Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-27
I:;LysS OF TIL II ia y.
4 II shov he vsry age and body Of the Times

Iu the Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Court
yesterday William Spahmer pleaded guilty TO
six bills of Indictment charging him with hay
ing bu, glarouSly entered as many dwellings, 10
that city. The Judge sentenced the culprit TO
ten wears Imprisonment on one Dill, nololhg
the others, which arc good for fifty years lnore'
owe! Tor his good behavior alter his term eA-
plrcs.
Alta private meeting Of the Western Dlvl-
sion Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engl-
neers, represnntng all the railroads west Of the
Ohio. held at ST. l. uiS on the 18th, resolu
ton was adopted protesting against the reduc-
ton Of wages, aud declaring II Will DOT be SUD
mittcd to.
Saturday night Simon Wolf, an Influential
citizen of Byron, Greene county, ONO, was
waylaid, shot several times, robbed OF large
sum of money, aud left dead 10 the road Not
the slightest clue to the murdercrs has yet been
found
The Jury in the Uoitcl States Court at At
lanta, Ca, gave verdict, yesterday, OF eleven
thousand dollars 10 favor of the government
against the bonGsmen OF Thomas u. Slmms,
late postmaster OF that place.
Tie shawl and quilt hand-oom wcavers OF
Philadelphia have resolved to strike against
| the proposed further reduction of five cents a
| spread The bosses last fall made reduction
| Of Two and halt cents.
The workingwomeo of the United States will
hold Convention 10 January next IN Washing
ton city, for the purpose OF cooperating with
all ass .ca IONS who are Interested 10 the WOlh
inyWO1neu OF the country.
A mass meeting OF citizens Of Memphis, mas
been called Tor this evening, to take action IN
| regard to toe presence OF national soldiers ir
| that city On the eye OF election, and TO petition
| President Grant to remove them.
all the Treasury officers 10 Texas, excepting
one Collector of Customs and one Collector o
Interual Revenue, have been removed. The
| Postmasters ut Galveston and Houston have alst
! been removed.
Vice President WILSON was in Washington
Yesterday, and called at the White House, bu
did not sec the Prcs dent, as the latter was busy
at the time He left last night for the North
NAVIGATION Of the Merrimac river was opened
to Lawreuce yesterday. \ steamer passec
| through the new channel and arrived at Law
renee amid great ri ,clng aud firing OF salutes.
The Duchess OF Braganz4 writes to Germany
denying the truth Of the report that her daugh
ter, Douua Blanca, instigated the atrocities com
mltted By the Carllsts IN Spain.
A negro convict named Jerry White was
crushed to death III "a quarry, near Richmond
| Va, yesterday, by the falling OF a mass Of
granite.
At Phenixve, Pa, yesterday, Hugh Mat
thews killed his Son-in-law, John Opperman, il
| a drunken spree.
The Lieutenant Governor Of Massachusetts,
has liked Thursday, November 2G, as the anuu
al Thanksgiving Day.
The Boston Herald states that a large
amount Of public money has been stolen IN Mid
dicScI county.
The noted trottcrs Occideot, Judge Fullerton
and Giostcr are entered for the $1,000 purse
race at Sau Francisco in November.
The coopcrs' lock out in New York is cstab
| iishcd.