Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-01
California and Texas Railway.


sneciaI 20 eling Of the stock hnlI.Is Of tic Cali
tornia AID Texas Railway Cunsrruc ion Com
pany was held to-day. The plan prepared
some weeks ago by thc Directors was submit
ted for the approval of the meeting. After Il |
brief discussion the following Va, unanimously
adopted:
Resolred, Tha, the plan proposed by The d.
rectors for obtaining au exeu>l II OF rs lnd7.ht-
cduess. and using money due from ST ckEo!ders
10 complete the partly fnish:d porfious oftne
Texas aud Pacific Railway, be, and the same Is
hereby approved by the nccrlns; and the
Stockholders here present aud represented
pledge themselves to the best of their ability,
aud recommend to all Other share holders to
nav the amounts due on their or ginal >ubSclip-
tons to the capital stock # the Lompany.
MARRIAGE. The MARI .gr of Mr. William
Oswald Charlton, Of The British legation and
Miss Mary Campbell, daughter of Lion. Archie
CampbcIl, of this city, AT ST. Matthew's, To-
day, is one Of much interest to the Cathn!cs
Of this cuurlry, and has already been much
discussed in this and other cities. Ii l. the
first Instance in this city where 4 Protestant
has been married To IL Catholic III Catholic
church Such marriages Usually take place in
the parsnuagcs, but in this case Mr. Carlton
| claimed his right is Il British subject and r.
crivcd u dispcn>alou from Archbishop Man
ming, OF London, he bclnngiug 10 III English
and not M American dIocySr. Archbishop
Bailey, of the IniteI States, Ind decided that
such marriag: could not be performed before
the altar, but the d,p n,lton removed this
obstacle La consideration OF this dlSpcnsaton
the lady signed papers that all children bora
| of the marriage are to be bapt,z'd and brought
up in the Catholic faith. - Wrsh Cm oj the
Baltimore .Su1.
| THE KELSEY MYSTERY A curious story Is
being circulated at Huntington, Long Island,
in reference to the case Of Charles G. Kelsey.
While the dispute over the reward for the re-
coVery Of his body is engaging the attention OF
the courts, reports that Kelsey has been seen
alive are again gaining currency. Sanford
Brown states that on the 29h OF October,
while passing through Duane street., between
| West Broadway aud Hudson street, with Il
horse and cart he saw Kelsey standing on the
! sidewalk 10 conversation with Il iuau aud IL wo-
man. and fully rccogi;iz'd him aa the person
he had known in Huntington 'iur"g the last
twenty-five years. As soon as lie cnult oavc
his horse and cart he says he went over to
speak to him, but before he came up TO him
Kelsey ran away aud eutercd at NJ. l6l Du
ane street. He says he Is ready to make this
statement on oath, if necessary. N I. S"n
THE HARRGsBUnG AND PoroMAC RAILROAD
is expected to bc coup ictcd next aunlncr
The Frederick Examiner says: W.. are All
vised, as Il matcr OF fact that the Harrisburg
and Potomac Road has entered upon negotia-
tons with two wealthy counccilHg railroads,
which will assure its SUCCESS, and secure their
most friendly GU operation. La TACT, the hlhng
up Of the unfinished railroad lluk between
| York Springs, Pa, aul klug-dalc, VI l., viii
| give the most practicable and avallabio rnt"
| between Nrw York aud the West aud South
wesr via he Allentown route 10 Harrisburg.
the Harrisburg aud Potomac aud /. 4 p.
L. Roads to Frederick aud the B. y o. from
! Frederick to the West and Southwest.
Loss or LIFE The steamship Eiba from
| London to Hamburg, has gone do~n At sea,
with the loss of thlrly-two iivrs Il will be re-
| membercd that nearly The saline number uf per
SONS persisted on the river Tyne a day Or two
ago. The deaths By accident during the latter
part of last year were exceptionally large III
England and along the coast The railroad
collisions have filed columns Of some Ut the
pa pers, and the great tog III London and Its
vicinity added to the number OF th,s: >uddcn-
| IL killed. many who pcri,hei IN the Thames or
were run over in the streets. EuIy IN Deccm,
Der. also, violent hurricane did great dam
aye. and was attended with much loss o iilc. -
Bul Gnzctte.
The Philadelphia Ledger says Macy will
regret to hear that the Wilmington anu H"al
ing Railroad Company have decided TO pass
| the Interest on their sculi-anuual second mort
gage bonds, which natures January J. The
reason gwen for this is that the late fnanclal
crisis and the diminution Of business, together
with the delays 10 the completion OF the Read
ing branch and its large COST, have materially
reduced the available means OF the company.
The directors have therefore authorized mort
gage on the Reading brauch tor $500 WO, the
bonds secured by which will be applied To the
| finding of the detaulting Interest, 80 tar is ne
holders choose to avail themselves vi 1t.
In accordance with resolution adopted by
the New York Board of Underwriters, July IL,
1873, all bulldogs in the metropolitan district
having frame Mausard roofs will be subjected
10 an extra charge OF ono per cent, dwelling
houses excepted, after January l., 18Th In
addition to this. hotels aud pubic buildings
having this kind of roofs will be charged One
half per cent There are about l45 buildings
in the city that will be subject to this rule, the
most OF which are warehouses.
Moses Jordan, an cxccnric old gentleman,
who for the past forty years has resided IN
West Chester, Pa, attempted to commit sui
eide one morning last week by sabbng hun
sell in the left side with dirk knife. Finding
that this did rot work, he drank half an ounce
Of laudanum, which failed also. His INJURY
from the knife is Il dangerous one, but VII
not prove fatal Reverses IN stock Operations
is given as the reason for his attempting his
life.
NJ. BORIS DANzAs, who was NJ. CATCHY s
Secretary of Legation, and who remained IN
Washington as Charge d Affairs short time
after the little diplomat left, has just been
married 10 Coustantnoplc to Mile. hfghlro-
poue, daughter of auohor Russian civil ser
vice official. NJ, D4nz IS is uow attached to
| the Russian mission at Athens.
MARSHAL BAzAlNE will be allowed TO walk