Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-26
Telegraphic BreYities.

Judge E. II. Fltzhugr, of the Chsnca,r
Court of Richmond, Va, was stricken with
paralysis this morning.
Lucien Sperry, aged 20 years, ex-Nay,,
of New Haven, Conn.,, shot himself t,.isv
on account of financial troubles.
John Coleman, II years ole, died IN
Woburn, Mass, to-day of hydropho5is II.
was bitten two months ago by do.
a boiler in stsve mill at No tn s.s,
Mich, exploded yesterday afternoop KILN
four men and fatally il ja,ing four others
Harry Manifold, manager Of the Top4k.
Coal Co., has left the city for parts uukoowr
and the company is said to be OCT $ ooo
The saloon keeper, Baker, ON trlal at An.
land, Wis. on charge Of robblug the He,
ley bank OF 10000, was found guilty a
night.
The heat in Chicsgo yesterday and las,
night was very oppressive, and five deaths
from sunstroke are reported. Over twenty
other people were Frustrated.
W. 81. Jackson, while standing on bis
doorsteps in Philadelphia last night, was
struck on the head with brick b. an III
known person and died today.
The government has made proposition
of 100000 for the land belonging to the
Pottawatomie and Shawnee Indiaus Ifsu
cessful, 80 600 acres more will be thrown
open TO settlement In Indlan Territory.
Jacob Baiz, consu! general of Guatemala,
In New York, to-day received the following
from Guatemala: mo revolutionary move
ment has taken place in Salvador. Every
thing In Guatemala quiet and tranquil"
The jury 10 the case of Wm. M. Harmed,
on trial tor charging excessive fees Tor enter
Ing and clearing vessels from the Por. Town
send Custom House, yesterday found Yer
dict of not gully. because the fecs were
paid voluntarily.
Thomas Kellher, bar ender, Was ARES
ed at Boston yesterday, charged with eau.
ing the death of Charles X Sampson, b.
squirting soda water into SIMPSONS facr,
causing him to fall backwards down steep
flight of stairs, ffacurlng his skull.
CIR. Walters was sentenced by the courts
of Paso del Norte yesterday to be shot, and
J. r. O'Loughlin was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment for killing lewd woman
The condemned men are citizens Of the
United States and have appealed for pre-
lection.
In drunken furg n Kansas City, l. B.
Meyers. last evening attempted to kill his
wife with q revolver. Her uncle, in shield
ing his Niece, received a probably fatal
wound and second shot fatally wounded
Miss Carrie Van Horn. Meyers escaped,
firing at his pursuers and striking ore Of
them in the leg He was afterwards arrested.
LAST night all tho members of tho municipal
council OF Rome, except one, resigned on account
Of 8 financial bill introduced in tho Chami er of
Deputies By Primo Minister Crispi. disur-
bance followed aud the Tolice wore called in.
Tho residents of Tangier Island u few days ago
attacked largo number Of Crisfcld, Md, men
who were committing depredations on thor crab
bling grounds, and, after fight, drove them oil
The next day tho BarylandeIs returned with an
increased force and challenged the VII ginisns.
Another fight took pl co and the Isryandors
were sgsn driven of after several of their men
had teen captured. The Marylanders then asked
9 truce and promised Il ut if their men were re-
leased they would modest tho virginia. no more.
Tho terms were agreed 10 and tho trouble ended.
During the two battles no ono WAS liously hurt.