Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-21
FOREIGN NEWS.


CESS Stcphanie, of Belgium. will b, msrricd in
May.
The Spalish general election will bo held 10
September, arh tic new Cort,S will meet 10
October.
& Lclpslc socialist paper warns all iodigont
persons agalu5t omlsrntlug 10 America, where,
it says, thinGs arc woTso than in Germany.
1t is probable that tho British revenue for
tho current year will czGled the estimates by
noar Cd O0O,OO0.
All political prrss prOSt cutlOUs in Cuba haVo
boen suspended, and newspapers thoro arc
granted the samc liberties ns are q wed 10
Spain.
a great military council was hold 10 Constan
tinoplo yesterday. Tho Portc's maximum to
Greece IL tho COnot Ssl0n OF Thessaly and part of
Epiru5, but not JanDa Molzova or Proycsa
Sir Evelyn Wood hos tho Beers 10 South
Africa 90 The Iun. Tho Ashanto0s on tho
West Coast arc moving Oh the British at Cape
Coast Castle.
The Speaker Of tho British uouHo OF Com
mond has issued a Lew rulo for securing imme-
diato scton on urgent business, which moro
nearly mcots the views OF the conservative
mOnbors.
vision over provincial administrations hda poun
rejected by the committoo Of tho Pfussian Dict,
Although Count Won Euenburg, minister of
tho interior, thereby received vote of c,nG-
dcnoo. he las rendered his resignation, but il
IL doubtful whether tho Emperor will accspt it.
pnrncll rosumcd active work 10 Ireland yrs-
to-day by addressing meeting of Is 900 per
soils. Ito urged cnltlnuud Resistance to high
t,l, 4, IL
Of tho obstruction measures pursued 10 Pntla-
Ecnt. This meeting Was presided over fy 6
Catholic priest. and The Stars and Sttlrus were
coospicuousiy displayed.
a fire occurred ut q mnnkca ball 10 Munich
lis. Friday night. No American wai injured
-Four Gcrmsn Stu lcn:s wcro burned to death
and eight seriously ii iuud. Tho accident was
due TO ono OF thu artists. droSsld 10 E>quimsuX
costume. setting iiro 10 his dreas when lighting
q cigar, and then iualiing IN terror among 9th
eIs similarly alfred. Fuur CT tho il ared havo
since died.
SAD CAsE--All Paris has boon dcopl3 stir
ed by tho shocking iato Of litllo girl of 0ue,
Gcorgctto Babin, tho only child Of u prosperous
green grocer {! tho lsuo Bo'zuncc Sho at
tondcd day school, to which her father
cVory morning took her, aud fetched her back at
noon. Two days agn thoy We're walking homo,
hand 10 hand. rejoicing 10 tho bright sunshine
| which had clme out alter the snowfall. Tho
streets they traverscd Wcro busy with traffic,
aud fIusdrjns or sWecpcrs. who wsr5 pushing
heaps of snnW toward tho sewer traps purnose-
~ opened to rtc,ivG them. At tho cornor of
the Ruo llautcrvillo. tic child lot 20 her
fathers hand to tighten htr muill II. Just
then o wagon drawn by rostivo horse rumbIed
by. Babin lDstiLc;ivoly moved backwards, think.
ing his daughter was by his side. but whom he
trrlod rcuad to look for her she had disappear.
cd. 1t was evident that 10 b-ckiDg out of tho
horso's way she had fallen into yawning sewer,
which was OF great depth. Cries for help were
hoard for moment, and then CEASED. The
child had chung doub less to the odgc of the
subtorranean platform, and hsd thon been
swept away by tho force OF The current, which
was swift and swollen. Tho svoopGrl who
tlocked around could scbrJyly restrain Babin
from jumping 10 after his child, who must
have boon Instantly drowned. Tho district fire
br & ,do was summoned. and c,me Immediately,
but too late, and the police comuissary of tho
quarter telepraphcd to tho oversecrs Of sowors TO
watch all tho gratings betweon the Ruo Haue
vile and AsDietos. A frcman was lowered
With ropes into tho sower, and remained i'm
tho platform to explore, but unavailingly.
Tho poor ohd's body had not been caught BY
any of tho cratiDes, and may already be dc.
voured by rats. 1t appears that on the day
this tragedy occurred three ladies in different
parts Of Paris narrowly escaped falling into the
sewers, tho traps of which when opened arc
rarely guarded by mon charged to keep off the
unwarY. An accident of similar character
occurred in the Rue des Pyrenecs on Sunday
evening, tho victim being ono of tho workmen
engaged 10 cmptying tho snow into the open
drain.
& BABY ATTACKED BT AN EAGLE.-On Fri
day last, near Milton. N. o., while the one.year.
old boy of Maj Williams was sitting in the kitch.
Ca doorway, large eagle lowering around
made swoop at chicken which the child YVES
feeding and missed It. The bird Aew. off, but
came back. and made second swoop, this time
st the child. whom it caught in its beak and tsl-
ons. Inc child screamed, and when the nurse
canlo IN the eaplee te1one unrn On cntxno1ed in