Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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At the meeting yesterday ofthc Directors of
the B. & O. Railroad Company: President Gar
rett made speech eulogistic Of the character
and services Of the late Albert Schumacher.
Mr.. John King, Jr., Vice President OF the
Company. was chosen Director in Mr. Sehu-
macher's place. During the mouth OF June
the earnings of the Company were considerably
in excess Of the the receipts for the same month
last year. The reports of the Pennsylvania
Central and the Northern Central have also
shown large increase Of BUSINESS since the
opening of the Pittsburg and ConnelIsvllle
Road.
There are no further important develop
ments in the Baltimore poisoning case Mrs.
Wharton is still prisoner in her house, watched
bv the officers who have her III charge. She
will not be sent to Jail until the Grand jury has
acted on the case The rumor with regard to
the large insurance upon the lite OF MAJOR ii.
w. Wharton, which went to the mother upon
his decease, is confirmed. Forty, thousand dol,
lars was the insurance effected, thirty thousand
Of which were actually paid. Mrs " harton
has brother, q physician, III flttSton' "a,
who has been sent for.
The anniversary Of the founding of the ia
nous Davidson fountain, in Cincinnati was
celebrated around the porphyry base OF the
structure, in the presence OF large number OF
ladies and gentlemen, yesterday. The drinking
fountain, by which the people will be supplied,
at the public expense: with ice water was
thoroughly tested. The water by passing
through 1000 feet Of coiled pipe, surrounded
bv ice, is kent constantly cool at forty degrees
temperature.
twas decided by the Assistant Attorney
General Walter II. Smith, on Monday last,
that Delegate to Congress from a Territory Is
not Member Of Congress, and the election OF
q candidate as Delegate does not debar hlni
from continuing as an active member OF d
firm of government land surveyors. ms Gc-
cision. it is understood, was rendered III the
case Of the delegate from Dachota Territory
The report current that the new loan has
been withdrawn from the market is not credl
ted either by Acting Secretary Hartley or by
the Chief Clerk Of the Treasury Department
Jay Cooke 4 Co., some time ago offered tc
take what there remained OF, the tive Yer ct.
bonds (about $3.50. 900 ,000) but their offer WAS
rejected. 1t is conjcctured that another offer
of this kind may have been received.
Secretary Robcsou having been applied TO
by Mr.. James Gordon Bennett for force Of
marines to protect the New York Herald Office
during the riot telegraphed to the Comman
dant of the Brook yn navy-yard, authorizing
him to Use the force under his command Ton
the suppression of rioting whenever he should
be PROPERLY and legally applied TO for aid.
George ". Bradley aud Thos. +. Bradley
who stole s40.0aO from the Adams Expre$:
Company, on the 18th of May last, in Georgia
pleaded guilty in the Court Of Common Plea
Yesterday. and We're sentenced each to ION
years in the penltentlay.
Dispatches from Jackson, Miss, say that "t
accounts of Governor Acorn having transfer
ferred from one printing Office to another lht
contract for publishing the laws: no preparation
can be made for the election, AMI the Code
will DC delayed until the winter.
They have 1 new cemetery in OckmuIge'
county. Ga. and accordingtoa local paper, The
Hon. +. w. Tyson is the first gentleman wht
has had the pleasure of being buried in this de
lghtful retreat.
Duluth, Minnesota the new city at the heaC
of Lake Superior. was visited last Saturday b!
= tidal wave, the waters rushing into the city
and returning to the lake with great velocity
for several hours.
OScndinc, one Of the Robson county (Nortl
Cardinal gang Of outlaws. was captured yester
day and taken to Jail at Wilmington.