Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-02
A Flat Denial of the Reported Lou
dOun Poisoning Case-A Card from
DIR. Pugh.


doum Poisoning Case-A Card from
DIR. Pugh.
To the etiitor Of the -i1crondrm Gu=ctte:
BURLINGTON, LoUDoUN Go, Oct. |, 1872
My attention has been called to sensational
article IN your paper Of last week, headed.
Another poisoning case in Loudoun," copied
from the Lccsburg Telegram. From its APP
parent sanderouS character and entire perver.
sion of the facts, feel it my duty to notice
| will briefly state the facts: Mrs F. Cation
sent for nc on Sept Sth to see two of her chill
dren laboring under typhoid fever, one years
old. the other II. They were both extremely
i'll when first saw them, and continued so for
some days with but little Improvement, with
out any hope of saving the younger When [
last saw them considered the younger hope
less case and told the mother. The next day
| failed to see them, having more calls than [
could attend. The second day called again,
and the younger was dead, and several of the
nclghhors were preparing to bury it. One of
her friends asked me to 20 in the kitchen and
SEE Eliza, stating he believed she was living.
Eliza was an older daughter about 9 years old,
and said by the neig hbors to be enceinte I went
IN and saw she was near " dead; informed the
friend of the fact, put up medicine for the other
| daughter,and went off as had no time to loose.
After started Mrs. Cation sent for me to come
back and try to do something for Eliza exam
lned her again and told her mother that it was
useless to think Of doing anything she would not
live an hour. She died very soon after left.
The other daughter has recovered. Some of
| Mrs. Cations friends believe that Eliza was
drugged by her paramour. | could form no
opinion as only saw her in articulo norris.
| The younger child died from fever, and nobody
here has the least suspicion of the mother at
tempting to poison either of them. There Is
10 excitement and no eyhuming of bodies as
stated.
This poor woman has had her full share of
the ills of this world without being falsely drag
ged before the world as the murderer of her
own children. The author of such a SANDER
should certainly be exposed. Respectfully
yours, j. K. PUGH.
\ Hot WATER MITRAILLEUR-Adi disagreed
Die kind of steamer has. according to the Indian
Daily News, bcon lately turned out by the Gov
ernment steam factory at kidderpore to do
I special duty at the Andamans. The engine
room space which takes off considerable from
the cargo-carrying capacity ofthe steamer has in
this instance. by simple but ingenious arrange
mcnt Of the boiler, been reduced to minimum.
BY another novel contrivancc the jet of hot wa
ter rejected by the boilers and crked out at short
intervals from the sides of all screw steamers can
in the case Of this vessel be utilized for the pur-
pose Of giving warm reception to any wild men
or desperate convicts who might be tempted to
visit her unannounced. The charge Of this
new piece of ordnance is, of course, scalding
hot and continuous shower can be kept up
al libitum. calculated to tell severely on any
suspicious bare back or bald pate that may
have the misfortune to be near enough to come
within its rage.
DEATH OF A NlRGISIAN-We find in the
Louisville CourierJ Journal a notice ofthe death
of Mr.. William Il. Taafcrro, native OF Am
herst county, Virginia, which occurred on the
18TH day Of September
He fell overheard from the steamboat Trader
when near Skipwith' S Island Mississippi: aud,
it is supposed was immediately drowned. Mr.
Taiafcrro was about twenty five years Of age, a
graduate OF Washington College, Va, aud
teacher by profession lie was young gentle
mar OF uncommon intellect and cultivation.
The sweetness of his manners and the sprlght-
illness Of his conversation made him conspicuous
and his sudden death has caused great shock
among large circle of devoted friends
An INCIDENT. Whilst sitting in Church
last Sunday, and whilst the usual collection was
being taken up, we observed an old coored
man in the gallery whose conduct indicated that
he vas unaccuStomcd to such ceremonies, yet
who was paying the rost dcvout attention to
all the proceedings. When the Warden came
up to him and presented the plate for the re-
ception of his benehccuce provided, of course
he had any-he replied, very audibly: Boss
hash got any change wild NE to day aud
he straightway got up aud walked cut ofChurch
thinking. we SUPPOSE that 10 one could occupy
a seat without paying for it.-LcesJu,y Telegram.
There we're Ii 1872 barrels of -four inspected
in Richmond during the last quarter