Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-27

Inc l1tn grauc IS nOmlnally u0Qcf the CnarEc
Of Mrs. PhcbcA Mankin, but that lady being
in bad health, has employed for several months
Miss Maggie Mccarthy, an authorized substl
tute, In her place. The Cards of Honor graut-
ed 10 this grade, were as follows:
For Diligence in Study, to Misses Cora Tats-
apaueh, Mamie Smith, Lizzie Schleovgt, Mat
tie Ramey, Agnes Sarncll, Julia Monroe,
Alice burlington, Emma Fornshl and Mary
Tyler.
This division is taught in the room over the
Relief Truck House, but was examined on
Queen street. for the convenience of the OK
aminers.
In the sixth grade, the severity of the wealth
er last winter prevented so many of the girls,
who are little things Of five or six, from att end
ing that none made the required percentage.
Miss Ularkson, in her division, gave promi-
ums to Misses Mollie Cook, Catharinc Petit,
Bridget Doran, Katie Ludwig and Florence
Mansfield, who, from causes beyond their cnil-
troll, had been unable to attend puncir;y
enough to obtain Cards Of Honor, and she
was herself the recipient Of several pretty and
useful specimens of the skill OF her pupils In
needle work Some til,c specimens Of writing
and map drawing were also exhibited ny lIcr
pupils. -.-.----.
WILD FREAK last night, as the steamer
Express was returning from the moonlight cx-
cursion Of the Methodist Sunday. schools, when
at Il point near Fort Washington, a nerve de-
stroyiug, chill producing, and shrek genera
ting cry of imam overheard rang from seem
to stern Of tho boat. TO say that many IN ex-
cccdingly pleasant tctc q tctc WIS abruptly fer
minated, and that several Of the gentier sex
were terrified nigh unto iaintiug, would be su-
percrogatury. Two young men who had been
imbibng quite freely oi that dccctahIc: con-
pound Familiarity known as "old scutc, ana
who on account Of this indulgence found the
proceedings of an excursion party too monaton-
Gus to suit their eXubcrant spirits, sought OK
| element in the performance, OF 1cat, Which
| for grotcsqucne$s stands without 4 parallcl.
| Taking their positions on the stern OF the boat
| in that paradiSical CARL so highly characters
tic OF our prnScnitorS before. SIN entered me
world, they sprang into the river or course
there was intense excitement great many
| thinking some valuable lives were IN danger.
Shouts loud, clear, shr, ami sqncaking made
for time an indcscrilablc vocal palc,nnnlum
life, prcscrvers, chairs, panks, etc, were III
discriminatory thrown out, the boat was backed
three or four hundred yards and the HE boat
was launched, manned, and sen! out on lis nus
sion of mercy; but it had hardly clcarc'! the
stern of the steamer before a glad Shout OF
''here they are went up from hundreds OF
voices All, Of course, rushed to sec the "itlvcr
Gods" who had rescued themselves 10y SWIM
ming to the steamer, anu ladies' AMI nj rlSle!
out on deck to sec them come ABOARD.
SU1clDE-CoEoNER' 5 INQUEST. AS stated
in Yesterdays Gazette, The body nl white
woman was found Auating in The river near
Queen street dock yesterday afternoon about
three O'Clock which was taken NJ IS a
coIored man and held ut the wharf and
Samuel Beach notified Of The fact. \
coroncr's jury WIS summoned, Of which Geo
r. Shiun, esq, was foreman, and at 6 O'clock
proceeded to hear the evidence as to the cause
of her death. Several witnesses were cxamln-
ed and post-mortcm examination was held by
DR.. r. G. Powell land after hearing all The cyl,
dence iu the case, the jury found THAT the
deceased came to her death by accidental
drowning 90 the evening Of Tuesday June Nth,
1878, she being intoxicated at the time,
The deceased woman was well known III police
circles as Mollic Lcmmond, but her proper
name is Mary, believed to be Clark, from Corn
ing, Stuben county, N. Y. She was woman
of dissolutc habits and Is supposed to nave
| fallen into the river about 10 o'clock on Tues,
-
Mrs. Smith. with whom she boarded, with some
| groceries for which she had been sent. A
| large crowd was present at the investigation by
the coroner Jury, the majority OF whom were
| women, white and colcred. belonging to :hc
most dcpravcd class of society and With whom
the deceased was intimate. After the rcndi-
ton of the verdict by the jury, the body was
taken in charge by an undertaken and dcccntiy
inferred. The deceased came here during the
war and has resided here ever since The
cause of her suicide is said to have been the
desertion of the man she loved
TIE ADDRESS OF g. Il, STEUART, IR., ESQ,
before the Patrick Henry Society Of St. John $
Academy, mentioned in Yesterdays Gazette,
was a production deserving OF much praise
| both for its composition and the manner III
which it was delivered. The subject, tkc
Study of the Classics" was handled With
ability, aud showed mind irbued with the
importancc of the truths inculcatcd, and al!
present were delighted ut the exhibition Of the
talents and requirements Of the young orator.
| THE LATE MASONIC CELEERATIoN.-Thc
| Loudoun Enterprise says:--"About two thou
sand dollars were added to tho circulating me-
dunn of Hamilton and its ncighborhood by the
masonic turnout The W. 0. II. Il. picked up
about seven hundred from the same source. -
Such things pay when you get them up right.
1t was said ky Col. Withers, that Hamilton
Lodge needed about one thousand dollars for
their Temple building fund. We und crstanl
that they realized, that day, over five hundred
of that amount"
| Miss. REBECCA POWEIL's SCHoOI. The
closing exercises Of this excellent school for
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