Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.
sLo,c the ,r7j nge aud bmr ofHc Times

, The Onio Falls Car Works, at Jacksonville,
Ind. we're burned on Wednesday, supposed TO
have caugh, from spark from sn,keStack.
The works. which were extensive, and lumber
! in the yard attached We're all Consumed. THE
| buildings alone covered five acres, hr>'ies the
lumber-sheds and !unber yards \ large
amount of machinery. with large quantity Of
material, were in the buildings. The works
empluyed about seven huu,lrcd men, Sixteen
passenger coaches nearly finished, with mum
| Der Of freight aud other cars. We're burned. =
| The loss will reach $5I0iHH; insurance. about
5000 mostly in Northern COMPANIES. SIX
hundred and sixty men were ~ the shops at
the time nearly all Of whom lost their tools
Several persons had ii narrow escape.
\ correspondent Of the Cumberland (Ald J
News writes that on I6'h instant, at Da'e City,
Somerset county Pa. the hotel kept by Daniel
Long was burned. and MIR. Crime, the propric-
tors aged aud brd-ridden father in law lost his
| life. Several men attempted to carry the old
man out, but he chung to his bedpost, saying he
wanted to be burned to death. The flames
compeliel the men TO loose thclI hold to make
| their own escape. one of them. receiving severe
burns in his efforts to detach The old man :
grasp Mr. Crime dog refused to leave his
master, but s,ad at his bedside and persisted
with him.
In the prayer OF Chaplain Culworth, at the
opening of the session Of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives, yesterday, he ex-
pressed tcrvcnt hope that the members would
act favorablv toward questions of woman SUI
frage. At The close of the prayer Mr.. KIM
ball, of Boston. raised Il point OF order that
1 a., I,pr rnIl
discuss matters pending before the House.
The speaker sustained the point. \ short
spicy discussion followed, and the matter sub
sided
Advices from Hayti, to the 10Th state that
''Prcsidcnt l,aez has again lost the town OF
Saraneta He was defeated at Jan Juan by
Cabral, who was unable to advance for want OF
money and ammunition The people object to
support Cabra because they still have hopes
of annexation to the tuited States Or an Amer
lean protect0rate. An attempt was made on
the 4rh instant to assaSsinate President BacZ.
The murderer was arrested, but subsequently
escaped, and is now on Turks Island.
Chas. ". Butts. arrested in Washington last
week on a charge of centiollS behavior towards
school girls, was tried yesterday IN the Police
Court .convi:tcd Of indecent assault IN one case
aud fined five hundred dollars. or in default
sentenced to six months in Jail. Ills counsel
appealed Two ether similar charges are pen.
ding against him. one OF "A very serious nature.
1t is stated that there Is a requlsltl"n from
South Caroliua for him to answer III that State
similar charges.
The house of farmer named Robert Bnwlr>,
near Watertowu u y. was burned Monday
night The family we're obliged to leave the
house in their night clothes. and several OF
them had their limbs badly frozen. B"wlr>
was 80 severely burned while attempting to
save his children that he died the next day.
He was wealthy farmer, and besides large
amount of property destroyed. he lost n1lmirt
Of Government bonds in the flames
The case of the charges against Secretary
Ruhesou was before the select committee o
the House yesterday, Mr.. Dana, Of the NeS
York Sun. being present with counsel. very
heightened aud general conversation aud dis
cussion took place which ended i'll the adoption
of IL resolution Tor the production and eXaml.
nation of witnesses and that the accused
should be allowed to appear with counsel # he
saw tit.
Reports from Arizona state that the Indian:
have within the past week committed numer
Gus murders in the vicinity of Prescott. ano
Superintendent BendeIl teIrgraphS to Wash
ington that the savages are undoubtedly pre-
pairing TO 60 on the war path they having tol
some time carefully headed the -four and Other
provisions furnished them by the Government
Agents.
The Duke of Argyle Secretary Of State FOL
India, has presented to the city Of Chicago
works on the history, people, products, laws
medical practice, ETC., OF ludla.
W. G. Howard OF Baltimore, for Ions
time engaged in tea growing in India, Is now al
Mobile endeavoriug to arrange for the eStab
lishment ola extensive tea garden.
DIR. i. G. Marshall, assistant surgeon OF tho
Wisconsin Insane Asylum, died on "Wednesday
night from wound in his finger, made while
assisting at post-mortem examination.
In the Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives yesterday the resolution to provide for AT
amendment to the Constitution to allow women
to vote was defeated-yeas a, nays 30.
The bill to modify the Sunday law received
its quietus yesterday III the Maryland House Of
Delegates, by the adoption OF motion to strike
out the enacting clause,
w. n. Graves clerk of the steamer Utah, al
St. Louis, took from the safe of the boat on
"Wednesday from five to ten thousand dollars
aud absconded
4 bark has arrived at New Orleans from
Cardiff with twenty miles Of iron for the Pine
Bluffs and Little Rock railroad.
The Black Hill gold excitement turns out tt
have been a swindle, gotten up to induce emf
grafton TO that locality.
There were eighteen new cases and seven
death, from smallpox in New York yesterday
II steamship Hasatia, from New York
Yesterday took out S43, 600 in specie Tor Europe
VIRGINIA NEWS.