Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
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The wheat harvest in Kansas averaged 25
bushels an acre
Senator Hill, of Georgia, is worse He
had TO take his food through 4 tube Sunday.
His death may occur at any moment.
The Madrid Ga-2tte announces that the
advent of direct heir to the Spanish throne
IS hoped for at the beginning of December
Henry Steetz, rigger, while superinten-
ding the removal Of the scatlolding in front
Of City Hall in Philadelphia yesterday fell
| seventy feet and was instantly killed.
A colored woman named Phyllis Wright.
who died at Augusta, GA. Sunday night,
confessed before her death that she had
poisoned three men-one preacher of the
! colored church.
Ernest Spencer, the author of the Spence
Ran system Of penmanshp. has been mis-
sing from his home. in Milwaukee, Wis,
since early Sunday morning The police
believe that he has been kidnapped.
The State democratic convention of Gcor-
gia meets to morrow at Atlanta. A. IL.
Stephens and \. O:Bukcr are candidates for
the Governorship. The indications are that
the convention will adopt the majority rule
and that Mr.. stephens will be nominated for
governor OH the first ballot.
During the funeral obseques in honor of
Garibald at Buenos Ayres curtain caught
fire in crowded hall and inthe panic which
ensued wall which supported a stairway
fell down. buryng many people in the
wreck. Twenty dead bodies were taken
from the ruins, and ten persons who were
seriously wounded were rescued.
New wheat is coming in with rush, and
in very short time the expectation of grain
will be heavier than ever. The receipts at
Baltimore yesterday amounted to 131 900
bushels, the largest in any one day du-
ring the past six months. OF this, $4,000
was Southern wheat, and the remaining
$4,000 bushels came from the West
A terrible wind and rain storm passed over
Pittsburg last night, blowing down fences
and trees, unroohng houses and PLAYING
havoc generally. The storm lasted but a
few minutes. but in that short space of time
did an immense amount of damage. A dri-
yer was thrown violently against building
and killed. Several others were slightly in
Jured from flying debris, but no others seri-
ously. tug was capsized and sunk in the
river.
The arrival of $50 Jewish Russian refugees
IN Cincinnati on Saturday, who were sent
there in a starving condition, and without
word Of notice to the Jewish committee of
that city, has created considerable indigna-
ton among the 1sraeltes there, and they
have cabled to the Relief Committee in
London and Hamburg to send no more
Measures have been taken to relieve the i'm
mediate necessities of the refugees, and OBJ
tain for them permanent homes and employ
ment.
A fatal riot occurred at the tunnel on the
Rome extension of the Cincinnati and Geor
gia Railroad Saturday evening between
reckless white men on one side and negro
railroad hands on the other John Hicks.
white man, backed by several other men,
attempted to disarm crowd ofnegroes. He
was acting without authority. Tom Laws
was shot by Hicks party SO that he viii die
The negroes then fired upon Hicks, Kidding
him with bullets and killing him INSTANTLY
Several others were wounded. About thirty
arrests have been made
John L. Sullivan and Tug" Wilson. the
English champion, fought in Madison-Sauare
Garden \. Y, last night. The conditions
OF the match were thatif Wilson could stand
up. for four three minute rounds he should
receive 81 600 During the course of the
fight Wilson was knocked down twenty
seven times, but succeeded in standing out
torthe entire four rounds. winning the money.
Time of fight, including allowance between
rounds, fifteen minutes. 1t is estimated that
upwards of 900 people. were present in
Guiding women One dollar was charged
for admission and dollar extra for reserved
seats.