Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-10
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ALEXANDRIA.
teen minutes after twelve O'Clock asst mi Int
smoke was discovered issuing from the
frame building on FishtOwn, known as the
rear, owned by John ID. Harrison. The alarm
was Immediately given, and the engines
responded promptly, but no water could be
thrown upon the fire until the whole build
ing in which 1T had originated, aud the al
joining ones, owned by James E. McGraw
and John T. Armstrong, were enveloped in
flames, and were entirely destroyed, together
with their contents. The fire afterwards ex-
tended across the alley on the south side and
the open space In the east, and DESTROYED the
fish Louses of Mrs. E. Monroe and John &.
Beach, and the restaurants OF Geo. W. Petty,
Gotiried Eraig and James =. Coleman, be-
sides several smaller booths, Occupied as
Offices by j. A. Cunningham, r. KasSht. b
Travers and others. Toe losses may be
summed up at about $1,000, and the insur-
ance at s., 200, distributed as follows: James
T.. McGraw loses SC 900, aud Is insured for
ACE. j. t. Armstrong loses e, 500; tnsur
ance, $1,000. Mrs: E. Monroe loses g., 500; in
suraEce, 81 900. Join d. Harrison estimates
bis loss at s., 900, and is insured in the CIti-
Zens insurance company of Newark, N. j.,
for a 900. The other losses range from $50
TO 8 eco. The buildings of Messrs. McGraw
and Armstrong will not be rebuilt this sea-
son, but their business will be conducted in
some OF the adjoining unourned houses.
MessTs Petty and Kreig will rebuild at once.
The other buildings will not probably be re
built.
ASSAULT AND RoBBERY.-Advlces by the
Midland train last night state that John
Wall, the Waterman at the Virginia Mid
land engine house in Lynchburg, was set
upon, before day yesterday morning, by two
negro men, one of whom cut him on the
throat with a knife aud the other held pis-
tol at his head while the other robbed HIM of
his watch ard money. They then made their
escape, but one OF them was afterwards ar
rested, and on being carried before the
wounded man was positively identified
The other one has not yet been caught.
FISH REPORT.-AfairS at Fishtown this
morning were in considerable confusion,
owing TO the fire there last night, and some
trouble of course ensuei In handling fish.
Rs ceipts since last report consists of 5000
shad, p ,000 herrings, 9l5 punches of perch
and rock, and 800 taylers. The shad sold
from S19 TO S25 per hundred, behring's from
SO sl3T5 to per thousand; rock from p TO 80
cents piece; white perch TO 13h cents per
bunch, and taylers 81 to 81 50 per hundred.
CAPT GREGG.-The condition of Captain
NJ. f. Gregg this morning was reported TO
be slightly improved:-l Gazette, ah.
MRS. TILTON's CoNFEssIONs.-Afo fortnight
ago, while Mr.. Andrew Bradshaw was be-
fore the Bowen special committee, running
talk was started between Mr.. Bradshaw, Mr..
Sherman, Mr.. s. V. White and one OF Mr..
BOwen's sons and these bottom facts cropped
out: Early in the trial Ross Ray mond went
TO Mrs. Bradshaw and asked her to tell him
the very worst that she knew about Beecher.
Mrs. Bradshaw replied that whatever she
did know was from Mrs. Tilton, and ia conf
dence, but if Mr. Raymond would bring Mrs.
T1ItOn's written permission 10 tell him what
Mrs. T1lton had told her, she would comply
with his request On the next visit Mr.. Ray
mOnd produced note from Mrs. Tilton Civ
ing her consent, and Mrs. Bradshaw related
the three confessions that Mrs. TIltOn hsd
made to her. AS soon as Mr.. RAYMOND heard
the story he wanted TO regain possession OF
Mrs. Tilton's letter, but Mrs. Bradshaw re
fused TO give it up She holds this letter still.
On the next day after her testimony before
the Investigating committee, Mrs. TiIton
called on Mrs. Bradshaw and told her what
she had done, saying, "Well, Martha, what
else could do?" Some time afterward Mrs
\. V. White and Mr.. John L. Howard heard
from Mrs. Bradshaw the same story, as did
Mr.. A. b. Davenport.-lN. Y. SIN, 8th.
A SPIRITUALIsT's FUNERAL-The fune-
raj services over the body of Charles A. Tay-
Tor, son OF A. 3. Taylor, who died on Tues
day last, were performed In Republican hall,
at IS West SD street, and were attended bv
the n embers of the SpiritualiSts' Proyres.
sive Lyceum. Mrs. Emma r. j. Bullene
the trance speaker, ofticisted; She became
entranced by the spirit of Mr.. Taylor which
said that 1t wished to narTate its experience
thus far in the spirit world. For twenty
four hours before rs death he lay in what
the time that he was still on earth. - was
three hours after he stopped breathing be-
fore he awoke TO consciousness on the other
side. The first person he met was his Spirit
mOther, who was accompanied by q young
lady, an elderly and a middle-aged man,
and young man of about fourteen years OF
age. He had seen them, he said, around hi no
While on his death bed. His father, who is
not spiritualist, and several other rela.
tfveS who were in the hail. We're greatly #.
lected by tue narrative. The son entreated
the father not to grieve, as IL was not a
change to be regretted. He returned his
thanks TO the ly ceum for their attendance,
The body was buried in Mount Pleasant
cemetery, at Newark, n. in Y. San, IN
ANOTHER VICTIM OF HYDRoPHoBIA.-
About i've months ago Henry Kelly, OF No.
81 Willett street, was bitten in the nose by n
small dog, but as the wound healed rapidly,
nothing was thought of 1t. Last Tuesday ne
was seized with spasms, indicating hydro
phobia, and was removed 10 Bellevue Hos
pital and placed in one of the beds AT 10
slcian paid him visit, and said he was get
ting along finely. About three O'Clock yes
terday morning he was seized with frenzy
and leaping from his bed he rushed franti-
cally around the ward, and picking up a
large knife made for the lawn and started for
the exit from the ground in 26th street. The
iron gates were closed, and the gatekeeper q
new man, who was only put ON last Thurs
Day night, went out of the gate house to see
what was the matter, when the maniac m ad Q
an attack upon him, slightly wounding him
in the neck with the knife. He was finally
secured and taken to q cell, where, having
been bound by cords to a bed, he struggled I'm
mad agony until shortly after o'clock yes
terday morning, when death closed his SUI
ferings.-tN Y. Star, Sh.
~ The property on the southwest corner of
broadway and Twenty first street. New
\ ork, has been sold for $3.50, 900. The orr FINAL
owners refused $50 900 two years ago.