Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-19
TOPOGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Austria and Germany have agreed upon
the conditions of the tariff of the respective
countries.
Mr.. Dslsmater, Ct Pennsylvania, says he
is not, aud has not bseu a candidate for
Senatorial honors.
Joseph F. Becker, dealer in teas and
coffee in New York, made on assignment
to- lay without preference.
Lord Chief Justice Colerldge, of England,
has fully recovered from his iDdispositioD,
sud has resumed his fiji ,ial duties.
Ths drivers in the various block coal
mines In Brazil, Ind, are out on strike for
an advance from 81 81! to 50 per day.
81. E Thorp, book binder, was shot and
fatally wounded during quarrel by Eel
low workman named Edward Weinder, in
Chicago last night.
BLACK Pearl" of Minneapolis, and James
Hightower, ooored, fought last night at
Omaha, Neb., for purse OF 5000. The fight
resulted in favor of the Pearl"
Ia New York to-day, Eva Hamilton filed
obi ,ctlons to the will Of the late Robert Ray
Hamilton, charging that Mr.. Hamilton was
of uusoupd mind when the will was made.
Fire early this morning destroyed livery
s sable at Evanston, ILL.,, together with seven
teen horses and tina STOCK of carriages, har-
ness and feed, entailing loss Of about
$40 coo.
A thousand deck iaborers emI Eyed on
the Glrston dock London, struck to-day
owing to the dismissal by the company ola
oumb OF men wac refused to load boy
cotted steamer.
Fourteen Children in North addock, Pa,
became violsntly yesterday afternoon,
after beiug fed with milk bought from
strange n!kmaa. Soma OF the children
ara get Ia dangerous condition.
Tne boiler at the Marbehead, Mass,
pumping station, where reservoir ia being
quilt, exploded tbis morning, killing John
Dunn, the engineer VINO was hurled dis
thnce OF III feet, and seriously irj lring
four othsr men. TIE boiler house was de-
molishad, and the boiler thrown 800 feet.
q Wall Stres!, New York, circular says ::
We can s!a;e on su thority that Col. Magee,
0, Fl. Payne and Vice-Presdent Lluter-
bach havs practically resigned from the Pa
&c Mai! directory and that George Gould
Is TO president once moro and J. D Houston
vic president. R1siel Sage aud Jay Gould
will 20 iato the board OF directors"
The wiuter supply Of clothing and snnui-
ty goods is being delivered at the Sioux
sgences. 1t has been the custom of the ln.
dams 10 sell their clothing for little or moth
ing ss soou as received, leaving them thinly
clad during the cold weather. All efforts to
stop tie practice have been thus far una
valirg.
The Board of Supervisors have instructed
the county attorney to take steps to have
the grand jury indict every justice and con-
stable in Lee and Dss Mcines townships, Il ,
for criminal conspiracy to deiraud the
county. This &c ion arises from the fact
that these officers have taken advantage of
the prohbitory set TO earn fabulous salaries
at the expense OF the county.
| John L. DAVIS, ne crank VINO lasU nien'
shot Miss Gladys Price. the organist Of the
Mariners Church In New York, was a.
raigned in he Tombs police court this morn
ing, and held to await the result OF his
victims Injuries. Davis rambled In his
talk and reafirmel his statement that 1t
was his intention to have ehot ex-Presdent
OIor nd Mia, p,ina IA ali non nod tn
the hospital al it is thought will recover.
Thos Barirg member Of the firm of Kidder
Peabody & Co., New York the American agents of
Barring Bros, and brother Of Lord Revelstoke,
the head of the London firm, denies tho statement
that tho ouse of Barring Bros. will 70 into liquid
alto and cease to exist in few years.
State Board of Agriculture
In tho third annual report of Hon. Absalou