Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-05-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
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Five men, supposed TO be confdence opera
tors, have been arrested 10 Pittsburg, Pa. They
are believed 10 be the parties who attempted
to rob the Peoples Savings Bank in that city
on Monday. While the cashier Was alone three
of them eutered the bank separately, appear
log to be strangers TO each other. Two oil them
engaged the attention of the cashier, while the
third succeeded 10 getting behind the counter.
Their design was frustrated BY persons who
had observed their movements on entering the
bauk.
The striking miners of the Pennsylvania coal
regious have not only brought poverty and sui
eriup 90 themselves and ,hrit families, but
their long c,utiuucd id.ness has parayzed all
bralches Of business. aud brought the MGR
chuuts who have furnished them with the ne
cessaries Of life Oh credit to the Very verge Ut
bankruptcy A dispatch from POttsvllle says
that the strikers cannot hold out logger than
June lst and it is hhp"d mat they will 20 to
Work about the l5:h n,t.
,Judre Reed, of the FIRST Sou;h Carolina Cir
cult Court, has issued d j cree authorizing the
sal. of the Savannah and Cbarle,t"n railroad
for $ 5000 Of this sum 81, lOO,OOO Will
be applied to payment OF the SIX per ceut.
mortgage guaranteed bouds OF 1856 and The
sevru per ceul. first mortgage bonds ls.ued
Suce the war, and The remaining SiU0,UO1 10
The payment uf tuuued interest aud el<ht per
cent bonds aud Other c!alms
Official dispatches state that the supplies 50
greatly needed for The Indians near Fyrt Sill,
Iudiau Territory, ADD at tie Wachila agency,
have all gone forward from Caddu within the
past few days The iusufheiency Of provisions
ADD cuus, quent sutferlog auIung he ludlauS
there have been caused by the failure OF the
Contractor to convey the supplies trom Caddo
to the reservation.
The Chicago council has carvassed the votes
cast at the receut election in that city upon the
adoption Of the Incorporation act of 1872,
though Judge Williams had issued 40 irjunc-
ton prohibiting 1t on account of alleged ille-
gaties 10 that election. The count shows
majority ia favor Of Incorporation under the
general law of l,433 The majority against
minority representation is 3, 1874.
The annual meeting of the Trustees of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States was held yesterday after
ooon 10 Philadelphia The Board has charge
of forty-four trust funds, which it administers
for benevolent purposes agreeably to the wishes
of donors.
Christopher Lutz, German shoemaker,
committed suicide 10 Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon. He put the muzzle of gun to the
right side of his head and pulled the trigger
with piece of canvass attached to his foot
His brains were scattered through the shop
where the deed was committed. ), -
The Maryland State Temperance Alliance
held it's aoDnal, convention IN Baltimore yester-
day. The work of the Alliance, its success
duriog the past year and the prospects tor the
coming year are detailed 10 the reports A
mass meeting was held at the Maryland Insti-
tute last night.
Details Of Saturdays storm 10 Georgia show
it to have been destructive Of life and proper
ty. Five lives we're lost aud many persons
wounded. The storm travelled through the
State from west to east. following nearly 10
the direction Of the cyclone in March.
tn the municipal election at Westminster,
Md, on Mooday, politics were Ignored, and
candidates irrespective of party we're elected.
Democrats aud Republicans united for the Sc
lection OF good aud proper officers.
The North German Gazette. of Berlin, gives
3 positive denial to statement 10 the Ameri-
can papers that company has been organized
there to facilitate the return of German emf
grants now 10 the United States.
Marylaud's favorte MALTA organization
the Baltimore Flfth"--propose to visit Bos-
ton aud participate in tho ceremonies attend
ing the celebration Of the centennial anniVer.
sary of the battle of Bunker Hill.
King Alfonz, received the Papa nupcio yes
terday.
INDICTED Yesterday the grand jury found
true bills against John E. Bussieux aud Thos.
s. Arustcad for felony. 1t is charged that
w +. Dettor delivered to Bossieux, on the
10th of August, 1878, $780, to be deposited 10
the Dollar Bank, aud that DO such deposit was
made. nor any account given Of the money so
committed to his charge The indictments
against Armstead charge him with stealing
500 from J 'hu Beatip. l. is alleged that
Beartie, having lost about $500 by the aspen
sion OF the Dollar Bauk, Consulted Arnstead
on the 18Th OF October as to the safety of max.
lug further deposits, aud upon his assurances
that the institution was then perfectly solvent,
and had sll 900 surplus, Battle on TWO occ :
>ions deposited $50 thereafter. 1t is claimed
hat Armstead knew the bsnk was ben inso.
vent, aud that be appropriated the money of
Beattie, Rich. ENQUIRER.