Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-08-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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A cyclone swept through Northern New
York yesterday. causing great loss OF lie
and damage to property.
VIM. King Bowling, NJ. D., LII D., an
emiucnt citizen Of Nashville, Tenn, Is dead.
He was native Of Virginia.
Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, the well known
authoress, died in San Francisco yesterday
evening of cancer of the stomach.
The total income of the Union Pacific
Railroad in the first six months of 1850 was
s3,741,1S9, and expenses 50, 7S4, OlS.
It is rumored that Prince Charles Waldo
mar, of Denmark, is betrothed to Princess
Marie, the eldest daughter of the Duke OF
Chartres.
The bills incurred for the funeral of Gen.
Grant are still coming in, and it begins to
look as if they would amount to very much
more than the first estimates.
The earnings of the principal railroads in
South Carolina for the month of June, 1853,
aggregate 1920 934-a net increase of SIC, 1876
compared with the same month last year.
Madison Square Garden, New York, has
hecn disposed Of for the purpose OF estao'
fishing great mart for sales OF i've STOCK.
The rent charged for the bnilding 10 SO .ooo
a year.
The second comptroller of the treasury
has dsalowed the claim of James ID. Elgln'
of MARYLAND, for compensation Tor the use
| of his land aud crops by federal troops dur
ing the war.
c.. P. Judd, a special agent Of the National
Labor Bureau for Nevada and the terri
tories, has been arrested and confessed to
horse stealing He was appointed by Presi'
dent Cleveland.
| Daniel Smith, an insane patient in the
| City Hospital at Savannah, Ga, leaped
from window in the upper ward yester-
day, under thu delusion that he was being
pursued by enemies, and was killed.
The census of voters of Baltimore, taken
by the police, was completed yesterday, and
shows total voting population of 81, 444-
O considerable increase over two years ago.
| Very few Of The wards show decrease.
The Yavases CT The cholera epidemic in
Sraiu are undated, and the panic st Mar
settles is increasing. The supposed case re.
ported at Bristol, England, turns out to
have been genuine, and some alarm is 1elt
in London.
1t appears from statistics in the General
Land Office at Washington, and from gene
raj information, that not less than twelve
million acres of public land will come within
the scope of the Presidents proclamation in
respect to unlawful Enclosure.
Mrs. Mark Pateeon, the fanccc Of Sir
Charles Dixie, is in India on pleasure
tour. On learning Of the scandal with
which the name of her intended husband is
J, connected she Immediately telegraphed Sir
Charles to announce their engagement pub
licly.
Dr.. Lewis w. Miner, young practicng
physician Of Norfolk, was found dead IN
his bed in that city yesterday morning. 1t
is supposed he died from heart disease. He
was SO years old and son OF the late DR..
Lewis w. Miner, distinguished surgeon IN
the United States and Confederate navies.
The vote on Tuesday in Bristol Tenn,
on subscription of $4,000 to the South
Atlantic Railroad, was unanimously in favor
of the rond, The contractors will so to
work Immediately. The road will extend
from Bristol to Stone Gap, Tenn, and con,
meet with the Kentucky system. This line
will open vast mineral and timber country.
Judge d. W. K Bowles, of Fluvanna
county, in this State, died Tuesday, aged
81 years He was member Of the conven-
ton Of 1850 and 81, representing the coun
ties Of Fluvanna, Louisa and Hoochand,
and was twice a member of the Legislature,
representing Fuvanna at one time and al
another the counties Of Fluvanna and
Goochland.
The Greenwood iron works, operated by
the PARROT Iron Company at Greenwood,
II. Y, have shut down. 1t is stated that
the company is financially embarrassed, but
no assignment has been made. The liabili'
ties are said to be from $1,000 TO $500, 900,
with assets consisting of real estate, plant,
etc., of s5OO,0OO. The works were establish
ed in 1854. Five or six thousand dollars are
due the employees.