Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o show the uery oge and body Of the Times

A dispatch from Cumberland says Early
Saturday morning Euginemau Conaway, OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, lost control of his
engine on the down grade, two miles east OF
Altamout, and forty-fye miles west OF Cumber-
land when the euglue ran away, and when run
Ming over forty miles an hour struck the rear OF
freight train, denolishing twenty cars, loaded
with corn, cotton. and tobacco from the West,
scattering the contents of the Cars all over the
track. Engineer Conway and two other men,
Martin and Elliott, drovcrs from Barbour and
Harrison counties, West Virginia, were killed,
| and L. Burke, conductor, and H. ConDery,
brakeman, both oiPiedmont, and a drover named
Reynolds, were badly injured 1t Is probably
| the most terrible wreck that ever occurred on
| the Baltimore and Ohio road. Trains were
delayed yesterday, but arc now running as usual.
A mysterious murder was committed in Mem
phis yesterday the victim being Frank Moore,
Unknown citizen. His wife was awakened
| by noise resembling two persons struggling,
and called to her husband, who was standing
near the bed, to know what was the matter
He replied, Some one snapped cap at me,
and moment afterwards fell heavily to the
floor He never spoke again, and died at 5
clock The Impression is that the murder
was committed by burglars
| 4 curious accident occurred ia Philadelphia
yesterday. Mary rruitt, aged five years, was
sitting on the front steps Of her residence, IN
the northern part Of the city. Mrs Cooper.
an OCCUPANT oil the house, went to the attic
window, and, with u child flagstaff some three
feet long, with Il spcarhead was engaged ln
clcarlne-uut the water-spout when the stick
slipped from her hand, aud falling perpendlcu
larry, entered the cllild,s skull, causing Instant
death.
A dispatch from HALIFAX reports violent
gale on the 18th lust. on the banks of Quecran,
during which ten fishing schooncrs, Within
sight of each other, were driven from their an
choragc, losing mos! oil their boats, nc. y
vessel from Publico had three of her crew
washed overheard; one was drowned A terri
bic thunder occurred at Sidney, Z. B.,
on Thursday Several buildings and vessels
were struck by lightning.
The cholera has made It's appearance III In
dianapos. Three fatal cases occurred in one
family, yesterday. There were thirty nine
deaths from cholera in ST. Louis during the
week ending yesterday. The cholera broke out
again III Lagrange, Ky, on Friday night Two
deaths occurred on Saturday aud three yester
| day. The excessive labor has disabled the ply
clans Of that place, and application has been
made for physician and druggist
A severe wind-storm passed over Macon city,
Mo-, on Friday. The Masonic Temple was
partially destroyed. Several small houses we're
blown down and sumo stores and dwellings COD
siderabIy damaged. Mrs. Collin and colored
man were killed. Myer Montgomery was NOR
H.. i I,jr in
jurcd Several other persons were more or less
injured.
Yesterday officers in passing vacated house
in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, detected a
bad smell on the premises, and on entering
found a man hanging by the neck to a
ratter, in the loft. The body was very
much decomposcd. As the doors were all
locked the man must have obtained an entrance
from the window leading off Il rear shed. The
body has not been identified.
Ga Saturday evening two spans of bridge
on the European and North American road,
near Bangor, in Maine, between Oldtown and
Milford, 800 feet long, were blown completely
away by tornado, and an engine and tender
and fireman which were crossing from OldtoWn
we're plunged into the river. The engineer,
was killed.
McWillians, Chief of Police in Jersey City,
and Doyle, detective on the force, were some
months ago accused of being in completely with
burglars to rob the First National Bank of that
city They were dismissed from Office and tried
on the charges. The evidence against them
was deemed positive, but the jury yesterday
brought i'll verdict of not guilty.
Julius Felkuer, charged with stealing, out
ting open and appropriatiug the contents Of
the New York and Philadelphia pouches from
the F. r. r. depot in Lancaster, Pa, on Mon
day night, was on Saturday morning taken to
Philadelphia by United States assistant mar
shall for trail before the U. S. District Court.
On the night of July IS, a man named Hall,
living on the plantation of Thomas Reid, in
Madison county, Tennessee, was taken out of
bed by mob Of fifteen Blacks disguised as
ku-kux, aud hanged on tree, they charging
him with having outraged an old colored woman
living in the neighborhood.
Rev. S. S. Shomucker D. D., an eminent
professor of the Theological Seminary in Get
tysburg Pa, died suddenly last night, aged
a. He was one of the most distinguished and
widely known thcoogians in the Lutheran
Church.
The American detectives who endeavored to
seize the English swiudler, Lord Gordon Cor
don, on Canadian soil, have been committed for
trial at Fort Garry, in the Red River Country.
Senator Sherman has returned his share OF
the back pay grab to the Treasuary, Whose
will be the next case of awakened conscience
Large fires occurred on Friday, in Montgom-
cry county, Penn: San Francisco, New York
city, and on Long Island
NORTH CARoLiNA.-On Thursday, the eth
of August, the people OF North Carolina will
vote upon the adoption Of eight amendments
to their Constitution, which have been adopted
by the Legislature. They are as follows First
Striking out the clause requiring the Lcgisla-
ture to levy a tax to pay the State debt and To-
interest; Second Striking out the clause requir-
lug State census to be taken in 1875, and
every ten years thereafter Third; Striking
ont tho cl,uso roIprrinr RI tho anooi ntnent