Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sunday night, about midnight, the house OF
n,,;a Skidmore, at q lonely place pear Deer
Dark, Suffolk county, n. Y, was burned to-
a,,bar with the outbuildings. MIR. Skldmore,
r,o, weeks, an OLD man living with Skidmore,
Mrs. Titus, the housekeeper,and her husband'
uor, burned to death. The horrible details
msrr not known to the neighbors till Monday
,orning, As Skidmorc was constantly IN MI,
n,,;,n he had many eneniicS. 1t is supposed
rhaf he was murdered aud the premises nre1.
The trial of VIM. Mckee, editor of the st.
1,uis Globe. Democrat, before the United States
Court 10 that city, for completely 10 the whls-
l,v trau!s. was terminated last oight by a YER
Act OF guilty. The trial OF Gen. Babcock will
h. proceeded with as speedily IS possible.
CAPTAIN Il. II. Boisseau, Of Dinwiddic coun-
tv, died at his resideuc, at FoId's depot, Vr-
,iaia. last Sunday uigut. He was a member OF
ihs Dluwiddie Cavalry during the war, and was
gallant soldier.
The President Of the Northampton Bank OF
Massaehus tits proposes to offer a reward OF
slOO 900 10 cash, for the return of all the pro.
pcrty stolen by the masked burglars last week.
The friends of Gen. Ellis Spear say there Is
no truth iu the IN tnat he is about to be
removed from his position as Deputy Comnls-
siouer of Patents.
The JENNINGS WILL.-The last will aud
testament; Of Daniel IL. Jennings, one OF the
brothers of the William Jennings who left the
tauous estate in England, about which there
has been so much controversy 10 the English
courts, is upon record in the clerks office OF
Fairfax county, Va, having been admitted to
record there 90 the 2Olh day Of November:
1754 X y y Y \ The said Daniel moved
to Fairfax from the couaty Of Westmoreland
* + + X y William Jennings had two
or more brothers and one sister. whose descend
ants are the lawful heirs to this immense estate.
The sister married the Duke OF Marlboro. Her
descendants are among the Eoglish claimants.
X \ y y The brothers who came to
America, or their descendants, are the Vlr-.
GINA heirs. y y X = Mrs. Martha L..
Robcrdeau, widow of the late James NJ. RoO-
erdean, of Fairfax county, being the great
Granddaughter OF the said Daniel Jennings,
one OF the brothers, would be entitled to one
third Of his part, or about cue tH eltth OF the
whole estate. y y x y This famous es
tate is worth over tour hundred millions dol
lars. = Y y = 4 Mrs. Roberdeau has five
children living, the eldest being Mrs. Walter
Powell, of Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
This makes Mrs. Walter Powell, OF Fairfax
Court House, the most direct deseendent knows
of the original Daniel Jenuiogs, and she has
10 her possession all. the necessary papers to
substantiate her claim. II the estate stall
ever be divided among the American heirs the
share of Mrs. Powell, of Fairfax Court House,
would be over six millions of dollars.
CIVIL RIGHTs.-Judge Sawyer charged a
Jury 10 San Francisco recently 10 a way pretty
sure to invite the wrath of the friends of the
negro. 1t was a case under the Civil Rights
law in which a negro sought a remedy for hav-
Ing been excluded from a theatre. There was
some strong swearing on one side or the other,
for the testimony was very contradictory on the
simple fac S, aud it was charged by the judge
that In the abS;uce- OF any rule OF the theatre
that negroes should be excluded there was
no evidence to show that the man Was excluded
Oh account of color, aud that be might have
been excluded for some other reason. With
the way thus opened for them the jury found
Il verdict in favor Of the maoagcr. 1t Is very
difficult to euiorce a law that is ia couHlct with
til. sentiments OF the great mass OF the people.
--Ncp York Herald
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