Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Minister Pauncefo.e, of England. has or.
rived at New York.
An agent of the Roulangisis is negotiating
10 London for loan of $50 100000.
Don Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, ex Pfesi-
dent Of Mexico, died in New York yes;er
day
1t is stated that Lord Brownlow will sue
coed Lord Londonderry as viceroy Of Ire
| land.
The steamship Pine Branch, which has
Just reached Baltimore from Rio, reports the
yellow fever as terrible at Santos.
An encounter took place on the 10 inst
at place called La True, Hayti, in which
Hyppolite's forces we're victorious.
The schooner which was wrecked of Cape
Hatteras Wednesday last was the John
Shay, of New York. All on board were
drowned.
The condition of the Empress OF Austria,
who is said to be insane, has slightly i'm
proved. She passes whole days without
speaking CT moving.
To day is voting day upon the proposed
amendment to the constitution Of Massa
chusetts prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors
There is some anxiety in Washington
about the United States vessel MonoDgahela
which sailed for Samoa February 49, and
has not yet been heard from.
Five brothers named Arnold, who lived
near Fort Smith, Ark, while on their way
TO Oklahoma, got into difficulty with 9th.
er boomers on the road, and three of the
brothers we're killed.
Frank Hancock, fireman at Blue Run,
Pa, yesterday cut the throats of two of his
children and stabbed two others in the heart,
and then hanged himself Domestic trouble
is given as the cause.
Mr.. Murat Ha.sead, whose serious illness
was reported, is said by his family to be suf
fering from a severe attack of rheumatism,
and his attending physicians regard his con-
dition as improving.
Maior T. S. Dabney, OF Fittsburg, Pa,
has been placed on the pension roll at $50 q
month, and will receive back pension to the
amount of about So 900. He left his Viz
gina home at the outbreak of the war and
Joined the Union navy.
The steamer Umatils arrived at San
Francisco Saturday, eight days from Homo
lulu, having on board Lieutenant Louis Rip
ley aud twenty nine Injured men Of the I'm
ltSU STATES steamers NhIuhlA huu 1TeutOiI,
who were left at Honolulu by the steamship
Alameda. which arriv d last week.
Senator Quay has declared opsn war up
on Senator john Sherman about The distri-
button of public patronage and says II
consider Senator Sherman's actions as dis
creditable and dishonorabe, and when |
am found doing anything for Mr.. Sherman
again the people CT this country will know
it,
at Wellon, n. c., on Friday night, one
Of DR.. A. B. Pierce's daughters On entering
her room discovered negro man under the
bed. Her screams brought her father and
mother to the room, and the villain rushed
by them aud made good his escape before
he could be identified, leaving his shoes be-
hind him.
The Catholic Congress at Vienna will open
on the 20 inst. 1t is expected that the
Congress will proclaim the necessity of the
re establishment of the temporal power OF
the Pope. Emperor William, of Germany,
in an interview with Price Bismarck on
showed unflnching opposition 10
overtures from the Vatican FOR tho appoint.
mani nf nuucio AZ Berlin