Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-20
NEWS OF THE DAY

Petroleum in large quantities has been
discovered in the State Of Chiapas. Mexico.
+. John L. Sullivan arrived 10 New York
last night and was greeted by large num.
Der of friends and brass band.
Jake Kilrain has, 1t is understood, agreed
to start South from Baltimore with D.tec-
tive Childs without further legal interior
ence.
An old Indian known as 'Old Gabriel !"
living in the Monterey county hospital Cal
foruia, has had six wives and ia said to be
$50 years old.
Chas. Keller, OF Philadelphia, and Mamie
and WInuie Col igan, Of Lambertvlle, n J :,
while out boat riding yesterday were swept
over the falls and the girls drowned and the
man rescued.
Alice Young, servant girl. has been ar
rested and lie in all at Chattanooga, Tenn.
charged with stealing between $1,000 and
SO 900 worth OF diamonds from the trunk of
Mrs j ohm p Richardson.
General Dabney Maury, who was sue
ceeded by Mr.. Abbott as Minister to the
United States of Colombia, returned yester-
day On the steamer Ailsa. General Maury
is resident of Virginia.
IbSf. uis OpQlS Oouy VI iLOHuOut WiitCo "
the newspapers to cay that he will Sign Pc
ton for the release of Mrs Maybrick and
will commend to bis congregation tho adj
visibility of following his example.
The President yesterday committed the
ter, to three years 10 the peni;entiary. He
books OF the First National Bank of Man.
chester,
Assistant Secretary Bussey has rescinded
rule made by Commissioner Black aud has
overruled the opinion of Assistant Secretary
Hawkins, which affirmed the rule That 8
dshonorabe discharge from the service OPP
Grated as bar to pension"
The drawn battle between the New York
aud Boston baseball clubs yesterday had no
other effect than to add a postponed game
to the record of each. They are still sepa.
rated by fif can points. There are no changes
to report in the positions of any of the
clubs.
Hon. Charles W. Clsbee, aged Sc. ex-judge
of BARREN and Csss circuits, Mich, died yes
terday, after lingering illnese Mr.. CHS
bee was secret ary of the republican national
conventions of $780, 1854 and 1855. He
also held the position of reading clerk OF
the natlona! House of Representatives. for
six years
Advices from Hayti state that Hyppoite
has rejected Legitime's terms of peace. On
August rumor prevailed that the latter
had agreed to Hyppollte's terms. IL was
also reported that Legtime had been guar
anteed safe passage to Europe and cer-
tain amount of money, and would sail on
August IA.
A serious loss of life was averted by the
presence of mind of switcbman on the
Northern Central Railroad 10 Baltimore
yesterday morning. A shifting engine was
standing on the main track at Lafayette
station, when the Philadelphia express was
sighted. The engineer jumped for biz life
as the passenger train struck the shifter and
sent her on her wild backward journey.
The shifter flew at lightning speed through
three tunnels, through Fulton and Union
station, where the Pope's Creek train was
Just pulling out we'll filed with passengers.
A switchmau seeing the locomotive running
wild, opened the switch and the shifter
crashed into locomotive aud two cars,
driving them through the wall OF large
meat house. The Two locomotives and cars
are q complete wreck. Total damage esti-
| mated at $50 COO