Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.


NEVIS OF THE DAY
A San Diego letter, says: Last evening at 9
0 clock w. Fl. Storey, operator of the Signal
Service at Camp Grant, was married to Miss
Carrie Choate, daughter of d. |. Choate, re-
Gently appointed postmaster OF this city. The
parties were in Camp Grant, while the othcla.
ting clergyman was III San Diego, the ceremony
being performed by telegraph 10 the presence
OF large party OF friends 10 the offices at either
end OF The line. After the ceremony, nume-
rous congratulatory messages passed between
the parties, aud the intermediate telegraph
Offices 90 the line were thronged with visitors
| 10 witness the novelty.
Chas 4. Fisher, the ex-Assistant District
Attorney, of Washington, charged with the
| larceny of court records and with conspiracy to
give false bail, was admitted to bail yesterday
| 10 each case. SIS 900 b.og given in the larceny
case and $1,000 in the conspiracy case. HIS
| sureties were his father and mother, tJudge
Fisher and LADY, and Judge Wright. Fisher,
who had been in Jail for several months, was
released, and started for the home Of his pa.
| reuts in Delaware.
Harvey, Arnold e. Co., of the North Adams
Point Works. Gallup, Haugbtou 4 Smith, and
E. H. Aruoid j. Co., North Adams the Will
| Jamestown Manufacturing Company, Williams
| town; the Arnoldsvlle MILL at South Adams,
| Mass, and the North Puwual Manu- featuring
Company, at Pownal, VT, nave failed, with
| liabilities estimated at over 81 100000. Eight
hundred people are thrown out OF employ
| men.
| Traverse, alias John Curtis, the colored boy
charged with murder in shooting James Digs
| 10 Georgetown, was convicted of mauslaug b ter
Yesterday in the Criminal Court, and recom-
meuded 10 the mercy of the court. Judge
| Macarthur sentenced hIm To the Reform School
| uutil he reach, the age OF 81 years. Curtis is
now less than IA years OF age.
The Rockingham Register, says: Capt. Boil
var Ward is ruoniug daily line OF trucks, ,
| the Valley Railroad between Harris N: urg aLt
Staunton. Parties who desire safe conveyance
will 20 With Capt Ward He will stop at any
point on the line and stay long enough at the
river for bis passengers to catch mess OF hsh.
A Philadelphia baker named Crawford was
stabbed and killed yesterday by James McDer
mott, fellow work men. An alteration had
arisen between McDcrmott and a SOD OF Craw-
ford when the father lDterierred aud kicked
Med .rmott The latter then plunged a kullc
into Crawford's neck.
The trottiug meeting at the Washington
Driving Park was continued yesterday, and not
withstaudlDg the high wlpd which prevailed,
rendering ii very dusty and ilsagreeabie to spec
| tators, there Was d marked improvement IN the
attendance over the two previous days, and the
racing was very interesting
Al Warsaw, H., last Wednesday night, b n
TreDch aud wife, who Were iucarcsrated IN the
county Jail for poisoning an old and wealthy
coorcd man uam,d Jacob Jones, We're
taken from The jail by mob OF masked mcn,
and hung to limb OF tree
AS reported, the Convention of Brewers late.
" in session at Burlington, Iowa, resolved DOT
ooly that they would not support any political
candidate who favored prohibition, but that
they could not associate socially or 10 business
affairs with temperance men.
4 delegation OF ladies from the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing yesterday waited upon
the House Committee on Appropriations and
asked to be compensated for the time they were
out of EN- ployment in March and April.
A fire at Somerset, Pa, yesterday, destroyed
two hotels fifteen large houses and five stores.
Total loss is estimated at S2OO,OU
Orders have just been issued from the War
Department directing Gen. Custer to resume
his command He will not take part 10 the
Indian expedition, (which has already started,
under the command of Gen. Terry, but will
return to his post, whence he came to obey the
summons of the Congressional investigating
committee. The Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun says: 1T is stated tha'
the President feels personally aggreved by the
testimony given by Gen. Custer before the
House committee concerDing the post trader
ship abuses aud considers that Custer has
been eudeavorlug to rehe,t upon his admins
traitor. Before Gen. Custer left Washington
he went to the White House and sent 10 his
card to the President, but though he waited
long time no nutice was taken of it. He theu
wrote the President letter denying that he
had said or done anything against him person
ally. In the testimony OF Gen. Custer he men.
TONED an instance 10 which he had refused to
receive consignment Of corn Oh account of its
damaged condition, and after reporting the
same to the War Department, had been order.
ed to receive it. The War Department files
we're searched, but 90 such report was fouod
Gen. Terry DOW writes to the Secretary of
War that be never forwarded Clusters report
but made Investigation himself, and finding
that the corn was all right, ordered him to re-
ceive it"
The Lynchburg Star Of yesterday afternoon
gives az account of young lady who, while
working in her flower garden, in that city, had
one Of her fingers cut off by lady companlcn
standing by, who accidentally let a spade tall
upon it,