Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26
iLWS OF THE l).A y

! Is amply able To 10, Such disorders.
| NEWS OF THE DAY.
''T1 sholo the very aye md Joe'y ct the Times. -
In Danvillc. Kentucky. there is college AID
also a theological seminary under the control of
the Presbyterian Synod Of Kentucky. Last
Spring these institutions received severe blow
by the loss of 500. U1O 10 bonds deposited for
safe keeping iu the Falls CRY Bank of Louis
vile, which was robbed This stimulated the
| Irieuds of the college to act,vc cXrrtions in its
behalf and in shcrt time the SUN Of $500
was secured by sub. cription to rcplcn!sh is
treasury. Later the trustees OF both lu>tItu-
tons, according to the Louisville Commercial,
made through accredited agents Of the burglars
a bargain with the thieves who r,bDcd the bank,
whereby they recovered thc stolen bUndS by
paying To the agents Of the robbers 81 900 10
cash, SO that they are now better of than If
the burglary had never taken place. The re-
covery of the securities involved the act Of
campounIiug felony, an cH;ucc Which, under
the laws of kentucky, is punishable with tllc
and Imprisonment.
An explosion occurred yesterday morning at
| the American Iron Works of Jones 4 Nc
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| was aroused several times by the watchman,
aud shortly after he got up turned the water
into the boilers The boiler over he furnace
| No. instantly exploded WIKI terrific force,
the report being heard Tor miles around, caus
log the most intense excitement. The boiler
was torn into fragments, u large piece crashing
| through i warehouse and railway car standing
near the building, and fell on the bank OF the
river, fully one hundred and twenty feet dis
tant. Fortunately no one was Injured.
The couAagraton at Belfast, Maine, swept
away considerable portion Of the wealth Of
thar place. On account of the great decline
is shipbuildng this town has not the power Of
recuperation that Portland or Boston has, and
it will not rise from it ashes SO swiftly. The
loss is estimated at 100000, on which there
is an Insurance of 5 5000 in New England and
London companies Miss Rebccca Prtutis~, a
| lady aged eighty years. was burned to death.
A dcfucation has been discovered 10 the
National Albany Exchange Bank amounting
to $40, $40, perpetrated by the teller and assis
tant, who have made Il full acknowledgment.
Their bonds cover the amount. 1t is suppos
ed that all the money will be returned, but if
not the surplus Of the bank amounts to over
$500, 900. The teller says he has loaned the
money, and the borrowers have failed to make
it good.
In the case Of Michac! c. Brodcrick, who, it
is alleged murdered his sou GU Friday morbing,
in New York, by Stabbing him twice in the
heart, the coroucr's jury hls rendered d YER
dict to the effect that the Stabbug was done
in sclt-dclcnsr. All the facts go to show that
the affair was drunken family row, in which
two Sous pitched into the father TOR his drunk
en- brutality, and one got killed.
A letter from lower St. Mry's, Md, says -
The tobacco crop has in many Instances been
nearly destroyed, AMI the wheat is rottlng IN
the fields, mill dams aud fences swept away,
and in many places the roads are impossible.
There seems to be but one opIni9D; that no
such flood has occurred 10 this county since the
days of Noah, or u greater loss sustained.
Serious complaint is made by St Louis mil.
lcrs Oh account of the presence of rye in Mis-
souri, wheat, lowering the quality Of the flour.
The Republican says: The mllcrS state that
the wheat formerly received from Illinois was d
Perforated in this same way, but that the farm
ers there have given more attention to the Sc
lection OF their seed, aud hence are producing
wheat better calculated for miller>' use.
The Philadcl phia EVening Herald has taken
the start on the New York Graphic in the bal,
loon business. Yesterday afternoon ''Profcs-
sor Light" sailed away in a southeastery dlrcc
ton. \ San Francisco pronaut attempted to
make some experiments with the westerly,
"currcnts" yesterday, but his balloon dropped
him into the bay aud he narrowly escaped
drowning.
The stable aud barns Of Isaac Rlbbltt, at
Rockville, Md, were destroyed by tire on Sa-
turlay night By an inccndiary, clusiug a loss Of
81, 500 which was only partially covered b. H.
surancc.
FIGHTS WITH THE INDIANS. A dispatch
from Fort Benton, Montana Territory, gives
the particulars of a sharp engagement between
the Indians and detachment Of 1. 5. cavalry
accompanying Col. Stanley expedition up the
Yellowstone Gen. Custer was IN command of
the cavalry. In the first battle the meu were
dislnounted, and for three hours fired at the
Indians at long range; then, their ammunition
giving out, they mad. charge aud the euemy
fled. On the next day August Sth) General
Custer started 10 pursuit with fifty men. %
the morning OF the lth the ladiaus surprised
his camp aud forced him into battle at con-
siderable disadvantage. After three hours fir
ing the men were ordered TO mount and charge,
and the Indians again fed. Three men who
loitered behind the column were killed Twenty
soldiers we're slightly wounded in the engage
lnent. General Custer had horse shot under