Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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A heavy storm, accompanied by heavy thun-
der and remarkably vivid lightning, was expe-
ricuccd 10 London and various other parts OF
England Yesterday, A cotton mill at Bolton,
near Manchester, was struck by lightning, aud
some of the operatives stunned, though none
were killed. The lord Nelson tavern, at
Dover, was also struck, and, taking fire, was
burned. Many of the inmates were injured.
The Harrisburg, Pa, Patriot says:-"Thc
heavy rains on the northern border Of the State
last week raised the North Branch sufficient to
bring out nearly all the lumber which had been
waiting for a flood from that section OF the lum'
Der district. The stock of all kinds on hand is
much below the average OF past years at this
season of the year, yet it is sufficient to supply
the trade for months.
The strike of the wheelwrights and black
smiths in New York, has failed, and the move
m mt is evidently weakening, although ii has
strength enough to continue the contest for
weeks in the future. The BARRIERS are the latest
accession to the strike. In "A majority of the
shops they have secured shorter hours OF work,
but some five hundred shops are still holding
out.
The June report of the Agricultural Depart
mcnt indicates a yield of about two hundred
aud twenty millions bushels of wheat this year,
ten millions less than i'll 1871. The average OF
the crop is better than expected, but there are
II number Of causes which lead Us to look iqr il
material advance III prices III the autumn.
The largest cargo Of oats ever shipped from
any lake port, consisting OF I0j,0OD bushels,
was on Saturday morning towed out Of Chicago
harbor in the Uuion Steamboat Line large
iron steamer Java. The board of trade turned
out en- mass upon the wharves aud greeted the
Java with farewell cheers aud songs.
The theatre at StratIord on-Avon has just
been torn down, in order to restore the great
garden Of Shakespeare to its original torm and
size. The whole plat OF ground once occupied
by the great poet has been purchased for the
people, and the gardens OF Shakespeare Will
hereafter form public property.
The manifesto Of the Duke Of Moutpenslcr,
claiming the throne Of Spain for Alplonso, sou
Of the cx-Quecn Isabella, is not likely to be
followed by any tumult AMONG Spanlards. or
any hostile demonstration whatever by the Or
leaniSt duke hlmscli.
At Hcrmitase, Missouri, recently, a drugli>t
gave q man some medicine for the cure OF
ague and fever, whcrenpon the man Was Sclz1d
with a fatal illness. Two physicians personally
investigated the CAUSE OF disease, and drank
some of the preparation, and both died also.
The common council Of Chicago have passed
Il peremptory resolution heading off the pros
pactive cxploder Of guns, touchcr-of OF SqulbS,
and general finger of tire-crackcrS on the 18th
of July.
Major Sidney S.. Lyon, formerly State geolo-
gist of Kentucky, and ono of the most eminent
men in his profession, died of paralysis at his
residence i'll Jettcrsonville, Indiana, yesterday.
Late intelligence from Monterey, Mexico,
does not mention any great amount Of fighting,
but a great deal of stealing in the shape OF
forced loans is going OH.
Swormstcdt, the Baltimore check raiser, was
convicted at Louisville yesterday, and sentenced
to seven years in the Kentucky Pcnitcntiary.
Mr.. Forney, Of the Philadelphia Press, is on
a trip to Texas to look after some Of his land
purchases in that State.
AN ~IMpUDENr MrRDERER.- William II.
Oskins, Of Philadelphia, maltrcatcd his vile,
peat lcT, urONc ncT lTOUl HIS uDuSe, anu WHICH,
she found shelter in the house Of a relative fol,
lowed her there and deliberately blew out her
brains. He was arrested with the deadly wca-
pom in his hand before he had escaped from
the house and committed to prison. He was
tried in the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the
proof of his guilt being conclusive, his counsel
set up the plea Of %insanit:. 1t was not sus-
tanned by any circumstance in his history, or
the testimony of any medical experts whose
opinions were entitled to the least respect. 1t
was !. oven that he sometims brought himself to
that condition known as crazy drunk The
jury brought in the prepostcrous verdict OF
"Nnt guilty, but insane He was sent back
to prison, not being deemed a fit person to be
at large.
And now he is brought before the Court on a
writ of habeas corpus, and prays for his dis:
charge on the ground that he is perfectly sane
The prison physicians had testified at his trial
that they regarded him as sane, and at the
habeas corpus hearing they gave the same
opinion. Inasmuch as they had never believ-
ed him to be insane, they could not now say
that he had recovered. The Judges, not salts
fed with the proof of the mans sanity, sent
him back to prison until such time as he could
produce medical experts who would certify to
his sanity. There seems to be no doubt what
ever that Oskins is entirely sane, and never
was insane, although his counsel managed to
get a jury to so declare. -Bahinnofc american.
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