Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-27

MAN.-On Thursday of last week, at Salmons
Falls, as we learn from Emerson's Great Falls
Express, a young man, who had disguised him
self so as to be taken for an aged beggar, en-
tered the house Of Mr.. Dudley, Of that place,
the family being all out except Mrs. Dudley and
her child. The intruder said that he wanted
| something to eat, and food was given to him.
He then asked for money, and as Mrs. Dudley
drew her hand from her pocket, he grabbed a
key which she accidentally dropped, and started
towards drawer to open it. Mrs. Dudley went
towards him to prevent his opening the drawer,
when he knocked her down, and opened, and
commenced to rummage the drawer, obtaining
about SIS. Mrs. Dudley then seized an old
| pistol, which had not been discharged for Is
years, pointed it at the rufian, and threatened
to fire if he did not leave, which he did.
On Sunday last young man belonging to
South Berwick was on the York road, when he
was seized by man who demanded his money.
He struggled to get free, but an accompice
came out of the woods and knocked him down
with stick. A third then came out, presented
pistol, and succeeded in getting $25 The
young man afterwards tracked the robbers to
the river, where he found receipt which they
had stolen from him torn up. One of these
robbers, it is stated, was the one who. entered
the house of Mrs. Dudley.
Yesterday three suspicious personages were
seen about the Salmon Falls depot, one ofwhom
said to the other that he would bet that he
could not borrow five dollars from that Irish
man. The other went up to the Irishman, who
upon being told the circumstances, loaned the
money, with which the other decamped, but
was pursued by Mr.. Wood, overtaken and
the money recovered.
Last night, between eight and nine o'clock,
IL L II c.
Falls, was broken into and robbed of sixty
dollars belonging to a boarder. These accu-
INFLATED outrages at length aroused the citizens
to pursue the gang, supposed to consist of
three persons. Accordingly, some half dozen
armed themselves with guns and proceeded to-
wards Dover. 1t is stated that the robbers
were afterwards found in barn near Dover,
in company with two females, but managed to
escape. They will, no doubt, be eventually cap
tured.
The Selectmen of Salmon Falls on Saturday
offered $500 reward for the detection Of the
persons who robbed Mrs. Dudley, and bills to
this effect we're posted in every direction, but
during Saturday night they were all torn down.
Boston Tiareiler, 20th.
RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATEs.--It ap.
pears from the " Abstract of the Seventh Cen.
sus," published recently, that the United States
possessed, at the beginning Of 1852, as much
completed railroad, within 1890 miles, as all
the rest of the world put together. In the United
States there were in operation, at that time,
lO,s43 miles in the various countries in Eu-
rope, l4,l43. By the beginning of 1853 the
completed roads in this country had increased
to $4,000 miles, while the European roads had
grown to 10000, making the difference at that
time only 5000 miles. There were also, at the
beginning Of the present year, 1850 miles in
process Of construction in the United States
in all, therefore, constructed and constructing
$4,000 miles. On the same authority there is
no exaggeration in saying that before the year
1860 there will be in our country about $4,000
miles Of completed railway.
ET~Wm. Harrison Ainsworth disclaims the
authorship Of Ruth Garnett' published in this
country as one Of his works.
The ship Lapand, of St. Johns, for Liverpool,
is ashore off Prescott, and her bottom out Ship
Vim. Sturges of ST. Johns, for Liverpool wrecked |