Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-21
VIRGINIA NEWS

seven hundred and eighteen bodies Of Confede
rate soldiers which had been disnterred at Get
| tysburg. The funeral cortege was the most i'm
| posing that has occurred in Richmond since
the war, and was participated in by the militia
~, notice. and hundreds of citizens.
A COL Frey, government detective, has
been figuring near Lynchburg, by. drawing. a
pistol in a railroad car upon gentlemen. lie
was hound over TO keep the peace
w. R. Quarles has been elected Cashier of
the Planters National Bauk at Richmond, Va,
vice j. G. Davis, deceased
Reports of the wheat crop, aud the results
Of the harvest, 80 far continue to be more IA
vorable.
! A route has been secured for the Valley K.
r. through the corporate limits OF Stauutou
SHOOTING AFFAIR y e>terday, in George
town, D. c., Mr. Edward T. Hardy, mer-
chant now doing business in New York, met and
discharged u pistol at Mr. W. L. Davis real
estate agent in Georgetown. The wound H.
hicted by the ball was not serious one. Davis
fed Hardy gave himself up aud Was balled
| The Washington Patriot says
while Mr.. Hardy was doing business az
| Norfolk he married Miss Pckre OF George
town, the daughter of Mrs. Ann Pickrell The
daughter of the couple, Miss Alice Hardy, an
ACCOMPLISHED and pretty girl frequently made
visits 20 the house OF her aunt, sometimes stay
lug for months at time. 1t Is alleged that on
one of these visits she became acquainted with
Davis. and that he accomplished her ruin: 1t
i said that 10 order TO cloak his vlllany, Davis
introduced Mr.. Henry Bradley to the young
lady, and that on the ID of last November Mr..
Bradley was married to Miss Hardy at Christ
| Church, Rev. Dr. Williams officiating.
About FIVE months after the young couple
were married the testimony is, that up to that
time they had lived happily--Mrs. Bradley was
suddenly taken sick, aud. unexpectedly to
Bradley and his friends, gave birth to a healthy
and full developed child. Bradley as soon as
his wife was strong enough, sent her home to
her father, and, it is said, instituted suit Tor
divorce ID the County Court of Montgomery
county. Md. which is now pending At hr>t
! Mrs. Bradley denied that Davis was the father
of the child but it is reported that she has
lately confessed to her father, upon which he
Immediately took action.
The affair caused great excitement both IN
| WASHINGTON and in Georgetown, where the
parties are wei knowu aud their high social
standing has deep the interest in the mat
ter
REMARKABLE. Six or light weeks ago "A
family named VhcStwy, consisting of husband,
wife and child, came to the city from Macomb
county. and rooms were engaged at the house
Of a Bohemian named Loidwiest Ehestwy up
to a week ago worked 10 lumber yard, but
was taken i'll one day and had to 60 home. The
doctor pronounced his case typhoid fever The
patient received no help from the medicine,
aud soon after died III some sort OF spaSm.
james HavieuIeycr and Augustus Nor'le
dressed the corpse for the grave, the dead
mans Sunday clothes being used in place OF Il
shroud. 1t was the intention 10 have the
corpse conveyed to Macomb county aud inter,
red beside a dead son, and team was engaged
for the purpose. Vhestwy had d week :
growth of harsh beard Oh his chin, and young
man uamed Fremm volunteered to remove It..
He had worked with the dead man at digging
cellar. and the two had something of an ac-
ouaintance. The body had not been put into
the coffiu yet, aud there were in the room when
Fremm commenced operations with the razor.
the men who had dressed the corpse, the wi
dow, and neighbor woman. Fremm applied
the lather and at length began using the razor.
He had not taken above three or four strokes
when the dead man raised his arms moved his
BODY. and tried to sit up Tie women ran away
frightened, but one Of the men put his hand
un1er Vhestwy's head and helped him so that
be almost sat up straight. He opened his eyes
looked at Fremm, and distinctly uttered the
words "W hat the matter Of me, fremm! |
feel very queer J. Que Of the women who had
returned to the door, twelve feet away, plainly
heard the words The man seemed to want to
speak further, but gasped for breath, closed
his eyes and fell back His heart continued 10
beat for three or four minutes after and then
the man died for the second tune. Detrod
Paper.
HOMICIDE AT Six YEARS OLD From the
Vernon county wis., Censor. Last Thurs
day about noon two boys named Horace Me
Auley. about years old, and Frank Goss, the
same age. we're together in the brush Just at
the southwest corner of the village. Young
McAuley had loaded revolver, which it was
ascertained afterwards he had syly taken from
drawer in Colonel Butts Office. The boys
were alone. and Frank Guss was shot IN the
abdomen, so that he died the next day. tie
was accidentally found by his uncle and carried
to the nearest house, where everything possible
was done for him, but without avail. Mcauley
in the meantime had come back into town, and
passing Mrs Russell's told her he bad shot
rabbit down in the brush. Then he went to
the Office to replace the revolver. This time
Colonel Butt was in, and seriously took the boy
to task for taking the pistol, but he did not
know Of the great mischief done, and Horace
did not tell, even while so trig htened. In fact,
he told nobody, but went home, where he
failed to eat his dinner, whether from the
thought of shooting the boy or from his scare
at Colonel Butt is not certain, but his want Of
feeliug:and the absence of an apparent coucern
for the boy whom he had shot was wonderful.
To fact he seemed to have thought nothing at