Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

It Ia now reported that Brodie, like Ora.
ham, did not really go over Niagara Falls.
Charles and Lizzie Atkins were arrested
in San Francisco yesterday for manufacture
ing and passing counterfeit five cent nickels.
During fight in New Castle, Delaware,
on Saturday, between Celts and Hungar
ians, one man was killed and eight others
wounded.
An unusually high tide rose along the
jersey coast yesterday evening about seven
o'clock, doing considerable damage at the
various seaside resorts.
Major Oswald q. Ernst, of the United
States Engineer Corps, has been appointed
superintendent of public grounds and build
ings In the District of Columbia.
The Chinese festival of Yueh Bing," or
"Moon Worship" was celebrated by the
Mongolians In Mott street, New York, by
Teasing, concert and fire crackers.
A "Peeping Tom" was detected hidden
under some bath houses in Greenvlle, Jer
sey City, yesterday and summarily ducked
in the bay until he was nearly drowned.
Peter Jackson, the black puglist, dined
| in London last week, by special invitation,
with Lord de Clifford and Sir John Ashley,
few other sports of aristocracy being pres
emf.
A mob attacked the sheriff's officers in
Butler county, Kansas, in an attempt 10
lynch Robert Snyder, who had murdered
his mother.in law, and the prisoner was shot
during the fight.
Baltimores celebration of the seventy.
fifth anniversary of the battle of North
Point and the bombardment of Fort Nc.
Henry began to day with the great civic
and trades display.
Il is said that the Pope has abandoned the
idea of leaving Rome, the German govern
ment having medated in bis behalf, and as.
sured him that in the event of q war LAZY
would strictly respect his position,
Fannie Bryant, the quadroon, accused Of
completely with HAYES in the murder OF
Mrs. Halves and little Irene last December,
was, at Birmingham, Ala, on Saturday,
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
John l.. Sullivan bad reception in New
York on Saturday night at the Academy of
Music, which was filled by first class audi
ence to see his athletic entertainment
Sullivan has announced that he intends to
give up boxing 10 four months and then to
60 in for Congress. He will run es demo-
GRAFT
b. D. Casteberry, town marshal of Pei
ham, village near Thomasville, Ga. was
shot and killed Saturday night while trying
to arrest coorei man for melting riot.
; Af,er Castleberry was shot he returned the
colored mans FIRE, and a general shooting
, began between whites and blacks, in which
the colored man was fatally wounded.
: The mammoth sugar plant Of Dick, Mey
or & Co., in Williamsburg, N. Y, was burn
CT y teHr amt
sisted of collection of buildings eight stor.
; ias in height, extending about 400 feet on
North Seventh street, 800 feet on North
f ghth street and $50 feet along the dock
The loss is about 81, 10000 900. number OF
nel were injured.
At San Francisco on Saturday night DR..
LleWelyn A. Powell was convicted OF man
slaughter for killing Ralph Smith at Red.
wood City, CAL, two years ago. Smith, who
was editor of paper at Redwood City, pub
lished an article to which Powell took ex
ceplion, and when the men met quarrel
ensued In which Smith was killed. Powell
was tried twice in Redwood City, but the
Jury disagreed both tines. A change OF
venue was then obtained to San Franciecc.
The fire which started in the cartridge
factory at Antwerp on Friday has at last
been extipgushed Several more corpses
have been found, and the number of dead
will certainly reach two hundred. A dense
mass of smoke still rises from the burned
quarter and hangs like o pail over the
whole CITY, The ruins of the burned build
ings are still too hot TO admit of much ef.
fectve work toward recovering the bodies
of the dead. The arrest of M. Caryllian,
the proprietor OF the cartridge factory, has
been ordered.