Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
"1o show the very age and body ofhe Times.

The Fourth was keptas holiday through
out tne country but the demonstrations
were very tame. The day was observed in
London by reception and banquet.
The assessed valuations of real estate in
New York for 1882 show an Increase of
59,349,619, whilst there is a decrease of
SlO,94O,3l1 in personal estate. making Il net
increase Of s47 ,52S, 299.
MIR. Walker Blaine, third assistant sccre-
tary of state, has resigned His resignation.
as well as that of J. Bancroft Davis. first as
slstant secretary to take effect upon the APP
pointmcnt Of his successor
William Sutton, commanding Battery B.
Haneman's Artillery, had his right arm
blown OF at Washington Yesterday by the
premature discharge of a gun while engag-
ed i'll firing salute.
About two o'clock yesterday morning
Hoflman's paper mill at Oregon, Putnam
county, New York, was destroyed by lire.
Loss $4,000. Three young men were burn
ed in the building. They had been on a
spree and went in the mill to sleep.
The New York Sun predicts that there
VIII be speedy fall in the prices of articles
OF food. The sooncrthis takes place the bet
ter for the MASSES CT the people, for lust now
1t Is hard work to make buckle and tongue
meet, and yet to have anything in the mar
ket-basket.
A tornado swept over portion of Craw-
lord county, Kansas, Monday night and
overturned a number of houses and barns
AS far as heard from, no lives were
lost. Little Rock, Arkansas, was also visit
ed by tornado Oh Monday night, which
attained velocity of three miles minute.
A dispatch from Mingo junction, O., saws
that the steamer Scioto, with about five
hundred pas s,ngers on board collided with
the stealntug John Tomas in the middle of
the river last night. The Scioto sank in fif-
teen feet of water. The Tomas was slightly
disabled, and won't to work ut once to save
those on the unfortunate Scioto. This task
was rendered easier by the bright moonlight,
and no doubt many lives were saved from
this reason. 1t is believed that the loss of
life will not exceed twenty persons
In street fight at Camden, S. c., on Mon
day l.. w. b. Blair was shot and killed bv
j. H. Halle. The parties met ut Camden
and Blair called Halle 4 damned liar and
refused to retract certain charges made
against Halle which the latter admitted
were correct. whereupon Halle armed him
| o1ii, i'ioii 9tlll lcluSeu 10 retract anu mo-
TONED to draw pistol. Halle then fired
three times, killing Blair instantly. Bail
was the greenback candidate for Governor
of South Carolina in 1880.
Madame Adela made Il balloon ascension
from Oswego, n. V, yesterday afternoon
She was carried out over Lake Ontario. At
Ter throwing out everything to keep her up
hoping to strike a current that would carry
hcr back over the land she saw Il tug on the
lake apparently following her. She then
opened the valve and came down in the
water, about seven miles from land, cling,
ing to the balloon. She was dragged through
the water several miles, and was finally
picked up in very exhausted condition by
a tug which was Oh the lake with an excur.
sion party, about seventeen miles west OF
the city. She was in the water nearly III
hour.