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EMMlTSBURG NEWS!

S@r Tie Circus perforated ~ En-.
mitsburg GA Friday afternoon and
eyeaing 20 full tent. The y~ople
FROM the mountain and country arean
turned out in full feather
Everything is quiet here abonts,
No marriages On TIE ta'is -no new
sensations
w Dr.. II. Di-i,uan, the grra, 'aus,cn|
Doctor and Composer of America. afer hi'
nrduOus labors for the last ttn niAs'iis, l.
refreshing himself vt his coitss': hs'ae-
The Doctor Ia k,eIS pride in musical com
positions aud is one Of the most eminent
composers and teachers ia Amcricx. On
the Violin lee caunot I've cxcclled.
@- Love" says Alexander SMITH,
"is the discovery Of ones SELL IN an
other" Very often, however, we soc II.
aud live to mourn the discovery.
s9r Six hundred colored people
met, recently, in Washington, TO de-
nounce Boss Shepherd and has ring.
A great light shines best an dark
places.
pA- The prospects row are that the
wheat CROP tor the season of 1874 viii
be the largest and best ever harvested
in the United States.
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.Zr:,Ms.

| Sc4r Mt. 81. Mary's College. on the 2Stli
Of July, 1874. Mr. JESSE W. NCSSEAR
aged about - years. Deceased WIS t'nt
warofiSl3 lie was M exemplary citizen
and his drath will h deeply regretted.
Peace ~ his ashes. -
Near Mcchaaics,own, ON the 2Sth Of
July, 1874. MAGGIE ANN OLIVIA
IIILDOBKlDEL, aged year month and
90 days. I.
A, Frnnkliuyille, on the Goth ultino. Of
consumption. Mis-, SANll.LA ElGEN,
ERODE, daughter Of JOHN Eigcnbradc,
aged about IL years. s,
Near this place, ON the morning Of the
18th ultimo. III the residence OF Mr.. Fitz
gerald, Mr. MARTIN SAYRES, aged
about 20 years. Burial services at Ills
Catholic Cemetery by lev. Father Hill.
On the tw eth instant, near Ada,nstown
HENRY SilUE. iniant SOU Of jacob and
Rebcccn Kline, aged . months and four
days.
Tn the 10th uitimo, near Woo]sbora
IRA MAURICE. only SON Of Noah and
Elizabeth Flickinger, aged = months and
Is days.
On the el.1 na,i,a,, in Frederick city
ROBERT T. Stokes. -"n "f the late
William u. Stoke, aged Is years, 2 mos
and l?day<~
On the H,h ui,;no. nj NJ. Carroll, Iii
noi,, HENRY BLESSING, formerly al
Brensbunt'. Washington County, aged
aosut - yrsr~,
! ADa the Elsa .ultiiuo, Il tee residence. al
her ,.sn. Daniel Rch,.!- nray Aid'aJioNn
| Mrs. CATH &itlSE BEElirNL, wife al
| the lsi- Lewis l,ech,ui,. AGED ~ yexrs,
months aut - days.
! On the 10th ultima, quite suddenly Al
OAK H,ii' Fslluicr couaty, Va. LlHLi &.
believed vile ui Charles u k:iaav'r, ssat
daughter Of Mary 4. and the lste Alexan-
,lrr. t;aidrs,, "f Baltimore city.
On she 9th uAino. near u eray;!h Mrs
! ROWE. r~iict "f Tie laIc Frederick Rove
aged abou, O. yesvs-
! On ,he l?th ul,imo, near louisville,
! HENRY REPr, Scn., in the SD year +"
| his aye.
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Warriaaes.

On the 30tl ultimo. al. Crcagcrstown,
by Rev. J. Summers. Mr.. FRANKLIN p.
EYLER, OF Mpchanicstown, to bliss 81.
RAH J. FOX, Of the former place.
On the 9th ultimo. by Elder y. p. Saylcr
at his resitlence. THOMAS J. WINE
BREN NERO Miss SARAII[. YOUNG,
both Of W"odsboro', in this county.
: On the 2fst altfmo. iii Jefferson. Ivy the
Rev. w. i. Coilinuwcr, DAVID G. fry,
Of Springfield. Ohio; to, Miss EMMA II
rEASTER, of Jefferson, Frederick Co.
Md. ..;,.
On the 23l uiti,,n. in Sabillasvillc. Al
the residence Of Mr. Samuel Morchcnd, by
Rev. G. I. h. Dranc. Mr.. SANFORD
FISHER and Miss MARY J. rRiOR
both of Frederick Co.. Md. .-
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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, That this
~ sub ,cribcrs intend pctitioning the
Coun' y Commissioners Of Frederick Coun-
ty after thirty days publication Of this no.
tice, to reopen and locate County Road,
commencing at Mrs. NJ. E; Burkc,s Store
on the pike, near Mt. st Msfys Col1egc,
and running in strait line to the Clair.
vaux County Road, and with said road
through Casirvaux and Charles Manning s
farms, in IL strait line to the cast side of j.
Keepers Barn; thence along the division
line Of said Keepers and Mrs, GREENS
farms to the south east corner OF said Keep
err tract; thence in strait line to the point
where tho said Mrs. Cretcn and james Orn-
dortf join lands, at the Frederick and En-
mitsDurg County Rand.
JOHN WALTER.
JAMES ORNDORFF,
HENRY WAGNER.
Aug. l,5w*
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A Stolen Child.
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS RE-
WARD!

4 Tremendous M,lvccment-Drscriip.
ton of tie Child and tic Criminals.
PHILADELPHIA, July %. - The
@Afavor has issued the following proc
! lamstion, offering a reward of $4,000
for tho capture OF the abductors of tue
child Charlie Brewster Toss, and til.
restoration Of the child:
MAYORS OFFICE. Pnr1ApE1sN1A, |
July ODD, 1874. I
AIT instance of citizens Of Phila
,,.lchia hereby offer a reward Of
twenty thousand dollars for the arrest
snd conviction Of the abductors o.
charles Brewster Ross, son Of Chris.
zion Ross, Of Philadelphia, aud the
r.,tor.t;on of that child to his parents
The child was stolen from Washington
lame near Chew street, Germantown
in the suburbs Of Philadelphia. on
the afternoon of tho 6rst Of July last
At the time when the child WAS stolen
3e answered to the following deocrip'
ton: Age, four years dressed iii
brown linen kilt suit, with short skirt
broad.brimmed unbleached Panama
hat with black band, laced shoes and
blue and white striped stockings
The boy has long, aaxen curly hair. ha.
eel eyes, clear skin, reuud full face, and
-, n,.rks Axcect thosc made by vac.
cination on the arm. His appearance,
as above described, may have been
greatly ch.aged by cutting off hi'
hair or changing his dress to that Of a
girl, OF 10 some other way.
The child was decoyed by two meu
into a falling top yacht.bcdied buggy
painted dark all over, lined with
dark material, drawn by dark bay
or browa horse about Is! hands high
driven, it is believed, withouta checl
rein, by two men. who, as nearly Al
can be aecertained, answer to the fol-
lowing description: No. wasa man
of rather large size, probably five feet
eight or nine inches high; he was only
seen sitting; age believed to be from
thirty. five to forty-dye years; NOUS
tAche and full beard OF whiskers
rather long on the chin, Of brown OF
sandy brown color, aud brown hair
wore a ring on the little fnger Of hi
right hand. No. 2 was man dv,
feet eight on ten inches high, about
twenty-five or thirty years OF age, o.
light, OK with tendency to sand.
comple1;sa, sandy moustache, and red
nose and t4ce, having the appearance
of iri1kiag ,aan- One Of the mer
were 4 ad-brimmed straw hat, look
ing as if it had been worn a season OF
tso, and much sun Drowned; The
other wore high.crowaed, dark
colorcd straw hat One Wore linen
buster, and the ether. a gray alpaca
Juster. One Of the n,sa wore large
glasses or goggles, OF dark color, prob
ably as disguise
iSicn,d) ". S. STexE1y,
Mayor Of Philadelphia
In the cause Of humanity, rs well
an for the interests Of justice, it Ii
earnestly requested that the foregoing
be given the widest publicity in ever,
a.wspaperin the United States ant
Canada. l...
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VI>IIE subscriber would rsii tie n:,rn
ton Of the puhih, 10 hi;' steak ri
G0OD,, such n. double aud S!nylc Bar
relied SHOT GUNS, Seen Si"' l.rsalr'
er>, Single Sls,t Pistols Of all kinds A
10, Of secondhand Rcval'ers very low
Shot B.h-. Powder Eiasks, iauc Bags
Powder, Shot. l.Ars, Cartridges. &c. .Sc !.
all OF which will lie sold cheap i"r CASH
\. II. JOHNSTON.
Navne.ssoro', Pa Aug l-4lKS
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Sixth Congressional District.

This the Sixth Congressional Dis
tricr of Maryland-now composed Of
Frederick, Washington, Allegahy and
Montgomery counties has at one
time or another been represented in
the Congress of the United States by
men of National Reputation and
marked ability. Hitherto We have
had to represent us
Upton Shcrcdine, John Leo,
Thomas Sprigg, Those. WOrthinSton
George l3aer. jr. Francis Thomas,
Daniel Hester, Jno Thomson Mason
Roger Nelson, Jas. Dixon lso,,sIi,
Samuel isinggold, VIM. 4. Hamilton,
John Nelson, Henry W. lL,ffinan,
and several others, of marked ability
and now it behooves the people to sec
to it that they send a man to. the next
House Of representatives at. Washing.
toa City, who will reflect credit on
the District, and mainta intact tie
honor and renown Of Western Mary
land. e.t., &c.,
Montgomery county, too, nov at
tached to this District. in other years
has sent, or helped to seri, with the
aid Of Frederick county east OF the
Monocscy, able lnsa to represent her
interests on the floor Of Congress
She has had
John II. Platter, Henry X. Wartield,
Philip Il. Key. Bcnj. >. Forrest.
Patrick Nagrudcr, Geo. {. Washington
Francis Holdings Maj. tex. Peter,
Iwortl,, VIA. Cost johnson.
Alexander Contec lixnson,
Many OF our readers, We suppose,
still remember George Bser. lie was
once Mayor Of Frederick il 1870 ii
'23-and better known ia has latte.
days as the old Cashier OF the Fred
erick County Dsuk. He served three
terms ia Coagress--was elected in
1896 and in 1900. Ia Feb. 1904, he
cast his ballot as Que OF t|e Nary
land delegation tor Aaron Burr Tor
President, when the contest WAS be-
tween Jefferson and Burr in the House
Of Representatives,. In 1908 he was
elected to the II use OF Delegates
from Frederick county on the Federal
ticket and in 1914, he beat Hel,
Samuel Ri"ggold tes Congress in this
District--has'ng 4 H9ers'y Of l5ou
votes in Frederick csua,y, Which
overshadowea Hinggold's n.ai"rit.s IN
Washington and Allegan. counties
Mr.. Baer wasx decided 'Fcdos.l.t Of
the Hxmiltoniau stamps w~rln and
devoted friend to The political fortunes
OF Alexande, G. Hanson aud JsAn
lIauxon Thomas.
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sgr They have a fine way Of ending
a game Of base ball in Snow Hill, Wor-
cester county. in this State. When
they are tired pitching at the bat, they
"pitch into each other" Nothing like
variety.
When six young ladies sit down
tn talk about a now dress pattern, q
small boy with u tin horn is refuge
for the weary.
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TEES 5 \ L j..
Il OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
h6- In Meclauicstown District "Vsa

CHLLL AA.AA 49, - -
kH- In Mechanicstown District. -Vsa
Dy Virtue Of Deed m Trus, executed
BY Joseph Dclphy 10 the undersigned. !
vii, offer ut Public Sale vt the gilbert
House in Mcchanicstown, On
1 81 TURD.4 Y Angasf -, 1874,
ut , o'clock. p. NJ, all the Right, Title
and Interest Of the ssii Joseph be'phy, in
and to the following desirable and vsuahl"
bead EAa,e, ". wit: \ small
"A I. N
containing a,Smi IS ACRES. divided into
$ fields. with running wafer 10 each htih
There il al,Dut 10 ;a::ea of this land wei
,ainl1ercd. This farm Is about " miles
North Of Mcchsnicstawn. il ..vltr'e Vat
lev. adjoining the lands al Henry Will
:.i,lc, SOLOMON Valentine. aud OILERS The
improvements consist "f good l.2 ~t"'
~ Log House, nlso I'm" l." Of c'r'ice
j.. ,lit trees .Any iierSon des,nus OF view
aug the rr"prIsy. will call ",' Nr. y
as...an, -si..' 4,s..i.sray, rh' will give
as information desired ...
TERMS OF SALE.--nnc half Of tht
purchase snoney 10 W paid ou dav of Sui"
or ratification thereof ny 'hn Court; and
the bslanc- III 81. months. rs the pur'
chaser, giving lbs a"se with slaproved Sc
curly. bearing Interest iImn day OF sale
After sll tie purchase nniHy is paid, Il
lcc,, vii, w. Eiren- The purchaser t.
h at ,lr expense "f .1r,TeynncinG.
poss ssim gisen al.n terms OF o"lc ART
complied with ~
JOHN ROOT,
July ls-ts- TRUSTEE
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A man up in Eyler's Valley last
Monday made a barrel Of blackberry
bounce.
When you gather huckelberries be
careful you doa't tread on rattle
snake. s....
A LUSCIOUS WATERMELoN.--Ies
terdsy morniugJ. Ed. Martin placed
in our Ssnctum humping big, ripe
luscious watermelon. Him and David
c. have plenty more for sale at the
sign of the Red and Blue Flag, ne1'
door to johnson 8 corner.
Hon. John Sherman left his home
in Mansfield, OHIO, on the 2Sth Of
July, for canvas.ing tour in Iowa
Kansas and other States.
sm- June SO, some fifteen sturdy
farmers of the uorth Village in War.
ner. N. H., turned out and hoed all
the crops of T. Evans DAVIS, who
has been sick for the past two months
This is practical beneyolsnce, indicat'
/ ing a good spirit; an example worthy
of being put on long record.
Oh sam Simons,
.,.e And young sam Simnns,
And old Sam Simons's son;
Young San, Sinlons
/. Will be Sam SimOns
When old Sam SimOns is gone.
Paw, We.aIleton to Middleton is eighteen
miles,
PROM Waddlcton to Wcedlcton is eighteen
5Fti miles,
r,om Wcetlleton to Middleton and Wad
dlrton to Middleton,
From .Wcrdlcton to Middleton Is eighteen
niles.
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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that we the
IN undersigned will make apple; tion to
the County Commissioners Of Frederick
County, thirty days after the publication
of this notice, to relocate portion of the
road running from Eieholtz's mill to
Lewistown, beginning at a point ON the
farm of Michael Zimmerman.
GEORGE POWELL,
GEO W. LAYMAN,
MICHEL ZIMMERMAN,
July ti5ws. and others
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w Five times John Happy Of Yer
mont has been engaged to one girl
and he has not made her hsppy yet,
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I@- Ben Butler comes out OF this
Congress with an inflated AMI gAlvaa
ICED and increased reputation.
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The Old Family Isiblc.

The YIN TTtuIuy ESIOV.
NXyANTED-Thc old Family Bible of
w C.A. THOMAS BEATTY, formerly
Sheriff and Collector OF Frederick county.
II was sold at Administrator sale in Crra,
yesstawn in 1916 A liberal sum will he
paid for It's delivery ut this office.
July Is lw -.
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Executors Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the
IN subscriber has obtained from the Or
pi,nus' Court of Frederick county, Letters
/ cstan,entary on the Estate Of
ELIZABETH NJ. LIVERS,
late Of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the said de-
ccasctl, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof, on or be-
fore the 2Sth of December, 1874; they may
otherwise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to
the deceased are desired to make immediate
payment.
GEORGE LlVERS,
June 27.tw. Executor.
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no! FOR EMORY GROVE
CAMP MEETING.

The cars Of the Western Md. Railroad
Especial train) will leave the Dep"t at Me-
cllanicstoW next
SUNDAY MORNING. ACG. 2, 1874.
$40 and S:l3 4. NJ
for Emory Grove Camp meeting near REFS
terstown, and returning (same day. will
arrive at 1888 =. NJ. and 1890 A. N.
rH- Half fare tickets issucl NIL along the
line. price s1,so going and returning
from NrchanicStoUno
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(NITY II TEL l.,
- FREDERICK CITY. ND.
T. B. CARLIN, Proprietor,

c. This popular and we'll
aG- rsatfArr7rx kuuwa Hotel, having heen
i sSsas-.7E;i; III Thoroughly Renovated, otfers
-ss='ss.s''5x*< lAans advantages to tho
travelling public The exterior ofthe He-
tel which IS now four stories, presents y
beautiful appearance, and viii compare
favora'.i y with any structure of the kind ia
the State. The entire arr ,nSemcnts f the
Hotel are in Keeping With its outward ap-
p',arance, and is Supplied " it'll every mod
-in improvement and convenience, aaI
has been newly Furnished throughout at u
very heavy cost No pains on expense
will be omitted to promote the comfort Of
guests
Tive cnyialie reputation tire Hotel has
acquired since the undersigned has taken
charge of it, furnishes the lnns, satisfactory
-yhacmNuf his ability 70 please all who
may favor him with tl~ir la ronage.
There is attached to the Hotel q spacious.
Billiard Room, newly fitted up, Barber
Shop, Bath House, &c.
Attentive and polite servants will always
he in attendance to wait upon guests DUR
ing the day or NJ any hou. of the night.
Respectfully,
FRANK 3. CARLTN,
f,a;Ch li-1y Proprietor.
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pA- The average Georgia woman is
famous for killing snakes. She knows
Just what to do when her husband
has EN-"
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In the cause Of humanity, rs we'll
AZ for the interests Of justice, it il.
earnestly requested that the foregoing
be given the widest publicity in every
newspaper in the United States and
Canada. e.-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-27
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTE
Heavy Rains and Floods.

PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-The following are
the headings of the Pttsburg papers this morn
ing: Tremendous fall of rain 10 this city
Streets dripping and houses f)oded-AlIegha
ny deluged-Great destruction of lite and prop
er,y-Slxtcen bodies recovered; others missing
The Union depot afoat-Seventh avenue "a
cascade-Reported fifty lives lost.
PITTsBURG, July 27.-Heavy showers pre-
vailed all day yesterday, but at night the rain
fell in deluge. A fearful loss OF life is report.
ed in Allegheny. The tunnel Of the Pan-Han,
die railroad is flooded with four feet of water,
and it is impossible for trains to pass through.
The torrent from the hills swept houses from
their foundations, tearing them to pieces. The
loss of life is estimated at fifty. The new iron
bridge at Carson street was swept away and
large number of coal barges.
PTTTsBURG, July PA man named Hess,
in Allegheny, attempted to escape the food by
swimming and was drowned. A son OF Alder,
man Bolster persisted in attempting the rescue
of au infant \ young lady is also among the
victims Thus far thirteen bodies have been
recovered in Pittsburg and three others in At
woods run. Adam Burgess and Jno. Schatfer,
Mrs. Braunon and child named German are
reported drowned The gas was extinguished
by the food aud the city was enveloped in
darkness
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Nv Green a. Wise.

[Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.]
DUBLIC SALE OF HAZEL PLAIN,
L BETTER KNOWN AS THE "CHINN
FARM" NEAR MANASSAS, PRINCE
WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
Under deed of trust Of the 2lst Of june 1872,
from the administrative Of w. 7. bowman to
me- to secure the payment of d debt therein de-
scribed, l shall as trustee therein, at theinstance
OF the creditor and the said debtor offer for sale,
at public auction. on TUESDAY, the 4th day
of August, 1874 at u o'clock M, in front of the
Mansion House, in the city of Alexandria, the
"CHINN FARM" designated in said deed OF
trust as Hazel Plain, containing $50 acres three
fourths arabic, hocoate-coored soil, easily cul-
tivated and productive; the remainder in wood
and timber and the whole well supplied with
water. This desirable estate has upon it Gs.4t
the famous CHiNN HOUSE, q large lsal
frame building, with eight rooms, comfortable
log house occupied by the tenants, stone stable,
corn crib and .granary Of logs; is conveniently
near to churches, schools mills and markets,
within five miles of the w. c., '. NJ. s. q. 5.
T. T., and in the healthest section of Prince
William county.
Terms: Cash rs to about $500, and as to the
residue credit Of +, II and Is months, with
interest from the day Of sale, and deed Of trust
to secure said deferred payments. The title ls
believed to be perfect but selling as trustee
shall convey only such title as is derived tron
the deed of trust to me.
VIM h. FITZHUGH, Trustee,
jy 6-eots Fredericksburg, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-27
LOCAL BzkSttITEES.

The steamer Lady Of the Lake while leaving
here pier here on Saturday evening last came
within al ace OF running down boat in which
one of the wharf clerks was exercising himself,
but who had rowed uudcr the bow Of the
steamer before he discovered his danger His
exercise stopped at once ard he Immediately
caluc ashore.
Walker Kelley, coored sentenced at the
last term Of the Corporation Court to eight
years confinement in the penitcntlary for at
tempting to kill Moses Kilt, also coIorcd, left
for Richmond on the steamer Kcyport, this
morning, In the costoly OF City Sergeant
Seuart
railroad torpedo was put on the street rail
road at the Intersection Of King and Royal
streets at an early hour last night by an uu-
known party, and when car passed over 1t ex-
plodcd with such force as to greatly alarm the
horse aud the paSsenges, extlngulshcd the
lamps ia the Car, and attracted large crowd.
Information has been lodged at police head.
quarters that an unknown cripple man has been
going about 10 the western part OF the city
acting 10 an iudcsent manner to such little girls
as he chances to meet.
a large crowd of spectators derived great de-
light yesterday afternoon from witnessing a
chicken fight on Royal street, between Queen
aud Princess streets. The sport was intcusiti-
ed by numerous bets upon the result.
A disturbance occurred near the south end
Of Washington street among some colrrcd peo-
pie late last Saturday night during which sever
al of those engaged were badly hurt No arrests
were made.
The new boat of the Upper Potomac Steam.
boat Company, the Mary Washington, will II is
thought be SO far completed as to make trial
trip on Saturday next.
\ little son OF Mr.. Richard Phillips, banned
jeff, while playing about the King street wharf
this morning accidentally fell overheard but was
speedily rescued.
AS no bids for the repairs to the Relief
Engine House had been put in at the designated
rme- noon on Saturday last-the time was ex-
tended to noon on Wednesday next.
The employees of the A. Il L. r. r. made
an excursion to Quantico yesterday and spent
the day thare in grabbing fishing and other
agreeable sports.
Ex.Mayor Latham of this city was present
TINS afternoon at the rcdcdication Of the Odd
Fellows Hall in Washington.
The first arrival of watelmelons from the
banks Of the Potomac, at Fishtown, the land
lOg place, was reported this morning.
Ripe Peaches we're D market this morning
selling at ~ cents box-ot about quart.
Two and half per cert will be added to all
Tax bills remaining unpaid after to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-27
RaDe and Murder.

RUTLAND, W., July GA horrible case
of rape and murder was revealed 10 St. AlbaOs
Yesterday morning. The victim was Miss
Marietta N. Ball, teacher 10 the district
school, three miles east of this village After
closing her school last Friday afternoon she set
out to visit a friend, living mile dlsta ut, her
course being over lonely road, partially
through woods. She was missed by her friends
on Saturday evening and search was made
Her body was found Sunday morning at one
o clock. 1t had been conveyed about forty
rods into the woods leaving traces of blood on
the way Miss Ball was girl OF uncommon
muscular power and appearances Indicate that
she made desperate resistance. Two men
have been arrested but the real perpetrator is
probably still at large. Intense excitement
prevails