Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-21

A Philadelphia dispatch gives an account oil
d;abolical attempt at murder III that city on
Saturday. On that day Mrs. Charles {. Her
ring wife Of carpet dealer at s. cond and
South streets. received an internal machine,
containing three pounds of powder, with note
stating that the box coutaiued rcwty patept-
ed article The circumstance being deemed
susncious, the box was carefully opened with
out accident, the entire family standing around
at the time The box was about twelve inches
long and eight inches wide, and filed with
powder on the top Run through holes IN
strip we're about fifty matches, with the heads
arranged to almost touch sliding lid, which
was covered with sand paper. Edward Wag-
ner, sou-in-aw, was arrested yesterday on
SUSPICION Herring is father n-law OF Sbus-
terchter, who murdered his wife last fall aud
then committed suicide.
The $4,000 suit brought by the bank of
Louisville and the Planters bank against the
Adams Express Company, which has been III
progress several days, Was decided Tuesday
morning 10 the United States Court, in Louis
vile, in favor of the express company. The
banks some five years since, intrustcd with
this company SIG 900 to be conveyed from a
point 10 Louisiana to the said banks 10 l. uls-
vile. While 10 transit the money was destroyed
by fire, the result of an accident to bridge in
the State of Tennessee. An appeal will be
taken to the United States Supreme Court.
At the recent trial vi Dyckray by the Span
tsh authorities in Cuba, he prepared written
defense wEc; his c,ua>cl aud the court be-
fore which he was tried and condemned tc
death, refused to raccive lie was accused Of
being an iDsurgrut spy: but he declares THAT
he was within The insurgent lines lnvcIuntarlly
and was detained there against his will through
weeks OF exposure, OF danger and halt.starvu-
tiop." As an American citiz.n, he claims tho
protection of treaty obligations, and denies the
authority of the Spanish government to try him
A couple arrived at the Mayors otfice III
New York last Thurs lay to be married, and
the man sent the woman to MA ke the arrange
mcuts while he remained outside. On her &c
turn with the announcement that all was ready,
be informed her that ii was too cuuloundedly
hot TO get married this weather, and proposed
postpouing the matter until fall. She agreed,
after debate, on condition that he would take
her on a seaside trip TO Coney Island.
Many Of the large cities Of the country are
laboriug under local cxcltrments. Boston has
the young Pomcroy murders; Nv York has
the hydropbobia and Mayor Havemeycs; Brook
Iyn has the "Beechcr sorrow:' Jersey City has
"clercal scaudal;'' Philadelphia has the Ross
abduction and filthy streets; Baltimore has tie
basin nuisance Chicago has the ashes of It's
last big fire, and St. Louis has the July-Fourth-
of July fire works celebration fraud.
Yesterday mornng Hlz, klah Magrudcr, a
we'll known physician Of Georgetown, died 10
that CITY. after brief illness. He was in the
seventy second year Of his age, and his health
had been falling for some time past. He
was Que of the oldest and most trusted phySi
clans, and had up to the time of his fatal Ill
ness, very large practice. lie had been Tor
a third of century mcmbc: Of the Masonic
fraternity.
Some of the Western banks, instead oil ask
lug for additional circulation, continue to retire
some of their existing circulation under the
new law. \ large bank in St. Louis has with
in a few DAYS retired considerable portion OF
its circulation. 1t seems certain that there Will
not be any profits upon the $55,OOOOoO Tor
withdrawal from the E.stern States until very
late in the fall, if at ali before the meeting OF
Congress.
The coliseum. monster place OF amuse-
ment erected 10 Joues W BOD, New York, was
opened on Sunday by grand monster CONCERT
with 100 musicians and 600 singers. Six thcus-
and people were within the iucfcslre. The
ediice is OF Swiss architecture, forms hollow
SQUARE, which is oroamcntcd with trees and
grass plats. 1t has galleries aud towers, and
every convenience to make spectators comfort
ably.
At meeting of the Executive Committee,
Gen. Fi.z Lee County Superintendent, pre-
siding, held at Stafford G. H. on Wednesday
last, it was resolved that township meetings be
held CD Saturday, August lst, between the
hours of II a. aud p No., for the election OF
delegates to the Conservative District Congrcs.
sional Convention.
The Louisville Courer-J Journal says: The
superior kindliug qualities of coal oil continue
to be recognized, iu spite OF the opposition of
the newspapers An old lady in Dayton, Ohio,