Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-10
9JEwS or THE DAY
" IL shoe the ve,:y age a~d Jody cf the T"'"s.

through Fanncttsburg, Fulton county, Pa,
postnffice, occasionally missed reaching their
destination, and were never again heard from.
This finally aroused suspicion that all was not
right, and the Postmaster, named Jas Miller,
was suspected az the guilty party \ decoy OF
money letters was sent, and u detective having
gone TO Fanncttsburg, secreted hlmseif near
the postoticc. About two clock yesterday
morning he caught the official IN the act OF
robhiur the letters of money lie was lmme-
iiatcy arrested and conveyed to Philadelphia.
Ex-Prcsident johnson told the editor OF the
Knoxville Herald, day or two since, that ne
had $4,000 in the First National Bank OF
Washington when that institution suspended
payncnt. Like the other creditors OF the bank,
he is in doubt as to what proportion OF MS
money will be returned to him. 1t will be graf
living to Mr. Johnson's friends, however, to
learn that he has something in reserve and
that the loss of this large sum will lot impoV-
erish him.
On the 18Th Of September Geo. Chew, COL
ored, got into an alteration with Jas. Miller,
colorcd, at the Blue Balls tavern, on the Phil
adephia turnpike, about seven miles from PAL
tilnore, which resulted iu the killing OF Miller.
Chew was Immediately arrested and committed
TO the TowsontoWn ia:l. Two weeks Afterwards
he was indicted by the Grand Jury for murder.
and Yesterday he was tried and found guilty OF
murder 10 the second degree.
The numcricll strength of the city Of Boston
has been Increased by the annexation OF the
towns of Charlcslown, Brighton and " est
Roxbury The population of the city will now
reach near three hundred thousand. By these
anuexations the "Hub'' can boast Of having
within her limits the shaft Oh Bunker Hill.
Johanna Evcrline, thirteen years Of age,
daughter Of u machiuist Of Cumberland, Md,
while picking up coal on the Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad, South Cumberland, yesterday,
was run over by freight train AID instantly
| killed
The counsel for George Washington Bowen
have flied holds preparatory to appealing from
| the decision in the Jumel will case to the u. 5.
Supreme Court.
Tofer, the negro Suspected of having muir
,lcrcd Annie Butler, at Failing Waters, has
been rearrestel, and is now in Jail al Nlartlus
| burg. W. Va.
Josie Mansfield is liyirg quietly at Parlsiar
hotel Her 'iriend" is a wealthy gentleman
! who held at Que time prOmlncn, position on &
| Western railroad
According to the revised list Of the canvass
ers there are lG4 80 male taxable, or quail
| fed voters, in Philadelphia.
PASSPORT, Maine, has been abandoned by the
| United States Government as military post
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
| The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF tht
Western Union Telegraph Company was hclc
in New York on Wednesday, $50, 100000 .
the stock being Represented. The annual re
port shows il to be monster IN It's way, alb
sorbipg all proposed competition. The repor
sets forth that the capital stock at the end o
June, 1873, was S4l ,073,4 40, Of which there
was outstanding $33 SIS, l15, and owned b.
the company S7,2gj 80 The debt was Sc,
03S, 40. The gross receipts the past year wer'
80, 333, 0lSjl; expenses, SG,3I3, oo3.S2; ne
| "a, uiuge, -, 10 900. co. Tho profits TO
seven years FROM July l, 1866, to June 30
! 1878, have been $50, 3l2.6lSSl. Ofthis 81,
S57, 239. Sd has been attributed 10 dividends II
stockholders. and S2,2lG, 1914 9S paid for inter
| est on the company's bonds. The Western
| Union has purchased during the past year TIT
control of the International Ocean Telegraph
| Company, whose lines extend from Lake City
Florida, to Havana, Cuba at cost OF 81 OBS,
400. They have also secured a majority Of The
stock Of the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph
Company. They are now operating more thar
80, 900 miles OF wire, and during the past two
years have been extending at the rate OF 20 ,UOC
miles of wire per anuum. They have eXpend
ed up to July last on the new building corner
Of Broadway and Dey street, New York, 81,
22+, 9Sl. 20 and it is expected that it will bt
finished early next spring.
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