Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-10

ture to make the birthday Of R. E. Lee q
legal holiday.
Arrangements are being made to keep
Brown.Sequard'a elixir of life from George
Francis Train.
E. Berry Wall and Mr.. Lippe are report
ed to have fought bloodless duel at Long
Branch, but both of them say it is not true.
Judge William F. Bullock died at his
home, near Shelbyvisle. KY, yesterday.
of general debility. He was eighty two
years old.
Near Piper City. Ill yesterday, Mrs. n.
Freeman and her u .year-old daughter were
killed by lightning. A seven months babe
in the mothers arms was not Injured.
Blondin, the we'll known rope walker,
has wagered $40 900 that he can walk cable
from the top of the Eifel Tower 10 the cen.
trail dome Of the Exhibition building in Paris
in less than FIVE minutes.
The recent heavy rains have caused great
anxiety among The residents whose homes
lie around the Fairhill reservoir, Philadel
phia. The reservoir was built about forty
years ago, and holds 25000,00 gallons of
water.
Pedro SARDINIA, the proprietor OF planta-
ticn az Neuvs PaZ, near Havana, Cuoa. mas
been kidnapped by baDdtti. Melton Mar.
tin was surprised by banditti on his planta-
ton, near Matarzas, Cuba, and robbed OF
So 900.
Knights of labor assemblies all over the
country have returned their charters during
the ast few months, and the membership
still in existence has fallen ell until the or
der has less than coo members in good
standing.
There was terrific explosion Of nstur.
al gas main on the South Side, at Pittaourg,
Yesterday evening which resulted in the
killing of two men Instantly, fatally ifjur
ing two more. and seriously injuring some
fiji cen others.
New York's victory and Boston's defeat
yesterday have brought the base ball cham.
pions to within five ponls of the leaders in
the League race. Brooklyn has tied st.
Louis. The only other change in the Asso-
citation was Cincinnati passing the Athletics,
and taking fourth place.
Sheriff James A. Flack, Of New York city,
rendered his resignation yesterday as grand
sachem of the Tammany Society, and other
political complications are expected to grow
out of the sberif's divorce case, in which q
decree in favor of his wife was passed with
out, IS she alleges, any application on her
part for it.
The huge tank steamship Prudential, from
Shields, Eng arrived at Philadelphia yes
terday on her first voyage in badly dam
aged condition, having been in collision on
the Grand Banks with the Italian bark Cha
como Martoa, during which the bark went
, to the bottom, her crew escaping with the
greatest difficulty.
Dr.. Hammond, of Washington, who bss
lea ped into fame recently by his expert
ments with DR.. Brown Squads Elixir of
Life" says the so-called elixir ia not re-
markable discovery. He declares that the
publications. about his experiments with the
| preparation are outrageous lies, and that
they were not authorized or justified in any
way.
The memorial to the government asking
that Mrs Maybrick be reprieved on the
grounds of conflicting nature of the medical
evidence given at her trial has been signed
By 500 brokers and merchants of Liverpool
Judge Stephens yesterday protested in
court against The abusive letters addressed
% the Jury in the Maybrick case. He said
he thought they had conacientiously done
their duty.
Steve jacobs Crotoan inul1n, uhueI SOU
tence of death for the murder Of Mrs. Har-
per, white woman, escaped from jail at
Lumberton, Robson county. n. C., Thurs-
day night. Two others prisoners escaped
with him. Young B nnett, the jailer's son,
and another assistant took supper to the
prisoners. Jacobs assaulted ,nnstt. crack
iog bis skull. and then Drained his assistant.
The prisoners then escaped.