Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-12
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

O'Doncvan Rosa is an applicant for O
place in the New York custom house.
Ex.Gov. J. Madison Wells, of Louisiana,
is suffering from almost total loss of eye.
sight.
Rev. Sam Jones announces his intention
of devoting this winter to missionary work
in the city Of Washington.
Rev. DR.. O'Conpell has arrived in Balti-
more from Rome, with the Plenary Council
DEGREES and acts approved by the Pope.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
issued loan OF S4,500,000 foc work on the
limo between Philadelphia and New York.
The election for bureau officials i'll the
French Chamber of Deputies yesterday re-
suited in favor Of the republican candidates
Dir. John D. Lee, Of Philadelphia, has
been appointed secretary Of legation at Con
stantinoplc, Turkey, st the request of Min
inter Cox.
Thirty. three men are on trial ct Edge.
field Court House, S. c., for murder in
shooting 0. T.. Culbreth, an alleged muir
derer.
Charles II. Barker, single, twenty eight
years of ago, who hes resided at Newbury-
port. Mass, for year past, has been mott
fed that he has fallen heir to q fortune Of
81 100000 The property was left by young
Barkcr's aunt.
There now seems to be no shadow Of
doubt that Rel, the leader OF the Northwest
Canadian Instruction, will be hanged next
Monday. Although there is still talk Of
another respite, the officials go on in the
preparations for the hanging. Rel spends
his time praying and writing late into the
night, scrbbling prophecies.
The examination Of William S. Warner,
charged with aiding and abetting Ferdinand
Ward in swindling the Marine Bank, was
continued before United States Commits
sioner Shields, of New York, yesterday. As
the books and papers relating to the case
were before the grand jury, the district at
torney asked for an adjournment of the
hearing.
The will Of Rev. DR.. Stephen Il. Tying
was admitted to probate in New York yes
terday. Mrs. Susan Wilcox Tying, his
widow, and John u. Stearns are executors.
The estate is estimated to be worth $40 600.
All of the household goods and personal
property except his library in the rectory OF
st. Georges Church he bequeathed to his
wife. The rest of the property is left to
Mrs. Tying for her use, aud at her death it
is to be divided equally among his grand
children.
Mr.. Gladstone delivered the first Of his
campaign speeches in Edinburgh yesterday.
He referred to the question Of the disestab.
lishment of the Church. For long time
said he, 81 was not aware of the intention
to make disestablishment q test question ;
but am now confident it will be made q
test question by Tory influence" He pro,
tested, he said, against making the Church a
test question to the exclusion of every other
question. Gust consider" he continued,
"tho effect of voting for candidates on this
question only. There is no sense in it.
What l contend is that there is no state OF
things now existing which makes it neces-
sary, just, or allowable to raise the question
of Eaglish church disestablishment just
now" He doubted if q man breathed who
could disestabish the Church of England,
and he did not envy the man who
would attempt it. The public mind OF
England is not prepared for such a trench
dous change. 1t is a serious responsibility
taking political questions out Of their prop
err order The first result Of urging discs
tablishment in Scotland would be my Eng
lsh advice thrown to the winds. The sup
porters of the church would rush in a solid
phalanx to the poll against disestablsh
ment; therefore the subject in Scotland
ought likewise to be left TO future occa-
sion.