Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-09
EDITORIAL RREVITIEs.


sixty cents. and it's not birds nest either.
"A pilot boat which has just arrived at
Newport, reports catching gray shark .!
feet long, with sheath knife sticking in It's
body and mans right hand in its stomach.
There is a. printer in Erie named
Michael J. Quinn who has worked at the
case fifty years, during which time his hand
in picking up type has travelled more than
81, 727 miles.
The Italian Government has been adj
vised by its Consuls to prohibit the emgra-
ton of organists with monkeys, on the
ground that they give bad reputation to
Italy in foreign countries.
The missionary steamer Morning Star
was launched at Bath, Maine, yesterday.
She is owned by the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions, and is
expected to be ready for sea by September
10Th.
The labors Of the committees on the
Anglo-American revision of the translation
of the Old Testament are ended, aud the
work is now in the hands of the printers.
1t will probably be issued from the Uni
versity presses Of Oxford and Cambridge in
the fall.
Governor Cleveland has pardoned Fred
erick Hunter, convicted in the county OF
New York of mansaughter in the first de-
gree, and sentenced on December 10, 1868,
to Imprisonment in Sing Sing for life.
Hunter shot and killed his sweetheart who,
for her amusement, was wont to "tiirt' with
other young men.
During heavy thunder storm three
weeks ago at Strasburg the lightning felled
to the ground high poplar liberty tree,
which was planted in 1892 to commemorate
the advent of the Republic in France. The
inhabitants of Strasburg speedily carried
away as souvenirs the greater portion of the
tree aud it's branches.
"A man in New York returned home
the other night and sat down to supper.
Becoming enraged upon ascertaining that
an order given by him in the morning had
not been complied with, he struck his fist
heavily on the table, the blow breaking
plate, n piece Of which flew against his
baby's neck aud severed it's jugular vein.
Lewis Harvey and man named DUFF
field OF Cedarville, Pa, paid visit to Bridge
ton some days ago, and when they returned
the wife of Duttield accused Harvey of hay
ing beguiled her husband of on drunk.
She brought forth cowhde and belabored
him severely, when bystander suggested
that he had better run, which he did.
Considerable excitement was caused in
Baltimore day or two ago by man who
was chasing his wife whom he had SUR
prsed, on coming home to dinner, in COM
pauy with man towards whom he had no
good feeling. The wife led her husband in
the chase from street to street, the police
joining in the pursuit. and finally became
lost from view.
Lizzie Adams, pretty little miss often
der years of EIwood n. j., concluded to
elope with brakeman on q railroad Mon
day. She had just deposited her grpsack
in the cars and placed herself in charge of
her prospective husband, when the irate
father appeared with another man. The
latter took charge of the baggage and the
father marched his daughter out and con-
Quoted her home to the modification Of the
would be groom.
William Seacrist of Frtztown, Pa,
went in search of his cows one evening
this week, in the midst of dense and extern
sive woods, when seven large polecats sud-
denly attacked him and terrible conflict
began. He stood his ground bravey, and
after fierce fight Of thirty minutes, WELD.
ing heavy stick, he succeeded in killing
six of the number. The seventh ran away
Mr.. Seachrist was almost suffocated, and
was compelled to disrobe and throw his
clothing away.
Frederick Comberien, the French sculp-
tor, committed suicide three weeks ago by
shooting himself at the house in which he
lived. Amid great privations he had work
ed four years at statue Of Juvenal, which
was exhibited in the recent Salon. He OBJ
tanned neither medal nor purchaser, and
it was this disappointment that led to the
rash act. Another French sculptor six
weeks earlier committed suicide by leaping
| from window after the Salon had refused
| to admit his statue.
| "A case of death from earth eating is
reported 10 the British Medical Journal.
Such result is rare nowadays Yet the
writer says the habit is common among the
Hindu inhabitants Of Trinidad. Children
often take to it, and in adults the habit fire.
quently becomes so depraved that it can
not be given up. The earth chosen re.
sembles sandstone and is often mixed with
slate Adults generally adopt the practice
| from economical reasons.
During the progress ofsome excavations
in England recently crematorium, or Gre
nation furnace, in good state of preserva-