Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-13
JEWS OF THE DAY.
$40 sho,c the vay age and boly efhe Times.

A letter from Nathaniel Pope, Superntcn-
dent of Indian Affairs, dated Fort Craig, New
Mexico October 7, contains information that
the famous Apache Chief CochiSe, accompan,,
led by thirty warriors and their families, had
come to Cuchilla Nigra, on the 2Sth Of Septem-
Der: that Superintendent Pope and Agent
Piper had visited their camp, and that Co,
chise pledged himself to keep the peace, and
Use his influence and authority to collect the
roaming Apaches upon the reservation. Mr..
Pope adds The Indians are coming in daily
and there is prospect of peace in this section.
A dispatch dated Windsor, Ontario, says
"a fire broke out last night in McGregors
bank, opposite the llinniS House, burning
the whole block up to the Western Hotel cast.
The Hinnis House is now on fire. The post,
office, telegraph office, Great Western railroad
station, and many other buildings have been
DESTROYED. Detroit fire engines have arrived,
and the flames are being subducd. Disastrous
fires continue to rage in the woods in western
Ontario.
4 terrible tragedy has occurred at New Dub
lin Luncnburg county, Nova Scotia, by which
family of six persons met fearful death
| 4 man named Warnbach, supposed to have
| been madlencd by liquor, murdered his wllc
and four female children, and then threw hlm-
self into we'll and was drowned. There were
no other inmates Of the house, which was $50
lated and nothing was known of the crime
until the following day.
The b. & @. railroad Company has de-
clarcd Il dividend OF 1 per ct. on the stock
of the Main Stem, payable on aud alter
the first proximo clear Of L. 5. tax al so
dividend of ) per cent on the stock OF the
| Washington Branch for the hall year. ended
Both ult. payable on and after 10th instant,
clear of United States tax
The wheat crop of Great Britain has not
turned out SO badly as was at one time an
ncunccd. The average per acre ranges from
twcnty.sx to thirty bushels, and the quantity
estimated to DC required from all foreign sour
ces is about nine million quarters or seventy
two million bushels.
The revenue Of the Baltimore and Ohio road
and its branches for the month OF September
was 81 ,olo, 1921, showing an increase, com
pared with the same month Tor the preceding
ycar, of Sill, 9Uj. IT.. 1t is understood that
the tonnage movrtl exceeds that OF amy month
in the previous history o! the company.
| The newspapers contain long accounts ot the
dreadful ,icvaStiou By fire in the North West.
| Thousands of homes have been destroyed and
many of the pleasant villages which dotted the
Western count and marked the thrift and
energy Of the people, have disappeared III the
whirwind OF i!ani2S
The prcSbytcr who scluc,.,i Miss Viewers at
Decatur, Georgia, and was found guilty there
| of, Il few DAYS ago has been sentenced 10 TWEEN
ty years in the pcnitcntlary. lie was also de
posed from the ministry in the Decatur presby-
terry.
\ large number oil workmen employed on
the Corporation work in New York. assembled
Yesterday AMI demanded their pay for Srptcu
Der. They We're counSclcd Ia IN orderly, ana
that efforts should be lna,l,.lo pay them speedily
and thcy then dispersed.
An express train on the Pan Handle Rail
road which left Cincinnati yesterday noon, run
into the rear Of freight train as the latter WAS
| going on 4 side track at Union. l.icf ing coun
| ty. The conductor OF the passenger train
was killed. No one else hurt.
The Cumberland (Md.) News Of the l2tl
instant, says that on the day previous suo"
fell at several points on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad west from that city, adding that
at Cumberland and Oakland the fall was quite
heavy.
The Michigan Central Railroad Company
has been mulccd in $3.50 for the loss OF
goods of merchant by fire in the Detroit i,
pot, which goods had been delayed in WOW ~
portation by the company. ''''"
John IT. 3. La;robc, Grand Ma 49,. g ),
Masons Of Maryland, calls upor IL ~, 1oan,
in the State to hold special 80 w c>~ =
purpose Of raising funds it IN, IiIe1 .h, aof =,
| trrers. "
The Mayor o: of pb::.'n1e' .lhia hasissclaprocl:
arrest OF Teddy !)iv' r and Frank Kelly. allie!
G, ~ .u "I ~ the murder Of Octavlus
" =, '''4'' lS',''c hasc on the 10th instant.
Substantial Lie + continues to pour into Oh
caSo' anu the hou selcss people are being liJc
aily supplied L nc business men are gcttir
i ineir 'l'a'ls into shape, and preparations hay
oeen --vnlmcnce / for rebuilding.
I Rye has been more generally sown the la
year or two tn; IN formerly 1t is really 4 MOI
profitable croI than what, as the straw Is
nearly rs muc value as the grain, and thel
Is always Sc >od demand for both.
The mayo. of Macon, Ca, has offered Il 81
yer service premium worth $50 to the pre-
ticst girl in the State, under Il, who appear
at the Stat fair in q homcsrun dress.
The Ire asurcr has ordered the pre-. payment
without .batc Of the November interest o
| the 9th 81 the month.
Capt Al Henry A. Ellis, tried before acour
MARTA \; N New Mexico for disobedicncc OF 0
ders, &C., ha: been dismissed the service.
Gen /. Shcr idan writes that everything
quiet and prle, y in Chicago now.
New Nicola NGCAL WnNDER.-l From tt
NJ .cchanital Ady ,catc, for October Two &c
d lans in Port Sci nylcr \. y, Herman Wa
Ter and &. \. Jto wnlan, are now engaged
the cOnstructio n of an automatic machine Whl(