Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18
NEWS OF THE a y
:. 10 sho,o the very age and body Of the Times


The temperance movement is still in progress
in Williausport, Pcun., with Increased inter-
est. Many saloons arc closed. The ladies start
cd out yesterday, aud on reaching Washington
street it was asccrtaincd that two or three nun
drvd Germans had congrcgatcd. Lager peer
was served from wagon, anu the crowd was
hos,erous and threatening. Iulnoars were
thrown and the police threatened Inc move,
ment was unexpected and has greatly Injured
the cause Of the liquor dealers. Two arrests
were made.
An old man, David Myerle, of Monongalla
county, W. Va. left by will not long ago$5, 600
to build au Episcopal Church in Morgantown
This was all very well. but Mr. Myerle added :
Il devise that it shall be Of that branch or or
der If the Protestant Episcopal Church known
as the Low Church, aud that the doctrines :
taught in such church shall be Evangelical.
The heirs law have gone into litigation ABOUT
the will with the greatest enthusiasm.
On Sunday last there died at Lewlsbnrg,
Union county, Pa, Mrs. Margaret Geddes,
aged uinety-three years u mother almost be-
fore the city was founded. She and her
husband were among the early settlers OF
the northeastern section OF pennsylvania, anu
Mrs. Grddes, at the time OF her death, haa the
pleasure of hayi!g around her three genera
tinus Of her own family.
The jury in the case OF the Grant parish
jLouisiana) prisoners brought 10 verdict Of
not guilty as to Alfred Chcroi<. The jury, an
nounciug that there was no possibility OF agree
in- as 10 the others, was discharged by Judge
Wood, and the prisoners were rcmaDdcd, on
motion OF the district attorney, who announced
that there were other indictments against
them
\ break occurred in the upper-base crevassc,
three miles below Lake Providence, on the
Mississippi river, on Friday 1t was two hun
| dred yards long at last accounts y d.Zcn "
more large plantations back nt Goodrich ) land
| ing we're ovcrhowed from this crevasse. 1t has
already stopped the running OF trains nn tho
Vicksburg and Shreveport railroad.
There was considerable excitement anon!
the leather dealers in New York yesterday ove
the sudden disappearance of man named Ri
| lis. who has been trausacting business III Tcxa
| hides, WOOL, and other produce for over year
| and obtaining bankers credits 90 bills OF lad
| ing. His Indebtedness is chi fly Dn banker
credits.
The Directors Of the Memphis and Charles
Ton railroad have refused to accept PROPOSE
ton of the Southern Security Company to an
null their lease and restore the control vi tht
road 10 the stockholders on the payment OF
| bonus of $l60iWU, which the Security Com
pauy cl,m to have lost IN running connecting
roads
Madame Catacazy is in Paris, where the con
tinucd beauty and taste of her toilets Is alnpl.
appreciated, but chr"uiccr delicatc!y sug
| gcsts the waning Of her natural charms by say
lug that ''unudorncd she would be adorned a
| little as one can Imagine.
The steamboat Southwestern, for Shrcvcpor
with full list Of passengers aud five hundred
tons assorted cargo, was burned at Col!ax land
ing Yesterday. The boat and cargo are a tota
loss. They arc valued at $50, 900 and lusurcC
for $40, On0. The passengers lost their bag
gage.
Iiman B. Farrow, while returning from s
circus performance at Batcsville, S. G., on las
Saturday night, was waylald, murdered anc
robbed by two negroes WHO made their es
cape.
The launch of the Pacific Nail steamship
said to be, after the Great Western, the larg
est steamship ever built. will take place to day
from the yard of John Roach 4 Son, at Ches
ter Penn, near Philadelphia.
Thirty buildings have been destroyed by fire
in Modoc City, in the oil region Of Peunsyva
MA The loss is estimated at a hundred thou
sand dollars.
The SHOW blockade on the Central Pacific
railroad has been again raised, aud trains are
moving each way,