Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-19
NEWS CT THE DAY.

NEWS CT THE DAY.
The effort to exterminate eels In Wicom-
leo river, Maryland, has proved ffuitless.
It ie rumored that the President will ap-
point James NJ. Gregory, colored, recorder
of deeds in the District of Columbia.
Rev. DR.. Thomas F. Davis, of Philadel-
phia, was yesterday consecrated Protestant
Episcopal bishop of Eastern Michigan.
Secretary Noble has made public the cor
respondence between himself and Corporal
Tanner with reference to the reratipg of
pensions.
On the Sultan's return journey to Fee
yesterday twenty members of his guard
were drowned while crossing a river near
Laraiche.
By q tidal wave at Hazugun and Aichi
ken, Japan, September 10. nearly 800 per
sons lost their lives and about 1000 houses
were washed away.
Democratic factional differences in New
York city are being set aside for the present.
Mr.. Cleveland will take the stump during
the campaign in his State.
The Pope has written g letter to Cardinal
Gibbons touching the celebration of the
centennial of the establishment of the HE
rarcny OF the ODltSu SlaIsS.
Under the new law il. Kansas making the
taking of usury crime, debt of IS 600,
with the interest, was wiped out by jury
the Law providing if lender charges usury
he is liable 10 lose both principal and in
terest.
Four cars filed with negro exodusters
left Raleigh, N. c.. Wednesday night, and
another car load left last night. The exc
dusters leave without clear idea of where
they are going, and are landed at points in
Arkansas and Mississippi
Antonio Meucc died yesterday at Clifton,
Staten Island. in tho old Garibald cottage,
aged eighty five years. Meucci came to this
country 10 1851. H. made soap and candles,
aud Garibaldi was his partner. He claimed
to be the original inventor of the telephone.
The marriage of Prince Hatzleldt and
Miss Clara Huntington, daughter of MIR. @.
P. Huntington, will take place ut the Ora
tory, at Brompton, London, on the 2Sth of
this month. The date Of the marriage was
not settled upon until yesterday. Various
circumstances havs delayed its final conclu
sion.
The New York and Brooklyn clubs
played the frat OF their series of games for
the baseball championship of the world in
New York, yesterday. The Association
champions proved the victors by score of
- to 10 in stubborn contest of eight in
nings. The second game will be played 10
Brooklyn this evening.
a dispatch from Ottawa, Ont, says that
the sensation Of the hour at the Dominion
capital is the announcement that D. =.
Chisholm, whose Gife recently secured a
divorces in Chicago to enable her to marry
the Hon. George Foster, Dominion minister
of finance, will apply TO the Senate at OF
tawa at the approaching meeting of Parlia-
ment, for divorce Cd his own account.
Failing to secure a divorce, he will claim
Mrs. Foster as his wife and will demand
that che leave Foster.
Gov. Hill, and other distinguished New
Workers. reached Chattanooga early yestsr.
day morning, the guests of John Inman, of
New York, president of the Richmond Ter
minal road Later 10 the day Governor
Hill made short speech. He alluded to
the wonderful recovery of the South from
tho devastation Of :9ar, spoke OF the splen-
did resources and great future OF Chattanoo-
ga, and closed by saying that the only way
to settle the questions which confronted the
South was by letting tho people of the South
alone and they would york out the solution
in the same manner in Which they recov.
cred from the wreck OF war. He said his
trip vas not political.
In the General Episcopal Convention the
Committee on Cenons reported adversely
the recommendation 10 establish separate
church organizations for the colored people.
The House of Bishops declined to concur
with the lover house in the resolution pc
ttioning Congress upon tho subject of d.
vorce on the ground that it was inadvisabe
at this time The committee to whom the
matter was referred reported that there wns
no authority for placing bread on the tongue
of the COMMUNICATE, end also that the com
municants be instructed to take the chalice
firmly into their own hands. The deputies
adopted the Prayer Book changes recon-.
mended in committee of the whole.