Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

frankie Roberts, the midget, on whom the
casarian operation was performed on We'd
nesday, died yesterday.
a bill for the revival of the whipping
post for wife beaters has been introduced
in the Pennsylvania legislature.
Mrs. Druse, Of Herkimer county, New.
York, is accused OF mrrlering her husband,
burning his flesh and burying his bones in a
swamp.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the past seven days
plumber for the United States 3S2 and for
Canada 80, or total of 42O.
The nephew of Sir Alexander Campbell,
Of Canada, has been arrested in Chicago,
charged with completely in extensive rob-
berries of the Canadian mails.
The negroes in Arson county, n. c., 1t is
said, are looking forward TO general exo-
dus to Arkansas as soou "a they can satisfy
themselves that they are not taking a leap
in the dark.
Tie failure Of John J. Cisco & Son did no.
create panic on Wall street, as WAS anti
cipated The Immediate cause of the sus-
| persou it is now said was the call for 81 SET
tl.rnent by some Of the heirs OF the founder
of the frm.
The end of tie Platt- Payn Cornell Nor
ton canvass, in New York, has come. Al
noon yesterday George r. Sloan and Royal
B S;earns announced the withdrawal Of
Mr.. Leslie W. Russell from the senatorial
contest in favor of Mr.. Evarts.
The heaviest snow storms of the season
prevailed yesterday in Illinois, Iowa, Wis
cousin, Missouri aud other portions Of tho
West The snow drifted badly, aud rai:-
roads were in many Instances blocked, willis
On nearly all there were serious delays.
The Court of Appeals in London yester-
day dismissed the appeal of Mr. Edmund
Yates, journalist and novelist, against the
sentence TO imprisonment imposed by the
Court Of Queens Bench for an alleged libel
on Lord Lonsdale. Mr.. Yates surrendered
himself and was locked up.
The effort to establish female college in
! Baltimore under the auspices Of the Meth
o.list Episcopal Church has so far progress
ed that S135 900 of the 5000, 900 requisite
has already been subscribed for the pur-
pose The Indications that the remain
ing SCI, 900 will soon be obtained.
Senator T. B. Vance was yesterday nomi-
mated by the democratic caucus OF the North
Carolina Legislature to succeed himself in
the @. S. Senate. At the special election TO
fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the
resignation Of Governor Scales, scattering
returns indicate the election of Mr.. Reid.
The Attorney General has made report
to the President adverse TO the application
for u communication Of the sentence of death
in the case Of the colored man anester,
convicted of killing Policeman Fowler in
Washington last summer, and it is not
likely the President will interfere with the
execution Of the sentence.
A fire in the store of r. w. Thornton, at
Fayetteville, n. c., yesterday caused loss
Of $4,000; insurance $4,000. Warren
Pryor's ,jewelry store was also burned. The
loss is s., 700; fully insured The stock of
d. H. Ray & Co. was removed, with a loss
Of 81 900 Kyle's store was also damaged.
The fire is supposed to have caught from q
stove.
Senator Sewel has reported adversely
| {, ON The Military Affairs Committee a bill
10 provide that chaplains in the army who
served one year or more in the late war
az officer or private shall receive the pay of
their present rank The chaplains in tho
army have the rank of captain, but do not
receive the pay of their rank. Their salary
is 81 500 yer year, in addition to the lon
gevty pay to which they are entitled.
VIM NJ. Baugh, a prominent young mem
Der of the Commercial Exchange in PhiIa-
| delphia, died Saturday. 1t is reported that
death was caused by violence. At late
hour on Monday night before Christmas nc
was Ten home in semi unconscious con-
dition by two men, who said they had
found him On the sidewalk near his house.
He was able to he out the next day, but on
Wednesday became i'll and unconscious,
and remained so until his death.