Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-23
NEWS OF THE DAY
10 sho'D the rs1y age and body efthe Times.

~ o"U'p tHe te'y uyt oHu ooiy % ne Iffies
There were 356 deaths in the District dur
ing the month of October; 1926 births. and
IS marriages.
1t is at length fixed fact that the Pas
sion Play, originally brought out in San
Francisco. will be produced in New York on
or before Christmas
The Adelaide silk factory. which was
formerly opened at Allentown, Penn. about
q year ago, has proved so great q success
that its enlargement has been decided upon.
Secretary Folger declares that he will
not interfere in a fight between the bulls
and bears in the New York Money market,
being guided solely by the value Of mercau-
tile paper.
James L. OHura, from the second district
Of North Carolina: is the only colored man
elected to the Fortv-eighth Congress. Penn
sylvania furnishes the only green hacker in
the same body.
The reported black flag of Fort Pillow,
which has remained at the United States
Ordnance Museum ever since the war was
III danger of being stolen by parties who
wished 10 take it South for political pur
poses.
Detective Miller. who was paid for his
services Ivy the government of the United
states, and who in the star route trials acted
rs detective for Ingersoll, has been dis
missed from the secret service Of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Alabama Temperance Convention
, adjourned sine die at 3Ionigomcry last
evening. The convention adopted rcso-
luton that no general prolbitory law be
asked of the Legislature, but an amendment
to secure the better enforcement of the pre-
sent license law.
The great bridge which is TO connect the
cities OF New York and Brooklyn will, it is
now announced, be ready for public
uses about the LIST of next August. The
event will be becomingly celebrated BY the
two cities in q grand popular dcmonstra-
ton.
Vice President Thompson, Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, yesterday gave
orders to the Grant Locomotive Works of
Patterson, \. j., for forty locomotives, and
to the Pittsburg Locomotive Company for
fifteen. He also issued orders for the build
ing Of 5000 or more cars.
The new Chamber of Commerce ia Balti-
more was opened yesterday with appropri-
ate ceremonies, the members of the Germ
and Flour Exchange marching in process
sion from the old building to tho new. IL
the new building several interesting nj
dresses were made In the evening grant,
banquet was held at the Merchants Club.
Yesterday evening y horrible accident oc-
Cured at the Sloss Furnace, in Derming-
ham, Ala. What is known rs scafiold had
| formed in the stack of tho furnace, and the
fire i'll the stack having apparently died out
two colorcd men. Robert Mayiicl,i and
Alexander King, were lowered hy ropes
from the top for the purpose OF removing
the obstacle. 1t is supposed they were over.
come by gas from below, as both fell to the
bottom. which was ii fiery mass Of orc and
coal. Their bodies were recovered in al
hour charrcd to the homes.
! Yesterday three men entered the resi-
dencc OF John Kinney, gardner of Gun
bcrland, Md, and demanded of him his;
money, threatening to take his life if he re-
fused. lie was alone at the time, but de-
cincd to tell where his money was The
men then gagged and bound him, and
searchcding the house succeeded in finding
5000, which they took away with them,
leaving Kinney bound. After struggling
for over two hours, Kinney succeeded in
getting The gag Of, when he cried for help.
The ncighbors came in and released him,
when he told his story. He is confident
that he can recognize one of the men if he
sees him.