Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-19
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Disastrous s'orms a:e reported 81 aver
Europe.
TIE McAulife.Sa fl .bri. u mee ii
within three or f,u: DAYS Ia EGro?"
1t is reported that P.i.c-ss Mud. he
youngest daughter o the pfip.4 4; ".!as, 10
to be married - r liscb'd
A family Of eish; persots @aru hiaf It
Pressburg, Hungary. yesterday hy esiirg
the fruit o! the nghtehade plant.
Mind eader Johnson il Chicago yss.e'-
day opsled a safe whis ;hrre men stood hy
and thought of the ccmbfoatioo.
The resolution Offers ed by MIR. Plumb 10
the Senate yesterday calling upon the sec
ton was adopted.
TIE linen manufacturers of Belfast sic
shipping great cargoes of linen 10 the United
States, in anticipation OF the Mckinley Dill
going into effect.
Dion Boucicault. the play right and &c OF.
died after lingering illness, 10 New YORK
last night. He was born of French parents
10 Dublin, Ireland. Dec. 26 1922
The marriage in Londor, amid exciting
scenes, of Herbert Booth, the third son OF
the General of the Salvation Army, to Gap
tain Carrie Sohoch took place yesterday.
The Mississippi constitutions! convention
| Yesterday adopted sections Of the report OF
| the franchise committee requiring yoters 10
| be able to read the constitution. or under-
stand the same when read, or to give an IN
telligent Interpretation thereof.
At Sanborn, led, tire Meur Gnd BleVins
families engaged in q bloody riot, 10 Wnic1
knives, pistols and axes we're freely USED.
| Two OF the Meurs were fatally hacked with
an axe, and Rufus Bievins was shot and in
stantly killed. while two of his brothers
were dangerously injnced.
| A duel has beer imminent for several days
in which Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, On tbs
one hand, and Col. Livingston on the other,
were to have been the principals. The STAIR
grew out of charges said 10 have beeo made
| by the Governor rejecting upon the Cole
uel's official character The trouble has
| been patched up however
Hope Jones mmitted suicide in Wash
iDpton Yesterday by taking IN overdose o'
audanum. She YVES ony 10 gears Of EGG,
and killed herself 10 g Ii; Of melancholy:
brought on by quarrel with her lover. she
had been living ut disrepu scle house 90
D street northwest hut was taken home by
her mother shortly before her death.
Henry Cassell, of Jersey City, attempted
| to kill bis son on Wednesday nient While the
latter was about to be married to Misa Mary
Deely. aged nineteen, 10 ST. PauPs Roman
Catholic church 10 Jersey City. The bridal
couple we're standing before the altar When
Cassel, who had got in the church without
being seen, and who opposed the wedding,
| fred on his son.
An all 5 eel plate and nickle-steel plate
| made by French manufacturers and com
pound plate ofsteel aud iron made by Euglish
manufacturers for the srmoring OF war YES
sells we're tested by the U. g. government at
| the naval ordinance proving grounds oppo-
site Annapolis, yesterday. The two French
plates stood the tast, but tbs Eogllsh plate
was perforated aud cracked.
At Charleston, W. We, yesterday evening
| Judge G. 2. Snyde candidate for Judge OF
| the Circuit Court on the democratic ticket,
| was accidentally shot through the breast by
| Justice a. ] Hammick, a republican. The
two men were talking together at The time,
and lust how the accident occurred is uu-
known. The ball struck Judge Snyder IN
| the groin, inficting serious wound.
The fremen's parade in Chester yester-
day was the largest demonstration of firemen
ever held In that State. There were SOU
men and los companies, representing every
/ city in the State, and also companies from
New Jersey, New York, Virginia (taolndins
the Hydrsulicn Company of this city Mary
land and Washington, with over l00 banus
of music. None of the Alexandrians re-
ceived prizes.
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