Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-13
NEWS OF THE ia
III sii,ou the cry ngr art b""y "''''' TINES

II, sj.,u the rery ugr amt b"riy "''' Times.
j \ family was fouul murdered yesterday in a
Mouse near Henryvillc Indiana. The family
4onSi,ted of Cyrus W. Parks his wifi, Isabella.
iAs son John. aged ten years, and Il, ms daughters
! IkyeEnc. aged seventeen, and Ellen. aged III
tcI.n wears. The heads were ali terribly beaten
anN crushed with Soulc blunt INSTRUMENT. The
| brains # Mrs. Parks and her son were scatter
ed Ibout the room. while their bodies were ly-
Ing lin their beds. The daughters were found
SittA,g in the kitchen alive: but were deIlrlouS
and fatally hurt.
AtAChatanooca, Tenn. yesterday, fire was
disco rcd in Fisher l. Brother jewclry store,
at III orucr Of III hth and Market streets, de-
Stroyi. J., ii square and Il halt in the business
part of che city. The loss is estimated at $I5,
600. TIE fire was Of inccndiary origin. The
city vas L red in two other places but was ex-
tinguiSheG Fifteen supposed Chicago de>pe.
rariocS arriN / from Memphis that night. Su=-
picon poinr@cf to them.
Rev. Ma shall d. Sanders, missionary for
some twenty years to Ccylon. ulia,sded at his
station at E,attacntto. Ccylon, on the 10Th Of
Augu.t, of slpoplexy. Mr., Sanders with his
wife had just reached their station from this
country. az July 4th. Mr. Sanders was Ii
| native of W l.. :pwr, Mass.
In regard :ic warning by our Government
that the rights Of the Hornet rs Il neutral yes
sci must be respected the Spanlarls put in 4
plea that their Consul at Port-au-Prlnce was
inSultc'l by the clcw Of the vessel and on that
account hauled down his flag aud started Tor
Havana.
The latest horror is that of man in a Kan
$as town who, having worked himself into
diSagrceable condition Of insanity cndcavorcd
to kill himself and family with chlorOtorm and
failing in that. murdered his children by drlv-
ing nails into their heads.
Mr.. W. ". Corcoran, whose health continues
to improve sails in the Cuba on the 22d inst
for France. In Paris he will meet his grand
Children and thence, accompanied by them: he
will proceed to Cannes. in the south OF France,
where he will pass the winter.
One Of the Russian fleet arrived in New
York bay on Saturday, but has seen nothing Of
the other ships since they We're five days out
from Nadcira The Grand Duke, however,
may be expected at any moment.
The jury in the case of Joseph League, on
trial at Tow>ontown, Nd. for the murder Of
an unknown girl at Chase Station in June
last having failed to agree, We're on Saturday
discharged by Judge Gra>on.
\ substitute for gutta percha has just been
utilized 1t i<a marine plant washed up on
the shores i'm the vicinity of the cape of Good
Hope South Africa. and has come into con>ld-
cradle use
The rumored burying Of the hatchct between
Senator Fcnton and Collector Murphy. in New
York, on Ihurlay evening, is Incorrect.
The Apache Indians have plundercd u stage
coach and murdered two Of the passengers, ac-
cordng to dispatches from San francisco.
In New York. yesterday, Frederick Sturm
fel committed suicide in front Of Trinity Church
by swallowing quantity Of muratlc acid.
\ YOUNG WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.-
The Wytheville Dispatch gives the following
account of a terrible death from burning,
which took place in that county last week
1t is with exceeding sorrow that we record
the horrible death of Edmonia Adkins. aged
about fifteen years, daughter Of Polly Adkius,
living three miles east OF this place. The par
ticulars Of her sad death, as related to Us. are
about as follows The family were moving
into another house on Friday last, and about
q 0 clock on that night, Edmonia and her sister
were left at the house, in the care ofsOme bed
ding. &C.. that was tied up and lying on the
floor, until TIE return Of others of the family to
remove it. The two sisters being tired land
down by the fire and fell asleep and in this
condition Elmouia clothing caught fire, and
the door of the house being fastened, her sister
Jumped out OF the window, and broke open
sister ran all over the house, in flames. trying
to escape After getting out. her clothing was
burnt off, and the skin on her person came off.
wherever touched. Some persons who had
been out hunting. hearing thc screams Of these
girls, hurried to them, but too late to save the
unfortunate Girl but put the fire out in the
house She only lived about four hours.
\ CURIOUS INTERRUPTION to a good supper
occurred few days ago at Nashville. Mr..
Bruner, of that city was visited by friend,
Mr. BaltiSwhitcr, about tea time. Invited by
the former to Join him in a discussion of the
beverage THAT cheers but not jncbrates, the
latter accepted the gracious hospitality and
seated himself at his friend 5 board. Scarcely
however, had he comfortably arranged his legs
under Mr.. Bruncr' mahogany before that gen
tlcman as if seized with sudden paroxy>m
of anti hospitality, rushed to the dooor. closed
and locked it, and then, possessing himself
of carving knife, proceeded to slice Mr.
Baltswhitcr into small bits Fortunately,
as it happened, Mr.. Baltiswhter was the
stronger Of the two. He diSarmcd hi: an
tagouist, and then. by an ingenious and rapid
movement, managed to get himself partly
out of the front door. In this process, how
ever, Mr.. Bruncr drew a pistol and fired at
his retrcating friend with the result that the
fugitive was wounded in the leg. The cause Of
these high jinks' appears to have been that
Mr.. Baltiswhiter had unduly interested him
self in divorce case which more specially con-
cerned Mr.. Bruner.
"CApIToL HILL" FAIRFAX COUNTY. BY
invitation Of our young and excellent friend 7.
p Gooding Esq. we visited for the first time on
Tuesday last the above place. situated about
two miles from Fairfax station on an eminencc
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