Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-15
VIRGINIA N T. "S.

Clarke presents the anomaly ola county with
out sheriff. By the reapportionment of bust
ness uuder the new Constitution the duties, and
more particularly the emoluments of the office,
we're made so small that for year or more no
one has been found to accept the position The
functions Of that officer are now discharged by
the Court crier.
The Richmond Enquirer is Informed that
Dutch Gap shortcut needs claiming out The
banks 10 some places have cayed in and narrow
ed the channel considerably Friday night
raft IS feet wide and FIVE Fights of mile long
stuck fast between its classic shores and had TO
be dug out before it could proceed.
NJ. B. Tapley, of Petersburg, charged With
embezzleueut By the Howe Sewing Machine
Company, has been acquitted. Mr.. Tapley
claimed that the company was Indebted to him,
aud it seems retained money aud refused to
give it up. which he had collected for the conf
pany. without settlement Of his claim.
The will of Samuel Miller, Of Lyuchburg. who
died worth s., 500 900. leaving the tulk of it
to school purposes, is being contested by the
Kinnards. of Warren county, Ky, and the Mo-
rans. Of Metcalfe county, Ky, who claim that
they are the only heirs OF Miller.
J. Amber Smith, member Ct Congress from
the Richmond District, has nominated Donald
Winston, of that city. for the vacant West Point
cadetshlp.
| Stock SpECCLATIONs OF A BERLIN LADY.
| Not long ago young lady Of high rauk advcr-
tised in one of the Berlin newspapers, the
| VoSschc Zeitung, for an old gentleman Of
wealt b who would assist her with money
enough to complete her musical education
| Major A. D. answered the advertisement,
and on his first interview with the fair no.
| known, who, it appears, was very interesting
woman, it was agreed that he should be al
lowed to furnish the required pecunary assist
auce They met often after this, and the major
gradually advanced 500 thalers toward the
musical training Of his new ward. Suddenly.
however, the young lady disappeared, and he
waited her return in vain.
On the 10Th June the major received an
envelope with 800 thalers enclosed, and this
note:
Sir: For the first time | have heard to-
| day that relative Of mine has been playing
false game with you. The money you have
! given her was not devoted to culture in music
and song, but was used to carry on stock spec
ulatious, which the lady in question has been
engaged in without the knowledge Of her
friends You Will fad enclosed the amount
borrowed from you
No signature was appended, and it is now
coujectured that the rcpentant wife had told
her husband the story of her borrowing from
the major, 10 consequence OF which the money
was returned.
HORRIBLE MURDER. The Philadelphia pa
pers announce the discovery Of murder near
Jennersvil!e, Chester county, Pa, marked with
| the nuilation Of the remains Of the victim.
| The murdered man is said to have come from
| Baltimore He arrived at Jcnuersrle. which
is on the line of the Baltimore Central Rail
road on the Goth OF June, and said that he
was an agent w. +. Udderzook, the suppos-
| ed murderer. came from neighboring village,
with vehicle, and the two went out riding.
| Irdderzook came back alone Blood was no.
ticed On the vehicle, but this he explained by
some plausible story. The continued presence
of buzzards over particular locality ID the
woods attracted attention. and an examination
being made the body of the murdered man was
found The throat was cut, and the body stab
bed in three places The legs and arms had
been severed from the body and buried in
separate place. Plunder is supposed to have
been the incentive to the deed. The dispatch
says that Undertook had been or was now
Baltimore policeman. but no one of that uame
has been attached to the force for the last SIX
years. la the somewhat celebrated Goss life
insurance case, tried 10 one Of the Baltimore
courts last month"; person named w. II. I'd
derzook. brother-in-laW OF Goss, was Wit
ness.
SUICIDE on His WEDDING DAY.-Gcorge
Dunville, business man of Brooklyn, was to
have been married on Tuesday evening last to
Miss Fannie Collins, resident of Newark. \.
J. o. the morning Of that day he called at
the residence of his intended, aud made some
preparations for the ceremony, seeming all the
while to be 10 a particularly merry frame OF
mind He then went out, as he alleged, to
purchase bridal veil, and took with him an
umbrella belonging to Miss Fannies aunt. At
o'clock 10 the afternoon a boy brought the
umbrella to the house, with note from Dun
VILE to Fannie, in which he informed her that
his body would be found in the Passaic. He
desired that she should have gold watch and
CHAIN her wedding-ring, that he had shown
her few hours before, and $50 in money. all
of which would be found upon his person. The
poor girl was stunned by this terrible blow.
She was seriously i'll all day 90 Wednesday, and
her recovery is considered doubtful. Several
of the wedding guests assembled at the house
where the ceremony was to have taken place,
among them the father Of Dunvllle Some
doubt is expressed as to whether Dunvie real
ly committed suicide or not. He has been en-.
gagged to Miss Collins for about two years, and
was in prosperous business.
THE LATEST INVENTION is patent sail boat,
capable of doing something marvellous in the
way of sailing speed 1t is the contrlvance of
New York inventor and deserves description.
It is made entirely of white pine, and is twenty
feet long and FIVE feet on dec k, with two and
a-half feet depth of hold. 1t is combination
of row, sail, and Iife-boat and built with the
intention of showing rate Of speed heretofore
lacking in sailing craft. 1t is triangular in
shape, and of a reversible pattern something
on the ferry boat plan, and it will be guided by
patent rudder Oh either end consisting Of an
oar set in iron iastenings, and so arranged that
it can be moved at the will of the belmsman.
There are two air-chambers, three feet apart
and four holes on each bulwark just above these
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