Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Cashier ". E. Crawley, of the farmers
Bank, at Sullivan, Iod.. yesterday SET hre to
q barn and then cut his throat. His body
was burned to crisp.
The Catholic Club of Baltimore gave re
ception last night to Cardinal Gibbons. Mr..
Charles J. Bonaparte made sn address on
1.-THE Church in Politics"
The French navy is to be reinforced by
the construction of seventy eight new craft,
of which there will be ten heavy iron clads
and fifty four torpedo boats.
Lucy Skipper, called Princess Lucy, a
midget in the Egyptian Musee, weighing
only two pounds and one ounce, died at her
fathers home, Baltimore, yesterday.
In the village of Marshwood, Pa, four
lives were sacrificed last night in fire re-.
sultiug from the carelessness of drunken
jewellers and ten houses were destroyed.
Mrs. Terry Sohook whipped her husband
10 Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, and went out
calling, whereupon he saturated his bed
with coal oil and fatally burned himself.
The Hermitage Stud, of Nashville, Tenn,
hiss declined an offer of S25 900 for Bow
Bells ~ by Eectioneer, dam Beautiful
Bells. He ia full brother to the noted Bell
Boy.
A man in Baltimore offers to take the
contract to clean the city streets at SlOO, OOO
year less than it costs at present. Alex:
andria's streets could be cleaned better and
cheaper by contract than as at present.
One of the most disastrous fires that ever
visited Portland, Me-, occurred last night.
Three wharves and the buildings thereon
were badly damaged. Several vessels and
large quantity of lumber were burned.
With scarcely moments warning tire
mendous mass of snow aud rocks swept
down upon Custer and Burke, Idaho, yes
terday. Six men were buried under the
snow and three were killed. The terror
stricken Inhabitants have fled to nelghbor'
ing towns.
A package containing S35 900 which was
shipped by Adams Express Company from
the City National Bank of Dallas. Texss,
| to the Commercial Bank of San Francisco
is missing. a trusted clerk robbed the Pa
ci6c Express Company of the money and
went to the Indian Territory.
At Prince Bismarck dinner on Tuesday
the Emperor regretted that Germany had
not England's countless millions to devote
to colonies, and above all things he wished
that that the German empire possessed such
mighty fleets as those with which Great
Britain extended herself over the earth.
10 the United States Senate yesterday Mr.
Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. presented joint resolution congrat
ulating the people of the United States o
Bfazil on the adoption of republican form
of government Mr. Blair commenced bis
speech in favor of bis educational bill, but
did not conclude it.
The democrats of the Ohio General A.
sembly have about perfected the scheme iol
redistrictipg the State for Congress, which
according to the latest elections, will give
| the democrats seventeen districts and the
republicans four. By the re.districting MIR
McKinley's county will be thrown into 6
democratic district.
The American Mating Company's build
Ing in Brooklyn was burned last night with
a large stock of raw material and manufac
tured goods. The loss is estimated at
5000 OO0 Six fremen were injured. The
flames spread to surrounding dwellings and
q large number of families were compelled
to fee.