Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-16
NEWS OF THE PAY.
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''7" sho,o the usrg age and Joly % the Times"
The signal Office at Washington reports
morning, at Kingston, Jamaica
James c. Durham, Postmaster at Bridge
port, Conn, has been suspended by the Prrsi-
dent for having sold appointments.
Lulu irotted three heats in R,chesern2:I6t,
>: IA and 2:lG, being the fastest three hca,~ on
record.
Eimonsou, the negro who committed an ut
rage on white wotaan in FuSet,c couu.y, Ga.
has been captured Ia Ariauta.
King Alfonso. yesterday, j .livrrctl h. hrr"tta
| TO Mouslgnor 5 ,u:oIi, the Spanish rev Gar
dual.
Fifteen men wore burned, it is thought ia
tally, by an overflow Of molten metal in M
| English foundry yesterday.
An aged mao named Rufus Street has been
brutal!y murdered near Barre, w., it is sup
| posed IN drunken quarrel / map and a wo
man living IN the vicinity have been arrested
on suspicion. '...
| A picnic procession of coored coach driv,rs
in Brooklyn, n. Y. was assailed with Stones
90 Thursday ught by rowdies and two cocrei
mea killed. Seven OF the assallants were ar
| rested.
On the New York Cotton Exchange, yes ,er-
| terday, the suspension was announced of the
trms Of {. }. ketchum l. Co., {. B. Camp
aud DutalS ami EDert, caused by rise IL COZ GU.
The llablntICs are DOT stated.
DR.. a. s, Warren aud Luther Curtin, COZ
vlcted 10 Pennington, Maine Of lctrauding the
Askbury Insurance Company cut Of $4,000,
have been sentenced TO two years and rlghtecu
mouths respectively at hard LABOR 10 jail.
a banquet was teodered Gen. Sheridau at
San Francisco Oh Thursday nighl by the off ,ers
OF the army, the volunteer officers in the late
war, the civic dIgultarics aru the PROMINENT
citizens.
There was run on the Home Savings Sank
OF Boston, yesterday, which lasted until the
close Of banking hours. The officers say that
the bank Is perfectly sound, aud that they are
prepared TO meet all demands.
The report Of the Department of Agricul ure
on the condition OF the cotton crop for the past
month, says the reductlon of condition is az
uDd lubled fact, though the depreciatiuu i.
slight as compared with the October returns u
last year.
An iusurgent force numbering two thousand
is reported to have been defeated BY the Turks
ADD one hundred aud Sky killed, the rest al
lug refuge III Montenegro. Scvcnleuu viii. ges
are SAID ~ have submitted TO Turkish au
th0rty.
A destructive ire occurred at The cou1tr,
residence OF Mr.. I. j. Niger, 10 BrItnlor,
couoty, on Thursday night, destroying yalu
able baru and CONTENTS, incuiing several head
of valuable stock. The loss is stiDatad at SO.
900, and Is only partially Insured.
\ tramp, who Was seen lurking about the
woods IN the ncghiorhood vf the PemDryk c
New Hampshire, tragedy has beeu arrested a,
Plttsted, IN la: State Drew, against whom
there was some evideucc. AID whose lite wa.
threatened BY the people. has been released Oh
his own recoguizlnc:. No clue of value h.,
yet been discovered
\ dispatch t!om HaIi!tx, y. s., SAYS thar a
heavy easterly gale, accompanied by a raiu
storm, prevailed 10 the VI ,gdalcu lsIaud ~ the
10th inst, and considerable damage WIS done,
Inc American Schooner Martha L. Pike De.
came total loss. The brig Pierre Nulasuu,. Ct
Quebec, FROM Cow Bay, for Montreal Goa
laden, was wrecked Oh the north beach on the
2Sth ult: and the crew lost The bodies OF
the Captain aud cook have been rccoved.
e. 4 0, RAILROAD. The Richmond pa.