Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

elected.
Cardinal Manning is now 50 years of age,
but is strong and active.
A negro has been sent to Jail in Baitl-
more for stealing bandana handkerchiefs.
The President has nominated Col. Tbom-
as l.. Casey 10 be chief engineer of the al
ny.
a fire st New London. Conn. last night
caused loss of property valued at nifty
thousand dollars.
The wine crop Of California this y ear will
not be less than % coo, 600 gallons, or S O0O,'
coo more than last year.
A marriage has been arranged between
DR.. Stewart, practicing physician of Lon.
don. and the eldest sister of the Duke of
Norfolk.
A slight shock of earthquake, lasting near
ly one minute, was felt at Bellevlle, Modoc,
Tweed ard Workworlh, Canada. on SUD-
day night.
The Emperor OF Brazil has quite recover.
ed from his recent illness. His majesty will
sail from Bordeaux for Rio Janiero on the
9th Of August.
Geo. Gooding, q striking engineer of the
Burlington road, vas arrested at Aurora last
night for completely in the alleged dynamite
plot. He was taken to Chicago and held IN
bail.
At the Pam Presbyterian Council, yester-
day, in London, Prof. Charters, of Edin-
bureh, submitted the report Of the commit
tee on women's work favorlng the enroll
ment of deacones5es.
Henry Powell, of Cincinnati, saloon pas
sepger on the steamer Servis, which arrived
in New York yesterday, jumped overheard
on the morning CT July l, while temporarily
insane, and was drowned.
The League games for the baseball cham
pionship played yesterday resulted as to!-
lows: Washington 8, Detroit 3; Boston 4,
Chicago 8 The Pittsburg New York and
Indianapolis Philadelphia games were post
poned by rain.
The editor of the Cologne Gazette has been
sentenced to three months imprisonment 10
fortress for publishing an incorrect state
ment that landlord refused to sell 10 the
Government land on which it was proposed
to erect statue of Emperor William.
The members of the right in the French
Chamber Of Deputies have postponed their
Interpolation of the government in regard
10 the seizure in the house of NJ. Dufeui!le
of letters written by the Count Of Paris ad-
vccating q REIMBURSEMENT Of the mon
archy.
At Atlanta, Saturday, the bids for the
new issue of Georgia bonds, 81 5000 Of a.
per cents were opened, and the highest hid
was that of the New York Mutual Life To-
surance Company for the entire issue at O4t.
The bid was accepted. The bids aggregated
nearly $4,000 COO.
At a meeting OF District Assembly is,
knights of labor held at Cincinnati on Sun
day, Master Workman Cavanaugh an
nounced that Recording Secretary Jesse 5.
Jones had became defauter to the amount
of several thousand dollars and had left the
CITY. He has of late been leading fast
life.
Some two months ago at Shenandoah,
Pa, Mrs. Rsguesser murdered her husband
BY splitting his skull with Ratchet. She
has since been confined in the county prison
awaiting trial When the District Attorney
called the case yesterday for trial it was dis
covered that the woman was ravlng
maniac.
DR.. Mackenzie arrived in London yester-
day and was greeted by host of friends.
He denies several statements that have
been attributed to him. He states that he
intends TO maintain the strictest silence re-
speeding the late Emperor's illness and Ger
man politics After taking rest he will
prepare professional report of the case.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Blair report
cd from the committee on education favora'
hly on the proposition 10 submit liquor
prohibition amendmsDt of the constitution
to the vote of the people of the several
States of the Union. The amendment pro
poses to prohibit the manufacture, importa-
lion, xpcrtstiou, transportation and sale oil
alcoholic liquors as beverage forever in the
United States, aud every place subject to
their Jurisdiction.
AS Prince Alexander OF Battenburg, late
ruler of Bulgaria, was driving from Heie-
genberg into the Setback valley, on Sun
day, his horse SHE'D and the carriage was
hurled from the road down the side OF the
mountain. Prince Alexander was thrown
cut and fell distance of forty feet when
be grasped some shrubs, and by their aid
escaped with Sight injuries. TIE horse was
terribly ,nauged and killed aud the carriage
was dashed to pieces
Leila Ferdinand, colored dressmaker, of
Providence, Il. l., was arraigned last night
on the charge of having stolen writing
desk Containing SO 600 from the house Of
Frederick Z. NJ. Riddell, also colored. She
pleaded guilty. The police found 81 ,450 of
the money on her premises, and 81 $50 more
was found on her husband in New York.
Besides the cash the sheriff recovered two
watches, jeRelry, dressea, &o, worth $500,
bought with portion of the stolen money.