Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Tucker, W. Va, county seat war
is over for the present.
Cholera has appeared in Rio de Ja-
metro and San Paulo, Brazil.
A woman has died near Wellington,
Mo-, of sporadic cholera.
Currency is plentiful in Denver and
the banks are shipping it to the East.
Miss Tillie Mann, of Philadelphia,
was drowned in the Susquehanna river
yesterday.
The steamer Dorcos has been lost
off the coast of Nova Scotia and seven
teen person persisted.
Over four hundred Union veterans,
mostly colored men living in Canada,
have had their pensions suspended.
Frightened citizens continue to leave
Brunswick, Ga, although there is but
one case of yellow fever there.
The Hans Brothers stores at Scots
vile, KY, were entered by burglars,
Tuesday who blew open the safe and
got away with $4,000 in cash.
VIM. Goss, of Roaring Springs, Pa.
got drunk yesterday at Lutheran re-
union, was placed in cell, set fire to
the prison and was fatally burned.
OF. Lane, of Long View, Texas, ar
rested at Springfield, Mo-, on the
charge ofrobbing his father of $4,000,
committed suicide in Jail, yesterday.
Forest fires are raging on all sides of
Woodville, Wis. They caught from
burning brush and a passenger train.
Four hundred men fought it all day
yesterday.
Prince Bismarck, in speech at Kis-
singer, yesterday, while disclaiming
any intention of attacking the imperial
government, sought to stir up the diets
Of the German States against the new
regime.
An eel nearly four feet long and
weighing 81 pounds was the catch of
Benjamin F. Jenkins in the Patapsco
falls, at Della, Md, Tuesday night. The
monster fish was exhibited as curios-
ity.
A conference between the French
special envoy and the Siamese foreign
minister at Bangkok has resulted in
the Siamese government depositing
5000, 900 francs to the order of France
as indemnities.
After most excruciating suffering,
Thomas G. O'Brien, aged nineteen, an
inveterate cigarette smoker, died yes
terday morning in Bethlehem, Pa. For
| ten wears he had smoked two packages
of cigarettes daily.
The Princess of Thun, Princess of
Schwarzenberg and Countess of Solm,
all young women of great beauty and
hitherto conspicuous in society took
the veil in Prague Tuesday. Disap-
pointment in love was the motive in
each case.
A disorderly crowd yesterday at
tempted to take possession of St. Fran
els Catholic Church, Nanticoke, Pa,
while IL marriage ceremony was being
performed. A riot followed. The priest
finally drove the crowd away with a
horsewhip.
Nothing unusual happened in the vi
cinity of Essex market, New York, yes
| terday, the anarchists being unable 10
hold meetings. Owners of halls say
they will let the unemployed have halls
free of charge, but will not hire to an
archists or socialists.
Preparations have begun at Gray Ga
bles for the departure next week to
Washington of the President and his
family. They will break up house
keeping on Tuesday next, although
Mr.. Cleveland and his wife may remain
for one or two days longer.
While Nathaniel Fromm was work
ing near a circular saw yesterday morn
ing at Duncannon, Pa, he fell on to
the rapidly revolving piece of machi-
merry, which plowed into his brain.
He lived almost two hours after the ac-
cident. He was q well-known timber
man.
L. Macintosh Ward, formerly of the
editorial staff of the Atlanta COnstitu-
ton and the Macon Telegraph, died in
Elizabeth, n. j., yesterday. He was
born in Savannah, Ca, his father being
John E. Ward, who was United States
minister to China during President
Buchanan's administration.