Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-30
NEWS OF TIE DAT
"To shea The very age and body q l!.r I.n,cs.'

"To shea the very age and body Of ne Tinics."
\ fire destroyed the pilo:-houSe Of the
steamer Potomac at Norfolk Yesterday.
The boat was otherwise tut slightly in
jured
Captain Allen May, Of Hardin county KY,
aged l0l years, yesterday procured license
to marry a young lady OF the same county.
aged 10.
Congress will meet at eleven o'clock OIL
holding that the eleven o'clock rule adopt.
eel last session still holds.
Hon. James S. Pike, writer md politician.
eX- United States minister to Tho Hague,
and formerly associate editor Of tho New
York Tribune, died very suddenly yesterday
morning at Calais, Maine.
The law prohibiting the sale of lottery
tickets has become Il dead letter in Chicago,
as the business is being openly conducted
and freely advertised BY circulars and signs.
Bonds to the amount of $l,G60,000 were
presented to the sub treasury in New York
yesterday by one savings bank under Satur-
days call for extended .ives hitherto nm
called
The shipments Of German carp from Wash
| ington the headquarters Of the United
States Fish Commission, are very large
They arc being distributed throughout the
country.
There was another heavy frost at Peusa-
cola, Florida, on Tuesday night and the
yellow fever epidemic is supposed to have
entirely abated The last of the absentces
are returning, ANA business is assuming its
wonted activity.
Mr. II. \. Gallaher, the veteran senior
editor of the Charlestown Free Press is con-
fined to his bed by illness, and the Free Press
has little hope that he will ever be out
| again Mr.. Galahcr is tho oldest editor
! III the two States and is well known.
The report published yesterday i'll New
York and elsewhere in dispatches from
Washington that Mr. West, the British min
istcr, and party Of gentlemen were arrest :
cd III Maryland for violation Of the State
fishery laws, is untrue.
According to the British Medical Journal,
the recent cremations in Dorset prove that
little more than two hours arc required to
perfect the process. The admission ufabuud-
ant air into the upper part OF tho furnace
insurcs the complete combustion Of the gases
given off during the act OF cremation.
1t is understood that the Spanish Minis
ter at Washington will he recalled in the
course of few months, and that new
minister will be appointed Extensive prep
aratlons are making for the marriage of
Senior Barcas daughter, Scnorita CamcIila.
to NJ. Navarro, son ola wealthy Cuban.
Hon. j. II. Acklen has prepared and sub
mitted to Governor McEnery, of Louisiana.
q brief, in which ne denies that Dir. ke-
logg Is al inhabitant Of the state. within the
meaning of act |, section ,, of tho United
States Constitution, or Il !csidCn, OF the
Third Congressional district, under the pro-
visions of tho Louisiana constitution
A difficulty At Lynchhurg, Va. yesterday
resulted in the killing re. y. Craddr.ics;
yardmnstcr at the Richmond ANA Al|c@ll
ny Railroad Station,by Booker Robertson. 4
miner, of Nelson county. Tho origin Of The
atlray was shortage in the weight OF ores.
Cradderick was shot through tho heart aud
instantly killed. Robertson was severely
beaten before he used his pistol.
number OF witnesses were examined
before United States Commissioner Pleas.
ants, ut Richmond, yesterday, rs Ia the
mode of assessment pract;cnd ls tie rove
nuc commissioners, United States District
Attorney Wise maintaining that the Voter
must appear IL person TO bc assessed.
Several of the deputy commissioners Of rev.
enuc are under arrest
The New York, Pittshurg and Chicago
Railroad Company is about to begin work
upon road which will virtually give Il new
trunk line between the East and West. \
line is contemplated from Firtshu:s, Pa to
Marion, Ohio, Il distance Of III miles, con-
meeting at Marion with the Chicago and At
lantc Railroad, now almost completed and
under the full control of the Erie Railroad.
The company also contemplates direct
line to Driftwood, Pa, and Salamanca, n.
y, thereby securing short line connection
with Philadelphia and New York.