Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-24
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


A party Of scientists announce that Mag
ara Falls rocks are wearing away.
Eighteen bodies of persons drowned at
| Iudianola by the storm have been re-
covered.
Another bomb, said to be the largest yet
discovered, was found by the Chicago police
yesterday.
DR.. Frederick Fl. Hoadley, who accompa-
MED the Greeley expedition has been sent to
an insane asylum.
Wilmington, Del, is to have branch of
tho Pullman palace car works. Six hum
dred men will be employed
J. D. Murphy, master workman of district
assembly No. o. knights of labor, Of Chi
cago, dropped dead Sunday night.
Chestnut bells" have become such nui.
sance in Washington that the theatre man
ayers are taking steps to suppress them.
Mrs. Cleveland touched the electric but.
ton at Prospect House, N. j., yesterday af'
ternoon that set the machinery in motion at
the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition.
Two assemblies of SO called knights of
Labor" in Chicago has been suspended by
| the master workman for accepting the lead
ership and principles of socialist agitators.
TIE Rev. Joseph Tate Cooper, widely
known and highly.respected clergyman of
the United Presbyterian Church, died in
Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday night of acute
rheumatism.
George V. Sinner, we'll known New
York insurance broker, was drowned Sat
urday evening while bathing at Seabright,
| n. J. Mr. Sinners fortune is estimated at
over 81 100000.
The second Of the contests that are to
decide which sloop shall defend the Amer
leans cup against the Galatea was declared
off in New York yesterday, the yachts
having six miles of the twenty yet to make
when the four hours expired.
A countrymsn from Prince Georges Co.,
Md. at 100 o'clock this morning, when in
front of the electric light works on B street,
Washington, tried to commit suicide by
shooting himself with pistol. The weapon
was taken away from him. He would not
give his name. He was drunk at the time.
All that he could say was that he was
driven from home ard was tired Of living"
William Hammel, partially blind lamb
lighter Of New Brunswick, n. j., accident
ally threw his naphtha torch into group OF
children Sunday night. 1t exploded as it
touched the ground, and the blazing fluid
fell upon the children's clothing. Mamie
Houghton, aged years, wasso badly burned
that she cannot recover. Her brothers
Eddie, aged ten years, and George, aged
four years, were also badly burned.
Fred Rolf, of East Toledo, Ohio, had o
party of friends at dinner Sunday, and after
the repast it was proposed that the men
60 on hunting expedition for tho after
noon. Rolf went an into adjoining room for
his gun, being accompanied by his wife.
, He took the gun down from its rest and
; raised the hammer. In some way the wea-
pom was discharged. The charge stuck
Mrs Rolf IN the back of the head, killing
her instantly.
The trial of DR.. S. A. Richmond for the
killing of Col James w. Strong. managing
editor of the ST. Joseph, Mo. Herald, which has
been in progress for two weeks, terminated
| Yesterday, the jury returning u verdict OF
not guilty, finding the defendant insane ut
the time Of the killing and at the present
time. The Jury was only out about forty
minutes. The murderer will be remember
ed as the proprietor of certain nostrum for
the cure Of premature decay, &c, out OF
which he made fortune.
A young lady entered what she took to
he her own house in New York, Saturday
; night. She CROPPED her way in the dark to
room where she discovered half dressed
man asleep on O bed. The noise she made
aroused the sleeper, who, supposing bur
glars were in the house, grasped revolver.
The young woman became panic.stricken
J and ran towards the front door, the man in
the meantime discharging two shots at her.
When the woman reached the street she
became very nervous, and upon reaching
her own house, II few doors away, it was
found that her adventure had caused her
eye brows to turn from a coal black color to
q snowy white.
The Secretary Of the Navy has received
from the Naval Board of Inspection at New
York detailed reports of two vessels which
can be used by the navy as additional
cruisers in case OF an emergency. The yes
sells are the Newport, Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Line, and the Louisiana, of the
Cromwell Line. They were both built by
John Roach & Sons, in 1880 As yet only
vessels arriving at and departing from New
York are examined and reported upon,
with view of using them for the navy at
some time, but the Secretary intends to
direct such examinations to be make at
San Francisco and Boston, and perhaps
one or two other important ports.
Some farmers residing north Of Oakland, I'LL,
captured wild man Saturday and brought
him to town. They supposed he was John
Sargent, crazy man, well known there,
who had lately broken out the insane asy-
lum. Subsequently it was found that the
man captured was not Sargent nor can it
be learned who he is or from whence he
comes. He is of ordinary height and when
captured only had on a pair of blue overalls.
His hair reaches below his knees and min
giles with bis beard which is at least three
feet in length, both being dark-red in color.
He jabbers unintelligiby. When captured
he acted in demonstrative manner, and
it was all that six men could do to overpow
er him. The city authorities are at n loss
to know how to dispose of him.
Letter from Falls Church.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAZETTE.
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