Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-22
NEWS OF THE DAF
''7o sho,o tie rsry age and body Of the Tin

Avenue and Nine4eeDth street, New York. was
sold at auction on Tuesday. The property IS
considered very choice, and the sale attracted
large attendance Of capitalists, spectators
and Others Mr. Aston agents were also Oh
the ground. The first bid was 5000 900, and
from that the price moved steadliy up until
1910, OvO was reached, when the property was
Knocked down to Mr.. G. S. Smith, q dry goods
merchao, of Worth street.
The packing box factory Of d. a. Young Il
Co., Worth street, New York, was burned last
evening, aud one of tie walls fell outward,
crushing IN the rear OF tenement house and
the storage hoUse Of O. Garner Il Co., adjuln-
ing. Several iremen had narrow escapes. Sew
eral stores adjoining were more or less damag
ed by fire ani water The toia! loss Is soy 500.
Young l. Co. losing $50, 900 and Reed &
Co., $1,000.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and BALI
more Railroad Company, lessees Of the New
Castle and Wilmington Railroad, give uoticc
that the esseee will DOW purchase he stock OF
the Ncw Castle aud Wilmington Company AT
par, witt interest addrd from January |, 1873.
to May |, lS75 after which no Interest or
dividends will accrue to the present stock
holders.
The ship Hagerstown, loading at New Or
leans for Hayrc, With ) ,76S bales Of cotton on
board, was struck by lightning during thun-
der storm yesterday morniug, aud the cotton
set on fire. The vessels hold was filed with
water by the fire department aud the hire eX-
| tlnguishd. The cargo, partly damaged ny
water is being uushlpped. 1t Is insured III
Havre.
The Thurmanitcs, or Adventists failed to as
cend from Hayrisonburg, Va, on Tuesday
uight. Alter feet washing and loveteast, in
which about sixty persons participated, they
quietly awaited the advent OF Christ until an
| nour after miduigit, when the meeting broke
up, the believers golug away sadly dlsap-
pointed.
a New York dispatch states that three men
who were engaged in cleaning out cesspool at
Eactoryvie, Staten Island, came upon be-
tween twenty aud thirty thousahd dollars III
| gold CON- l. seems the prculScS were former
" owned by city bank cashier, who proved a
dctuulter to the amount Of SlGO,OOO.
a Philadelphia commercial traveller, who
has been seing In Richmond under license
taken GU. by his firm, has been arrested and
held to bail on the strength OF an opinion by
| Tue tAtlDTDCy uCLCIdi lLdl 10 pSioCb-
al privilege.
Some very horrible story may almost at any
time he heard from Mexico. The latest tells
Of ten savagcs of Ixlaculco buryug three men
| alive leaving their leads above GROUND aud
then hacking them to death with knives and
hatchets.
The jury in the case Of Alice a. Early VS..
the editor of the Chicago Times, Tor libel, yes
terday, rendered verdict giving tie plaintiff
81, 900 damages. The Tmcs, after making
me offensive charges, published rctractlon,
but this 1T appears, did not satisfy the lady.
The mines in Cleartied county, Pa, are all
being worked with reduced force, under pro-
lection Of special polio, at tue old rate of hly
cents a ton. great many mlncrs arc leaving
to seek employment elsewhere
The Duchess Of Sutherland and the Duke
and Duchess OF st. Abans were present yes
tcrday at revival services in the Haymarket
! Theatre, London, conducted by Moody and
| Sankey.
Planters OF the Ticrras Calicntas, in Mex
leo, have decided to Introduce some Of their
sugar into the United States aud Europe, for
the purpose Of making its quality known
| abroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is now il passable
condition, with the exception Of about six miles
badly damaged By the ircshct, over which
transfer is being made by teams between Law
ence and Green river.
La an ARRAY at the village Of St. Paul, lDdi-
aua, Saturday, David Mandovc shot his faith
er, Jas. MaDdIovc. three times, the wounds
resulting fatally. David was arrested, but
there are fears that he will he Iyuched.
The Pestoffice Department yesterday order
ed postal car service Oh the entire length of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad extension from
Grafton, W. Va, to Chicago.
Ex-rrcasurcr Parker, of South Carolina, was
arrested at Columbia, yesterday, on the charge
Of ambczzlioy SIS, 600 of the Sinking Fund
money OF the State.
The Naval Examining Board, at Washing
ton, will report in favor OF promoting Llcuten-
ami Commander Philip to.the grade Of Com
mander.
The Preshytery of New Castle, Del, has re-
jected the overture from the General Assem-
bly, concerning rotary cdershp 10 the Presby-
tcrian Church, by vote of DC to IA.
Messrs. Maynard aud Orth, ambassadors
from the United States to Turkey and Austria
respectively sailed from New York yesterday
in The steamship Russia.
In consequence OF break in the Delaware
and Hubs II Canal at Lackawaxen, Pa, about
fifty feet in length navigation will be suspen-
dcd about four days.
Dispatches from Mackinaw, Mich, last
night report extremely cold weather and ice as
solid as at any time during the winter
WoMAN's PAST AND PRESENT POSlTIoN.-
The following is taken from the Baltimore Sun
of this morning: