Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Tomorrow Dr.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
will reach his s2nd birthday.
Hanlan and Gsudaur have agreed upon q
8 mile race 10, $500 or $1,000 side to be
rowed at Burlington beach, Ont.
A Chicago paper makes the statement
that within 60 days the Baltimore and Ohto
trsins Will enter that city over she tracks of
the North Pacific Railway Co.,, and find q
terminus In the new depot recently erected
By that company.
A dispatch from Grafton. N. D.. says that
train frightened yoke OF oxen near Gan.
ton, and they ran away. They we're at
tached to binder and were led by a wo.
man, the man who operated the machine be.
log perohsd on the neat. The woman was
literally cut to pisces by the binder. The
man escaped uniniured.
Gen. B. g. Dyrsnforth, In charge OF recent
government rain experiments at Midland.
Tex, passed through Fort Worth on his
way TO Washington yesterday. he is jubl-
liant over his successful experiment. he
says In three weeks, under great disadvan-
tage, six rains were produced, three of which
were downpours and the last one was the
heaviest rein in three years. Gen. Dyren-
forth says the principle Is correct beyond
question,
The London Standard to-day In discussing the
grain shortage advises the consumption Of maize,
saying that tho United States could export 49,
600 600 bushels Of maize and that an extra shil.
ling per bashel would attract all the maize in
America necessary to supply Europe with whole.
some nutritious food. The Standard continuing,
says: Therefore we can feel assured that there
will be an abundance of grain for all the people
of the world although we must be prepared to SEQ
wheat much higher"
At o'clock this morning mob Of 100 men
went into Georgetown, Ky., and taking the negro
murderer of Frank Hughes out Of jail hung
him to tree. They camo on horses and in vehi-
cles. great crowd Of negroes went out to the
| scene and made msny threste of vengeance. The
women were particularly demonstrative, declsr-
ing that their husbands had no spunk and that
they ought to burn every house in town and kill
every white man.
Secretary Dusk is in Chicago. In an interview
he said "We will have our pork on European
markets in very short time. Everything is IA
vorabe for our packers to place their products be-
fore the Europeans, aud prices the pork will bring
will be highly satisfactory to the exportsrs.'
The Joint reunion of Gen. Hsrrson1 regiment,
the seveutiath Indiana, and the 10th Indiana was
held at North Manchester yesterday. z. III.
smock, of Indianapolis acting for President Har-
rson delivered response in behalf of the regi-
ment.
A large number of cattle yeterdsy entered the
Chilocco school reservation, Indian Territory,
and ruined fifty tons of hsy and other crops The
men in chsrge of the cattle insolent and it ia
feared there will be trouble
Pulaski county Illinois, bonds amounting to
$1,000 have been declared invalid on tho
ground that no regular notice was given OF the
election at which the question Of Issuing the
bonds was submitted.
Large quantities OF dynamite have been eR-
ploded from the highest peak of the socorro noun
tain,, New Mexico Yesterday, as result, the
heaviest rain Of the year fell. breaking the
drought.
Charley Mitchell, the English pusiliut, has &C
ospted Jim Corbetts challenge for fight, for
S25 900 side, but says 1t must be to q finish.
There we're light frosts in the northwest last
night but only slight damage WAS done.