Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

-FOUR tDQuShuu ltInI * udps ihHuOo JSoeOi-
day at Castle Garden.
Mr.. Parnell's action in the Irish courts
against the Times will be cancelled.
Senator Stewart proposes to urge en- the
floor ofthe Senate that the coinage of silver
be not restricted.
Louis Kosauth, the Hungarian patriot.
who is now at Turin. has suffered another
relapse and bis life is despaired of.
President Arthur's son Alan hopes to re-
ceive the appointment of secretary to one of
the foreign legations. He is now in Paris.
Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor,
United States Navy, retired, died at his
apartments at the Portland, in Washington,
Sunday night, in his 7S;h year.
John Brieht's son was elected to parlia-
ment from the central division of Birming
ham. Mr.. Bright received ,61O votes, against
$500 votes for Mr.. VIM G. Beale, the Glad
stoniaD nominee.
II 10 stated that President Harrison has
determined to appoint Edward S. Lacey, of
Michigan, as comptroller of the currency,
and John r. Thomas. of Illinois, first comp.
troller of the Treasury.
Near KiDgman. Kan, yesterday, the
wo,kmen at the salt shaft struck rock salt
at q depth of G75 feet. The salt is as clear
as glass, and seems to be absolutely pure.
Il is the only rock salt mine west OF New
York.
The largest natural gas we'll ever known
was struck yesterday by the Philadelphia
Company near Belle Vernon, 26 miles from
Pittsburg. 1t is running of forty million
feet per day, the pressure being 500 pounds
to the inch.
Edwin Booth arrived at Cleveland, Ohio,
Yesterday from New York, entirely restored
In health, and appeared last night as Iago to
Barrett's Oihsllo, before large and enthu
sastic audience. He says he has given up
smoking altogether.
The representatives of John L Sullivan
and Jake Kilraiu met in New York yester-
day and made the rest of the deposit for the
prize fight for So 900 eide, selecting Allen
| II. Cridge as final stakeholder. The fight
to take place near New Orleans on July Ssh.
Gus Sunderland, q negro boy, aged 12
| living at Mosely, S. c., was left by his moth.
er yesterday to take care Of his younger
brother. Gus got tired of the job, put a
| rope around the baby's neck, apd hung it to
rsfter of the house. The child was dead
| when found.
Charles A. Preston, secretary of the Hay
lien legation. arrived at New York yester-
day from Port au Prince He says that the
end Of another month will see the war in
Hayti ended. Legtime's forces in the
north, ne says, have captured nearly every
town of prominence, and the army is still
moving against the rebelious portions of the
island.
Cardinal Gibbons ssya that Bishop Keane,
president OF the new Catholic University, is
meeting with no serious obstacles in secur.
ing professors. The President of George.
town College has received letter from the
| Pope coDgtatulatiug that institution upon
lie centennial celebration. The general Of
The Society of Jesus has also sent letter of
thanks.
The finance committee OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad met yesterday. 1t was
rumored on the street that President Mayer
he'd become tired of his Office and may re-
sign Mr.. John 4 Cowen was spoken of as
his successor Another report ead that
there wac probability of large part of the
work uow done ct Mt. Clare shops being
given out elsewhere.
The Uuited States Supreme Court yester-
day decided that Gen. Adam Badeau was
not entitled to pay as retired captain in
| the army while consul general at London
and Havana, the court holding that while
| drawing salary az consul general he was ex
i pressly inhibited from receiving any addi-
tional compensation for dischargipg the du-
Lies of any other Office.
The Samoan conference vii! open at Der
lin on the frat of the next month. The
German delegates are Count Herbert Bis
marck and DR.. Krauel, privy councillor Of
Legation. Count Herbert will preside.
The Gazette ssys- "The nomination Of Mr..
Sewall, as disbursing officer of the Ameri
can commissioners to the Samoan confer
ence, together with the appointment OF Mr..
Bates IA member of the commission, war
rants the supposition that the Washington
government does not seriously desire a
| friendly settlement OF tho questions concern
! ing Samoa"
During storm at Findlay, Ohio, last Sun
day bolt of lightning strnck the residence
of C.. e Perkins, descended to the basement,
knocked the furniture into a heap and
| killed a dog, which was sleeping by the
stove, and so severely shocked the servant
girl, that she will hardly recover Mrs.Per
kins and babe, who were also in the room,
escaped without injury. In front of the
house was the hired man with team OF
horses, and they ran away, throwing the
man from the wagon and severely injuring
him. Mr.. Perkins was in the garden. The
spade which he had in his hand WAS knock
ed some distance away, and he was so SO.
verely stunned that he did not recover con-
scousness for an hour. The house caught
| fire from the overturned stove, but the
heavy rain which followed extinguished
the flames before much damage had been
DONE
Terrible Fire in Patrick County.
A special from Patrick Courthouse gives