Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.
40 shoae h rery age and body fds Times

suffering and poverty, were graoteq at ieas'
one happy day in their young hives. By steani.
or and train they were taken 10 the shores OF
Long Island. and there amongst the woods,
and within sigh, aud sound of the ocean, they
were permitted TO trolic TO their heart con,
tent while an abundance OF suhStantas aud
i.licacics We're provided for them:
The Cleveland Paindealer of the Sth says
''Ou Sunday afternoon an extremely sad af'alr
barpeped 10 Ruckpor. township, southwest
norton, about eight miles from this city. The
case 10 brief is that mother, rendered insane
from long and inteuSe suffering, took the lives
Of her three children and then cut her thr1a'.
The unhappy woman is the wife Of Henry
Southworth and is perhaps tbirty-tiTe years
Old. During several years past she had been
afflicted with very aggravated dyspepsia.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, Postmaster
General and Attorney General yesterday had
conference aud approved the plans for the new
public building in Chicago. PREPARED by the 81;
pcrri,ing Architect The estimated cost OF
tb.. new building Is So 100 900. exclusive OF the
price OF the ground. The appropriation TOR
purchasing the ground aud erecting the build
ing was four millions Of dollars, and when com
pleted will accom- u.ola;e all the public otho:s
in Chicago.
The latest sensation is Iowa City Is the sui
eide Of u COW The cause Of the deed was the
killing of her calf The Iowa City Press de-
scritcs her actions: The cow was frantic at
this slaughter Of her innocent. aud alter chas-
ing the butcher wagon 10 the slaughter. house
door, and believing goodbye 10 her infant
she repaired to the river, pear Dillon lsand;
and wading in beyond her depth, committed
suicide By drowning.
In the French Assembly las; night consider.
able excitement was occaSioned By a debate on
the proposal to Increase the taxes. In answer
10 speech by Theirs. members of the Left IN
dulged in hearty cheers, and after the disorder
had calmed down Theirs promised to explain
his policy at later day In consequence Of
the demonstration last night. crisis III the al
fairs Of the Government is unprecedented.
The much talked OF parade Of Oraugclnen in
New York came off yesterday, aud proved a
very tame affair. there being bu: six hundred
men iu the procession, who were guarded
BIZ twelve hundred policemen. The only incl
dept Of note during the day was the insulting
OF a female l,y q rough for which said rough
va, arrested and marched to the lock up.
The estimated value Of vessels belonging to
or trading at ports III the l. S. reported to-
tally lost or missing during the past six months
is 81 300 900 The greatest loss was cxp=rien
ced in February, when sl.22>o. 300 worth Of this
kind Of property was swept away. Inc value
Of the shipping lost in the corrc>pyn ling TING
in ISL was S5.Ul3,VlHl.
A dispatch f:ou Columbia. S. C., to The
Charleston News. says that the prosecutions
under the enforcement act are to b: pressed
with unprecedented vlgur and severity in the
upper c1uaties There is :, pile OF warrants IN
luio1 county above foot and a halt thick.
There are not dozen citizens OF the county Of
Saxon blood who will escape
! sDccia! dispatch from ST. PAU says that u
sister Of Allen Jordan, who was chiefly instru-
mental in the capture Of the Indian muraererS
Of the Cook family, was killed day or Two
since bv her husband, an Iudan, it is believed,
out of revenge for the part taken by her broth
er in bringing the Cock family murdcrers to
punishment
The officers and crew Of the f.libustor steam
er Fauu;e, arrived a, Nassau On last Saturday
afternoon. Captain Brown states that finding
il impossible to remove the steamer from the
shoa upon Which she ran he burned her, the
officers and crew cmbarking in two small boats
Tor Nassau.
Gen. c. O. Looulis L. S. A., has become
insane. He was wounded in the head at the
battle Of Stone river but suffered little trouble
from ii until month ago, when the wound re-
opened. and insanity Was developed. Gen.
Looms was at the time Shcrman's chief Of
staff.
Since the thermomctre has risen above so
degrees the Boston passenger railroads have
reduced the speed Of the cars to almost walk
Ing pace, or scarcely three miles an hour, to
the great saving Of the horses and without IN
convenience or complaint
Reports from Iowa state tina. the present,
promises to be the most abundant season for
grain ever known in that State Grain of all
kinds is rapidly rpening, and the crops were
never better.
A youth named Martin Whitlock com mitted
suicide, on Wednesday last, at the residence of
his mother, ia Norfolk, Va, By taking lauda-
NUN. He had previously made attempts at
lfdestruction.
F. s. Turkey and Robert B. Wood we're yes
terday appointed surveyors of distllleries in the
first Internal revenue district Of Virginia.
Mrs Greeley, it is said, is no pelessly i'll. and
of disease that furbids all freedom of locomo-
ton.
WARREN COUNTY, VA-Our county has
been fortunate in being the recipient of several
very fine rains during the last week or so. In
deed, we needed them badly: the earth was
almost literally parched. Hard and dry, it af
torded 20 moisture, and We began seriously to
think that things were gone up: but just as
we were about giving in. a most grateful
and refreshing rain restored our hopes, cheered
our hearts and invigorated the inner man. :
What an effect it has had upon the corn is
truly wonderful. 1t has really dared to raise
its head from the clods and now begins TO bow
gracefully and cheerfuy to every passing
breeze.
The excitement, the JOY, the anticpations
of harvest, with its good wages its custerings
of hands, its jolly dances, its teats of skill and
endurance, and its good old Rye is like
Hans Breetmap S party, all gone. The result
is, SO tar as we could learn, quite favorable
The straw although short, has borne, good full
heads. Our farmers are looking much more