Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-24
NEWS or Tho DAY.
$40 sho,o the very age and body Of the Times.


$40 shooo the gerry age and body Of the Times
Beri. Hyus in New York yesterday, shot
DR. Milne. warden of the Home of Lame and
Cripuled Children, the dnctor having beaten
Hyms's son, who was an inmate of the Home,
for attempting to fire the building Previous
10 this occurrence Hymns had Milne arresteu
on the charge Of assault and battery, but inc
complaint was dismissed. llyms was arrested
aud beld to ball.
The Columbus and Indiana Central Railroad
Company kave entered suit against U. s. Col
lector Walcot to recover over fifty seven thous-
and dollars, the amount of u. S. tax claimed
m have been enormously assessed against the
compapy by the government. The Columbus
and Hooking Valley railroad have entered
similar suit, claiming over six thousand dollars.
Yesterday Marshal Boggs, Of Greenfield,
Ohio, attempted to serve writ OF electment
on one johnson, who assaulted him, and III
Hicted two terrible cuts on Boggs with an axe.
He then assaulted deputy Marshal Nicely with
the axe, and Nicely shot him through the lung.
1t is thought both Boggs and johnson will die.
A dispatch from Olathe, an obscure Kansas
town, states that horse named SmuggIer has
trotted mile there in 2:l9$ The interest 10
the accomplishment is heightened ~ the IN
formation that he has Gully been IN training SIX
months, which gives reasonable antlcpatloDs
that he may do still better in the future.
Attorney General Williams yesterday re-
fused to recommend pardon in the case OF
James Pickett, who was sentenced to death Tor
the murder of an Indian woman. He is the
first man who has been sentenced 10 suffer the
extreme penalty Of the law for the murder OF 4
redskin.
A telegram was received at the War De-
partmeDt yesterday from the Military Academy,
stating that Cadet Israel w. Pcuns, Of the
third class, was drowned Tuesday evening
while bathing. His body has beeu recovered,
and his parents have been informed lie was
from Illinois.
A telegram from Morristown, New Jeresy,
announces that the first weeks subscription to
the "Washiugton Headquarters Fund" reaches
nearly $4,000. The Historical Suclcty intend
taking possession of the headquarters IN Sep.
TENDER. with appropriate ceremonies.
A dispatch from New York states that the
Board of Fire Underwriters have resolved to
raise the rates Of insurance on all buildings
with Mansard roofs, and have invited all 10
surance companies throughout the country to
CO. operate with them.
1t is now certain that Philadelphia is to have
Geological Garden in Fairmount Park. The
Commissioners have leased the Geological So
ciety the tract of land, part Of the Old Penn cs-
tate, known as Solitude" covering an area OF
thirty.fve acres.
A general court-martial has been ordered to
convenue at Fort Monroe. The detail Of the
court consists of eleven officers, and the iu-
structions are for the trial of all such persons
as may be brought before it.
The drought is almost universal throughout
the country. The temperature yesterday rang
ed at between eighty and ninety degrees, In
creasing to 81 at Norfolk and falling to So at
New York.
There is little more concerning the Goss
murder, except to establish the connection be-
tween the parties to the conspiracy against the
insurance companies. Additional evidence III
relation to Alexander g. Goss is presented.
At trial 10 New Haven yesterday it was de-
veloped that Italian boys are brought to this
country and held in subsection to cruel task
masters The man who brought them Is liable
to from two to five years in the States prison.
The fifth regiment, Maryland National Guard,
started for Cape May last evening, where the
annual encampment will be held. These rep
resentatives OF Baltimore will tent on the
beach till August ID.
The Washington Market in New York is be-
ing destroyed by the Health Department. Its
filthy condition was danger to the city, and
accordingly brigade OF carpenters commenced
to level the old sheds to the ground yesterday.
Eighteen convicts working in stone quarry,
near the penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mis-
souri,, broke from the guard yesterday. One
was shot, one was captured, and the others are
still at large.
The famous rebel Loasda, who has led an IN
surrection against the Mexican Government for
the last fifteen years, has been defeated and
captured.
The cholera has penetrated as far east as
Wheeling, there having been one death in that
city yesterday. 1t Is a severe type OF cholera
morbus.
The Postmaster General has extended the
free delivery system to twenty-five towns dur
ing the present month.
A dispatch received at the Navy Depart
ment says that the Tgress had arrived at st.
Johns, n. B., and all on board were well.
The government printing Office has yet to
print and deliver $4,000 public documents au
thorized by the last Congress.
Apprehensions are generally entertained
among peach growers that there will be but
light crop this season.
Fairfax County Court.
REPORTED FOR THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
FAIRFAX G. H., July 23.-The July term of