Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.
To shooo the vsry a9e aad body Of the Ttmes

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A dispatch from Troy N. Y, Oh Saturday,
states that while constable and posse of four
men were bringing James VI. League, jr, a
horse thief, froui Auburn to that place, they
were attacked BY four masked meu, and League
was shot through the back, the bal coming OUT
in front League Was then tied to Morse
which took fright and gaoped through the
woods, followed by the mob, who Kept up
mbng fire. Leagues clothes were torn from
his body, and ne was horribly mulilated by the
brush. He was rescued by the posse alive, and
his wounds are not considered fatal. He was
taken to house rear By, aud 1t was feared the
| mob would hang him last-Dlght.
John W. Gerdemap, late Roman Catholic
priest at Philadelphia, who married the lady
orraUist of his church. on the 4th instant, and
| left that civ, was arrested 10 Baltimore on Sat
urday, on the eve Of his d'plrture for Europe
ia the steamship Ohio, on the charge OF en-
bezzement aud larceny, aud taken to Phlladel-
| phia He will have 40 examination upon the
charges against him to-day. His wife left him
| at Philadcl phla and proceeded 10 the nome OF
her parents al Reading, Pa.
| Assistant Solicitor Robinson, of the Treasury
Dcpartueut, is DOW 90 his way to the Pacific
coast, Tor the purpose Of making formal de-
mand on the various railroads receiving Gov
erument aid Ia their construction Tor the live
Der cent. of their net earnings, rs provided Tor
in the various acts OF Congress Should these
demands not be complied WITH the Attorney
General will then bring suit for It's payment
Bishop Cummus preached and administered
the rite Of confirmation for the first time 10 the
Reformed Episcopal Church Of the Incarnation
10 Brookju, New York, yesterday, aud 10 the
evening preached on the Failure OF the Gen.
eral Convention Of the Protestant Episcopal
Churcn to meet the Responsibilities OF the crl-
sis" at the Reformed Episcopal Church 10
| New York.
Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and the principal
chiefs of the Sioux .atious, have preferred a
petitior 10 President Grant for the pardon OF
Tousant kca,ltr, a Noted Eali-brced murderer,
who Is il jail at Cheyenne, w. L., sentenced TO
be hung Oh the l9tj lust.
Scycn,y.tivc thousand dollars worthsH goods
were sez.d in New York. Saturday, BY United
States officers. as part OF property on which
the government s alleged TO De detrauded OF
duty by ". }. Pollock l. Co. Pollock has
gone, it is said, to Philadelphia.
\ dispatch from Cayan, Ortario, says that
navigation Oh the inland lakes Of that province
is about over for the season. The mail steam
er Oalario was stepped by ice on the Buckhorn
narrows. The stcauer Vanderbilt had to cut
ice all the way through the Lindsay river.
Chas. Whtmau, book keeper 10 the Pacific
Bank, New York. since JS49, is charged with
having embczzjed nearly 5000 by fictitious
entries Of small amounts u the books and III
the pass books o, depoSitors, this operation
having been Conducted sluce 1870
During fire in house in New York, Satur-
day, Jas Reilly and his wife jumped out of one
of the upper windows aud sustained serious ln-
juries. JAS Reilly, aged four years, and Mar
goret WEelan aged sixty, were suHocated.
Since October two hundred and fifty cases
Of dyptheria have been reported 10 Brooklyn,
eightv-four of which we're fatal For the week
ending November there were nineteen cases
Of death
Reufrew and Bullock Of Sumter county,
Ala, who have been in Jail at Mobile some
time, charged With violating the enforcement
act, have been admitted TO bail at last on joint
boud OF SD 600
The committee of ceeditors of Jay Cooke Il
Co., have issued notice of meeting to be held
ia Philadelphia December l, when they will
present schedule Of assets aod then proceed
to declare dividend in cash.
Gen LougStreet, who has been i'll for some
time, has rendered his res gnatiou as member
OF the Louisiana returning board at New Or
leans, aud vii! be succeeded by John Sandage,
! "a conservative.
The weekly statement of the New York
banks, issued on Saturday. is more favorable
return, showing that the banks have gained in
net reserve over last geek So ,516 I25, and now
hold 10 reserve 1914, 15U.
Ia the Dismal Swamp of Virginia and its
envrons the fires started during the drought
almost nooth agn, are baroing with alarming
rapIdlty and are destroying great deal OF val
liable timber
Iofo-matioa from T,xas says thirty days of
fine Weather last noath added sixty thousand
bales to the Cotton crop OF that State, worth
three millions OF dollars.
The Chicago extension Of the Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad having been completed, regular
trains between Baltimore and Chicago will COM
meDce ruonlng to-day.
The firm OF kilham, Lord & Co., ship brok-
ers of Boston, have asked au extension Of their
creditors. They place their assets at S650,OOO
and liabilities at 100000.
1t is rumored that the difficulty between the
Russian government and the Grant locomotive
words at Paterson, n j., has been adjusted
and work vii! be resumed at once.
ST. Julien Cox announces that be will contest
the seat of H. B. Strait, elected to Congress
from the secoud Minnesota district
\ raid was made by the police on disreputa-
BILE houses in the fourth ward New York, on
Saturday night. Many arrests were made.
The ongshoremeu Of New York, tits expect
ed, will strike to-day against reduction Of
pay.
heavy snow storm prevailed 10 the western