Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITO sAo10 the very age and body Of the Tin

a wife and children, shot Annie W. Brinkley,
aged forty years, 10 Philadelphia, last evening,
aud then shot hmseli 1t is alleged he was Oh
friendly relations with her. Last night he saw
man in her trimming store talking to her, aud
he waited until she caue out and then Tired
TWO shots at her, both of which took effect III
the right breast, producing wounds OF dan
gerous character He then shot himself twice
10 the right breas, and died in less than an
hour
The Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee notifies registers aud receivers that, owing
to the ravages Of the grasshoppers, the benefits
of the presumption laws are extended to those
who have been compelled to leave and be alb
sent from their lands, aod also to those whose
crops have becu destroyed, but who have Con-
tlnued to reside on their claims. Those whose
crops were destroyed in 1874 will be entitled to
an extension of one year from and after July
|, 1878, and when the injury occurs IN 1873,
the extension will date FROM July /, 1876
The Connecticut fish commissioners report
that the introduction of black bass 10 Connec-
ticut waters has been successful aud that over
| ,3590 900 young salmon have been placed 10
The Connecticut river during the year Their
experiments 10 ha,ching shad show that the
eggs of the shad will not hatch in bracklsh or
salt water; also that such waters are fatal to
the young fry. The catch of shad last season
was unusually large.
President Scott has notified the Postothcc
Department that no cars belonging to the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company will be
permitted to pass over the railways under his
control between Philadelphia and New York
after the first of June. This will exclude the
postal cars of the Baltimore and Ohio Com
paay running between Washington and New
York.
In Wilmington, Delaware, Sunday, the Old
Swedes' Church reached one hundred and sew
enty six years of age. and with slight repairs of
the ravages of time it stands now tit temple
for worship. At the ceremony OH Sunday was
used the ancient communion service which was
presented by the Fahluu Mining Company of
| Sweden in IT'S.
According to the Louisville Courier.J Journal,
the returns show that the premiums paid for
fire insurance in kentucky during 1874 amount
cd, 10 round plumbers, to over million aud
quarter of dollars, and the fire losses paid by
| the companies amounted to less than hall a
| million, thus leaving to the companies gross
| profit of about threc-quartcrs OF million.
The Supreme Court of Indiana, 10 the ST.
Louis aud Southern Railroad Company VS..
Smuck ct al, holds that common carrier 5
contract, ia avoidance Of his cQmmon-laW llabi-
| ity must be strictly construed against him, and
that be can take 20 exemption which Is not
clearly contracted Tor.
The accounts of the plague Of grasshoppers
continue to be conflicting. One statement is
that the agricultural districts, 10 many parts,
are threatened with ruin while on the con-
| trary, it is stated from Jefferson City that per-
sons arriving there from all sections say that
most of the grasshopper talk is bosh.
The strike of the Lowell mule spinuers is at
an cad, and large number Of them returned
to work yesterday after signing an agreement
that they will not hereafter become members OF
any association or union that assumes to con-
troll or in any way interfere With prices or hours
Of labor.
His Honor Mayor Vansant, Of Baltimore,
yesterday approved the ordinance authorizing
the Finance Com nlissioners to invest 100000
In the purchase OF suitable site Tor depot III
the vicinity of Monument and North streets,
and the leasing of the same to the Western
Maryland Railroad Company
1t is reported from Mauch Chunk, Pa, that
the miners at Summit Hill arc going to work
next Monday. BY the lst Of June a general
resumption, it is anticipated, will take place,
al least iu the Lehigh region, and will be un-
der a reduction Of the 1874 basis.
Mr.. Thomas Simmons, Assistant District At
torney at New York, has been appointed AS
sistaut Attorney General to attend the cases
before the Court of Claims. No appointment
has yet been made to the Office oil First AS
sstant Attorney General.
1t has been made known among the commu
nifty of cramps" that in Lawrence, Mass,
they are now required to work, and 10 conse-
quence the number Of dodgers has suddenly
fallen off from 800 a month to an average OF
less than 40.
a letter from Clcarspring, Washington coun-
ty, Nd, says that the indications of coal de.
posts arc so far favorable that mining COM
pany has been organized, aud six thousand
acres Of the supposed coal lands purchased.
An incident of the distress at Usage, Kansas,
was raid on grist mill by party of farmers
who said that they had neither food nor money,
and that they would not permit their families
CO SldTpC "ullE lUUu was "itlllu lCdCu.
At a meeting of the council Of sachems OF
the Tammany Society 10 New York, last night,
Mayor Wick ham was elected father Of the
council. Augustus Schell continues grand
sachcm for the present year.
The Independents, aided by the RepubIi-
cans, elected their candidate for Mayor of
Selma, Ala, yesterday. The Council stands
five Democrats and five Independents.
A man uamed Wiesinger has been arrested
at Vienna on suspicion of being concerned in
plot to assassiDate Bismarck. An Investigation
will take place.
Commodore T. A. Parkers son, twelve years
old, fell, Sunday, from a second-story window
iu Annapolis, receiving fracture Of the skull
which will probably prove fatal.