Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
MIayor Grent will allow the Irish flag TO
float from the New York City Hall on st.
Patrick's day.
The trust advanced the prices of retloed
sugars an eighth o. cent pound in New
York yesterday.
Col. Dudley and private Secretary Hal
ford deny the truth of the reported II! treat
ment of Col Dudley by President Harrison.
A man supposed to answer the description
OF Tascott, the murderer Of Millionaire
S ell, of Chicago, has been arrested at Nan
aimo, B. G.
Elk. Queen Natalie OF Servia will soon
make application for the annulment OF the
decree of divorce granted to her husband,
ex-King Milan.
1t is reported that Justice Matthews, CT
| the Supreme Court. who is very i'll, will soon
resign and that Judge Greshbam will be
nominated 10 his place.
In New York late yesterday evening the
| Jury in the Doodle case of Thos L Kerr,
charged with bribery, his second trial, re-
turned verdict OF not guilty.
The eleven collieries operated by the lis
high and Wilkesbarre coal company Will
resume operations next week giving en-
poy ment to six thousand men and boys
Mr.. Besufoy, Gedstoniap candidate for
Parliament, defeated Mr.. Hope, conserVa-
tive. in an election held in the Kenning-
too division tf Lambeth, England, yester'
day.
Cardinal Gibbons is in receipt of q letter
OF thanks from the Pope in response to the
letter from the American hierarchy on the
question OF the temporal power Of the
Papacy.
1t wa announced in New y rk yesterday
that want OF harmony prevailed in the
Richmond Terminal directory sod that
George F. Stone, who was one of The reor
ganizers OF the company, had tendoied his
resignation.
The different democratic political clubs Of
New York are vieing with each other which
can best honor tx-President Grover Cleve-
land. Nearly al of them have rendered
him bapquets, none Of which have bsen &C
copied as yet
Herr Antoine, who has just resigned his
seat as Deputy for Metz in the u rman
Reichstsg, intends to become French
citze and to offer himself a7 candidate
for The Chambar Of Deputies in opposition
to Gen. Boulanger at the next election.
Five of the six miners imprisoned 10 the
Black Diamond collery at Mount Carmel,
Pa, were rescued yes! erdsy The other is
supposed to have been killed. The cavern
occurred at noon Thursday. The rescued
men were joyousIy received By the people.
A cable from London states that all ar
reugements have been completed for the
fight between Jem Smith and Charley
Mitchell for the championship of England
and 9400 The men will meet on the 22t
instant to battle ten three-minute rounds,
with minute intervals between.
Eight years ago son of jacob Blrclay,
living near Wooster, o., was bitten on the
lip by q dog. The canine later on manifest
| ed signs of madness and was killed. SIX
weeks ago young Barclay, now eleven years
of age, complained Of feeling unwell. His
condition grew worse and he became suhlsc
to paroxyema, during which he would gfowl
and bark like dog and attempt TO snap
| and bite persons around him. lie WAS
bound to his bed, and two men were neces-
sary to bold his hands. The attending ply
sicians set about to bridge the case over the
active period OF the poison. Large doses oil
aconite we're given to blunt the sensuary
nerves of the throat and oesophagus; hy-
| drate of choral to obviate restlessness ana
produce sleep, and salicyate Ct soda TO
oounteract the rabic poison il 1t depended
upon ferment for its action. The paroX-
ysms grew less frequent, and 1t is now two
weeks since the patient experienced the last
one He is all right mentally, and the ply
sicians pronounce him out OF danger.