Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-27

| " AShINGlON lIEMS.- Tic lIOuDle aUOul tllc
water has been remeded, at least, to cousid-
cradle extent 1t will soon be AL right"
Two horse thieves were arrested yesterday
| and the horses secured.
\ coored man. took dose of laudanum on
Sunday night, for the purpose Of taking his life,
which had become burdensome to him on ac-
count Of domestic uuhapplucss DIR. W. II.
Poulton was called in, and went to work on
him with 4 stomach pumps land succeeded in re-
storing him.
\ strong opposition has been manifested, by
some citizens of Washington to the improve
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 50
far as the running Of the junction railroad,
through certain streets is concerned.
GUILIBILTTY--Somcw weeks since 4 gentle
man of Norfolk, Virginia, lost valuable ring,
which he priced very highly, and which he
supposed to be stolen. Alter having cxhaus-
ted every effort to find it, he consulted for
tune teller, who told him that the ring had not
been stolcn but had been dropped into the
food Of fine calf which he owned and been
swallowed by the ANIMAL Thinking the tale L
and its stomach searched, when lo there was
no ring to be found. The family Of the gentle
man have since uxuriatcd on veal which, taking
the price at which the calf Ia highy-improyed
| breed could have been sold for Is il standard
| must have been worth ut least $ 80 per pound.
SOUTH AMERICA AND TIE lsTlMUS.-No
success has yet attended the attempts to sub
due the revolution in Bolivia. In Guatemala
this instruction is extending and promises to
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at last accounts was peaceful. In Honduras
the instruction has been suppressed. Quiet
prevails in Costa Rica. The railroad directors
in Panama decline to continue the annual pay
mcnt to the Government OF $2ju,O0U and pro-
pose to allow it instead Il certain proportion OF
| the profits of the road Excellent coal mines
have been discovered on the Bolivian frontier
Telegraph lines are being constructed III San
Salvador.
\ NOBLE MAN. lcrc is another one Of
those heroes who are 50 ''obscurc That they ut
tract little attention. John Ovany, Of Michi
gan City, Ind., was sailing on the lake with
three friends, when the boat was captIZcd by 4
flaw OF wind and us the little craft could bear
UP only three persons, Olvany, saying that he
had no family and they had, babe them good
Us, released his hold. and WAS drowned. Sir
Philip Sydney newer did anything hal 50 no.
| bic rs that; and yet who will remember the
name of John Olvany tomorrow?
TIE IIpE.IysuRANcE CASE OF Mrs HEN
RY \. WISE THE Court of Appeals has dcliv
cred IN opinion in the case Of Harriet Wise
against the Mutual Benefit Lille Insurance
| Company ul Newark. nn the appeal uf defcn
,lant from the udgmcn! Of the Circuit Court
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of Appeals alirms the Judgment Of the court be-
policy oi' insurance upon her husband, the
Rev Henry A. Wise, .Ir., formerly rector OF
Christ Church, in this cIty.-H nh SIM.
The fill elections throug huut the country
will hc looked upon with interest, is giving
some indication Of the result when the great
contest for next President comes on 1t is we'll
not to ''mumber chickens before they arc hatch
cd md not To make predictions Is to unccr
tlin events W: confess We have strong
hopes and Il belief that these indications will
generally be favorable Tor the success Of the
Democratic and Conservative party in their ct
fort, under competent and patriotic candidates,
to bring about Il INV DEPARTURE in the nd
mInlStrltl"n "l the affairs nl tn" general GOV
crnmcnt-ana elect i return t." constitutional
principles, peace and prosperity.
Some of our contemporaries often .iccr at the
societies for the prevention Of cruelty to an
imalS. Possibly, it happens that these societies
are not always prudent in their proceedings
but that they Go Guul often llllcS we DcllcFc.