Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"Tb sho,o the gerry age and body Of the IT.,

"To sho,0 the perry age and body Of the Times"
A tramp yesterday entered house on the
principal street of Thomaston, Me-, and q
young lady who was present becoming frighten-
ed, ran up stairs, followed by the daring scoun-
drel, who drew pistol, and after threatening
to shoot her if she made any outcry, gagged
and bound her. He then proceeded to search
the house, and after securing gold watch and
chain and some other valuabes, left without
being detected.
The citation commanding the officers of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company to produce
the defaulter and bigamist Woodruff, before
the Twelfth District Court, at San Francisco,
was dismissed yesterday. 1t is stated that the
railroad company in settling with Woodruff al
lowed him to retain sufficient to make him
comfortable for life, and that he left on the
China steamer on the I'd inst
Owing to some informally in the surety bonds
of W. 0. Avery, late Chief Clerk of the Trea-
sury, indicted in the United States District
Court at st. Louis for completely with the
wbiskey ring, they were rejected by the Court,
and will be sent back to Washington for cor
rection. Avery has entered into personal re.
cognizance TO appear from day to day.
That portion of the Texas and Pacific Rail
| road lying between Marshall and the boundary
line dividing Texas from Louisiana, from Mar
shall to Tcxarkana, Arkansas, and from Sher.
man to Brookstown, Texas, has been accepted
by the Government on the recommendation OF
Commissioner Isaac II. Sturgeon.
Dion RouaInuult xpoS orroctod 1aetardor, ~
New York, as he was about to sail for Europe,
at the instance of Robert McWade, who has
Instituted suit against him for libel growing out
of the ''Shaughraun" controversy. Bail was
procured, and Mr. Bouccault departed on bis
voyage.
10 Philadelphia last night, J. Schidt, while
drunk, cut his wife 8 throat with cheese knife
and then broke her arm with the handle Of the
knife. Her wounds are considered dangerous
He was arrested. He had just returned from
Germany and has always borne good charac
ter.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat says thai
some twelve families have been compelled tc
| leave Williamson county, Illinois, within the
past week by the outlaws who rule that county
and many others arc arranging their affairs
preparatory to leaving.
1t is said that one of the murderers of the
notorious Tom Mcclellan, who was assassin
ated at Hamilton, Ohio, sometime since, has
been arrested at Laporte, Ind. and awaits the
requlstlon of the Governor of Ohio.
John D. Lee, the leader OF the Mountain
| Meadow massacre, is on his way from Beave,
to Salt Lake, in charge of an United State mar
shal, for Incarceration at Camp Douglas, unit
| his next trial.
A tornado of extraordinary volume swep
over Philadelphia yesterday, uuroo6ng house.
and doing other damage. No person was seri
ously injured.
The Mississippi continued to rise at Mem
phis yesterday. Several plantations below are
already submerged, and as the river continues
to rise much alarm is felt.
Advices received at the Bureau of Statistics
from China show that twenty-four million
pounds of tea were exported from Hankow dur
ing the first fortnight of the new season.
The bark Herman Becker, from Jamaica
has put into Key West with the captain and g
portion of the crew sick with yellow fever. One
death had occurred on board.
The State Street Savings Bank, of Chicago
has made an assignment for the benefit of its
depositors. Its deposits are $751; 900 while it,
available assets are only about $1,000.