:ct in tho heart, killing her instantly.
I'm ms diately alterWarl he lir,d several shols
into bis eva lodI. Although sill living. his
iniuries lro fatal.
A bnIrel cOu!aiDiog easoue tyolods d in tho
callar OF tae beer saloon and dwtll ling OF Roman
Miller. OF Tho corlof of BuckucIl and Brown
streets. pnlladolphIa. yesterday, which did
considerable damage to the property, b, sides
itjuring both Mr.. Miller aud his wife.
1t is believed that Miller will dis.
The drought in tho Sohuyikill, Pa, c,a re-
& on is severely restricting production. The
PDilsdtl phia q, Il Reading UosI and Iron 20.
is now shipping yearly twice ss much o,al from
Port hl,hmood as the amount received. No
conclusion has set been re:chod in regard to 40
advance 10 Eastern prices.
10 to noon Yesterday thoro had been roo ~.
cd 1T tho Treasury Department ab mt nine aad
q halt millions OF tho so 000. 900 of The regis
tered $ per cent boods WHOM WIRE outstanding
previous TO the noioo Issued by Secretary Wiu
dom. 10 which no offered to 70 lsem tho cn.ro
amount upon presentation without rebate Of 10.
tesest.
The eighth annual ri union Of The Grapgtrs OF
Virginin. Maryland ADD Psnnsyloati. oommeb-
cod at Williams Grove yesterday. IDtre Were
3 largo lumber Ct visitors loo uting an tXcu.-
sion party from tho Shebsndaan Fsllsy of VIr.
GINA. A humber Of is ioRu5hed Grangers
also arrived. Alter supptr six electric Ii hts
illuminated tbs grounds aud meeting was
hold.
A working arraug"usnt has beeo eiTeoted
hotween tho Mutual lIaon Telegraph e.. aud
the Ballimora aud Onlo Railroad By which the
tx obslve system OF wires owned bV tho latter
Will be jntrnllcd by tho Mutual Ii zion Com.
psnY for publ; buoiacs.. Tho same company
has slso srtapged to txteod It's lin 5 to the
prltcI3aI cities oil Ca0add.
Cytu, w. Field has purchased tho famous
q building 90 tho uorlhwcs. coroer Of Brosd-
wsy aud Battery Place New York, called the
WASHINGTON House because General Washing
too vas out2r,aioed thern On MA sri0 sf,er
the evscualGn OF Neg York !y tho British.
An immense structure vii 10 built 90 .hs site,
the upper portion to bo u:ei as hotel.
Tho dwelling houses Of II, A. G-issold and
a. {. ll0ps0u, at WEitarai, n. Y, w5,o en-
tered By hui. lars sst night ssd vaIusbles
amounting 70 over 81 600 ,aEao. Two suspi-
lnr y J,} T.