Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-09-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.


in the past week were 2O2
A heavy rain at Wheeling brought the
West Virginia State fair to an abrupt end.
The infant son of Emperor William was
baptized yesterday. He was christened Os-
car Karl Gustav Adolph.
Benjamin Spoon, residing near Mounds
Vile, w. Va. was run over and killed yes.
terday near Benwood by Baltimore aud
Ohio express train.
George W. Cox was hanged at San An
dreas, Cal, yesterday, for the murder OF his
sou-in-law, Henry G. Cook, last November
Cox manifested the utmost indifference as
to his fate.
The highly educated chimpan zae known
as Mr.. Crowley, died at Central Pars, New
York, Yesterday, after an illness OF several
weeks. Miss Kitty, his affinancsd bride,
shows signs Of great grief.
Notice has been sent to all the naval rem
d, zvous that the quota of enlisted men 10
full, and that no more seamen Will be en-
listed for the present except those possess
ing honorable discharges.
Bishop Hurst, of the Baltimore Conference.
has transferred the Rev. Geo. 81. Corey, D..
d., from his passionate at Brewster, N. y,
to the metropolitan church in Washington,
to succeed Bishop Newman.
Ensign Wall, United States navy, has
rendered his resignation. 1t is alleged that
Lieutenant Houston and Ensign Wall are
charged with having obtained examination
Questions to be asked the officers attending
the torpedo school at Newport, 4. L.
Hot Springs, Ark, was visited by water
.-.,,I i,,t ,,;,,ht THO lnSa n prnDartv Ia
fearful, and the sacrifice of human life under
the circumstances is very great. The peo-
ple were awakened TO iud themselves
threatened with destruction by the rushing
waves.
Collector Cadwalader, Of Philadelphia,
complains that vessel from the West IN
dies has been allowed to pass through quar-
antine aud land at her dock in Philadephia
though FIVE deaths have occurred on board
The matter will b. Investigated by the ALL
thoritiea.
Great excitement exists in Howard, Oak.
on account of the discovery of gold dust
thickly mixed with sand thrown from an
excavation which workmen were digging
for well purposes. Old miners were soon
on the spot and pronounced the find very
promising one.
Charles /. De Baum. the abscondihg as'
sistant cashier of the New York Park Ma
lional Bank, who stole $40 900, was arrest
ed in Canada Thursday night at Stoustadi
| Junction, within two hundred feet OF the
American line EXtradition papers are or
the way from Washington to bring him back
Ga Monday night there was heavy thun
der storm at Mt Washington, n. H., &C
companied by huge hail stones. Tuesday
the thermometer fell several degrees below
| the freezing point, while the wind blew q,
the rate OF over 100 miles an hour. By
| Wednesday morning ice nearly four inches
thick covered the windows Of the station.
AT Jacksonville, Fla, Official bulletins fol
| the twenty .fonr hours ending six p. IN. yes
erday show % new cases and deaths witt
recoveries +; l3l cases are under treatment
Total number of cases to date 2ll. Tota
number Of deaths 10 date 80. several cases
being yet in critical condition. Notwith
standing the epidemic there were twenty
marriage license issued this month, to TWEEN
ty.dee last mouth. Two trained nurses
both of whom have had experience with vel
low fever cases, arrived from Savannah yes
Il day add went Immediately to the hos
pita.
The crop reports of wheat from the North
west show an average yield OF about eigh
| teen bushels 10 the acre in the central anC
northern portion Of Minnesota, and about
fifteen bushels to the acre in Dakota in the
extreme east, The harvesting and thresh
ing is nearly all complete. While the whea
| has been somewhat damaged by froat, 1t Ii
not nearly so bad as was reported, and ow'
| ing to the fact that the farmers get about the
same price this year for No. Northern as
was received last year for No. hard. it is
anticipated that they will be better Off this
year than last.
Tho President returned to Washington
last night, accompanied by Commissioner
Miller and Col. Lamont, from a few days
fishing in the mountain streams Of western
Virginia. At Stanton on the way home
the fishermen we're serenaded by the Stone
wall Band, and large number Of citizens
shook hands with the President. The train
stopped at Alexandria for few minutes
and DR.. Stratton, who is detailed to inspect
all trains coming from the yellow fever dis.
trict, not knowing who its occupants were,
started to board it. The conductor stopped
him and inquired of the President: II don't
suppose you want to be inspected Mr.. Pres
ident 2" The President laughed and said
be would forego that operation.
A LABOR AGITAToR's CHOICE.-James
Glenn, one of the most prominent labor agi
tators in Colorado, who, on Tuesday last,
was nominated as the labor candidate for