Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-23
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

| ed-choir of New York church.
Leading New York Hebrews have organ
izsd Jewish protective organization.
Hon. Orsamas B. Mattison. exCongtess-
man and free soiler, died yesterday a. Ul!cn,
New York.
A gambler has been arrested in Philadel
phia with an arrangement for slipping cards
up his sleeve.
The business portion OF the oil iowa OF
Petrola, Pc , was burned YESTERDAY, ln0olV'
ing a loss of between SS5. 900 and 100000.
The safe in the treasurer's office, of Ken
dali county, Texas, was blown open last
Friday night by thieves, and St 600 OF the
county's funds stolen.
The body of white woman stolen from
grave in the Congressional Cemetery, WASH
iogton, and of colored girl from Potter's
Field, have been recovered.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot. Bishop of OAR
ham, Eng., is dead. He was distinguish
ed professor at Cambridge and contributor
to Smiths Dictionary of the Bible.
The Weyand & Jung brewery of Cincia'
natl and the Crescent brewery OF Aurora,
Ind. have been sold to an English syndi.
cate The amount said to have been paid
is 81, 725 900.
The race horse Skip, which has been run.
ming at the Gnttenburg, N. j., track, while
exercising Saturday ran against tree and
was so badly injured that he had to bs shot.
He was valued at 81 800.
The Adams Express Company's freight
depot in St. Louie, Mo-, was destroyed by
fire Saturday morning. 1t is supposed
great deal of merchaniee. as we'll as valuable
Christmas presents, we're destroyed.
Peter Mcclellan, the athletic Philadel-
phia blacksmith who was arrested on susp-
ciou shortly after the disappearance of DR..
Cronin, died at the County Hospital in Chi
! cago Saturday of pneumonia, aged twenty
ak years.
The Luke Fidler and Garfield colieries,
at Shamokin, Pa, have shut down for All
, indefinite period, owing to the prevailing
stagnation in the coal trade. Fifteen hun
dred more men are thrown out of employ
ment
The South Carolina Senate, on Saturday
reconsidered its action by which the House
bill repeating the genera! statutes relating
to oflenses against the civil rights was re-
fused passage. After voting to reconsider,
the Senate passed the bill.
]. M. Thompson and ]. T. Carter, of Pen
sacola, Fla, engaged in fight Saturday, in
which Carter was stabbed and killed.
Thompson married the divorced wife Of
Carter. Carter insulted her on the street,
and this led to the fatal ARRAY.
]. G. PEBBLE s. Co., manufacturers of blank
books and envelopes, and 3. Sheffield u
Son, manufacturers Of general stationery,
New York, have m ade an assignment. Sew
eral other firms are involved. The aegIe
oa 70 10 nj 1itiaa will arnnunt m 81 Ml0 OOO
1t ia reported at Ottawa that the Domin-
ion government will announce its intention
during the coming session Of Parliament to
revert to the treaty Of 1918, because the
American government shows no desire to
negotiate for settlement of the Atlantic 6sh
cry question.
The jury 10 the case of Ira Smith, the II
year old boy who has been on trial at CAT
ton, Ohio, for mansaughter, returned YER
dict of guilty Saturday morning sitter being
out all night. Smith shot aud killed girl
last summer aud claimed that the shooting
was accidental.
TIE mixing house of the United States
Dynamite Company's works, at Toms river,
N. j., was destroyed by fire Saturday. and
one man burned to death. and another 30
seriously burned that his recovery ia doubt
lQl. ITO oultuioB SOuVuthCo oofOiu " huh-
dred pouhds of dynamite which burned In
stead of exploding.
A deal between the grain elevator men and
the Pennsy lvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads has been consnmated by which
ten million bushels of corn have been con-
tracted for by merchants of Baltimore for
shipment during the next forty days. 1t
is said that the combination expect to con.
| troll the entire corn eyDOrt trade.
Walter James, wel.to-io farmer living
near Martiusburg, W. Va, calico his wife
out of her room Saturday night, put gun
to her head and fred. Mrs. james fell,
slightly wounded. Her husband went into
the next room and cut his throat, making
fearful gash. Il is believed that he will die
James was insane from financial difficulties.
Edward NJ Hinkle, aged SO years, Of
Cumberland, Nd. attempted to commit
suicide Saturday morning by shooting him.
self in the head. He has been dissipated
for some years, and is thought to be slowlS
dying OF consumption. He placed pistol
to his head and fred. His wife found him
some hours later. Surgical aid was rendsr
ed, and he is doing we'll.
A tract OF 65l acres of land six miles from
Chicago was purchased Saturday by r Suy.
dam Grant, of New York. The purpose ia
to remove the Grant Locomotive Works
from Paterson, N. J to the site. Two com.
panies. each with a capital of 81 900 600,
nave been organized to handle the purchase.
The price paid for the land was trif1s over
81 900 an acre. At FIRST the capacity of the
works will be $50 locomotives q year. The
old plant at Paterson will be abandoned.
TIE VIRGINIA DELEGATION 10 the House
of Representatives are distributed on the
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