Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-26
NEWS OF THE DAY

case of eprosy has occurred in pbila-
rielphia A''''
Nilsson had a $500 house at Milwaukee
on Monday last
Mr.; l.. v. Maupiu, wel-kuowl, citizen
OF Baltimore, died on Saturday.
The New York police have again stopped
the performance of the Passion Play
| \ negro school teacher has been arrested
IN Baltimore for an assault on five year old
girl. ~''' O
"Esmeralda has made SlGO. 900 for the
New York Madison Square Theatre this
season.
Inc AugllStlnian Society. Il Roman Cath
ollc institution Of Lawrence. Mass, has fail
ed for 100000.
Representative Blackburn, of Kentucky.
asserts that the next speaker ofthe House
will hail from Virginia.
A suit for 500 900 has been brought against
the owner and the proprietor Of the late
Newhall House, Milwaukee, bv John Gilbert
the actor.
The steamer Republic, which arrived at
New York Saturday, brought the survivors
from me steamer Glamorgan, recently
wrecked in mid ocean
An appeal has been issued by Lutheran
ciergymen OF Washington, New York and
Baltimore for funds to erect bronze statue
OF Martin Luther, in Washington.
Ex-Governor Sprague has expressed u
Willingness to run for Governor Of Rhode
Island and thinks that he. will receive the
nomination of the citizens party.
Judge Henry Fry, OF Greenbrer county,
West virginia, dropped dead in his boarding
house at Wheeling OH Saturday, from an at
tack of apoplexy brought on by excessive
drinking.
George c. Barber, Philadelphia broker,
was yesterday committed in default of $4,000
on the charge Of issuing forged bonds ofthe
Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Compa-
ny Of New York.
The house of John Morrison, occupied bv
Dennis Hennessy, butcher of Stapleton
Staten Island, was burned last night. Loss
S3,OUO Hennessy's wife and two children
were burned to death.
Ex-Judge John NJ Cloud. Of the Superior
Court of North Carolina, was attacked with
apoplexy yesterday on a train, and died
soon after, The remains will be carried to
his residence at Winchester for interment
The negro, Jerome Holt, who last Tues
day attacked Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Terrell
while asleep in bed, chok ell the husband and
ravished the wife, and MORALLY injured
Charles Ferrell n boy Is years of are, ut
Graham, N. c., has been sentenced to be
hanged.
\. Prescott, head of the firm of Prescott
4 Co., bankers and loan agents of Topeka,
Kansas, committed suicide Oh Friday while
suffering from mental alteration. Albert
}: Howell, broker Of the firm of Howell,
Crapser 4 Co., Chicago, committed suicide
on Saturday BY shooting himself Poor
health is assigned as the cause
The heaviest rain of the season in Queens
county, New York. prevailed Saturday
night, the water in some places being above
the fences and some ofthe roads impossible |
The fires in the cellar of the Presbyterian
Church at Jamaica L., were put out yester
deep IN Some" Of tfit' hs,,yaier, vas three feet
Breslau considerable property was damaged.
The Mississippi at Cairo, III , last night mark
ed fifty two feet and a half inch, Il rise Of 4
half inch since Saturday night, but was sta
tionary The Ohio has begun falling ut Padu
cab. 4 slide OH the levee embankment Sat
urday night was promptly repaired, The
winds Saturday night did not affect the
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