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

There were 176 deaths in Baltimore last
week.
Fred. Gebhardt's sister has been convert
ed to the Catholic faith by Monsiguor Capel.
Capt. Joseph d. Starlight, retired army
officer. died at Cumberland, Md, yesterday,
aged 81 years.
O'Leary, the Fenian. denounced The dyn-
amters in speech at Manchester, Eng
land, yesterday.
1t is said that 10000 Irishmen are out of
work in London in consequence Of the dyn-
amite explosions.
The missing will Of the late Robert A.
Wallace, of Buffalo, n. Y, was found in the
coffin with his remains.
Dir. Beecber has planned Free Trade
Campaign and says that this will likely be
his last political fight, but that lie goes in
to win.
All the telephone wires on Staten Island
were cut Saturday night. A few days ago
the salaries of the employees we're reduced,
and the superintendent and others resigned.
The case against druggist Drew, in Wash
| ington, for presenting fraudulent claims
against the Navy Department was given to
the jury on Saturday night, and they were
locked up until to-day.
A sleigh containing nine persons was
struck by an express train on the Lake
Shore road, near Port Clinton, o., on Sat
urday. Three persons were killed and the
others seriously Injured.
Speaker Carlisle visited Mr.. Cleveland on
Saturday. Mr.. Carlisle says Mr.. Cleveland
struck him "as a man Of force, conviction
and strong common sense-atter all the
only sense worth having" They talked CT
matters of party policy generally, and also
talked Of men.
During the storm which prevailed on the
Chesapeake Bay on Wednesday night last
the schooner Wake, commanded and owned
by Captain B. II. kelso went ashore on
Nsudua shoals, and is total wreck. vi
a crew of seven, two men lost their lives.
Captain Kelso and four others barely es-
capped with their lives.
Gen. Earle has advanced his troops to
within seven miles of Brit, where the Arabs
are eptrenched. II is reported from Berber
that the British have captured Metemneh.
Gen Sir Redvers Butler, Gen. Lord Wolse-
ley's chief of staff, has been appointed to
succeed Gen. Stewart rs commander Of the
expedition to hhartoum.
An attempt was made to blow up the
Qry goods e5lhOllSnLnehl ol UaTiy DIoILeiS,
New York city, by dynamite early yester-
day morning The dynamite had been
placed under window. Considerable dam
age was done. Discharged employees and
members Of the Dry Goods Clerks Secret
Union are suspected. Several arrests have
been made.
A rather sensational divorce suit has been
commenced in Chicago, in which the com
plaiDaut is Leopold A. Won Weste, riding
master and trainer OF horses. The defen-
daut is Madame Mathide Cot,relly, Of the
McCau Casino Company. and Col. McCaul
is made correspondent. Won Weste charges
undue familiarity between his wife and Nc
Caul Madame Cottrely has been married
three times, and Won Weste four times.
Washington, Pa, experienced severe
shock Saturday morning, caused by the ex.
plosion Of dynamite at Brady tunnel. Fifty
pounds of dynamite had been stored in a
tweve-foot square house to thaw out by a
stove. The roof ca ueht fire from the stove
pipe. Persons seeing the fire fled, and soon
the explosion took place, making kinding
wood of the building. Houses were dam
aged in town. The shock was felt three
miles away, and the report heard eight
miles OF.