Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-18
NEWS OF THE DAY

pam OF losses and short weight by Wash.
ington city hay scales.
There were % shocks OF earthquake in
Murcia. Spain, on Tuesday and several
houses We're destroyed.
Steward Crump, late steward of President
Garfield, is making an effort to have his
claim Tor 1000 passed by Congress.
Twenty-Five new cases of small pox were
reported TO the Mayor in baltimore yester-
DAY. How many not reported is not known.
Ex-tnited States Senator Spencer, the
fugitive star-route witness, left Kingston,
Ont. on Tuesday night for Halifax en- route
for England,
AT Savannah on Tuesday night burglars
cut INTO the safe in the jewelrv store Of 4.
J.. Desboullion and stole $4,000 worth of
diamonds and jewelry.
Mayor Edson has again outraged public
opinion in New York by appointing his own
nephew TO an important position underhim
beng the second appointment of a relative
already made.
A man calling himself J. r. Yates, about
30 years old, and hailing from Baltimore,
committed suicide last night in Martins
hllrg w. Va. by taking laudanum His
apparent occupation was that Of peddler
The question of abolishng the colored
schools in New York was discussed in the
board OF education i'll that city yesterday
The corporation counsel will be asked as to
the legality Of the proposed step.
Some excitement prevails in Washington,
because OF report that the graves at the Ar
lington Cemetery have been dcspoiled of
their dead. Guards have been placed about
the cemetery.
At meeting of the regents Of the Smith
sonlan Institution yesterday it was deter
mined to advocate the building of new
national museum, similar to the present
building used for that purpose.
\ bill was introduced in the Pennsylvan-
Ia legislature yesterday making it INSIDE
meanor Tor the governor, lieutenant govern
or and members Of the legislature to accept
passes from railroad companies.
Statistics show that the arrivals at New
York from foreign ports during the past
year by the various steamship lines aggre-
gated 5O2,397 passengers, of which 81 ,947
came as cabin passengers and 445,45O came
in Storage.
James Ryan, an employee at the .1tna
mills, Wheeling w Va, in passing big
fly wheel yesterday. slipped and his right
foot was caught in the cogs and crushed up
to the thigh. He died after four hours
great agony.
n broken rail on the Midland Branch of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad,
north of Clinton, Iowa, on Tuesday night
threw two ears down q twenty foot embank-
mcnt, killing Brakeman L. l.. Clark. in
juring Conductor ID. w. Richardson and
signify nJurlng twenty-five passengers
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dia, Pa, yesterday, Judge Clayton ordered
that Maud, the eldest child, he remanded to
the custody Of her father to be sent to a
school. her mother TO be permitted to visit
her. The two younger children, Elsie and
Meta, are remanded to the custody of their
mother until further orders from the court.
In the Connecticut House of Representa-
tives yesterday bills were introduced to al
low women to vote on school matters; TO
compel hotel keepers 10 provide ropes in
rooms for escape from fires, and that bal
lots shall be on white cardboard provided
by the state, and that nothing shall be print
ed on either side, except the names Of can
,iidates.
The Mutual Union Telegraph Company
have made successful experiments in talk
ing over long distances with the telephone a
|
rie,l OH between New York and Wesifeld
Mass. a distance Of 100 miles and also be-
tween New York and Albany. Through
out Il circuit Of 100 miles conversation was
carried on without the slightest difficulty.
The Philadelphia Councils met in Joint
convention yesterday and elected VIM. NJ.
Taggart City Controller. Gov. Pattison
hats nominated s. Davis Page for the office.
but the nomination has not been acted upon
by the State Senate. A legal contest for
the place will follow. The chief clerk, who
is acting rs Controller, has announced his
intention of holding the office until o,stcd
ny legal proceedings.
! Miss Zcraldu Garrison, whose mysterious
abduction occasioned sensation in ST.
Louis some days ago. has been brought
East by her uncle, 0. L. Garrison, by the
advice of the family physician, to be placed
in an asylum for the treatment of nervous
diseases. 4 card signed by her doctors saws
that the young lady is deficient in the de-
velopment Of her mental faculties, and at
times is irresponsible lor>hcr actions.
The meeting Of the National Republican
| Committee was held i'll Washington yester-
day, and some changes were made in the
| method OF electing delegates 10 the national
e"'''Nh''oh' hC icSiS HdlIoH VI NlF. dorsey
as secretary was accepted, and Geo. w.
Hooker elected in his stead. The basis of
representation hereafter will be two dele
gates for each senator and two for each
member of Congress. and two delegates for
each territory and for the District Of Col
umba.
The Rev. Mr. Wilson, pastor of the Meth
odist Church at Fairmount, Somerset CO.,
Nd, was yesterday taken before Justice,
charged with assaulting young man named
George Hall, BY throwing him out Of church.
The case excited much interest from the
prominence of the parties concerned. Mr..
Wilson claimed the right Of trial by jury,
and was released on bail for the April term
OF court. Young Hall was in attendance at
Wilson's church, and it is said the minister
threatened to put him out for some trihing
breach Of decorum. Hall denied he had
misbehaved, and told the minister he could
not put him out. Wilson then became en-
ragged, and seizing Hall by the collar forcibIy
threw him from the building Hall then
had him arrested, with the above result
Mr.. Wilson is well.known on account of his
combining the business of oyster dredging
with his duties rs clergyman.