Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Dr. Leopold Damn osch, the distinguished
musician, died at his residence, in New
York, yesterday afternoon.
B B. Hotchkiss, of Connecticut, inventor
of the Hotchkiss machine shell gun, died
Saturday In Paris of q paraytic stroke.
Cardinal McCabe's pastoral, read in the
Dublin churches yesterday, denounced dy-
namiters, its vigor making quite sensa.
ton.
Ismail Pasha, ex.Khedive of Egypt, is
the scheme looking to his restoration to the
KhedvaI throne.
Of the 90 57 postoffices in the United
States ouly 2 332 are filled by appointment
Of the President, the appointments to the
others being vested in the Postmaster Gen
eral.
General H. ". Slocnm will be chief NOR
shall Of the inauguration procession, with
General Ordway chief Of staff and General
Earle a. marshal Of the military division Of
the parade.
Mr.. Francis A. Drexel, the senior Of the
two brothers at the head of tha famous
Drexel banking house in Philadelphia, New
York and Paris, died suddenly yesterday
afternoon of pleurisy.
Gas consumers in New York have another
promise Of cheap gas, company having
been incorporated, with number of
wealthy capitalists as incorporators, to sup
ply gas at one dollar thousand feet.
Rev. Timothy O'Counell, of London, Ont,
who was found guilty of being intoxicated,
has had his license withdrawn by the bishop
and been removed from biz position as as
sisant minister of the Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity.
During trial At Forsyth, fancy county,
| Mo, Friday afternoon, an alteration, grow
ing out of personalities used in speeches,
took place between F. G. Spellings and
| Ben B Price, opposing attorneys, during
which Price shot and mortally wounded
Spellings.
| Charges Of maladministra!ion of Office,
violation of the civil service rules and mis-
appropriation of public property, have been
preferred by clerk 10 the Treasury De-
partment named VIM. Howard Mills against
Walter Evans, Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue, with the Secretary of the Treas.
ury. No specif ;atious have az yet been
| fled
"Auntie Wilmore,n as she was familiarly
called or Nancy Csss WIlmore, as her real
name is said to have been, died yesterday
at Wilmington. H., at the age Of 1l6 years.
She was undoubtedly the oldest person in
the State. She was born about the year
1863, ia North Carolina. aud went with her
father to kentucky, Whence she removed
to Illinois.
At the request Of General Wolseey. Has.
san Bey, brother of the Khedive, has as.
sumed the command Of the Egyptian troops
in the Soudan, with the title Of governor
general Hassan Bey wanted his accept
ance to be made conditional upon the re-
cruiting Of four thousand Turkish soldiers,
but finally agreed to accept com nand of the
Egyptians.
The Farmers Congress- at New Orleans.
Saturday adjourned sine die. A resolution
indorsing in the highest terms Col. Robert
Beverly, of Virginia. for appointment as
commissioner of agriculture, if the bill ere
ating that Office shall be passed by Congress,
was adopted. The National Cotton Plant
ers' Association recommend Hon. Il. {.
Morehead for commissioner
Four Of the sailors from the schooner S.
M. Thomas, of Norfolk, which was wrecked
Tuesday night on Fire Island Beach, L. /,
boarded Long Island Railroad train for
New York Saturday night They had no
money, and appealed repeatedly to two of
the owners of the wrecked vessel, who
were also aboard in parlor car, TO pay
their fares, but were refused. Finally pas.
sengers made collection and paid the fai es
Of the seamen.