Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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Yesterday man named B. F. Wayne was
arrested in Louisville, KY, upon the charge of
forging the names of Thomas Jackson and
others to vouchers for the purpose of defrauding
the Government Fraudulent claims to the
amount of about $l3 900 have been detected in
the Office of Gen. McFerran. During the war
Wayne was quartermaster of the Third Ken
lucky Infantry, and since, at least recently, has
been engaged in the business of collecting
| claims.
The Annapolis Republican says that Mrs
Henry A. Jones, of Friendship, was reported
to have died suddenly on the Sd inst. The
lady was on her way to camp meeting but feel
ing unwell returned to her home, where she
died, apparently, two or three hours afterwards;
! Preparations were made for her funeral, and
| rail- place, the lady aroused from her trance !!
| Mrs Jones is now doing quite well. .....
| The great work Of constructing the ship:ca
nal through the ST. Clair fats, above Detroit,
| is finished, after three years of hard labor, and
| an expense of $42S, 900. 1t is mile and a
half in length, and some 300 to 400 feet wide,
consisting of two dykes, each 1921 feet long
and forty feet wide, constructed Of piles, encos-
ed in frames of timber, and filled up with clay
and sand Vessels are now passing thro ugh
the canal. 81 &c..
A stir has been created in Hebrew society
Throughout the country by the clandestine
marriage Of Miss Pike of New York, veal
thy young niece of S. n Pike, to young
Christian, a son of William France, we'll known
in Cincinnati. The bride has $4,000 in her
own name Her parents, are very rich,
and occupy high place in the Jewish upper
ten of New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger says 1.-The direc-
tors of some of the principal railroad and tele-
graph lines have had a model Of a galvanized
iron pole submitted to them which combines
is designed more especially forcountry lines, but
has so many advantages over the old wooden
pole that managers of the leading city lines have
decided to use it.
Secretary Boutwell, has authorized the As
sistant Treasures throughout the u. S. to pay
the September interest on u. S. securities on
Tuesday next. Concerning the withdrawal
of the four and four and a-half per cent bonds,
the Secretary has intlmated nothing whatever
beyond the statement contained in the circular
withdrawing ''lor the present" this class Of Sc
curlties. ......-s.
On the 9TH Of September, two weeks from
Tuesday next the first ofthe fall elections will
be held in California, where Governor and
State officers are to be elected for four years, TO-
gether with three members of Congress, and q
Legislature on which will devove the duty of
eecting United States Senator in place of
Mr.. Cole.
The lecturer in Ogdensburg, New York,
who advertised himself as Baron De Camin,
an ex-Catholic priest, delivered, his lecture at
that place yesterday protected by the May
or and police He was not disturbed. lie
will give no more lectures in Ogdensburg.
The excitement, was, at last accounts, subsl-
ding. .,.,t t!t....
Daniel p Haviand formerly of Pough-
keepsie, n. T., but for the last four years
resident of Bryantown district, in Charles coun-
ty, Md, died on Saturday night last, the 18th
week, he became overheated, and on his re-
turn was taken i'll and died after week sick
ness
The Auditor of Pa, has made a written de-
mand on G. o. Evans for 1921 ,O46.9l, due
the State of Pennsylvania, to be handed over
without delay, or proceedings will be common
ced at once for its recovery. Evans refuses to
comply, and Attorney Gen. Brewster will pro-
coed at once.
Some New England lady, Mrs. Daniels, We
believe-another of the Daniels come to judy
ment--has invented q new tangled apparatus
for keeping the ladies stockings up, which is
to supersede the time honored and knghtly
garter. ....
4 trial trip of the new steamship William
Crane. of the Baltimore and Boston line was
made down the Chesapeake yesterday after
noon, some two hundred of prominent mer-
chants and other business men in Baltimore be-
ing the guests Of the Company. -. ....-
The late election in Salt Lake City resulted
in giving 4,72l votes for the Mormon candi
dates and 920 for the Gentle ticket; but the
suggestive point in these returns is that more
than one half oft Mormon votes were cast
by the Mormon women.
\ young gentleman from Washington City,
who was visiting the family of the late Dr.
Montgomery Johns, near Badensburg, in
Prince Georges, county, Md, received a kick
from horse on Wednesday, from the effect of
which he expired on the same day. -
1t is estimated that the number of horses in
the U. s. is over eleven millions, Or more than
one horse for every four inhabitants. Illinois
contains the largest number of any State, L.
BAG, 500; Ohio comes next, Pennsylvania third,
and Indiana fourth.
rhe NIillerites have cyphered out this time
that according to the prophecies of Daniel the
world will come to an end and We shall
have. 'sthe second advent about the I'd of
September.
The steamer R. f. Lee exploded her boiler
near Fayetteville N. C., yesterday. Three COL
ored boat hands were killed and three wound
ed. Capt. VIM. Skinner was seriously but not