Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-13
NEWS OF THO ia
i" Ia sho,o the>uery age aud body Of the Times

The St. Catharinc's, Canada, Daily Times
>safs that the Toughest Charlie Ross, op Pthla |
delphia. has becu traced to St. Catharine' 8. A
woman who gave her name as Hazard aud her
.};urhtcr arrived there about four months ago,
having charge of a. stuup chll. The WON an
is undrI Arrest ailt the police and several
American detcciiles Search Oh Inc
daughter, who has, the child With her.
On Wednesday Dlght, as the steamer Old
Dominniioiin; ron rom NGrfok for New York, was
passiug out, che. was. run iuto BY schooner
coming into the Roads. he schooner struck
her amidships, disabling her starhoari wheel
ain;I dama.iiniiet' ''h her upper woodwork. The
schooner, whose nainc Is uakunwn, sunk III ten.
mipu!es All hands were saved.
A convention of the temperance, women or
Massachusetts met at Boston yesterday, and
Effected an orearrz1ti,n underline Dame OF the
Wrmau's Temperance Union of Massachusetts, !"
All women may become members VINO promise
10 abstain from the use OF intoxicating beVeI-
ages IN every manner: =.
Ia the safe burglary trial 10 Washlngon'
Yesterday; severa! witnesses we're examlued oy
| the defrDre whose testimony vas intended to
|, retute the theory set up by. the. prosecution
itLst.ccrtaiu. mysterious teltgrams That passed
Ebutweeu Whitley aud his deteetivesrefa to
| tits conspiracy, .n.,....,....-.
/ john D. Lee, now in prison at Beaver, Utah,
charged with being connected With the hnuD-
tain Meadow .uas$acre 10. lo57s, when one hum
| bred and twenty Arkansas eingraLts were muir
dcred, will, il is said, give true history OF the
Whole affair aud the namcs OF parties lmpll-
Gated. ...,. .,.,.,,,,....,... .,
The house of Joseph T. Carter, cigar manu-
facturer, at Syracuse, n. Y. was burned yes
trriav morning Carter went 10 the cellar to
save his steek. of tobaccu. but. Twas unable 10 es-
cane, aud Was burned TO death About SlO,'
600 worth, of cigars and tobacco were consumed.
The coryner'S Jury 10 the New York ELECTION
riot case found a..perdict' yesterday acqulttlng
Coroner Cr1kdr and rhe other men implicated
in the aif :ay, and charging the killing OF MO
| kcnua upon some person ITO the jury un
known.
1t is reported frem New York that the Brit
.ish banks Admiral. F4Mroy, trou. Cardiff for
Valparaiso, with coal, aud The Moss Trooper,
frym Liverpool for ihe same PLACE, have been
| buraed at sea. Ma dates or. particulars are
! giyeG Gar. ....,... =. .,r.'.'..'. .,',..''
IG consequence Of the alarming increase Of
smallpox at Moptrealihe Board Of School Com
missiouers have taken measures to exclude un-
vacciuated children from the schools under
! their, directQu: !! +. - ~.... .....,...,
Returns from the couuties. OF, East Tennessee
show that the Democratic Candidate for Gov
ernor carried East Tennessee by about two
thousand majority- This was lately j Radical
stroughoId. ,.."......... ~,.-..t..1
=" Bishop @ leoheimer, Of New Jersey, has
been requested to take six months Leave. Of ab.
seuce on. account. Of. his Impared health, aud
leaves Tor Europe on the 2lst4nsFant. . 80"
" esterday's dispatches from Paris confirmed
the report OF The defeat OF Dlu Carlos aud his
forces AT lsuu, aud their retreat, from that
place.
l. The Prestytcrian'Synod ot'Georgia and Flor.
ida is m session III Savanuat1, TIA, "lth large
attenda1ce.. ''' . ''
t." NJ EruoD1sr' MISSIONS AT the session of
I the General Missionary, Committee Of the Me-
tbodiat Episcopal Church ia New York yester-
day, the missionaries Iu. Germany and SWlIz,
eraDd ask ed for 100000, statlGg that besides
necessities they. have 8. 9ll full members aud
IL,
! they. have raised G;uu0 thalers for church
purposes during the year, besides 1887 rn gold
| for missionary work. Bishop Harris gave a
sketch Of the condition Of the missions ~ those.
countries. he showed they raised mole money
per member ip those churches than. IN Amer
! ioa. -. Their church property ls valued at
4O5 9lO thaivrs, with debt Of 207, 459 thalers.
| By German law church property uIust be held
by Individuals. = Tie late DR.. Jacob beld
about 500 900 10 his own name, and now the
Missionary Society is likely TO be Involved in
legal snis tn. recover. possession Lof 1t. Inc
members 10 Germany cost as average OF SS
apiece: There are 81 missions 10" Sweden.
The Committee made the following approprla,
tons: Germany and SwiiztrlaDd,' $24, OO0'
Denmark, $1,000; Norway sl2 600; Sweden;
So, oOO...' =, -, ..--.::: -. 800
TIE WILL OF G. B. LAMAR The will CASA
way B. Ia .m II, who died. IL NV York was re
.ceu,ly admitted to probate. The following
items give The de.alles OF the bequnsts to the
cities Of Saylnpab aYd Augusta, Georgia, for
benevolent objects:
"Our OF the residue of my cotton claims
when collected, | btqnaath 100000, if SO
much remain, and if not. whatever may re-
>maiu, to be equally divided between the mayor
aud sfdwileu of Augusta and the Oglethorpe
In6rmary of Savannah, to establish aad sus-
taio one or more hospitals for cnlorcd persoos
10 each of said cities who have been slaves,
aud their Descendants, giving preference to
those which belonged to or were hired by me,
especially to provide for the Old, the decreplt,
the blind, the deaf aud dumb, the insane, and
f,r care Of lying iu females, for not more than
six weeks on each occasion. Ii Augusta do
not establish at least one hospital within two
years alter this beg ucsl be due and payable,
the whole SUN stall 60 to the institution 10
Savannah.
A Spoon FOR BUTLER There is at the
works of the Richmvnd Stove Company, 10
this city, On iumeose iron spoon, three yards
long, aud weighing twenty pounds. l. was ex-
hibIted, among other curoslties at the State
Fair, aud attracted Considerable attention. This