Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Yesterday was the forty-nlnth annlVer-
sary of the birth of President Cleveland, and
he celebrated the occasion by going to see
the Mkado.
Mr.. Massey Roberts, Of Wlilehaven, Wi
comico river Nd, caught on It. Patrick's
Day large roc shad, the first of the season
from that river.
Judge Baxter, at Knoxville, Tenn, has
ordered the sale Of the East Tennessee, Eir-
ginia and Georgia Railroad On the spplca-
ton of the Central Trust Company of New
York.
All the cloakmakers in New York, mum
boring l 500, are out on strike. They do
not ask for increased wages, but merely de-
mand that the contract system be abolished
so that they deal directly with the firm
themselves.
The Berwind- White Coal Mining Com
pany, the largest shipper of bituminous coal
in Pennsylvania, whose miners are on
strike, has arranged 10 bring $4,000 tons OF
coal from England to supply contracts that
are pressing for prompt delivery.
The Baltimore SIN says: "Whatever may
he the real purpose OF the bill reported TO
the MARYLAND Senate by the joint committee
on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, it looks
very much on its face as if the canal as
waterway was about to give up the ghost"
Ex.Aldermau Jaehne, OF New York, has
been arrested charged with bribery in con-
nection with the Broadway railway steal,
and il is said, has confessed to receiving
500 600 for his vote He has implicated
other aldermen, whose arrests will follow.
The Constitutional Convention bill passed
By the Maryland House Of Delegates, having
al, 10 IN
the Governor for approval. IL provides for
convention at the fall election Of 1887, in
accordance with the terms of the constitu-
| ton.
The Senate of New Jersey yesterday,
without debate, passed, over the Governors
| veto, the bill amending the general bridge
act SO as to prevent tho building of the
Staten Island bridge desired By the BalLi
more and Ohio Railroad. The vote stood
IA to G, the same as on the original passage
of the bill.
In August, 1854, John J. McMahon, the
messenger Of the Leather Manufacturers
Bank of New York, stole so, 900. He de-
posted the money with a friend aud fled to
Canada. The friend squandered the money.
! McMahon surrendered himself, and was yes
terday sentenced to FIVE years at Auburn
| prison.
Benz. F. Cleveland, cousin of President
Cleveland, has brought suit in Jersey City,
N. j., for a divorce from his wife, to whom
he was married during the war. Whilst the
charge is desertion, Mr.. Cleveland intro
duced testimony severely rejecting on his
| wife's character. Mr.. Cleveland intends to
| marry again as soon as the decree is
granted.
The Senate committee on finance has
| voted to report favorably upon the nomina-
J tons Of a number Of internal revenue col
ectors whose predecessors were suspended,
and is likely to report all the nominations
before it within few days. a mutual UNI
Outstanding between the committee and the
Secretary Of the Treasury, it is said, has
been reached, covering ali suspensions from
and nominations to Offices which have no
fixed tenure.
Cora Green, pretty fourteen-year-ol
girl, who escaped on Sunday last at Green
Vile, o., from John McVey, q gypsy, and
his two female companions, states that she
was kidnapped from her home, near Lob
anon, Ind, over year ago by the gypses.
McVey drove nail through her foot, fas-
tenng her to board, and swung her up to
wagon. bows and otherwise brutally treated
her. Marks of the girls wounds are still
visible.
Hon. j. S. Barbour is expected soon TO is
sue card announcing his intention to re-
tire from public life. Hon. J. Randolph
Tucker has already said that he will not
again be candidate for Congressional hon.
ors, and new man will take the place OF
Maj, John w. Daniel, elected TO the Sen
ate. Mr.. Coil, of West Virginia, and Mr..
Collins, Of Massachusetts,, it is said, will not
seek re. election, and the name OF Abram S.
Hewitt is added to the retiring list.