Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-03

homper Is an aiuQuuS gave ulu seIeudue,
which proved to be one OF the graDdcst oyatlons
ever known in Lexington.
Washington News.
The financial situation remains unchanged.
The clearances Of the associated banks for the
past three days reached only 5000. fester-
day many of the depositors of the City Savings
Bank assembled, some having denied the power
of the committee to postpone the meeting.
Upon assembling, however, it was agreed to
adjourn subicc, to the call of the committee.
IN the general term of the Court yesterday
the sceri fcias for the forfeiture of the charter
of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company was called up, and no counsel ap-
pearing to prosecute it, was dismissed. Short
ly afterwards General Mussey came into court
and filed petition to set aside the dismissal.
The shooting of Mrs. Gatcly by her husband
already mentioned, was melancholy affair. 1t
is not known whether the pistol was discharged
accidentally or Intentionally. Gately was
drunk. When he fred the pistol he was stand
ing in the yard and she in the back door of the
house. He threw the plsto! down and ran
away, but returned to the house in the course
of an hour or two and was arrested The
wounded woman received him tendery and as
sured the officers that the shooting was acct
dental. His own statements were contradlc-
tory. He told the priest who came to admin
lister the consultations Of religion to Mrs. Gasely
that the pistol was discharged accidentally,
while to other persoas he said that he had fired.
at chicken. A colorcd woman, who was near
BY, says that two shots were fired, and her tes-
timony seems to be confirmed by the finding of
the pistol with two barrels empty.
JAY COOKE & Co. Yesterday Messrs H.
+. Paine, B. f. Grafton, Robert Chester, aud
Hinkle 4 Arrick filed petition iu the Supreme
Court Of the D District, in the name of Clifford
Arrick. against Jay Cooke, Henry D. Cooke,
Pitt Cooke, w. e. Morehead. H. e. Fahnstock,
George &. Thomas Jay Cooke, Jr., James A.
Garland, and Edward Dodge, Of the firm Of Jay
Cooke Il Co., to force the latter into bankrupt
cy, Gnvountary.)
The petitioner sets forth that the firm is in
debted to him 10 the amount Of 5 O. SOC. on GER
tifcates of deposit, bearing per cent. interest
and charges acts Of bankruptcy as follows: On
the 10Th OF September, being possessed of large
amounts of real estate in New York Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and the District Of Columbia they
did make an assignment of all their real estate
lying elsewhere than 10 Pennsylvania to w. 5.
AIorehead Il member of the Grm; second, that
on the 18th of September they stopped the
payment of their commercial paper; third, that
on the 18th Of September, being possessed OF
bills, gold, silver and copper, ard being aware
that legal process had been issued, and was
about to be issued they concealed and removed
said money; fourth, that on the 18th OF Sep
TENDER they suspended payment; and fifth,
that on the 18th Of September, being then
bankrupt, they did make payments Of money
to certain parties to petitioner unknown, on the
plea that they were special depositors, in order
to give them preference over other depostorS,
and to defeat and delay the act Of bankruptcy.
The petition was presented to Judge Hum.
phreys, who granted the usual warrant requir-
ing the parties to appear on Friday, October
10, at II clock, and answer why they should
not be adjudged bankrupts, Nc Wash. Chron.
MARKING CHECKS "GooD. "A Remiuis-
cence of the Post.-The plan Of marking checks
''good," which the banks have just adopted,
recalls the fact that similar one was pursued
following the financial troubles of 1887. The
Philadelphia Ledger says
1.-The forgeres on the banks by which a
large amount of money was obtained, and for
which DR.. E!dridgc was tried in the years
lS4O-'4l, we're by forging the Endorsement OF
the word good after the signature. The for
ger opened accounts 10 the name of the fcti-
tious firms with thirteen Philadelphia banks,
and by depositing in another, he was enabled to
create and keep up the impression that the
firms were doug good business, no doubt BE-
ing entertained of their genuincness. Finally,
when the checks with forged Endorsements were
ready fer presentation, in ordor to get the mon
ey, he pretended that he had to leave tie city,
and that it would be great accom- modatlon to
let him have the cash, This was done. The
forgcries, by reason Of the skill in initiating the
signatures of the bank officers, we're not dis
covered for some time. An Inquiry, was then
set on foot and it was ascertalDed that the
forger had been for months at work paving the
way for the final act. and that the whole thing
was fraud from the beginning. Or. Eldrldge
the alleged torger, was arrested IN $40 IN
PHILADELPHIA. He had three memorable trials
aud finally got off, the iurles 10 two trials dlsa-
greeing, the last one acqulttlng him.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILRoAD.-Mr.
James w. Morris, chief engineer Of the Shrn-
andoah Valley Railroad, sends to the Charles
town Free Press the following letter:
You arc at liberty to state through your
columns, that the suspension of work on the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad by the Central
Improvement Company has been caused en-
tirey by the financial panic. 1t was consid
cred advisable by the officers of the 9. |. Com
pany to stop the work during the continuance
of the present unsettled state Of the money
market, and this action has been approved by
the officers Of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
1t is the intention of the Central Improvement
Company to settle with the contractors in full
up to the time of the suspension Of the work.
We consider this merely temporary suspen-
sion, and intend to resume work and push it
vigorously as soon as the state Of the money
market will justify it. 1t is believed that the
contracting company will have no difficulty in
completing the whole line within the time linn
tied by their contracts with the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company"
HYGIENE USE OF TEA.--Dr. Adam Smith,
in paper read before the London Society of
Arts, recommends the use OF tea in the follow
ing cases After full meal, when the sys-