Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-17
VIEWS OF THE DAY,

The Prince and Princess OF Wales nave
reach ed Killarney on their tour.
An American lady has remitted to the
Pope large offering of Peters pence"
The Arabs under Osman Digna are aban-
doning their positions as the British advance
into the Soudan.
Capt. John K. Mentzer, editor and pro-
prietor of the Hsgerstown, Md, Herald and
Torch, died yesterday.
J.H. Bell, who murdered F. G. Small at
Harold, OAK, last December, was lyuched
Wednesday night at Blunt, Oak.
The Zion A. NJ E. Conference, in session
in Washington, has determined upon pre-
siding elders as substitute for bishops.
No protest has been received from the
Italian government against the appoint
ment of Mr.. A. NJ. Kelley as Minister to
Italy.
Tramps Get fire to the stables on the ranch
OF Senator STAFFORD at Viva, Cal, recently
and 113 horses aud mules were burned to
death.
The French had a successful brush with
the Chinese in Tonquiu before the news Of
the cessation of hosLilities could be con-
| municated.
A tornado swept over North Carolina in
| the vicinity of Charlotte, yesterday, wreck
ing number of farm houses and destroying
fences and barns.
The Postofice Department was notified
yesterday of the arrest of Philip Hill, the
postmaster at Chattanooga, Ohio, for steal
ing registered letters.
The men imprisoned by the mine fire 10
Lincoln, ILL.,, yesterday succeeded in making
|. their escape through shaft mile away
from the scene of the accident.
Three drunken negro men pulled a Whit
woman from her wagon 10 Washington yes
terday because she refused to supply them
with as much milk as they could drink free.
The Niagara reservation bill has passed
the New York Legislature, and now goes to
the Governor for his signature. IL provides
for free park around Niagara Falls forev.
er, and makes an appropriation for the pur-
chase of the property.
A queer old man, who formerly lived
near Dwight, Dakota who was looked upon
as crank, has received a large sum of
money from Krupp, the German gun man
ufacturer, for a valuable discovery in pro-
jectiles.
The office of the Morning Eapress at Buff
falo, n. y, was totally destroyed by fire
about six o'clock yesterday evening. Sew
eral persons employed in the building had
to jump out Of windows in order to escape
beiug burned to death.
An explosion occurred at late hour
Wednesday night at the boarding house
kept by Mrs. Eva Sandfox, Baltimore, W hitch
leads to the belief that an attempt was made
10 blow up the house. A number of non
union glassblowers who are working at
Baker Bros. & Co.'s factory, were asleep in
the house at The time.
General Grants condition is said to have
improved greatly during the past few days,
so much so that he lunched with his family
yesterday, eating, among other things, cold
mutton. Many people thing the Generals
troubles come from an liberated throat, and
not cancer. The physicians, however, per-
sist in saying it is the latter disease
Sir Stafford Northcote, it is said, has ex-
pressed the opinion that there is scarcely
hope of peace. He says MIR. Gladstone is
doing all that could be expected to further
British interests in the Anglo Russian affair.
He denies that Penjdeh is to be ceded to
Russia. There are rumors of more fighting
on the Afghan border, and, altogether, the
situation is very war.like.
Marinus Sheckels, of West Washington,
who has been receiving money from colored
people by promising government appoint.
ments, was in the Police Court yesterday. |
Abe Carter, colored, testified to this effect. |
He paid Sheckels Is cents after being prom
ised a position in the State Department. |
Sheckels was sent to Jail for three months
and the Is cents returned to Carter.
Mr.. Allen 0. Myers stated before the .
Ohio legislative investigation committee