Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-24
News of the Day.

Times tells CT the touching harmony Wncu
cnce more reigns among the Powers, which he
thinks was brought about by the cynical frank
tess on the part oil Germany, which ha: more
'han once startled diplomacy. |; appears now |
to BE- The general understanding that tie lnl
ative devolses GU Russia aud her Ambas>a-
dor at Cons,antiuopIc, General lgnatlett, II Is
said, will Insist on the six weeks armlslce, WILL
make all proper eXp!anaunns OF Russia 5 views
to the Porte, aud tina! his representations will
be so moderately phrased as not to take the
shape OF an u'timatum. Al the council at Bal
moral, yest.d y, Pariiamrpi was further pro
roguci from NJ ,aday next, 3U;h, to December
18th. \ conspiracy Is reported TO have been
discovered at Cunstantinople to murder the
Grand Vzer aud hiedhut Pasha. The Turkish
successes ia Survia continue, and Russla's AID
is said to be auxl0uoly looked for.
The yearly meeting OF the Orthodox Society
of Friends reassemb'ed yesterday morning at
the Meeting House, cor0er of Eutaw and Mon.
uuept streets, Baltimore. EpistleS were read
| ir,m yearly me things of LuDdon, Dubln, Can
ada, \ Eurand, New York, North Caro-
naa, Onio, IutIana, Western Iowa and han'
sas, conveying information OF the conditlon
| and work OF Friends throughout this country
| aui Europe. 4 commUtee was Lappolsteo 10
prepare replies 20 he eplstles. Various com
| mittces on the routine OF financial BUSINESS
ware appointed. The a!tcroo2n sesso1 was
! csoted to ne division OF the Book oil Discl-
| pliuc, and The various changes proposed ehcltc
ing an interchange OF opinion among many OF
| the delegates.
The trial of Johanna Turpin, colored, for the
murder of her husband, choppiDg up his body
and hiding it 10 an ash pile, began 10 Wash
| ingtou to day, District Attorney Wells tcr the
| IIaired Stai.S, and I. j. Murray Tor the de.
| lense. J 5hauua was br, ught into court yesier,
| day aud Dc>u led place 10 the prisoners
| jock. During recess in the pending lriat
white lad;, understood to be attached to the
/ Woma;,'s Mission, entered the dock AID b"gan
10 pray wi h Johanna, who also fell 90 her
| knees. and vita m1aniueS and deVout asplra-
tons sought her deiverance. The OCCASION
! vas UNIQUE oue, but the court belug about to
reassemb!:, the counsel for Johanna laauced
| SUSPENSION of the d'votl0ns during the session.
\ numb of creditors Of Charles Il. Mou'-
too, the absc ruoing broker from Washington,
h We, it is Understood, united 10 the employ
ment of a urreclve firm to trace his where
abouts and secure his arrest. 1t Is DOW said
tb.t Mouton lett Rchmoud Tor Norfolk, and
there Intercepted the BrcmeD steamer from
baltimore and tooH passage for Europe. Mr.
! McDluicl, Of GEORGETOWN. who loses s5o,OOo
BIZ Mouiton, has been Frustrated by the shock
and now lies very Ill.
The War Department has received telegram
from Mobc!ly, No.. announcing the death at
that place on Sunday night, OF Co,oDei Oscar
\. Mack, Inspector OF Na',unal Ceur,cres.
He was an aide de- caWp Of General George
| J,r s.
| tiuguishad services.
In Fredericksburg on Thursday night, the
store OF Mr.. \. kishpaugh, on Commerce
street, was entered aud robbed of between $40
and $50 il moaay-tracloOal clrr2ncy aud
small cn.uge in CON. Two bottles OF VIII skey
left on the coulter the night before were taken,
bu nothing else has been missed.
lhc kiug Of Fills latest manifestation OF
generosity was shown toward the Presl,
dcot of the Loujon Missionary Society, to
whom, as a token Of esteem aud respect, be
forsald. ed seven handsome young women as
wives and yet they say His Royal Hlghuess Is
lo>ale.
Pr sidrnt Oron, of the Western Unlou Tel
cgraph Company, mas been Iii tor soue Gays.
His physicians report his condition at this
time as mucu lmpiov' Il. lie has already
passed The crisis OF his illness.
Dis,ensious between the Liberals and Ultra
mon,aucs of the caution of Tessio, Switzerland,
upon question OF representation IN the Grand
Council cuiminated IL fight, IN which Two OF
the former we're killed and four wounded.
Irene \. V. House, who shot her husband,
and was acquitted by New jersey jury the
| IL + tlka
tell the pubic all abou; it.
The steamship ST. LaureOt sailed from New
York to day for Ha,r, via Plymouth, Eng
i.ud taking direct Iual.s for tIauc:, 10 place OF
l. Ameriqu-, 70 have sailed 2lst last.
In the way of education, Stafford county,
Va, is going ahead surely. The school trus.
tees have III Aqua district three new school
houses ia the course OF erection.
Ii has bcclm the iashion 10 the West TO
speak Of man VINO lays too much stress upon
the value Of his life, "mau afraid Of his hair. .
democrats 10 The Fourth Mass ,chusetts Con-
gressJual district.
\ steamer wiil be put upon the route be.
tween Norink aud Fredericksburg on or before
tie 1t .! November.
ECONOMY Is WEALTH Our champion mean
man lives III Montgomery county. tie has
been married four tunes When bis secood
wife died he sp: hi> first wiic's tom bstone and
| Ia.i the wo bodies side by ii lie, each with
half slab Witen his last Two wives depart
ed he p acrd them III graves head IL head With
the first twO that the spit tombstone would
do for all four. H.; will not marry again Tor
fear be cannot utz, tbat stone az ITO 10 case
there is auuLhcr death in the family. His
neghhrrs d. say that he buried his aunt at the
foot oil his gray, wac, 50 that she would BE- use
full as a nou,l>her Of the pIaut. lfths be true
our wcan nau bea:s the parsimonious French
man who, after blowing the fire. used to put
cork into the nczz!2 Of the bellows in order TO
save the wind for next time; ami he removes
the seal from Crackstunucr of Darby. who al
ways saved the bicko me Of tie shad 10 order