Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-20
NEWS OF THE DAT

An earthquake shock was felt in parts %
New Hampshire yesterday
The White House, very much improved
in appearance was thrown open for public
inspection yesterday.
Mr.. DUR, postmaster at Mahomct, Texa,
was halted on the highway yesterday hy
two men, and being slow to obey their COM
mand TO hold up his hands, was fatally shot
and robbed of over 800.
1t is reported from Lincolnton \. C.. thai
thirty negroes have been arrested ard LODI
sed in Jail for being concerned in the ,i,i
several days ago. The town is still guarded
by citizen patrols
Dir. J. 4. Roukc, oI St Iard;vs r::r;
La, was murdered on Sunday. He ",
about starting to see a patient, when IN III.
known assassin fired through Il window,
killing him instantly
At Wadesboro', n C.. yesterday, Cha..,,
Perkins, revenue agent from South Calo.
lima, attacked Wm. Henley. an editor, Cor
having publicly denounced him. Henley
shot Perkins three times.
Last night an unknown tramn attacked
woman, 70 years Of age, named Fix. liyun
near Pittsburg, and after beating her unit
she was unconscious, bound aud yagas,i liz,
and then ransacked the house. taking S-O;n
money and other property. The wo,aan
may not recover.
There was 4 heavy fall in Russian IA.
change at Berlin yesterday. owing % dis.
quoting rumors about the relations bctwrci
Russia and Germany. The echc!cnsinr Ct
Russian troops on the Galician frontier
seems to have caused the uneasiness
Sixteen striking glass blowers have been
presented by the grand jury in Baltimore
on the charge Of intimidating wcrkmcu
at the factories in South Baltimore. The,
were arrested yesterday and gave bail for
their appearance.
AT Bellaire, Ohio. yesterday The ,icpo.
cratic congressional convention Of The Scy
enteenth district nominated Ross j. Alex.
ander for the vacancy in the Forty-scvcMih
and Forty-eighth Congress caused by the
death of the Hon. J. r. Updegraf.
Eight true bills Of indictment were iuuMd
BY the grand jury in Philadelphia Yesterday
against DR.. VIM s. Forbes, demonstrated Of
anatomy at Jefferson Medical COLLEGE, ia.
completely with resurrectionsts in the
dcspoliation of graves in Lebanon Cemetery.
Ex-C Congressman Potter is not in cIyin.
condition and is not in an almshou%c. as re-.
Gently reported He owns a fine farm rea.
Milwaukee, Wis. and though not in robust
health, is not confined to the house and still
entertans his friends with generous hosn.
taity.
The President will spend the Christina.
holidays at the Soldiers Home with lii;
family. The White House will rot be
ready for him until a day or two before New
Years Day. The decorative work in the
Blue, Green and Red parlors the stale di-
ming room ana the main vcstibu!r is nearly
completed.
The Baltimore aud Potomac railroa! eli
Gals have submitted to the District comms-
sicners the plan of an elevated bridge over
Sixth street connecting the Mali Oh each
side. This bridge is required by tie act ct
1872, which gave the Baltimore AMI Polo-
mac Company the right ofway over Sixth
street.
The fact that the Philadelphia and New
England cotton manufacturers are receiving
some of the raw staple from the South IS
way ofthe Shenandoah Valley and Cumher.
land Valley railroads and the roads OF Ike
pennsylvania system is attracting attention
Thirty carloads of cotton passed throueh
HagerstoWn on Sunday from the territory
tributary to the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad direct to the factorcs
Benjamin Greenwald, diamond lcalerof
Philadelphia. who was recently held to bail
to await requisition from New York upon
the charge of conspiracy to dcfraud certain
dealers in precious stones in New York, ha.
made confession. He says that's cousp:!.
acy existed between himself, Morris Roscn.
burg and Jacob Myers, the latter two con.
shutting the firm Of Rosenberg & Co., which
obtained Judgment against Grccnwald
Rosenberg and Myers were taken beorca
magistrate yesterday afternoon, and locked
up in default of $4,000 bail.