Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OI 4h6 In
Ex-President Arthur left Fortress Monroe
Saturday for New York.
Ell Mahdi has gone TO Ell Obeid. The re-
bellion against him is spreading.
The receipts Of the Confederate Bazaar in
Baltimore last week amounted to Sl4, 9l9 4o.
The receiver of the Shenandoah Valley
Road has been authorized to borrow SoOo,-
900 to meet pressing indebtedness.
General Grant was troubled considerably
Yesterday and last night by the mucus IN
his throat and had two choking spells.
Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, after faithful
service of thirty years, has resigned the
presidency of the Massachusetts Historical
Society.
1t is reported that the Washington Post,
Republican aud Critic are to be brought un-
der one management and issued from Inc
same press.
The wooden factory and grst mill of Mar
oellus Rudasill, Brownstown, Warren coun-
ty, Va, were burned Sunday night. Loss
Sc, 0OO partly covered by insurance.
The farmers of the Eastern Shore OF Nir-
GINA who had their sweet potato beds ruin
ed by the recent cold weather have gen
orally succeeded in getting another supply
ofseed.
A Malta correspondent OF the New York
| Tribune describes a beautiful memorial
erected by Mr.. w. w. Corcoran over the
empty tomb of the author of Home, Sweet
| Home" in Tunis
Attorney General Blair has begun pro.
ceedings in the Circuit Court of the city oil
Richmond to recover the States money de-
posted in the Exchange National Bank OF
Norfolk, which recently suspended.
Senator Sherman, in speech on Change
at Cincinnati, Saturday, said the signs OF the
times favored u renewal ofbusiness prosper
ity. He believed that the President meant
to insist on honesty and fidelity in the pub
lie business.
Hiram Foulks, an elderly and eccentric
bachelor, who lived alone on farm near
Independence, KS, was found murdered.
The thieves who murdered him had ran
sacked the house and found nothing, but in
a little bag concealed iii Foulks' clothes
was 81 700.
Mrs. Senator Malone, who is making
quite an extensive tour of Europe with her
daughter and other young ladies, writes
that they are all having a most agreeable
| time From Rome they will journey to
Florence, Naples and Venice, and after
wards to St. Petersburg. They do not ex-
pect to return before autumn.
An attempt is being made to get up q
panic over the alleged exposed condition o!
the Washington monument in case of cleo
| trio disturbances in the atmosphere, and
graphic pictures have been painted OF the
dire effects when it topples over. Colonel
Casey ,ehe engineer officer in charge, says
the monument is amply protected.
Representative Shaw, democratic member
of the Illinois Legislature, was found dead
in his bed at Springfield yesterday. This
makes the third member Of the Legislature
who has died during the present session.
Mr.. Shaw's death will delay final ballot
for United States Senator twenty days long
er, as an election to fill the vacancy cannot
be held before the expiration Of that period.
His death leaves the House a tie.
James d. Fish, late president of the Ma,
rine Bank of New York, after a months
trial, has been found guilty of misapplyine
the funds of the institution and making
false entries on its books with the intention
of defraudng the bank and misleading the
bank examiner. There were twenty-five
counts in the Indictment against him, and
on twelve of these the jury pronounced tlfe
defendant guilty. On each count, under
the law, he is liable to from three to five
years. imprisonment.
Gen. KomaroH has explained that ne was
obliged to attack the Afghan5 at Penjdeh
to put step to the pillaeing of the district
| by the Turcomans. The Gar has directed
him to thank his troops, and to announce
that all VINO took part in the battle will be
rewarded according to their rank. Earl
Granville on Saturday advised the Russian
ambassador 10 London that whatever Gen.
Komarofr's explanation, Great Britain
would not allow any further discussion of
the Afghan frontier question until the Rus
sian troops have been withdrawn from their
present outposts.