Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-01-29
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Ice fields and icebergs at sea continue

Ice fields and icebergs at sea continue to
be reported By incoming steamships.
Talk of Patteon again for Governor of
PENNSYLVANIA is increasing 10 Philadelphia.
James Kennedy, of Quincy, H., has been
awarded $500 for lifting Fo1's 1890 pound
dumb bell.
It is understood that the President has
offered to Secretary Noble the vacant Cir.
cult judgeship.
The peach crop of Maryland and Delaware
peninsula of 1890 will be big one if 40 fur-
Their damage is done.
The Philadelphia Drug Exchange wants
the tax taken from distilled spirits and a
duty put on quinine.
In the Philadelphia democratic primaries
yesterday the Cleveland men very badly de-
fea led the Randall contingent.
For the fret time on record for this season
OF the year. ripe strawberries are being
hawked about the streets of New York.
The steamship La P!stt. just arrived at
New York from Rio JaEeifo, report great
discomfort among the people of BRAZIL with
Gen. Fonseca's government.
At San Francisco on Monday night at the
Occidental Club rooms. Joe Bowers, of Lon
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Australian, in four rounds.
The monument at Romeo the Pope bless
log the world Ia ordered to be copied 10
marble, the copy to be for the Catholic Unl-
Versity at Washington, when finished.
TIE D. partment of Justice is trying to
discover the whereabouts of FAM, the VIC
tim of the recent alleged outrage at Aber-
deem, Miss with view to his examination
10 regard to that affair.
The Chicago socialist societies are excited
over the report of the existence OF police
conspiracy against them. l. Ia said that a
policeman Joined one of their societies and
thus became acquainted with their secrets.
A terrible accident occurred yesterday
near the village of Pexinos, Pa, by the ex
| o osion of blast, which caused twenty toOs
of rock and dirt to fall on gang of Italian
and Polish workmen. One was killed and
seventeen ipjured-four fatally.
A mass meeting was held in Washington
last night to discuss the bill introduced by
Representative Breckenridge to prevent
forced labor on Sunday 10 the District Of
Columbia. With but one exception. every
speaker expressed strong opposition to the
bill.
SotcludJ ultCl uOOA u ntiii c0P'SNNN 49,
the Standard Oil Works at Hunters Point,
N. Y. The flames communicated to the
other stills and the entire works were threat
ened. 10 an hour, however, the fire was
under control. The damage will not exceed
10000.
10 the high school at Lexington, ILL.,,
yesterday while Prof Jess was conducting
experiments in chemistry in which oxygen
was being generated in retort which was
being surrounded by pupils, the retort e1
ploded with a deafening noise, injuring
twenty persons.
Sir William Gull, who had second stroke
of paralysis, died iG London to-day. He
was "A years old, and one OF the most dis
tinguished and eminent physicians In the
world. He was made baronet In 1872 for
his success In treating the Prince OF Wales
for typhoid fever in 1871
Charles D. Andras, wire mat agent,
whose parents are said TO be wealthy resi-.
dents OF Rochester, N. Y, was found yester
day in All Saints Church, Toronto, Canada,
stark naked and kneeling against the altar.
He was arrested on Charge OF insanity.
He stripped himself of his clothing in the
cell and would wear nothing.