Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-06-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF LIE DAY.
The anniversary Of the death of Carl
baldi was celebrated yesterday throughout
Italy.
Stephen N. Caldwell, Edwin NJ Lewis
and George Deb Kcim have been appointed
to be receivers of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad.
The Navy Department is i'll receipt
of letters from the Greedy relief steamer
Alert, which report the ice conditions as
favorable for good passage to Greenland.
A violent shock of earthquake occurred
May 10 on the Island of kishm, near the
mouth of Persian gulf Twelve villages
were destroyed, 200 persons killed and many
others injured.
President Riddle, of the Penn Bank, Pitts
burg. is out in statement in which he i'm
plicates other officers and directors Of the
bank in the oil speculations which brought
about its collapse.
The siege Of Berber is reported as raised,
and Gordon is said to be holding his own at
khartoum. The Arabs still continue their
attacks upon Suakim, but the Egyptian
soldiers behave well and rcpulse them.
Two masked men entered the house of
Mrs. Nj. J. TruaX, widow Of the late Senator
Truax, near Osborn, Dekalb county, Mo-,
Sunday night, and bound, gagged and
brutaly outraged the Lady. The Williams
escaped.
Property amounting to more than 81 ,000,-
900 was sold in New York city last week by
auctioneers and brokers, while Il great deal
more was sold by private contract. The
prices realized showed IN advancing market
in real estate.
John c.. Eao was discharged from custody
Yesterday by Judge Tester of the Court of
the Queens Bench, Quebec, on the ground
that the warrant for his arrest was delec-
tive. He Wasat once re-arrested on another
| form of complaint.
The office Of the chief of internal revenue
Of The fourth district was closed at Danvillc,
Saturday evening, and opened ut Roanoke
yesterday. Deputy Geo. l.. Gravcly remains
in charge of the revenue business ut Dan
vile till the officers recently appointed give
their bonds.
The Scuat c Yesterday amended the House
bill fixing the rate Of postage on news
papers, SO that papers weighing as much as
four ounces can he sent TO any address 10y
persons other than the publisher or ms
agent for one cent. The House limit was
| three ounces or less.
Joseph Brown, colored. was killed yes
terday afternoon in Petersburg, while re
moving an old brick chimney on Third
street which he purchased few days ago.
| He was ut work on the pile of bricks when
it toppled and fell, and he WAS caught
beneath the pile, and when taken ont was
dead.
By the death of Bishop Smith, bishop Al
| fred Lee, of Delaware, becomes the presid-
in. bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America. bishop Lee is seventy
seven years of age. Ont of The one hun.
dred and thirty.two bishops consecrated
during the present century he il; only the
eighth who has lived to be senior bishop.
lie was elected to the hishopric of Delaware
in 1871.
The republican national convention is
composed Of $40 delegates, of whom SOP arc
from the States and Is from the eight Terri
tories and the District OF Columbia. 1t vii!
require Al votes to nominate The demo
cratic national convention will be composed
of $40 delegates, but the Is delegates from
the Territories and the District OF Columbia
will not be allowed to vote. As the two
thirds rule will prevail in the democratic
convention, it will require $50 votes to NOM
mate.
If the reasons assigned for Mr.. Wander
bits trip to Europe are accepted as true,
that gentleman will not he received with
exuberant JOY when he returns to New
York. Not to take care Of his "favorites'
by cable was bad enough, but to run away
from Wall street, knowing that the crash
was coming, in order to escape importuni.
ties for aid from his business associates, was
indeed selfish and IMPLYING act of moral
pecuniary cowardice. And this is what is
now charged.