Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Biaine's plurality In Michigan is only
1874.
Blaine has goue to visite his protege Hale,
for consolation.
Lord Lytton ("Owen Incredibly is fifty
three years old this month.
The second trial of Frank Miner, of Wash
ington, for the murder of his wife, was he.
gun yesterday.
A papal encyclical is being revised, in
which rancorous clerical journalism and the
treatment of political topics in pulpits are
deplored.
John L. Sullivan, the slugger, and Alfred
Greenfield, his opponent 10 Tuesday nights
match, have both been indicted by New
York grand jury for fighting.
The suspension of the banking house of
Hyatt, Levings & Co., of Washington, Davis
county, Ind has caused very general alarm
in that section, and it is feared that the
failure will bring serious reverses upon that
community.
Toisnot, N. G., village on the Whining
ton and Weldon Railroad, was destroyed by
| fire yesterday morning; loss $4,000. The
fire swept away every business house east OF
| The railroad and is ascribed to an incendary.
There was no insurance whatever.
| 1t is said that at distance of $50 miles
| from Lake st. John, up in the RuperL's Land
region, is a lake stretching away towards
Eastern Maine that is as large as Lake Supe-
rior, For hundred years, it is said, the
Hudson's Bay Company has had an agency
there, but have held it secret that lake of
such dimensions existed, fearing interfer-
ence with their trade.
Gov. Brown, of Rhode Island. has ap
pointed the Hon. William P. Sheffield, of
| Newport, to the United States Senate, to
succeed the late Senator Anthony, until the
assembling of the Legislature in the Jan
uary session, when q Senator Will be elect
ed. Mr.. Sheffield in 1861, was elected
representative to the Thirty seventh Con-
gress, as republican, and served until 1868
The nuptials of Daniel Manning and
Mary Margaretta Fryer were solemnized
yesterday afternoon in Albany. A large
and distinguished company was present,
Gov. Cleveland being one of the guests.
The bride was attired in white satin, and
wore diamond ornaments. After congratu-
latons had been rendered the newly mar
ried couple wedding repast was served
and this was followed by a reception. The
bridal pair left for a journey South.
The New York State board of canvassers
met at Albany yesterday, but adjourned
until to day TO await the official returns
from New York, Kings and st. Lawrence
counties, which are the only ones from
! which official returns have not been re-
ceved. A clerical error was found in the
footngs of the electoral vote in Richmond
county, the total vote in the returns by dis
tricts differing from the footing of the tabu
lated statement, but this will not affect the
result.
A convict named Fantux escaped from
the g. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, at
Montreal, after desperate conflict with
the guard, one of whom he shot through
the leg. He was traced and located in a
house Of i'll fame. Yesterday morning De.
!ectives G'aduc and La Pointe proceeded
to arrest him. The latter officer had just
entered the room when Fantux drew a
revolver aud shot him III the cheek. The
second shot aimed at Gia,luc missed him,
whereupon Gaduc drew his revolver and
shot FaniuX through the heart.
NJ. H. De Young, proprietor of The San
| Francisco Chronicle, was shot yesterday
evening by Adolph Spreckels, son of Claus
Spreckes, the Hawaiian sugar king. The
shooting look place in the business office Of
the hronicle Spreckels fired twice. The first
shot took effect IN De Iouug's left arm
| little above the elbow, and the second in
the left shoulder. The shooting was the
outcome of an article published in the
Chronicle last Sunday morning respecting
he affairs of the Hawaiian Commercial
Sugar Company. Spreckels was arrested.