Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gen. Harrison is fifty five years old.
Sioux City, Iowa, is building corn palace.
Judge Thurman began his eec!ioneering
tour to-day,
The condition of Mr. Robt. Garrett is re-
ported unchanged.
Iowa has an electric girl who pulls five
strong men around the room with the great
eat ease.
Wheat ia selling for at least fifteen cents
per bushel more than it brought at this
time last year.
Colonel Roger Jones has been appointed
inspector general ofthe army, vice Brigadier
General Baird, retired.
Gouverneur Morris, an old New Yorker,
died at Barlow, Westminster county, yes
terday, aged seventy FIVE years.
at Rochester, N. Y, yesterday morning.
He was born in Rochester March 10, 1917.
]. X. Emmett, the actor, has purchased
for So 600 the St. Bernard dog Plinlimmon,
said to be the finest of the breed in the
world.
VIM. H Inman, the senior partner of the
firm of Inmau, Swami & Co., New York,
died at Tate Springs, East Tennessee, Sun
day night.
The Crown Prince of Sweden gave re-
ception yesterday TO the members of the Y.
M. G. A. Conference at the Buckingham
Palace, near Stockholm.
It's stated that the political enemies of
Senator Colquitt in Washington, as well as
those in Georgia. are trying to defeat him
for reelection to the Senate.
A dispatch from Ontario says If the ship
owners in the maritime provinces can pre-.
vent it there will be no more shipments OF
logs by raft to the United States.
In the yacht race at Newport yesterday
the Volunteer won, Puritan second. The
other yachts in the race we're the May flower,
Fanny, Intrepid, Sachem and Miranda.
There will be two elections between now
aud the 9th Of November. On the 4th of
September Vermont elects State officers,
and on the 10Th of September Maine will
also elect State officers.
Mrs. Fl. ]. Lndley, who was on Sunday
night detained at Chicago on the suspicion
that she was abdccting young girls, was,
yesterday morning, given her liberty. The
arrest was big blunder.
In Paris yesterday DR.. Pasteur read be-.
fore the Academy of Sciences letter from
DR.. Gamaleia, of Odessa, announcing the
discovery OF cholera vaccine. Theannounce.
ment WAS favorably received.
The negroes in the Sea Islands, near
Charleston, are considerably wrought Mp
over screed that their preachers are sell
imp them as letter written by Jesus Christ.
IN bo Lot il1o fop
At Kansas City yesterday Isaac Speckter
was aroused by his wife and informed there
were burglars in the store. A moment later
shadow crossed the door and Speckter
fired, fatally woupding his wife. The noise
10 the store had been caused by rats.
Billy Cole, a young tough who while drunk
obtained revolver from his companion,
named Henderson, and fred into the crowd
at dance in Guide Rock, seriously wound
ing William Montgomery and Charles Grant,
was hanged by lynchers, near Omaha yes
terday.
The Pennsylvania anthracite coal trade
continues in very active condition. The
demand for coal is excellent, the shipment
unusually large and the prices are we'll
maintained. Il is said that an advance in
price is likely to occur on the first Of Sep
TENDER.
Major Ivory NJ. Blood, gentleman Of
supposedly philanthropic tendencies, was
arrested in Washington yesterday. charged
with obtaining FIVE dollars under false pre-.
lenses. Blood, some time ago. established
near the Police Court a probation agency,
where he alleviated the condition Of Police
Court criminals at so much per alleviate.
The other day several boys swimming in
the creek at Rome, n. Y, found cracked
demij ohm in the water, which they threw on
the bank, and found in it sucker over
foot loug so large that it could not escape
from the vessel. 1t must have found its way
inside some time ago, and liking the Jug as
hiding place remained there until IL grew
too large to get out.
Representative Nation, who was present
ed last week with handsome silver ice
pitcher by the employ ees of the government
bindery, has gracefully declined to accept
the gift on the grond that in accomplish
ing the legislation SO gratifying to the CIV
ers he did hut mis- "plaio duty" aud could
not accept anything in the nature OF q re-.
ward for doing it.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith. In letterto Chair
man Ford, of the House Committee on In
migration, states ChaC curing her lnVesVlRa-
ton of the condition of wags-women che
found in New York and Boston male and
female brokers and intelligence Office keep
ers, whose vocation is to look after pretty.
fresh young girls Immigrants generally
who desire domestic service in private fami-
lies, hotels ETC., and, secure them for houses
of i'll fame. Women agents are even sent to
Europe for the accomplishment of this ne
farious design. Mrs. Smith asserts that
New York city furnishes 10000 victims an
nually.