Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-25
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
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n, .ho,o the very age and 6ody Of inc 1'"'e''
A prccocious youh OF Altoona, Pennsylva-
mia, having surreptitiously obtained package OF
powder and cigar stump the other evening"
soon realized the fact that the way OF the trans
prpssor is hard While smoking the cigar
stump he saw his mother coming toward him,
and ct once slid the cigar in the pocket contain
ing the powder. His hand, the cigar and the
powder got out Of that pocket with great ra-
pidity, and the youthful hero is now securely
'bottled ur" for few day 8 rest at home.
A fire was discovered in the propeller Sch
ichkma on Lake Erie yesterday as she was en-;
tering lock- Water was Immediately turned
on the flames, but without effect, and she had
to be abandoned in ten minutes. Tie cargo
consisted of about 10000 bushels of wheat.
The total loss is about $40, 900. The Purser
lost his books and papers, and the crew had
only time to escape.
In Nashville, Tenn, on Saturday, writs of
quo warranto were served upon o. A. P. Mich
olson, j. L. Sweed and Charles Amos, Judges
of the Supreme Court, in session at Knoxville,
at the instance of f. Comp. q. S. Attorney.
They are charged with holding office contrary
to the provisions of the Fourteenth Amend
| ment
There were no deaths from yellow fever 10
| Mobile on Sunday-the first day without a
death since September IS. The response made
to the appeal of the Relief Club las been so
generous and liberal that it is now thought
| that no futher contributions will DO necessary
| to enable it to meet all it responsibilities
Baltimore is now crowded with strangers
| from all sections OF the country, who come to
| participate in the first meeting of the Mary
| land Jockey Club, which takes place to-day on
| the grounds OF the Agricultural Association, at
| Pimco, a short distance beyond the city
limits.
The Cooper Institute at New York was
crowded last night on tee occasion of the mem.
orial services 10 Gen. Il. +. Lee. MIR. John E..
Ward presided Peter Cooper, Ex-Governor
Lowe, w. II. Appleton, Gen. j. Is. lmbodcn
and others acted as Vice Presidents.
4 naval court martial is now being held at
The navy yard in WASHINGTON for the trial OF de-
linuuent paymasters. Thus far no particular
case has been acted upon. Paymaster Richard
Washington. lately on duty at Norfolk, Va,
| has been summoned to explain an alleged de
| felt of SIC, 900.
| One of our exchanges says: Among the
novelties to be exhibited at the fair at Sacra.
mento City is slab of petrl6ed bacon. 1t
was found 1865 near one Of Frcmont's old
camps, and is believed to have been part of
the provender OF the party
| The silk market is running low on account
Of the stoppage OF the trade IN China and ia
pan with German silk manufacturers, and the
cessation of hostilities will find no stores laid
| by to supply the demand for wearing apparel
which must follow.
In Memphis a"Virginia Concert" voca and
instrumental, by large number Of the best
profes sional and amateur talent OF tho city, has
| lust been organized aud carried out, tor the
benefit of the sufferers by ther recent food in
| Virginia.
Albert Schumacher, Esq, the Baltimore
agent OF the Brennan line, announces that the
steamships Of that line have resumed their
tIips, and that the Ohio will leave Baltimore
for Bremen on the 9th of November.
Quarantine regulations at New Orleans were
removed 90 the 221 inst, and the Baltimore
line Of steamers will hereafter call at Havana
going and returning from New Orleans.
The total collections for the German War
Fund which have been received at the Consu
late n New York amount to S2l3,SIG. On
Saturday $40 900 were RENTED to Berlin.
| 10 North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, misera,
| Bile mau named Martin. has ieIled some
of the grand old trees which ornamented the
grounds Of that institution.
The Boston dip" has asserted Itself as the
| dance of the scas,n Waltz and gallon are OBJ
soIete; and all the "spoon,'' OF New York So
cietv arc being transformed into clippers.
According to the census returns the popula-
| ton of Baltimore is 267,599. The census OF
| 1860 gave 2l6, 947. The Baltimorians say the
| present census is incorrect.
Victo Hugo has declined to "Stimulate" the
French provinces 10 a stumplng campaign 10
behalf of the republic Hugo is man Of
| words.
REMARKABLE CASE. One OF the most
curious instances that ever occurred in our
midst of suspended animation, discovered after
supposed death, happened in Washington
yesterday. On the Goth instant Ella, second
daughter Of the late Capt. B, and Eliza Frer-
er, aged sixteen years, apparently died at
Homestead, Prince George county, Maryland,
of typhoid fever. Her remains were brought
to this CRY and placed in the care OF Mr.. N. G..
| Draper, Ia friend OF her family,) for interment
Yesterday evening all the preparations for her
| funeral had been made-the hearse had arrV-
| ed. the clergyman who was to preach the fun
eral sermon was present, and the friends had
assembled to assist in the last sad rites. The
| cofsn lids were opened, and those who wished
were invited to take farewell glance at the
features they would see no more in this lie. A
lady Ia particular friend of the deceased) clasp
| cd her hand, and vas astonished, and almost
shocked, to discover that it was perfectly lin
| Der, as in life, and that sight warmth was
perceptble about the palms Of the hands. She
Immediately gave notice of the iact, and q
physician (Dr. Grifith) was summoned.
The greatest excitement prevailed for time,
but when DR.. Griffith arrived he ordered the
hearse to be sent away, aud requested the per-
sons assembled to return to their homes. DR.,
q. applied every remedy which the nature of
the case demanded, and by the aid of the gal
vanic battery succeeded, after q long time
in producing pulse OF five beats to the min
ute, but he was finally compelled to desist up
on the sad conviction that all attempts at
resuscitaton would be Ruthless
1t is the opinion of yearly every one that
this is q clear case ofsuSpended animation, and