Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
F." 10 show the very age and body Of the Tune.

That adventurer, who calls himself Lord
Gordon Gordon, is again making trouble. lie
fed from New York leaving the surities for his
appearance at Court, in the vocatve. When
he left New York, he went to Minnesota, but
subsequently, crossed the line and took up his
residence iu the Canadian province OF Maui
toba. The New York officer engaged detcc-
tives in Minneapolis, and they crossed the line
and captured the fugitive Lord, but before they
got him into the jurisdiction OF the U. 5. they
we're overtaken by squad Of Manitoba soldiers
and made prisoners themselves. They were
taken to Fort Garry and held for examination.
A preliminary trial is now in progress
Grand Rapids Michigan, yesterday, was
visited with another and devastating fire. 1t
was first discovered In house and barn located
on Kent street, and 1t being very dry and
high wind blowing, within few minutes the
entire structure was Que sheet OF flames. Not
withstanding the 6remcn were early 90 the
ground and at work, the flames soon got be-
You'd their control aud spread in all directions:
About twenty acres of ground were burned
| over, and two hundred buildings consumed.
| The loss cannot be less than $500, 900. 1t Is
| impossible at this tinIe to give the amount OF
| insurance, but it will approximate S2OO,0OO.
| Two frightful tragedies occurred yesterday.
A young man named Frazier, resident of
Wheeling, eloped with young girl aged seven
teen, took her to Plttsburg, and then to Har-
mony, Pa, where he engaged lodgings at a no.
tel. Becoming jealous he sent Il pistol ball
crashing through the poor girls head as She
| lay in bed, and another shot went through his
| own brain and put an end to his existence
| nathan youth p,n,od David Nacbitt shot q
young lady at Lindsay Canada West, because
she refused to accept bis attentions.
La the Goodrich murder case, in Brooklyn,
the corouer's jury returned the following YER
dict I'VE find that Charles Goodrich came
to his death by pistol-shot wounds in the head,
Inflicted by Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate
! Stoddard with intent to cause DEATH on the
evening OF the goth or morning of the Dist Of
| March, 1873, at his aforesaid house, in Degraw
street. Brooklyn" Yhe woman has made a
| full confession but some say she is deranged
The departure OF the Tlgrcss, Of the Polaris
search expedition, from the Brooklyn navy
yard, on trial trip, was delayed until late
| hour yesterday afternoon 10 consequence OF the
| discovery of another leak. 1t is said that an
augur hole had been lett unpugged under the
| outside pankng and had not been caulked.
| She may not commence the voyage until TO-
morrow.
The Attorney General has decided that the
fifteen per Ct increase of the compensation Of
employees of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives as provided for by tile act Of March
), 1873, applies only to those employed during
the Forty second Congress, and does not APP
ply to persons whose employment in that ca
Off ba II b,fM
A fire 10 Greenbush, Rensselaer, county, New
York, opposite Albany, yesterday, destroyed
| twenty-five dwellings, located on Broadway,
Columbia, and Academy streets also, Callen.
der's lumber yards and Rcros's and Travcrss
coal yards. The loss is estimated at from
$50, 600 to 100000 insurance small. a boy
Was burned to death.
The San Francisco Arizona Mormon mission,
projected by Brigham Young to settle in that
territory and build that section Of Tom SCOTS
Southern Pacific railroad, proved disastrous,
and complete failure. The eutirc colony
more than seven hundred III number-is on its
way home to Utah again.
The New York Post says John Z. Steph-
enson, of that city, United States deputy
marshal was murdered Friday afternoon in
Jersey City by a sailor named Jacob Metland,
who recently deserted with several others from
the Russian brig Wellamo.
THE GOODRICH MURDER-The murder of
Charles Goodrich, in Brooklyn, last winter, was
one Of the most mysterious of tragedies He was
wealthy bachelor, of good social relations,
though mixed up in more than one disreputable
connection, and resided alone in an elegant
house. He was found dead on the floor one
morning, with several pistol wounds in his
body and no trace Of the perpetrator Of the
crime existing, save in the empty weapon by
his side and some bloody towels near by. Opin-
ions were divided as to whether it was a suicide
or murder; several persons were arrested, but
they could not be implicated and the ingenuity
of the police seemed to be at fault. They have,
however, had various suspicious characters un-
der surveillance, and the arrest of one of them
has led to confession of the crime She was
a woman who had been mistress of Good
rich's. He had determined to cast her off, and
10 revenge she shot him dead on the day he
bad ordered her to leave him.
DECISIONS IN BANKRUPTCY. In the matter
of w. S. Coops, bankrupt from Culpeper coun-
ty, Judge Underwood decided in the District
Court of the u. S. at Alexandria on Tuesday,
that bankrupt cannot claim his exemption
against judgment docketed before the execu
ton of general deed of trust to secure all his
creditors; and that the judgment with its
priority remains intact and no exemption can
be allowed unless there lisa surplus after paying
all his debts This decision secures the pay
ment of large debt due to parties in Eau
quier. The Judge also decided, in another
case that the exemption could be claimed
against the f. ia, upon the ground that the
Judgment on which it issued was made subject
to the exemption by the amended bankrupt
law, the execution being an emanation from
the Judgment its lien fell with the lien of the
iud gment.- Wa,renton Hdcr
BUSINESS AND GR1EF.-Dctroit merchants
combine business and grief: A wife of one Of
this class dying the other day, life insurance
company received the following notice Dear
Sir take my pen in hand to let you know
that am we'll, but that my dear wife, insured
for Eve thousand dollars 10 your com pany, is no
more. She died to-day. Her policy is No. =.