Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7"sltO'o the rery age and body of the Times

'7"slo1o the rery age and body oft Times"
Yesterday the wife OF Patrick Welsh, living
near Runmorc, in Pennsylvania, went out leav
ing two children, aged two and four years, in
he'd asleep She had not gone long before she
noticed smoke from the building, and hurrying
back found the house enveloped in flames.
The building was consumed, and The charred
remains OF the children were taken from the
RUNS.
Georgetown is now undergoing thorough
survey. Yesterday one of the old land marks
was dug up on Congress street, short dis
lance above the Postotice. The stone retains
the indenture No. If, year 1852. This is one
of. the first stones used in laying out the origl
nal plot Of old Georgetown.
The japanese ambassador, has invited Mr..
Birdscy G. Northrop, Secretary Of the Connec-
ticut Board Of Education, to go to Japan and
assume control of the system of public instruc-
ton in that country. 1t is the intention to re-
model the entire school system OF the Empire,
basing it largely upon the American system.
Secretary Boutwell, yesterday called in ST.
600, 600 of the three per ct. temporary loan
bonds all dated August l. 1863 Interest will
cease on these bonds April 80, 1872, after which
time they will not be available as any portion
of the legal money reserve in the possession OF
any national banking association.
1t is understood that Bishop Whelan, the
| senior catholic prelate of the Province OF
Baltimore, has appointed Rev. John Doug cher,
the archdiocese. Father Dougherty will con-
tinue in office until another archbishop is in
stalled
John Christopher Raining, British sub
iect, has put iu claim against the U. S. for
damages. by way of indemnity, tor acts commit
ted against his person and property. under and
in pursuance of the Treaty of Washington. lie
estimates his indirect damages at $60o,Om!
Ex-Congressman Stokes, Of Tennessee, who
was convicted of bounty frauds on the Govern
ment, was yesterday fined ST 800 in the Wash
ington Criminal Court and escapes with this
light penalty for the offences Of which he was
accused.
1t is now said that the conduct Of DIR. Hus-
ton, ever since he has been i'll Baltimore, has
made him an object of suspicion to many the
congregation of the Church Of which he Was
pastor
General Howard is now to be sent among
the Apache Indians. with view of getting at
the truth and reporting the facts for the bene-
fit of the Interior Department and the country.
Col. S. NJ johnson, who was at one time
connected with the National Intelligencer, died
suddenly, yesterday morning. at his residence in
Washington, Of heart disease.
SINGULAR FREAK OF A Sick WIFE.-On
Wednesday morning last Mr.. Frederick Hast
arose from his bed at an early hour and leaving
his wife and child in the chamber, proceeded
to another room to make fire. Hearing the
CRY of the infant which is but two weeks old,
he returned to the. chamber to ascertain the
cause, when he perceived that his wife was not
| in the room, which was very strange, as she
was sick, and had been for the past few weeks
confined to her bed. He at once made search for
her; every nook and corner about the house was
looked into aud then the garden, out buildings,
| and adjacent premises were searched, but no
trace of her could be found The husband was
greatly alarmed, and ran hither and thither IN
distracted manner seeking the poor woman,
who had evidently 10 an hour Of temporary ln-
sanity, produced by her recent illness, wander
| ed out of the house and gone he knew not
where Just as Mr. Hast was about to start
to his moher-in-law' residence, IN the neigh
borhood, thinking perhaps his wife was there,
he heard faint CALL and on Fastening to the
well, few yards distant. discovered the head
of his wife above the water. Quickly descend.
ing the we'll he reached the poor woman and
supported her in his arms, and then Justify
shouted for help. Fortunately his cries were
heard, and the neghbors aroused from their
| beds fastened to the spot and with some dit:
| fculty both husband and wife were drawn up
from the we'll the woman being almost life.
| less. She was at once taken to her bed and
properly cared for. She had been in the wa
ter UP to her neck for over half hour, and it
is mystery that she did not drown, as the wa
ter in the we'll is about eight feet deep
Strange to relate it was yesterday said she is
none the worse for her long immersion in
the cold water-CumJr7and Nc,cs
A LARGE CoTToN MILL PRoJEcTED.-All
of our readers will remember the enormous
thirteen-story Gallago mill, which, till the Sd
of April 1863. stood between the canal and the
present mill, and in one story of which, on one
OCCASION the famous New York Seventh Reg-
ment, with 5000 Of their entertainers, took
dinner when those gallant ctizen-soldiery came
here as an escort to the remains OF ex-Presl.,
dent Monroe. TIE burned mill, we are pleased
to say, is again to have place in our local his
tory, and the bats which have built their nests
in it's deserted inches, and the wind which has
whistled with such unrestraned gee around its
burned walls, and kissed, without opposition,
its acre of II foot granite basement are both to
be expelled,
The Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company,
who own the property, is composed mostly Of
New York men with unlimited capital, and
they have determined to erect on the site the
largest cotton mill in the United States. Sam
uei r. Skddy, an opuent New Yorker, has
shown his faith in the project by putting his
name down for fifty thousand dollars. The
building will be commenced during the coming
summer. Richmond Ncrs.
LAMB RAISING IN VIRGINIA.-The follow
ing statement is made by Mr. j. X. Dodge,
of the Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton:
A flock of IS ewes, bought in the autumn Of
1861 was turned upon Virginia wheat stub
BILE. seeded whichever and, without other feed or