Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The preface to Gen. Sheridan's memoirs
has been made public.


has been made public.
Labor Day was geuereiIy celebrated in
the larger cities of this country yesterday.
Mr.. Oliver Ditaon. the vel. known pub
Usher of music, has had stroke OF para'y-
sis.
The old capitol building at Atlanta,
Ga, which cost the State about sou ,OOO Is
to be sold at auction.
Rev. Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard, D. D., q
well-known Episcopal clergymen, died in
Raleigh, n. c.. Saturday, aged so years.
There seems to be but little doubt among
Congressman that The present session will
continue until the November election is
over.
A telegram from London says that Gen.
erai Bouanger has arrived at Hamburg and
is said to be on his way to Russia via Copen-
hagen.
The schooner Adele Thackara is reported off
the Delaware Breakwater, with yellow fever
on board and two men dead. She comes
from Cuba.
Mr.. Robt. Garrett is passing the time very
comfortably at Ringwood, n. J. He has
much improved since be has been able to he
in The open air.
The national democratic committee has
decided to open branch office in Washing
ton where subscriptions to the campaign
funds will be received.
The orderlies of the Bellevue Hospital,
New York, 20 the number of IS, last nightre-
solved to tender their services to 90 to Jack
sonville to fight the yellow fever.
A match between Jack McAuIff,s end
Billy Dacey for 81 600, was to day arranged
in New York, the fshtto take place during
the last week in October within 500 miles OF
New York city.
In 1880 thu South had 2O.612 miles ofrail
road costing with equipment S699 100000,
white at the resent time it has 49, 900 miles
| costing 81 450 600, Goa gain Of Is, 900 miles
in track and $3.50, 600. 900 in the amount in.
! vested in railroads.
A dispatch from Petersburg says Malone
| held one Of his secret concaves at his resi-
dence last night. All of the most prominent
republicans of that district were present 1t
i. thought that the object of the meeting
was to take more active steps to defeat
Laueston's nomination for Congrts'.
The New York Times says: 1T is evil
dent that Litchman gets out Of the order Of
| Knights OF labor and offers his services to
the republican national committe because
there is nothing more tc be made ont of the
knights. The organization seems to be go
ing to pieces and financially it has simply
| baen Quilted.
Resolutions were adopted ut a meeting
held at Atlanta yesterday approving the
plan adopted by Surgeon General Hamilton
requiring ten days quarantine of all persons
FROM infected or suspected districts in F!ori-
| A., In IN hn inf cd MT
! Surgeon General Hamilton left last night
for Camp Perry, St. Mary's, Florida.
Cosey Bell, the Scotch terrier dog that
Mrs. Mary A. Bell, of New York, buried IN
Woodlawn Cemetery al a cost Of 5000 on Aug
| i, is to be- dug up and reburied elsewhere
The people who own plots in Woodlawn
have made CD much objection to the dogs
occupying a grave there that the cemetery
officers have at length decided to remove
the animal
The League games for the baseball obsm
pionship played Saturday resulted as fol-
lows: New York @, Philadelphia o; Chicago
g. Detroit 2 a. n.y. Boston 8, Washington
| O: IT, m. Boston 7, Washington Ia. NJ
Indianapolis 5. Pittsburg /, pm Pittsbuig
5, Indianapolis 4 The TWO victories by
Boston and Detroit's defeat put the Bostons
in thicd place.
Sunday morning Henry Tanner, John
Tanner and Alopzo Smith, all colored, were
taken from the isil at Oxford, N. c., and
hanged by crowd of from seventy five to
hundred masked men. white and black. The
Tanners were charged with the murder of
negro. and Smith with burglary and arson.
Ony one man WAS guarding the Jail, and he
was overpowed.
In Monroe county, Ark, there was riot
yesterday growing out of the election, and
two men were killed and another wounded
| by negro who made his escape. One Of
| the killed vas a negro and the other white
man, ]. w. B. Dobinsop, sheriff of the coun-
ty. In Garland county, man by the name
OF Dasy killed Squire Law. In Pulaski
county, there was also riot between ne
groes and whites, but no one was killed.
There were 81 new cases of yellow fever
reported to the board of health at Jackson
vile yesterday. There were only two
deaths. Total cases to date, 295; total
deaths to date, &C. The announcement was
made that the Florida Central and
Peninsula Railroad, in connection with the
Louisville and Nashville, will take refugees
through to Nashville without detention. 1t
is estimated that Is 900 people ere yet in
the city.