Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-14
ewS Of the Hay.

On Saturday night negro Burned barn
near Funderburs uii fourteen iniles from
the Town OF Urangrburg. Su9th t4tulioa A
warrant WAS issued for bis arrest. ,:tt. :! colored
cons a!!r sect - arrest hGm. Tie rcero re-
fused 10 b. arrested, AID white nau named
Coleman %::s chen 'terutiZed 10 make the ar
rest, a"I Iii! 20. Ga lis way 10 the lil with
the l';iaotsrI crowd OF usgroas attempted to
rescuc hlui. the pr,souer pulled pistol and
Coleman ,titw Ills also and fired, wouuding the
mcgee n the ie4 The crowd became very vio-
lent ana he prisoner ired upon Coleman, who
lired again, killing the prisoner. Five white
ncn came 10 coleman assistance and saved
Ills HE from the lulurlaled mob. Coleman was
placed 10 Oraugeburg Jail Tor safe keeping, aud
the negroes have masssd ~ large numbers near
tunIcrEur9 ; mn. Capt. Frederick, ! promi
Gen lltt1.n. has been appealed To for aid from
the white people III the uaighborhood, and has
4 body It men ready 10 ~ 10 their assistance.
!h:: President, YESTERDAY, ,lsnad i pardon
Tor u III. y. Avery, now cocioeI in the penn
teuti.ly at Jcifsrson City, Ma, ior cnmpllcity
IN the Thi>key frauds The friends oil Hr. VIM.
Mckee. Of the 81. Louis Globe Democrat, eX-
press absolute clhi,d4ncc that he will be par.
d1GyI WITHIN l day ~ I've. Au eni Was IL AIDE
ia III: II. :. Circuit tJurt ii 81. Louis yesler
day nj "il cages aealns. Witnesses agal0st The
wilIshcg ia. there. Ali We're dismissed except
john b. TcriIaa and Il. e.. tedarer, who were
eDuucctcd with distilers engaged in fraud, and
these were liued ! i 600 each and senleucei to
nre dag 5 mprlaonncnt. The President 10 pro
T,,iluG br his iilaGIi III CAS-. al au emergency.
Tie wmh 81 removing exhibits from the
Centennial Exposition va, continued yesterday
through bout I'll the departments oil the eyht!.
ton, the goyernmtY! aud many State buildings
being CLOSED to visitors. The Ohio State board
in the aitrruoon notified Vice President Welsh
OF the lmLcutiun o! that body t, donate their
State building to The city ct phi!adci phia. The
total Of aWalds reported 10y the supplemental
group OF Judges, aud which embrace all exhibits
! overlooked by the regular group Jurlcs IN thel!
examination, number over COO. OF these about
$50 remain to be acted upon by the comms
sion at is session to day. Yesterdays adm5.
Sous are estimated 1T $50.
Maggie Gray, Il young singing actress, shot
hersr;f, ia Baltimore, last night, producing \
dangerous wound ia the left hip. She had
formed the acquaintance OF young man, with
whom she had been on terms OF Intimacy. She
lett tie city recently for = short engagement,
and upon returning found his affections other.
wise cngaged. This discovery, it is said, ~
,lncc4 the attcmpL st seltdestruetiou.
\ large fire in the depot cotton yard @! the
Georgia Ceatral Railroad, 10 Savannah, last
night, destroyed twenty-five hundred bales OF
cotton, twenty empty ears aud twenty cars
Ioadci with freight. The warehouse contain
ug fertilizers was also destroyed.
1T Bristol, \. j., recently, Jour girls jump.
c,l OF the tram, and not knowing that the
tcaia Immediately hacked IN, Wsre SO situated
~ lh= l:s2t, that they we're compelled to
jump III the aaa.I or BE- run over b. the
tralG.
Iue Epi.coD4i Church tuusre-, will open
to day III Ro3tan. Bishop Paddock, Of Mas
sachu,eti=, will take the char As president.
The nun!ber u iotermciIis at Savannah YES
toTlay VS. three, ii which NO were yellow
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