Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The late terrific storm in Iowa and Wis
consin did considerable damage to grain.
Hand & Ellsworth, paper manufacturers,
of New York city, have made an assign
ment.
Last night VIM. Donaldson fatally shot his
sweetheart, Annie Stiffey, at Pittsburg, it is
claimed accidentally.
congressman John Hill died at his
home in Boonton, Pa, yesterday, of Brights
disease, aged Ga years.
Two men were killed and several injured
by the explosion of steam thresher at
Nashville, Ind, yesterday.
Mr.. Ferdinand Sagle, an extensive prop
erty owner and we'll known citizen of Balti-
more, died in that city yesterday.
Ex-Governor Hendricks expects to leave
Indianapolis Sunday night for the East,
where he will remain three or four weeks
A. Overholt g. Co.'s distillery at Con.
nellsyille, Pa, together with several thou
sand barrels of whiskey, was burned yester-
day.
The striking bricklayers of New York
still hold out, and they say they will not go
to work until the employers concede the
nine hours.
The Comptroller of the Currency has de-.
clared dividend of fifteen per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the Marine National
Bank of New York.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Assistant Postmaster Chas. B. Morton, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, on charges of classifying
pay rolls of the Office.
The Postmaster General has discontinued
the practice of supplying specimen postage
stamps to collectors, as it has been found
Improbable and source of annoyance.
The Baltimore Unions won another game,
the fourth in succession, from the keystones
in Philadelphia yesterday. The Baltimore
Washington game was stopped by the rain.
Cyrus w. Field gave lunch yesterday to
$50 guests on the roof of the new Washing
ton building, New York, the guests being
) protected from the sun by a canvass awning.
A very serious drouth is now affecting
nearly the whole of Ohio, Indiana and Ken.
lucky. In many places there has been no
rain at all since June 18th. Unless rain
comes in a week most serious losses will
occur.
The body of Captain J. Bird of the schoon-
err Ahern, which was wrecked about the lst
of March, has been found and brought into
Crisfeld, Md 1t had been in the water
about 14O days, but was recognized as Cap.
tain Bird
Corinne Ransdale, aged II, and Helen
Ransdale, aged 2, the children of John
Ransdale. were burned to death by the ex-
ploson of can of coal oil with which the
elder child was attempting to light fire at
Plano, Texas, yesterday.
At q meeting of the executive committee
of the independent republicans in New York
Yesterday it was decided to employ Carl
Schurz to translate into German the address
of Geo. VIM. Curtis, and also that of Chair
man Goldman, of the independent conference
and to publish them as campaign documents
The Indiana prohibitionists who have
been holding convention in indianapolis
don't seem disposed to dwell together in
unity" There has been split in the body
one faction nominating R. S. D. Virgins for
Governor, and the other has resolved itself
into constitutional amendment associa
ton"
The democratic convention of West Vir.
ginia yesterday nominated E. Wilson for
Governor, Patrick NJ. Duffy for Auditor, and
Alfred Caldwell for Attorney. General. The
convention is still in session to complete
the ticket. The resolutions indorse Cleve.
land and Hendricks and the national plat.
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