Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-18

may orally election givss Washbusne pIu-
rality of 296.
Col. a. Kyd Douglas has qualified az as-
socste 1dge, fourth circuit, Masylsnd. and
ia ready to assume bis duties on the bench.
James McCreery, dry goods merchant,
has purchased the site of the old Booths
Theatre in New York for million OF dollars.
Adyices from Santiago, Chill, tell OF a
bloody victory WOO by the rebels at Pea de
Amonte, and of the complete demoIaliza-
ton of the government troops.
The first soft-sbell crabs of The season az
rived at Baltimore yesterday. They came
from Csrter's creek, Va, and varied in s'zs
from ten-cent piece to twenty-five and
ffty-cent pieces.
1t ls now said that Secretary B aipe is net
the only member OF the Cabinet Of whom The
President ia jealous or suspicious. He sue
poets Secretary Rusk of entertaining Pres.-
Dental aspirations.
The steamship Monowai, which arrived
at Gan Francisco yesterday from Sydney
aud Honolulu, briggs intelligence that the
British ship st. Cathsris has been wrecked
off the Caroline Islands and ninety persons
drowned.
10 the Florida Senatorial caucus last night
member said be had been o1ered bribe
to vote for Senator Call. Tie Sena-
tor and his friends denied ali responsibility.
The ballet stood: Call, 81 Speer. 81 B OK
ham, A. Necessary to choice 64.
At Little Narrows. Cape Breton, yesier-
day, @ blacksmith's apprentice named L)-
gan, being annoyed by come boys, drew q
redhot iron rcd from the fire, and seiz ng
one of the boys named Mstheson, held the
| rod against his abdomen until hole had
been burned in 1t. The boys Injuries are
fatal. L'gan escaped.
Newton Nesbit and wife were eating
breakfast at their home, 10 Lsclaire, Iowa,
yesterday, when the husband made dis
psragipg remark. Mrs. Nesbit drew re.
husbands head, making fatal wound.
| She then shot herself twice, and may die.
Nesbit was steamboat fireman.
q band of ak outlaws, who have been ter
rorlzing the Texas and Mexican border, near
| what ia known as the peninsula, have been
captured. Two weeks ago they attacked
the ranch of VIctoriano Hernandez, Preside
county, Texas. and killed Hernandez and
Frank Duke, but were beaten oil by son Of
the rsnchmsn, who wounded two OF them
William Bianey, the murderer who was
under sentence Of death for killing his
grandmother snd maiden aunt. made his
escape from the Baltimore jail last night al
eight O'Clock by scaling the wall. The death.
watch was to have been placed over him &c
day He was captured to-day in bed 10 the
house Of his aunt. vino said he came there
last night dunk.
1t Ia said that Mis- Dsrioger. who wal
found dead In her bed in New York Wed
nesday, was beaten by her husband The
night before. Yesterday. while the remains
we're being taken to the cemetery, the fnoe
raj WAS stopped and the remains we're ticker
to the morgue. causing much excitement
among those who composed the funeral pro-
cession. Her husband was arrested to-day
while trying to collect the life insurance on
bis wife and was locked up pending the in
quest.
SANDY" Wilson, manaced prisoner 10
the custody of Constable Mcdonald, leaped
from the fast line Cd the Penney lvans Rail
rosd near Jean nette, Pa, Thursday night and
was ground to places under passing freight
| locomotive When the train had passed
Jeanette he str uck his custodian terrible
blow on the head and rushed from the Gag
door. Constable Mcdonald followed and
pluckily leaped from the platform after his
man. The officer fell between the trains,
and escaped with broken co!lar-bope.