Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-08

like the small pox, have not yet had their day,
and the fools are not the only fellows who get
Bit" A distinguished kentuckiao, whose
name is national, but unnecessary to repeat
here, short time since received note from
S. Waters & Co., the proprietors OF gilt coa
Germ in New York. The note stated that some
friend Of his whose name it was necessary to
withhold, had purchased ticket Tor him. ana
that the ticket had drawn handsome prize In
the shape OF gold watch, valued at Two hun
bred and fifty dollars. S. W. n Go. further
informed him, that, by forwarding SD % TO
their address, he would receive the prize as
soon as it could be sent by express. lie lmme-
diately wrote to the gift men, ordering them TO
send on the watch, and stated that he would
pay the SIS 80 upon the delivery OF the time
keeper in this city by the express company.
Upon the strength Of this, Waters y 20.
forwarded the gorgeous Tobias, and on its ar
rival here its fortunate owner paid over the
Sl3 50 and took it afectionately to his upper
vest pocket. Examining it closely, however,
he tound-what he had tearcd-that the watch
was bogus. and that it could not bc sold for
more than 81 30. This was actually rough.
to be cxpresSivc-tut he believed himself
sharp enough tor Waters Il Co., and set about
recovering his $l3 so The train, By. which
the money he had paid was to be sent, had not
gone, and the package was still in the express
| office. Going 10 Justice Matlack, in Court
| Place, he Immediately got out an attachment,
which was quickly served on the Sl3 80, and
the money is now held to await whatever pro-
ceedings may be had in court. The present
outlook indicates that Waters Il &c. are some
postage and bogus watch less wealthy than
| they were previous to the issue Of that lucky
number, and that their intended victim will
stick to bis attachment and fight it out on that
| line if it takes all summer LouiSrtNe JoW
New YoRK's CRIMINAL RECORD FOR ONE
DAY.-T5c New York Tribune Of yesterday
says: 1.-The array OF horrors presented in our
columns on one or two days last week is al.
| most matched by the record this morning. -
We have q bold street robbery Oil Third aFen
NC; homicide on Fourth street; i murder u i
wife by her husband in drunken brawl on
Roosevelt street. the cifcrt OF a deserted vile
| TO commit suicide By stabbing herself in the
throat; stabbing ARRAY in First avenue the
death of one Of the parties wounded in the. ut,
lray last Thursday night on First avenue, and
still further and apparently conclusive evil
dence against the proprietors OF the Twenty
third street stables, who are charged with the
moustrouS crime of burning these buildings
with all their living occupants for the sake OF
securing the insurance These are merely the
leading and exceptional cases They certainly
present no signs of any dimiuuati0n OF crime in
the city.
Suppose all this, happening in one dag in
New York city, had occurred in one month, in
Southern State, with what holy horror would
it have been comm 'n!ed 81, ia certain quar-.
tiers.
DEATH or Az AGED ACTeESS The New
York paper, Of Saturday record lhe death OF
Mrs Vernon, which occurred in that city Fri.
day evening. Tie deceased, whose maiden
name was Jane Marchant Fisher. was born IL
Brighton, England, Int came to this country
| in 1877, making her first appearance IN New
York in the faI! Of that year at the Bowcry
Theatre From that time until within Two
month, prior TO her death she was constantly
| before the public, appearing at the Old Chat-
ham, tn old Park, Burton's, the old Broad
way, and finally Wallack' =, where shc remain
cd until April ), asnys commanding respect
and admiration by her nmitshlc performances.
| la October, 1927, she was married to Mr..
| GEORGE Vernon, ~ nc!or, who died shortly al
ter the maria.c. II Mrs. Vernon. says the
Express. the stasv loses au actress whom 1t
will be difficult to replace, while society loses
pure, lovcabc woman, whose sweet traits Of
character will ever endear hermemory to friends
and relatives. She died a communican! in the
Protestant Episcopal Church. a"
KLEPr0MANGA-A statement oil the fearful
prevalence OF klcptom ana in Washington is
not made upon our responsibility alone, but
we give Mr.. Greeley as our author In speak
ing Of the treatment awarded to poor female
kleptomanac there, few days since, he says ;
-LmchLWg lGyiaidm.
"Oi the unfortunate woman here mention
cd We know nothing except that she is much
to be piticl. She should be placed under
mild surveillance, in some institution in which
she should be allowed 10 steal little things and
sccrctc them all day long. Why johnson pcrc
did not pursue this course passes our comprc-
hension unless he ancied that in Washington
it is considered the height Of vrtuous accom-
plishmcnt to steal. At any rate, to that city,
perhaps with the instinct Of klcptomaniac,
the poor lady at once proceeded. What II all
the keptomaniacs In Washington should be
arrested? '