Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-03
NEHS OF THE DAP.

humber Of suits, expelled from FfaLc,,
hsve arrived s! Q1ebco.
Thcs l. Parker, vctersn of the war OF 1872,
died in Ncs York 90 Mondsy at the ripe ola
age II o. yeats.
There ~trs sos marriages. 4.I03 births 500
i'ill bir;l s and 1 $50 6ca b iu Baltimore Gu
OK the seven UOtt,s enilpg July Slj;.
Oae hundred ,bcusani dcsrs 10 silver quar-
| tmore 10 Washington yesterday.
General R bert Psucr.ol is lying dagger
| Qu,g ii at lis r"sdsLc', 10 Philadelphia. su!-
| teii.c ircm Bright's disease of he kidoeys
acd fatty degeneration If the hart. H. was
| slightly better last night.
Tie New HIM pstiro House of Rapttseuta
9 passed q bill yesterday re- disrlctiDs The
state for the Gle c.ion of representatives. 10 Coz
gres, upon tic passage Of a natanaI apportion.
ucut sct, slIot;irg Nav Hampshire two repre-.
se1tauVcS
TIE death ratio 10 Mas York city for July
| shows very marked iucreas3, sad this, too 10
| tie tao, IF the absence OF epidemic diseases OF
any kiad. The total deaths loot up 1880,
against 3 $50 fer the corresponding month last
year.
Al inmeGs, fal,iHg off is shcSo in tho ope-
telloos Of The Now I otk canals for July, oom-
rNrad With The snms month last year, ice u iiog
$40 999 10 tps and AS 10 the number of boats
| cleared. The grao shipmNnt fer tho scssup
To August |, we're IA 246. 2S5 bushels, against
50 337, l5S The previous year,
The vote polied at tie election 10 kartucky
yesterday Vss Very sms E1sotly how tie
| Legislature elected will sand is is impossible to
say. but 1t will cer,silly DO overwhelmingly
| denocrsuc. end with a ,rRe maj oftg favorable
% tho no election Of hr. Beck 70 tie Urited
States Sens,e.
jose Z. Navarro is erecting On some ls1d
| rectnuy acquired by hun 10 New York eigat
! bulldogs. each eight stories high, With tGuya
apartments 10 ehca house. They take up The
eoure block beLsccn SIKH ard Seventh
| avenues ard Fifty eighth ard Fifty piuth
| streets, aud are to be let ds fats They will be
lighted by tho electric light.
The ~hest. crop Of California this yesr
amounts 10 p, 1872 600 oensals, of which T. 00,.
OOO only Is needed for h'ma consun pllon,
svlng surp ui OF % lS2 COO ceutals Tor 80
636. 0OO bnshel,) tor export. The surplus Of
| the crGp OF Oregon this year, together viii
wheat let' over rom last years crop. amtuo,s
10 80 900 600 bushels.
| 1esIeFaay s!icfGooo 10 Baltimore, Der u
UElted States Marshal Joel Hamilton was 10
| s:ructed TO serve libel on tee sloop Transport
| and lake possession ct her. he went Oh board
at fell's Point. where tho sIoop was moored,
| and as soou as be made koowu bis errand Her.
usDn Timm. The cspIalo of the sloop, drew a
| pistol and snapped it tEice 10 the faos oil tae
deputy marshal, wheo tbs latter. also draw a
| pistol and fred, the ball lodging 10 the thigh
| OF Captain linn. His wound is GO, consid :
| slderso dangerous. Inc deputy na.rGhal then
| took Possession cf the vessel.
a report comes from Monroe county, Ca, of
a duel between two pegroes-Bil Com,r sid
| Frank Chcneg-at Q negro woodchoppio2.
| they quarteiIed, challenge passed. aud was
accepted, wien they proceeded to seul4 nut
ters Oh the spo:, in accordance With The code,
| che weapons beins pistols. Cheney used q
| Dsrringer, which missed fire. Ccmsr, with o
revolver, lodgsd 8 ball 10 Cheley's thigh.
Again Chouey's D.rriug.r failed. aud he rs.
| caiv-d anoher ball in his leg. Trying his Der.
| ringer OF C, moro without success. he threw i;
! down, and. scizlag an axe, struck at Conner,
| who wsrded off the blow. and shot Cheney dead
at close range Conner escaped.