Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Memorial services 10 honor of the Conede-
rate dead were held yesterday at the Contede-
rate reservation, Loudon Park Cemetery, Bal
timore, under the auspices OF the ooclety OF
the Army aud Navy of the Confederate States
10 Maryland The attendance was large aud
brilliant, comprising from 6tteen hundred to
two thousand persons, largely ladies. The cere
monies were simple and impressive, consisting
of strewing the graves of the dead with Il 'Wers;
followed by addresses by Skipwiih Wilmer aud
A. G.. Trppe. of Baltimore, aud hon: John
Richie, of Frederick. The Fort McHenry
band was present.
10 New York. yesterday, Joseph Drummer,
respectable mechanic, went out to work,
leaving his wife, aged 80, who bad prepared
his breakfast, and who appeared 10 the good
spirits, attending to her household duties. Halt
au hour later milkman called aud on not re-
ceiving any response to repeated k0ocklngS al
the door of the Brunuers' apartment, he peep
ed through window 10 the corridor which
gave view of the bedroom, aud was horrlhed
at seeing Mrs. Bruoner hanging from cord at.
tached to the head of the bed.
The trial of Deobau Gorman, charged vi b
the murder of Albert Leide 90 the All of last
September, by shooting him, 10 restaurant, IN
Washington, was concluded yesterday, when
the jury returned verdict Of guilty OF man
slaughter. The court sentenced the prisoner
to tour years imprisonment IN the Albany pen
itentiary, at hard l.bor.
Gen. A. A. Chapman, of Monroe county,
w. Va, one OF the delegates to the Democrat
| ic State Convention, and one of the most emil
| nent lawyers of that State, died very suddenly
~ IN
Wednesday night He was Oh bis way to the
| Convention at Charleston. 1t is supposed his
death was caused by heart disease.
A New York dispatch announces that Coch-
rane, Mclean & Co., dry goods dealers, No.
1852 Broadway, have failed Liabilities ST..
| 500 900; assets nearly $2,0O0,O0O. The firm
state that they have more properly gone into
| liquidation than fall.d that they can pay all
th,y owe and have $500, 900 to spare.
The United States has Instituted suit against
Jacob Thompson, Of Mississippi, for 81 900,
900, the value OF Indian trust iuads stolen while
Mr. Thompson was Secretary Of the Interior,
| together with Interest from July /, 1851 PriD-
| cipal and interest amoua.s to moro than 81
900 900.
| A dispatch has been received at Omaha from
| Fort Laramie stating that an engagement DC
Cured about the 18th ult., between Gen. Gus
| ter's command aud the Indians under Setting
Bull, Crazy Horse and others, in which mauy
were killed on both sides. No particulars are
| given.
A duel was fought at River Bend, Colorado,
yesterday, by Alfred D. Jessup, jr., and a man
| named Davis, who we're respectively armed
With a Winchester riff. and Col,'s navy PTS
| tol. Jessup was killed at the second exchange
of shots.
The anti oolie clubs 10 Nevada are demon
| aliz I'd by the arrest Of the leaders, who are in
jail under militia guard. N further disturb
ance is probable.
A blacksmith, panied Levi Thompson, at
tempted to commit suicide in Richmond, yes
terday, by jumping into the JAMES River from
| the free bridge.