Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-10
NEWS OF TEE DAY.

EEW6 UF LIZ la I,
Prof. LiedeBdorf. the well.known Austrian
luneoy specialist, lie dead.
4 few French Canadians wish to invite
Gen BouleDger to take up his residence Ia
Canada.
Taylor & Lowea hydraulic cotton com
prefaers, six cotton sheds and 4 500 bales Of
cotton were burned at Savannah yesterday
morning. Toe loss s $500, 900.
Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips, ex.I.ord
Mayor of London. and the second member
of the Jewish faith to occupy the position,
died thare yesterday al the age OF 10.
Mrs. Eva Hamilton. who lie now in the
New Jeraev peniteotiary, asserts that she Is
the mother of babg Beatrice; that Hamilton
;e it's father. and hat she did not etab nuree
Donneliy at all.
The Calseron Opera House at Zacatecas.
Mexico. has been destroyed By fire. All the
educated sDimsls belonging 70 Se'vinla we're
hurnea. One OF Inc theatre attaches perish
ed IL The hames.
Az organizatigo to be known as the Ma
tionsl Baseball League of -eai Britain was
Yesterday formed in London L is the ID
teniian 70 make hgseba' one of tee promi
nent e Id sports Of Great Britain.
ID
uaramount chief has ordered all Germans to
qnit the country, and bsa seized German
missio,ari has hostages for the safety OF
native agents imprisoned By he Germans.
There was riot at Bristol, Eng., on the
srrvsl of number Of 'ahoreTs 10 replace 60O
gas stc kers u no are on strike. The new
comers were baoted sud peted with stones
uoti they took to their heels and dsap
pared.
Judge Barrett OF New York, has granted
Mr.. George Francis Train, an absolute
divorc. from har husband, George Francis
Train, philosopher, lecturer and Bohe mien
The cnatse brooght against Mr. Trsin vas
nfdeli,Y, ent be ms6s no jefeuse.
Wai'., urs. vac say Dg mass at The al
.ar fine csrhearai il The City of M-xico,
Yesterday, be IN Gnnn his facs in dying
cnDGi.iua TIE archbishop aud Others came
TO his aa=issnce and physicians were SUM-
moneG hut If, was already extinct.
The officisl tTiaI OF the pneumatic guns OF
the new dyromite cruiser Vesuvius, at Phil
adelphia, yest.rds9, demonstrated that they
can throw tx thousand pounds Of explosive
gelstine distance of one mile 10 three quar-
ters of al hour. greatly exceeding the re.
qni,emenis of the contract
]. Ssbeusler. OF Bergen avenue. Jersey
City, went into ris yard yesterday with
heavily loaded shotgun to XII noisy cat.
Ee Dlaced :hs guu ssaiost fence, with the
uuzz resting under bis arm. The gun wos
accidents Is discharged and Scheu.ler re
ceived ri lries f;om which he died last night.
Thirteen ashes-the sentence Of the court
were laid scross the hare hack of 1hp
| Eisepb araer az be Baltimore jail Yesterday
sf.ernocn for BEATING his wife. The whip
ping was done With an Ordinary cowhide, or
rawhide, By Depnty Sheriff Roseman. and
thr dczan or move people went there to
see it..
Sister Martha Seton, said TO be the eldest
member OF the sisterhood of the Sisters OF
| Charity in this country, died on Tuesday
at the Convent of Mount Saint Joseph.
Frederick county nd. She was "a years
old, and had been 10 the sisterhood seventy
six years as q Sister of Charity. In early
| life she carried on Der work in ali parts OF
the country She was daughter OF the late
Ezra Dldismap, Of Frederick.
An attempt wes made on Tuesday to po's'
on the Rev James Kelly. pastor OF ST. Fat
rick's Church ct Oneida, n Y by putting
poison in the communion wine. The theory
is that some one entered the church by
| means OF false Key on SUNDAY OF MoUuay
night. and put the poison in the small bot
| tie OF wire lett there. Arsenic was found
scattered on the table. on the altar and on
the floor.
W. W. Actor gave dinner at belmont
co.'s, in New York. last night, to number
of prominent citizens identified with the
worlds fair movement. The object was to
facilitate exchanges OF views on the subject
of the exposition. 1t is reported that MIR.
Aston informed his guests that the fair must
be q success. and that if necessary be would
foot the entire bill, estimated at $40. 600, 600,
himself
For the third time on their westward trips
| from Queenstown to New York the big
steamships City ofNew York and Teutonic
have tried conclnsions,en yesterday for the
| first time the Teutopic won. The Teuton-
| les time from Riches Point, Ireland, to
Sandy Hook was elk days, six hours, twenty
seven minutes. This beats her previous
best record, bat does not excel the best time
of the City of New York, which was made
10 six days. four hours, seventeen minutes
The City of New York reached Sandy Hook
bar at twenty u,inutes to eight p m, max.
ing the passage in days 10 hours and 20
minutes. She afterwards got aground IN
the Lower Bay aud eleven tugs were sent to
her assistance.
a Singular Case
Tho deeth of Mrs Blair. of Loudoun coun-