Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Anunknown disease, not akin to yellow
fever. is devastating Brazil

Anunknown disease, not akin to yellow
fever, is devastating Brazil.
Cornelius Van Colt was yesterday ap.
pointed by the President postmaster at New
York, vice Pearson.
The test of the pneumatic gun carriage
which was to have been made at Annapolis
Yesterday has been postponed until next
week.
1t is reported from Birn ineham, Ala, that
a negro man, named ]. E. Brown, has re-
Gently recovered from an attack of hydro.
phobis.
A divorce has been granted in Trenton,
N. j., to Maggie Mitchell, the actress, from
her husband. Henry T. Paddock, on the
plea of adultery.
The commission appointed to recommend
q site fer navy yarG on the Pacific coast
have selected a point on Puget Sound, in
Washington Territory, just below Seattle.
A nephew of Guzman Blauco. ex-Presi-
dent of Venezuela, who committed forgery
tn fhe amount OF 1913. 000 has baen arrest.
ed while trying to escspe to the United
States.
Phi!o Remington, of rifle and type-wrl-
fer fame. died in Florida yesterday He
was seventy. nine years of age, and was in
Florida for his health, his home being in Iii
on, n. y.
President Harrison has abandoned his
contemplated fishing trip down the Poto-
raac. for which he and several Cabinet Oh
fcers and some friends expected TO leave
Washington to day.
John Wolfeabarger, the escaped convict,
who shot and killed Sheriff Greenlee, OF
ii
Yesterday from the county Jail at Rutledge,
Tenn and hanged by the citizens.
A company rejoicing In the name OF the
Electrical Mcophone Trumpet Aucastlc
E!ectromotoer Power Musical Car Distance
Loud Speaking Transfer Instrument Com
pany," has been Incorporated in Chicago.
Mrs. Annie E Scoville. wife OF George E..
Scovii!e, caused his arrest at Chicago yes
terday en- q charge of upfaithfuness to bis
marriage vowa. Heis son ofeMrs. George
Scovile sister Of Charles ]. Guiteau, the
assassin OF President Garfield.
Ex-Pfesident Cleveland aud party, who
| have been on trip South, passed through
this city Yesterday evening. When they
reached Washington, Messrs. Baysrd, Villas
and Dickinson stopped, but Mr.. Cleveland
and the others Of the party went Oh to New
York.
The town OF Foster, r /, elected Sera
tor and preventative, both republicans,
Yesterday, which makes the Legislature
tied on joint ballot: neutrality-suspicious.
% democrats 10; House-repu5licans u,
democrats 81. There are fourteen more OF
TIE postponed elections.
The democ attic primary election at Co
hoes, n. Y, yesterday resulted in fight
between the Cleveland and Hill factions.
The ballot box in one of the wards was
smashed and both factions claimed Veto
ry. Pistols, knives and clubs were used
Two tickets will be the result
A letter from Washington Gays Harrison
will probably give Frederick Douglass and
Bruce good fat places and conclude that be
is doing something for the negro race but
the genuine negroes know that politicians
like Douglass and Bruce seldom associate
with the ordinary negro. and their being
ts ken care of will not benefit the rank and
file. The Harrisons, it is claimed, are not
used to negro hep, and they insist on hay
ing white servants.