Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o shoao the gerry age and body Of the Times.

10 SNO2O lNG very age NNu OUtLy W tNc 11WeS.'
A bold attempt was yesterday made to swim
die the Broadway Bank of St. Louis by
woman who presented letters of introduction
from, and a check purporing to be signed by
Chicago firm, but the cashier, suspecting
that all was not right, babe the woman call at
later hour, and in the meantime had her ar
rested, together with man by whom she had
been joined after leaving the bank. kilograms
from Chicago subsequently showed the letter
and check TO be forgeries.
George D. Lord, aa exfaember of the New
York Legislature, was yesterday arrested 10
Rochester and brought to Albauy, where he
Was taken before Justice Osborn, of the Su-
preme Court, and held to bail 10 the sun of
SIS, 900 gu the charge of having, while mem
Der Of the Lcglsiat ure, secured the passage of
bill tor the relief of John Hand, a caual con-
tractor. by which the State was defrauded out
OF $50, 000, Of which Lord received $4,000
A passenger Oh the NV York express train
on Friday night is believed to have walked off
the platform while in half sleeping condition,
but though search has been made, no trace Of
the man has been found. On the Delaware
railroad 90 the same day a locomotive rau over
a peach wagon, killing the driver and seriously
Djuriug son of Mr. Robert Cochran, who was
riding on the wagon.
Admiral Worden and the officers of the
American squadron, now in the waters of
Southampton, yesterday afternoon gave ban
quet 90 board the flagship Elaukln to the cor
poraton and leading merchants of Southamp-
ton in acknowledgment of the courtesies re-
Gently extended to them. The affair was a
brilliant one, and was attended by eight hun
drcd guests.
Archibald Baxter & Co. have filed their
schedule of assets add liabilities 10 the office of
the County Court Of New York, the former be-
Ing placed at $4,000 and the latter at about
a quarter Of a million. They thuk they will be
able to pay sixty cents on the dollar, and if
| time is given them, dollar for dollar.
Capt. Webb, the famous swimmer, arrived
at Dover, from Calais, on Thursday evening.
A large crowd had assembled on the wharf,
aud he landed from the steamer amidst in
tense enthusiasm and the hearty cheering of
the multitude. He has experienced no ill eff
| tects from bis wonderful SWIM
Two hundred and twenty-five cars, contain
ing IL 900 baskets Of peaches, arrived at Jer-
; sey City yesterday morning, besides forty. FIVE
car loads which were shipped to Boston. On
Thursday one hundred and eighty car loads
arrived at Jersey City, and forty-one went to
| Boston.
The horses, carriages aud harness belonging
to Mr.. William Butler Duncan. of Duncan,
Sherman & Co., were sold 10 New York at
auction, on Thursday, from stable in Waverly
Place. The exhibit was somewhat disappout-
ing, the total proceeds only amounting to
s4,7l9.
Cornelius Williams, a negro was hanged
yesterday at jackson, n c., for the murder of
an old man Damcd William Prcs$ou, bridge
keeper at Weldon, SOME m,utbs siuce. He
made iuil confession, duplicating three other
Degrees
Jesse York, a servant girl, was yesterday
burned to death at Plt'sburg, Pa, because of
attempting to light fire with kerosene, and
the house of her employer was also totally de.
stroyed.
1t is now stated. on the authority of Chi
cago detective, that Miller, the ex gauger who
was supposed to have been shot by assassiDs in
the employ Of the whi>key ring, did the shoot
ing himself
The tug boat Smoky City, having in tow
twelve barges and six boats, laden with coal,
struck til" bar at the head of Island No. 10,
Mississippi river, yesterday, by which the en-
tire tow, except one boat, was sunk.
BY a collision on Like Superior on Thursday
night between the Canadian steamer Manitoba
and the propeller Comet, the latter was sunk,
carrying down with her eleven persons.
% Thursday, at Jefferson, Iod, Nancy Nc
Kec shot and fatally wounded Henry j. Lout-
ter of Hanesvili4, West Va. She says be
failed IN his promise to marry her.
The bark and sumac mills Of Smyth, Snyder
4 Co., at Richmond, Va, we're destroyed yes
terday by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$lS,000
President Grant will be guest of Senator
ConkIing at Utica, N. Y, on September Is and
10, on the occasion Of a reunion Of the Army
OF the Cumberland.
Five million bushels of wheat from Texas
and Arkansas will be shipped North this
season.
Seven thousand women and children are re-
ported to be now fugitives in Croatia 10 conse-
quence of the war in Herzegovina.
Jas. Il, Mcneil, a planter living near Mem
phls, Tenn, was assassnated yesterday. There
is no clue to the assassin.
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. The sale
OF Mr.. NJ. B. Bucks personal property, ad.
vertiscd for Tuesday last, was, Oh account of
rain, postponed until Wednesday, when there
was large crowd present and property gec-
eraly brought good prices Mules averaged
500; COWS $50; hogs 50, and household goods
COMMANDED, in some instances, higher prices
than new can be bought for Warren Sentinel.
PRoMoTIoN.-Th Marlboro (Md.) Prince
Georgian says "Thc many friends of Cant.
Henry II. Carter long connected with the en-
glneer department Of The Baltimore and Poto,
mac Railroad will be grati6cd to learn that he
has been appointed to the positioo Of Superin
tendent of the Frederick and Pennsylvania
Lac Railroad i the place Of Edward L. Du-
Barry esq.
ARMSTRONG GATOR e. Co. The Baltimore