Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-05
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
There were 1,479 deaths in Baltimore

There were 1,479 deaths in Baltimore
in July.
l,f,-. John Morley has agreed to take
the position of chief secretary for Ire
land
All Chinese laborers in the United
S,..,e, must be registered by the inter
nal revenue oiii6es in which district
they reside before May 5, 1888.
Chief Justice Colcridge, of England,
has decided that Il nobieman cannot
SOP traffic on Il highway, nor interfere
wish the right of the people any more
than can any other person.
HIr. ". K. Vanderbilt's yacht Alva.
which was sunk off the massachusetts
coast, was sold in New York yesterday
for $3.50. The cost Of the vessel is es-
timated at from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
Rev. Frederick w. Clampett, ofGrace
Church, Sandusky, Ohio, has accepted
a call 20 the rectorship Of ST. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore,
made vacant by the resignation of Rev.
DR.. julius E. Grammer.
Prof. +. Nicholas Crouch celebrated
the S4th anniversary of his birth at
Portland, Me, on Tuesday, August >.
A reception was given in his honor by
friends, who had the pleasure of hear
ing him sing kathleen Mavourneen"
again. Prof. Crouch is said to enjoy
excellent health.
The democratic campaign committee,
which met in New York yesterday,
elected Don NJ. Dickinson chairman
and 3. B. Smallcy secretary. Mr.. Har-
rity appointed Mr. Whitney member
Of the campaign committee. The ad-
visory committee will not be appointed
for several days.
County elections were held in all the
counties in Tennessee yesterday. The
elections were quiet. In Middle and
Western Tennessee, as a rule, demo-
Gratis were elected; in East Tennessee,
republicans, though in Chattanooga,
republican city, the democrats took the
republicans unawares and swept the
county.
A special from Cynthiana, KY, says:
1.-The great stallion Sultan, sire Of
Stamboul and twenty-six others in the
$50 list, dropped dead at Abdallah
Park yesterday morning after being
driven a mile. lie WAS the property of
W. II. Handy and The estate of w. II
Wilson. His owners recently refused
$40, 900 for him.
In the House yesterday the Durbo-
row Chicago fair bill was considered in
committee OF the whole, but little at
tention was paid to the discussion. II
being known that no vote OF final
character could be taken until to-day,
the debate. which ranged from the tar
i:iand silver questions TO the question
OF The sale of intoxicating liquors in the
Capitol. received little attention. No
final action was taken The sale OF
liquor in the Capitol was discussed, and
amendments forbidding it were voted
down.
DR.. c. w. Chancellor, secretary of
the Maryland Beard OF Health, has
sent out circulars with regard to the
precautions which ought 10 be taken,
and which, in some instances, the law
compels certain parties to take against
an invasion of cholera and smallpox.
Both are threatening at present, and the
peril can only be averted by the free
use ofcommon sense and thorough Wig
ilance. DR.. Chancellor has epitomized
his instructions with regard to cholera
in an cpigram as follows: Cleanliness
and courage are the strongest weapons
against cholera; filth AID fear are the
very worst"
1t is now believed that Andrew J.
Borden. millionaire, and his wife,
who were found dead i'll their house at
Fall River, Mass. yesterday, were muir
dercd. Mr.. Borden had just returned
from the bank and was lying on Il
lounge iii his sitting room when an as
sassin slipped in and struck him with an
axe or cleaver. Mrs. Borden was up
stairs and was murdered by the same
instrument. The bodies were discov-
cred by :; daughter who had been out
Of the house only a few minutes. The
servant up stairs heard no noise. At
ter thorough search no trace has been
found of the murderer, for whose arrest
a re&.ird of$5,000 has been offered by
Miss Borden.