Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-06
NEWS OF THE Day.

NEWS OF THE pax.
In some of the passes in Colorado the snow
is "a feet deep.
Mathew Trimble has been appointed as.
SCISSOR for the District OF Coiunola'
Senator Allison, re elected from Iowa, is
said to be now tariff retormer.
MIR. Chsuncey NJ. Depew does not be-
ieve there will be any Worlds Fair In
1892.
startling Story comes from Minneapolis
OF actor Sterling's marriage to and desertlon
of eight wives.
Mr. John M. Forbes, of Boston, has cub
mitted bill in the House to provide Tor
free ships for American commerce.
The annual session of the Baltimore Con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was begun at Cumberland, Md. yesterday.
Representative Mills, of Texas, estimates
that the democrats will control the next
House By not less than twenty I've me-
jority
It IL believed that Indianapolis and Wash.
ipgton will be dropped from the NATIONAL
Baseball League, reducing the number OF
clubs from ten to eight.
Dr.. Willis McCra7, son of he millionaire
oil king, James E. McCray, OF Franklin IA,
has eloped with the nineteen-y ear-olo
daughter of cab driver.
Mine Inspec tor Browning says the de.
crease in the output of Maryland coal last
year was due to lack of transportation, and
largely to the canal stoppage.
". Percy Tilghman, formerly clerk in
the office OF the American consul at Berlin,
has been convicted 10 London of forgery and
sentenced to one years imprisonment.
A fve.year-old son of Augustus Zsus, OF
Carroll county, Maryland, was shot yester'
day by his brother with gun supposed 10
be unoaded and pointed at him IN play.
Mrs Caroline Donavap, who in November
last gave 500 900 to the Johns Hopkins
University. died at her residence near Ca.
louisville, Md, yesterday, in the ST year OF
her age.
Gaudaur won the heat boat race at Or
laudo, Fla. Yesterday. His competitors
were Hamm, Teneyck and Hosmer. The
course was one mile straight away ana the
race was rowed in heats.
NJ. Tirard, prime minister of France, inti'
mated at meeting Of committee OF the
Chamber of Deputies that he regarded his
nolit;cal mission as ended, aud that he will
teuder his resignation at an early date.
Mrs. Harrison and Postmaster General
and Mrs. Wanamaker have about decided
to give up their contemplated southern trip,
partly bscsuee Mr.. Wanamaker fears he
might not be welcome visitor at the South.
A guilty conscience.
After short lived elopement and two at
tempts at suicide Mrs. S. Z. Cofnan re
turned to the home OF her husband at
O gensboro Ky, yesterday. She eoped
last Sunday With DR.. w. l.. Terrell, whit
took her to Evansville, where they regis
tered at hotel together.
at Troy, n Y last night Peter Jackson,
the Australian negro, failed to knock out
in four rounds Gus Lambert, local pngil-
lat. Jackson's fighting was disappoint.
ment aud his stock as q pugilist fell many
points. Nobody who saw him believes he IS
g match for Sullivan.
A suit for divorce has been fled by Mrs.
Elizabeth Rector, the young wife of Rev.
John Rector OF Parkersburg, ". Va.
Rev. Recto. is ninety years old, and has
been in the Bsplist ministry fifty seven
wears. Mrs. Rector ia his third vile. Inc
b II alleges assertion, and extreme cruelty.
Mrs Fack, wife OF the New York sheriff,
saws she will not appear against her husband
in the divorce suit. She now says her bus.
band was not to blame in the matter. and
that he was simply the victim of I'M ldicious
advisers. II ls now reported that Mr.. and
Mrs. Flack will live together again in the
relation of husband and wife.
Ia the Featherstone-Cate contested cleo
ton case, from Arkansas, the House OF Rep
resentatives yesterday gave Feathelssone,
the lspubcln. the seat. The vote declsI.
ing Cate not elected was: Yeas l47, nays
1873. and Fea,herstone was seated by vote
of yeas l45. nays 1876, and the cath Of Office
was administered to him by the Speaker
The national league of republican clubs
in Nashville yesterday, after adopting reso'
lutioua and elec,iug officers, adl ourned.
M Thurston, Nevada Secretary. A. 7.
Humphreys, New York; Treasurer, Phtheas
Lounsberry. Connecticut. D. a. Windsor
and A. W. Harris, the latter colored, were
chosen members of the executive committee
of Virginia.
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