Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-04-05
NEWS OF THE DAY

Smallpox has suddenly reappeared in st.
Louis, and has created considerable alarm
A WOODEN mill Is to be started near Liberty,
Bedford county, with d capital Of $4,000
BY the sewer gas explosion at Baltimore
yesterday two little boys who were playing
in the street were killed.
The industrial census Of Philadelphia rep
resents the total value of manufactured pro.
ducts of that city for 1880 at S47O,OOO,0O0.
The President yesterday appointed Judge
Walter @. Gresham, of Indiana, Postmaster
General. The appointment. was quite
surprise.
1ngham and Green, the murderers of Cash
Millett, were hanged by mob of thirty
five masked men near Hastings Neb, on
Tuesday night.
Among the ten persons baptized and re-
ceved into the Franklin Steet PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Baltimore, Rev. w. Z. Murkland
pastor, last week, there were three of Jewish
families.
Ex-senator Thurman fell on the steps of
his residence at Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday
evening and broke his left arm between the
elbow and shoulder. 1t Is not thought
there will be any serious results.
Treasurer Wyman has paid the salaries
OF members OF the House Of Representatives
fer the month ending tho ith inst Among
those paid was Representative Ochiltree,
the First Comptroller having withdrawn
his prohibition in this case
4 dispatch from Baton Rouge, La, SAYS
An alteration took place Yesterday
between ". T. Sanders, a broker, and
w. \. Leesuer, publisher Of the Capitol:un
! -adcocate, III which the latter was shot
though the head and died in two hours.
BON parties are we'll connected"
Elizabeth Miller, through her COUNSEL, A.
}. Carr, esq, yesterday entered suit in Bal.
timore against Louis Schroeder, claiming
$1,000 damages for alleged betrayed in o..
tober last. Henry Miller, father of Eliza
beth, also claims 1000 damages Tor loss of
services of his daughter. She must he val
uatile auxiliary 70 u family TO be worth at
he rate of 100 n year.
In the suburbs Of Eldoraao. Union county,
Ark. on Saturday afternoon, white girl,
aged eight years, the daughter Of Col John
Haskew deceased, was ravished by a color
ed boy, Albert Williams He was identified
by the girl, and at the magist rates office
confessed the crime While going to Iail q
mob of citizens seized Williams, and hung
him from a tree.
Yesterday evening Uriah Keck, of Allen:
town, Pa. received note stating that his
wife anla STANCE man would meet at Kerns's
saloon. lie went there at S o'clock, and
seeing them together, drew his revolver and
fired two shots at the man, who made his
escape uninjured. He then fired twice at
his wife, the last shot taking effect IN her
right thigh, making a dangerous wound.
Forty rollers and heaters employed in The
pudding mill of the E. G.. Brooke Iron
Company at Brdsboro, Pa, have stopped
work Oh account, of a reduction in their
wages. ranging from, II to 121 per. cent.
Three hundred hands are thrown out of
work by this action Of the men. The offer
of the strikers to compromise at ten per
cent, reduction has not yet been accepted.
A. j. Crawford. deputy United States
marshal under Gen. Longsteet, was arres.
ted i'll Georgia some time ago on the charge
Of making false and fraudulent returns of
time and distance. On Monday he was be.
fore the Judge ofthe District Court at Allan.
ia and was admitted to ball in the sum of
$1,000. While endeayoringto make his bond
in Gainesville yesterday he escaped from
the officer