Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
80 sho,o the gerry age and Jooy ofthe Times

10 shOlO the Gerry age ana O0'y ~ H' i"""'
A man called on DR.. {. Sterling i'll Clcvc-
land, Ohio, on Saturday to obtain certificate
Of the cause of the death of D. p. Sexton,
prominent business man of Cleveland, for the
nurnose of procuring the insurance on Sections
| life, which the papers presented showed to be,
1000, in some fifteen principal companies OF
the country. The papers were formally made
ont and purported to be signed by an under
taker. An Investigation showed that the un-
dertaker's name was forged. There are indca-
tons that the party was endeavoring to perpe-
tratc fraud on the insurance companies.
Rev. VIM. II. Milburn, Of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
we'll known as the blind preacher, has formally
withdrawn from the Episcopal Church and uni.
ted with the Methodist denomination, and
been admitted to the ministry of the Metho.
dist Church. lie was for many years a minis
ter of the Methodist Church, and some five
years since withdrew therefrom and joined the
| Episcopallans.
A letter from Atlanta, Ca, dated the 2lst,
says Col. Thomas G.. Simms, formerly Post
master of Atlanta, against whom the Postofticc
Department allcg Il defalcation Of $4,000,
was honorably acquitted by the U. 5. jury,
Judge Erskine presiding. 1t was shown 70
the Jury that the money was spent tor legltl-
mate Postotiice purposes.
+. Roberts was arrested at Salinevlllc, Ohio,
on Saturday for passing counterfeit money. "A
considerable amount of counterfeit twos on the
First National Bank of New York was found
on his person. Roberts is superintendent OF
extensive coal mines operated by the Clcvc-
| land Iron Company and is wealthy, and was
Of good standing in the church.
Ferdinand B. Hiskell, indicted for cmbczze-
mcnt of IS, 900 worth of goods the property OF
Wright & Co., druggist, Of New York. whose
travelling agent he was, has withdrawn the
| plea Of not guilty and pleaded guilty. and has
been sentenced to three years imprisonment
in the State prison.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company have adj
vanccd the prices of anthracite % cts. per ton
and the Philadelphia Ledger anticipates that
the other companies will take the same action,
the increase to come out Of the pockets OF the
consumers
Mrs. Wharton's attendant physician and the
physician of the Baltimore Jail, yesterday, sent
to Judge Glmor statement that she was too
i'll to appear in Court that day, and asked fur
Their delay The Judge intimated that he
should require her presence within the week
information was received at Washington yes
terdav that the Grow Indians are assisting the
engineers of the Northern Pacific Railroad and
acting rs scouts to the soldiers against the
Sioux tribes WHO have been interfering with
the surveys Of the railroad.
The latest remarkable movement is the emil
grafton from Iceland to Wisconsin Of twenty
five families, who have taken up their abode
on Washington Island, at the mouth OF Green
| Bay. These are but the pioneers Of the new
| movement.
A Geographic dispatch in the Washington
Republican has this from Raleigh, N. c..
''To.day twenty-tw persons, who have been
indicted for various Ku-kux outrages, made
| full confessions. Their affidavits were taken,
and some prominent parties implicated.
A dispatch from Austin, Texas says that
one Mclaughlin. Inspector of Customs, was
murdered and his body found yesterday, near
San Antonio, for causing the seizure OF two
hundred mules, struggled from Mexico.
The Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, who will
be here shortly, has been heralded as re.
markably handsome young man. His photo
graphs do not, however. bear out this tlatter-
ing announcement.
A young lady died in a dentists chair in
New York yesterday while under the influence
of chloroform 1t was administered by an cid,
experienced physician at her own request, and
against the advise Of the dentist.
Brigham Young returned to Salt Lake City
yesterday, and his supporters deny that he has
sought to evade the process Of the Courts, and
say that he will obey summons as witness
but that he will not yield to Imprisonment.
1t is reported" that Gary, one Of the per-
SOUS implicated in the New York frauds has
turned his plumber into ready cash, and made
his escape.
President Grant will visit the Carroll County
Fair, at Westminster, Nd, on the 18th of De-
tobcr.
The Chicago and South Western r. r.,
to Leayenworth, Kansas, has been completed.
ANECDoTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
"reminiscences of Mr.. Webster" published in
the Washington Sunday Herald, we copy the
following:
Mr.. Webster held oficeholders in great alb
horrcnce When he was Secretary, OF State, in
1851, Mississippian came on to Washington
in the hope of securing a foreg consulate. He
made his application, and was informed there
was no vacancy. Nothing discouraged, he pre-
sented himself at the State Department, daily,
and spent an hour or two ID the perusaf Of the
newspapers in the ante chamber, but never an
noyed Mr.. Webster or any of his subordinateS