Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-08-29

ALMOST TRAGEDY.-We learn that yes.
tcTdHy morning the parlOr Of one OF the hotels
down town was the theatre Of most exciting
scene. which came very near terminating in
bloody tragedy: The wife of bOorder had
discovered in her husbands pocket a letter
from another woman which indicated that
their relations were not of the character TO be
borne with by wife. While she was talking
over the matter with the landlady il was an
nounced that there was a lady in the parlor
who desired to see her husband She went
down. and there found the lady who had writ.
ten the note. They soon discovered their re-,
lative positions, and terrible encounter took
place. The husband intertered, hut only
made matters worse, as each thought herself
the most deeply wrOnged. \ crowd was COL
lected from the street in the house by the
nUise, aud the excitement reached its climax,
when both ladies drew pistols and seemed
bent on shooting one another, themselves and
the husband, who had taken n scat and oui>
city given up all as lost. The Interference of
outsiders alone prevented blOodshead. The
sequel of this affair will probably be told in
another, and, it may be, more tragic chap
ter.-Rich"Ond Enquirer.
\ SARATOGA SENSATIONAL sensation at
Saratoga is always acceptable. The greatest
sensation that could possibly have happened
took place Saturday night. When all was
quiet-when the balls were about to COM
mence aud the saloons were ablaze with fnery.
the gas went out throughout the whole village.
Investigation proved that the Gas Company
were unable to furnish any more that night.
Then there was intense excitement. All the
candles and kerosene oil was quickly used IN
and the greater portion of the Inhabitants had
to go to bed in the dark. A despatch was
sent to Troy for carload of gas for the
Grand Union Hotel. One of the largest cars
was filed, and, says the Troy Press, when
$500 feet had been nicely slowed away, sud-
denly the car left the track and Quietly be gan
to rise into the air. Before it could be stop
ped it had attained an altitude far out of reach,
and taking a northerly course it MAZE ticaIly
rose to the height of about half \ mile, and
took direct course for Saratoga.
THE CHOLERA IN EURoPE.-In Konica.
berg, Prussia, on the 18th inst, sixty-two
persons were attacked blythe cholera, and
there we're twenty-five deaths from the dis
ease. On the 18th there were seventy new
cases aud twenty.thrCe deaths, and on the
10th eighty new cases and twenty-seven
deaths. The case reported in London is said
to have been English, not Asiatic. A dis
patch from Suwalki, Poland, says the cases of
cholera are decreasing. 1n that town, whose
population uOeS not exceed OSOUU, ABOUT one
half of whom are Jews. there have been 443
cases of the disease, S3 of which were fatal.
Tho latest returns from st. Petersburg show
that, on July 18th, there were thirteen cases
Of cholera, with four deaths, gradually rising
to tifty-six attacks, with twenty.One deaths,
on July 18th. AT Moscow, on june 14th,
there were twenty cases and six deaths; on
the 18th, tbirty-three cases and sixteen
deaths.
There have been four epidemics of cholera
IN New York, while Staten Island has been
visited by fourteen. In 1889, there were 81
572 deaths in New York City from the mala>
dy; in 1910, sou in 1854, $500 in 1866,