Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-15
NEWS OF THE asAl.
TO sho,o the cei.y ~, and bodv of the Times

RcinharIt Rcincr, who was Judge oil Elec-
tious in the Eighth ward Of Lancaster City,
Pa, has made serious charge against DIR. K.
| +. Muhlcnbcrg, a brothcr-in law OF Senator
Cameron. Mr.. Reiner says that DIR. Mullen
berg offered him two hundred dollars if he
would permit such frauds as would reduce
Buckalcw's majority in said ward to one hun
drcd
Mayor Vansant of Baltimore has offered
reward of $500 for the discovery, arrest and
conviction OF the murderer Of Captain Samuel
| Barrett, and similar reward in the case of the
murderer Of the colored Toy George w. Bar
rett. Governor Whyte has also issued proc
| lamation offering the same reward (S3OoJ IN
| each case.
\ dispatch from Philadelphia says u lawyer
| of that city got charge of the money OF cou-
| pc of credulous widows and then decamped.
| The man referred to formerly represented one
| OF the Philadelphia Districts in Congress, but
his name is not mentioned. He Is supposed to
have carried off with him $4,000 which be-
| longcd to other people.
The rolling mill buildings of the Cambria
Works, covering about five acres OF ground at
Juhrstowu, Pa, caught fire on Saturday, and
only portions oil the main building and the
west wing were saved in damaged condition.
| The light machinery of the mill was destroyed
but the heavy machinery is not much damaged.
Loss $500, 600 insurance $l0O,OO0
Two steamships are running an extraordinary
race The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
Tacoma left Liverpool on the 4th inst for Gal
lao, aud the r public, Of the White Star line,
left for the sane port on the following day
! The distance to be gone over Ii eleven lhouS-
and miles, or nearly half around the world
The propeller Lac LA Belle, ioundcred III
Lake Michigan, about twenty miles from the
Wisconsin, coast yesterday. Three boats filled
with passengers and part Of the vessels crew
have arrived al Racine -Four boats filled with
passengers were still supposed to be aHmt at
latest advIceS.
On Saturday afternoon, Professor John ".
Frazer, who occupied the Chair Of Natural
History and Chemistry in the University of
! PENNSYLVANIA, died suddenly while entering his
apartments at the new building. lie was G3
years old and hal occupied the above position
Tor over thirty years.
The Annual Exhibition OF the Frederick
County Agricultural Society began to day.
Gen. Wade Hampton will deliver an address
Tomorrow. The delegation OF Indian, from
the far West, now in Washington will be pre-,
sent on Thursday.
John Slatlncr, charged with poisoning his
first and second wife and a man named John
SharIock. plead guilty to murder in the second
degree in the Court of Quarter Sessions at
Harrisburg. Pa, yesterday and was sentenced
to the penitentiary for thirty SIX years.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of
:America after a harmonious session of several
days at Cleveland, Ohio, adjourned on Friday
evening last. New York was selected as the
place, and October 5, 1873, the day, for the
meeting of the next National Union.
Charles r. Henderson, charged with the
murder Of Dr. Mcrryman Cole, in January
last. was arraigncd in the Criminal Court. Of
Baltimore. yesterday, and pleaded not guilty.
| No day has yet been fixed for his trial.
\ railroad engineer has been indicted for
manslaushtcr at Rochester, New York, the
killing Of a passenger by the collision Of trains
at Pittstord some days since being the occa-
sion Of this proceeding in the Criminal Court.
There was an accident on the Long Island
Railroad yesterday, the engine running off the
track, and by which the engineer had his arm
broken aud the fireman was scalded to death.
No passengers were injured
James @ Brcn has written letter accept
ing the Appolo Hail nomination for Mayor
of New York. Vim. f. Havcmcycr ha: been
nominated by the Reform Association for
the same office.
J. f. Kennedy, financial agent Of the Ohio
Wesleyan University. committed suicide at
Delaware, Ohio, yesterday. Recent domestic
bcreavcmcnts are supposed to have unsettled
| his reason.
Wizards Hotel, i'll Washington, after hav-
ing been closed for several years, will be re-
opened in month, completely rcmodeled, re-
furnished &c.
There was fire in Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon which destroyed two paint manufac
tories and several other small establishments.
Loss $1,000
Tweed's counsel have asked for further
postponement of his case If the motion is
granted his trial will not take place for several
mouths
Prince Bismarck S indisposition is represent
ed by the North German Gazette as being so
Slight as not to excite any serious apprchen-
sions.
| INerc was duosllci lluol III -'cm Lolh vi
Sunday night, and two inches of snow fell at
Windsor, in that State, the same night
A row of five frame houses on street north
east, between Fourth and Fifth streets, in
Washington, was destroyed by fire last night
Another determined effort is to be made at
the coming session Of Congress to secure the
adoption Of the postal telegraph system.
The East Tennessee Fair began at Knoxville
yesterday.
A drunken brute in Philadelphia murdered
his wife yesterday Afternoon,
TIE TRoTTING HoRsE.-Prior to 1920 Bos-
ton Blue was the only trottng horse that had
beaten three minutes; but since that time, by
selective breeding from thoroughbred stock
and judicous training, we have many horses at
the present day that can trot under two min
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