Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-22
NEWS OF TtiE DAY
8 70 sho,o the very age and body Of the Tunes

The suits commenced against Woodruff,
Robinson & Co., of Brooklyn, New York, by
the Government to recover the value of goods
fraudulentIy withdrawn from the warehouse,
have been discontinued on the payment of the
full amount due the Government The penalty
has been received and disposed of in such a
manner that the case connot again be reopened
without the action of Congress. This is firm
of which Mouton is member, and it was re-
Gently stated that Beecher proposed visiting
Washington for the purpose OF exposing the
irregularities of that firm.
A private meeting of the citizens of jersey
City was held last Thursday evening to express
indignation over the seduction and death of
Miss Pomeroy. A committee proceeded to the
parsonage with the intention of warning Rev.
j. S. Glendinniug to leave the city within
twenty-four hours, but found upon arrival that
he had taken refuge in New York 1t was then
resolved to call a public indgus ton meeting.
Mr.. James Jennings, farmer living 10 Pas
quotauk county, near Elizabeth City, N. G.,
killed negro on his premises, whom he caught
stealing fruit, on Saturday last. The act was
10 self-defence, and he was acquitted at an ex-
animation 10 Elizabeth City on Monday. The
negroes were so Indignant at the acquitta, that
Mr.. Jennings had to be put 10 the jail for pro-
lection.
The municipal council of Copenhagen has
voted grant Of 5000 rigs dalers to be applied
to the erection of statue of Tborwaldsen, the
Danish sculptor Of 1celandic descent. The
statue is to be erected at Reykiavik in com
memoration of the Icelaudic millennium.
The Rev. Philip Gurdon of the Church OF
England, who died recently, held four beue6ces
for over forty years, all of which we're family.
liyings." His income thcretrom was abGu
$4,000 year, and his parishoners numbered
about 200 in all.
The Department Of State has received dis
patch from Mr.. Partridge, the Minister at Rio
de Jaueiro, announcing further reduction Of
duties on the productions Of tins country i'm
ported into Brazil.
The trouble between Mexico and Guatemala
is to be amicably arranged. There is revolu-
tionary trouble 10 the State Of Chiapas, and
in Tuxtla. Troops have been called for.
Three children named Tarrin were burned
to death at Carp, near Six Partagas, 90 Thurs
day Their mother in trying to rescue them
was SO severely burned that she died soou
afterward
James Anderson, who was supposed to have
drowned himself near Philadelphia, was dis.
covered in nude state 90 Tuncum Island,
to which he had swan while insane.
A large lot of merchandise has been captured
by Mexican officials on the northern frontier
Two of the smugglers were killed and one Of
the officials severely wounded.
The Brooklyn Argus reports that Ttou is
about to sue for libel the New York World and
Tribune and Brooklyn Eagle.
The Democratic State Convention of New
York has been called to meet al Syracuse on
the 10th of September.
FRoGs AS FooD.-Ie is asserted that five
hundred pounds of frogs are daily consumed 10
New York. They are chiefly caught 10 Cana
da, and are sent there in salt sacks laid fiat
upon the floor Of the freight car aDd contain
ing each about hundred frogs An average
of FIVE per cent die iu the transit Each te-
male frog is said to spawn over thousand at
tme but not more than fifty in that number
live to attain full growth. They are often eaten
by their own species, er by birds and soakes |
They are usually taken with the hook, but bite
at it only when their heads are above water |
A bait is often unnecessary. The frog-catcher
frequently brings his hook under the jaw of the |
frog without creating alarm, and jerks it's point
into the flesh. He is then easily lifted into the |
boat