Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-08
ALEXANDRIA.

AT 1APTEp RoBBEKY.-An attempt was
made last night TO rob the Office of the
Ann rican Coal company, at the foot OF
c. GIT AND ESCAPED John KING,
who lives near Q1ant.co, captured, yester-
day, two negro men VINO answered IN every
respect the description OF these suspected
OF the murder OF young Everett at GIymoat.
The men were LEGGED In the third Story OF
The hotel at Potomac city, guard stationed
TO Glymont for parties 70 come over and
identify them. Between III aud " O'Clock
last night the negroes got out on the roof OF
TO the ground, and made their escape. They
were last seen by one OF the guards making
their way down the railrosd track towards
Fredericksburg, but he says that they were
SO far of that be thought Il useless 70 give
the alarm or 1re at them. Those who saw
the negroes are confident that they are the
murderers. II was this arrest which gave
rise TO the report published n this mornings
Washington papers OF IN arrest of two ne
groes near Glymont
ACCIDENT AT THE SHIP GARD.-Shortly
after work commenced at the ship yard this
morning piece Of timber fell from the upper
part OF the frame of the new schooner IN pro-
cess OF construction there and struck Mr.. f.
IL. Day, the master ship builder, in1ictiug a
severe wound some three inches long on his
forehead and badly bruising his right
shoulder.
BAD Observation-Disclosures complaint
ls made of the practice OF excursion boats
rom washington passing close TO our
NndIEHs AT iuil speed thereby creating
very heavy swell. which daSheS baats aud
vessels against the wbarves and sometimes
Ofea IS their fastentngs. Yesterday evening
two long boats lying side by side IN ]. H. ID.
SDoots dock were so violently rocked by
sTeils from passing steamer tnat tleir
tormasts became locked, aud were axtrlcatai
Win mucn difficulty
Cow DISEASE Some strange disease
GEMS 10 De developing i'self among the cows
In this ueisbEOrho0d. The cows are taken
suddenly, and after lespiug vi0leatly M and
down, fell back dead. City Sergeant Irsee
lost valuable COW by the disease yestarssy
and sew raj other similar Losses Are repo-tsi
IN The city.
SALE or A TELEGRAPH CoEPsyY,-T1e
virginia telegraph company, whose ines
extend from this city - Manassas Wiucte -
ter, Harrison burg, Stauntco, aud other
points, has been sold { , the Royal land CON
pany OF Virginia, IL is understood that the
Virginia telegraph company will hereafter
run In connection with the Atlantic and
Pacific company.
PoRPoIsE.-The porPoise heretofore men
TONED as having made Its appearance Of the
city, has been seen several times IN the last
few days, and numerous unsuccessful at
temrts made to capture IL. One man had the
fish in his net on Saturday, but IL broke
A CoLORED PHENoHENoS.-There is r. ne
gro man now in the city who possesses the
remarkable and ineXplicable power of vol
unfairly changing the position OF his heart
20 any desisnated point either In his ado
men or breast, and whose muscles are so
hard that he can bend a heavy iron bar by
striking IL against those of his left arm
Gazette, tn.
Mrs. M. A. Stoves, station agent W. & o.
railroad, East Falls Church, fell through a
tre5tle work bridge Saturday, receiving in
ternal Injuries, but will probably recover.
me same day another of her children was
badly hurt by the kick of acow.-[Sersine9,
7th.