Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-31

Whiskey caused several fights IN Petersburg
Wednesday. Ono fight was between two broth.
crs, because one said that his wife dressed
! finer than bis brother's vile. Another fight
was occasioncd by the refusal OF one man to
permit another to kiss him.
Fires.
The Marshall House, situated at tho west
end of the wire bridge over the Allegheny river
at Franklin, Pa, took fire ut | o'clock yester
day morning. The flames communicated to
the bridge, and the cables, soon becoming red
hot, parted from tho anchorage, prccrl!at ting
| the bridge structure into the river. About
twenty persons were on the bridge at the inc.
VIM. Neil, farmer, Mrs. Mcintyre and Miss
| Mary Mcintyre. wife and daughter OF the toll
keeper, who we're engaged in removing iurnl.
ture on the bridge, were fatally injured, and
| the bodies recovered. Mary and George Nc
| Inyre. John and Alexander Mccartney, ).
Henage and two unknown persons we're seri-
ously injured. Wi.fred Kilgore, Freight Agent
Of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, is supposed
| to be buried in the ruins, as he was known to
| be on the bridge. The weather is intensely
cold and the river frozen over 10 the second
pier on each side, and great difficulty was ex-
pericnced in reaching the sufferers with skfS:
A boy named johnson, aged thirteen, jumped
| from the centre bridge and swan ashore through
the sush and ice. The bridge was newly erect
cd aud cost $50 900. The Marshall House was
valued at $4,000. There is no insurance on
either
A bridge on the Toledo, Wabash and West
| ern Railroad at Defiance, Ohio. was destroyed
yesterday merniog by fire. There will be no
| interruption to BUSINESS, arrangements having
| been made to send traits through 10 Fort
Wayne via Waterloo The bridge will tie re
built in a few DAYS.
The Lindsey House at Zolcski, Ohio, was
burned yesterday.
The Avenue House in East St. Louis, vas
burned yesterday. Loss $4,000.
\ fire which broke out yesterday morning IN
long frame block reaching from 33S to 156
Clark street, Chicago, destroyed property val
ued at S35 O00 insured for $4,000. There
were some turty tenants in the building, whose
losses range from 900 to 81 Cows CIV TO-. Il,
Atkinson, IT., with the elevator OF Mr.. John
Ashley, was burned yesterday morning. Loss
$50 900.
On Thursday afternoon, the pa inst, the
clothing of Mrs. Mary +. Miles, while epgag'
ed in the kitchen, took fire and before assls-
lance could reach her she vas so badly burned
that she died in itw hours afterwards.
| the house her dress 10 a light blsze-and
when found was on her bed, horribly turned
externally and in a suking condition from the
Inhalation oil the flames. She was tic widow
OF VIM. Thomas Miles, aud the daughter oil
Dr.. Carlistus Lancaster, and resided near the
Ncwport Catholic Church. in Charles Co.,
Md.
Un Monday morning last the dwelling OF w.
". Dunnington, in lower Naniemoy Md, was
| Was entirely consumed by fire. The accident
was caused by spark from the chimney fall
ing upoa the root We are glad ia learn that
almost all the furniture was saved.
On Tuesday night last the dwelling house OF
Mr.. W. h. Hopkins, situated on the Cox road,
about four miles from Petersburg Va, was to-
tally destroyed, by fire, undoubtedly the work Of
an iuccndary. MIR. Hopkins had but recently
moved from Utica N. Y, and would have
made an useful and valuable citizen. He pur'
chased this farm from Mr.. Robert W. Stone
about three months ago and bad just gotten
comfortably located, lie estimates his entle
loss at sc, 900.
An old lady named Ross in her doagc, was
accidentally burned to death in Washington
this morning.
SITTING ON EGGS.-We put the eggs safely
in our GOAT tail pocket and walked cautiously.
Ii recalled piece OF disreputabic carelesSness
on our father part, who once sat down on a
dozen eggs and went up as if every egg was a
bomb, and every bomb in explosion. But
then be was a VIGOROUSLY absent-minded man.
His very example was our safety And yet we
dWelt with some inward mirth, as We walked
10 the house, on the Iudicrous figure which our
father cut Dinner was spread as we came IN.
Some question came up which diverted our
thoughts from the discovery OF the nest-ln
deed, We forgot that we had eggs about US, and
drew to the table and sat down with alacrity
which was ou'y equaled by the spring with |
what is the mattcr?' Matter enough" |
Are you sick? Do let" drew my hand |
from my pocket, streaming with liquid chick
ep, never TO be born, and the disgusting secret |
was out That woman was saint. My potk |
cts we're duly c;eansed. without one cutting |
word. | can imagine the process, but never
like TO dwell upon it. Would you believe it,
the same thing happened in lew weeks
again? 1t did, and to the very same person.
But never since, po-nevcr! From that day
to this we do not remember ever to have taken |
an egg from nest.
|. W]er SEGA man who allows himself to
be pulled up and lattered, | know that bis
time will come when he will sit down on his
eggs
?. When see men who are robting right
and left, and fiIiiug their pockets with un!aw-
iul wealth which other men earned, [ say.
"I on will sit on those eggs yet.
3. When over cunning men think that they
can outwit all their fellows, and are exultiog
at the success which their shrcwdness has
achieved, | say to myself. Fill your pockets
BY and by you will sit down on those eggs. ~
Henry Ward Beeche1.
The sale OF cattle belonging to the estate of
the late John A. Dcveese. took place at Pixies
vile, Baltimore county, Yesterday Young COWS
IF tavortc breeds, to be fresh in the spring,
brought from s45 to $50 EACH and heifers and
'earllngs sold at from SIG to sos Several CO.
brated mchers sod for 500 and upwards.
Among the largest purchasers were Messrs.
[ohn Henry Keenc, IT,, J. Cockey, YIN.