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


Times tells Of the touching harmony which
once more reigns among the Powers, which he
thinks was brought about by the cynical frank
uess 90 the part OF Germany, which has more
than once startled diplomacy. 1t appears now
to be the general understanding that the mi
tiative devolres on Russia, and her Am6as>a'
dor at Conslantlnople, General lgDatich' i 4: Is
said will Insist Oh the SIX weeks artnisilce wiz
make all proper explanations OF Russia views
to the Portc, aud that his representations VIII
| be so moderately phrasad as DOT to take thS
| shape OF an uItma'nm. At tne cOGocli a' OAR
| MORAL yeste,d y, Parliament was further pro.
| rogucd from NJ .nday ouxt, 80 h, to December
| 18th. 4 conspiracy il reported to lave been
discovered al Constantinople to murder the
| Grand Vizier and Medhat Pasha. The Turkish
successes 10 Sarva coutiuuc, and Russia IS aid
| is said TO be arXi ,usy looked Tor.
The yearly meeting OF the Orthodox Society
of Friends reassembed yesterday mornng at
the Meeting House, c,ruer # Eutaw and Mon,
umcnt streets. Baltimore. ZIP stiles were reao
| icom yearly me things OF Lordon, Dubllu, Gan
ada, Nv England New York, North CARO-
liza, Ohio, lu!ana, Westcru Iowa and han-
sas, conveying information OF the conultIon
aud ~.,rk OF Friends throughout this country
and Europe. A commlIeo was appointed TO
| prepare replies TO he epl,tles. Various com
mi!tecs or the routine OF financial business
were appointed. The afternoon session Was
! iovo,ed to The division OF the Book OF Discl
pine, and he v,rious changes proposed elicit
,ug an interchange of opinion among many OF
the delegates.
The trial of Johanna Turpln, colored, TOR he
murder Of her husband, chopping up his body
| and hiding il 10 al ash pile, began IN Wash
;ngrop 70 day, District Attorney Wells Tor the
Unitcd States, aud T. j. Murray Tor the de-
tense. johanna was Or, ughl Into court yester.
day aud occupied place 10 the prisoners
lock. During recess in the peud!ug trial a
white LADY,, understood 10 be attached to the
Woman's Mission, catered the dock aud organ
| to pray with j hanna, who also tell on her
kuces, aud with moanocs and deVout aSplra.
,nns sought her C:eIlVerance. The OCCASION
| was unique one, but the court bclng ao"ut TO
reasscmbI,:, the counscl Tor johanna lnduc:d
suspcu.ol Of the devotiOns durlag The session
\ numb,r of creditors OF Charles Ii. Moul-
ton, the atsc,nding broker from Washington,
have, It is Understood, uuilcd 10 the employ
meat of detective hrtn TO trace bis Whcrc-
abou;s and secure his arrest. 1t is COW said
that Moutou lett Rchuond tvr Norfolk, aud
there Intercepted the Bremen steamer from
Baltimore and tuok passage for Europe Mr..
IcDauial, OF Gcorg, owD, who loses S3O,OUO
by Mouton. has been Frustrated by the shock
aud now lies very Ill.
The War Department has received telegram
rom NJ br.ly Mo-, announcing the death at
that place on Sunday light, OF Co,oncl Oscar
\. Mack, Inspector OF National Cen"
| lie was au aide dc camp u General George
! II, Thomas during the war, and rendered dis
| tlnHu,>h SERVICES.
In Frederick burs, on Thursday night, the
store OF Mr.. \. kishpaugh, on Commerce
street, was entered and rooDcd Of between $40
and $50 10 moncy-lracilonal currency aud
sual change in coin. Two bottles III VIII skey
LIFT Oh the COULTER til. night before were takeD
bu, nothing else has been missed.
Ihr King Of Fills latest manifestation OF
generosity was shown toward the Prcsl-
Gent of the Lonuoo Missionary Society 10
whom, as token Of esteem aud respect, he
forwarded seven handsome young women as
wives, aud yet hey say His Royal Hlg huesS Is
| Insane.
resident Orion, of the Western Uuon Tel.
egraph Company, mas been i'll for SOME days.
His physicials report his condition at this
time as much improved He has already
passed the crisis OF his illness.
Dis,eusious between the Liberals and Ultra
moutaocs of the caulou OF Tesslu, Switzerland,
upon question of representation 10 the Grand
Couuc eliminated in fight, 10 which Two OF
the former were killed and four wounded.
Irene \. V. House, who shot her husband,
and was acquitted by New jersey jury the
other day, is about t. take the platform and
tell the pubic ali abou 1t.
The st, amship 81. l. ureut sailed from New
York to day for H,'r, via Plymouth, Eng.
| nd, tax ng direct ;nal.s for Franc, 10 place OF
Lam, rlquc, to have sailed 2lst lust.
La the way Of education, Stafford county,
Va, is going ahead surely. The school trus.
tees have III Aqua district three new school
houses IN the course OF erection.
Il has bccJmc the iashioA 10 the West to
speak Of man who lays too much stress upon
the value Of bis life, "nuau afraid OF his hair. :
Judge Abbott declines the nomination OF the
d,mocrats 10 the Fourth Mass lchusetts Con
grc>sioual district.
A steamer will he put upon the route be-
twecu Norok aud Fredericksburg on or before
tue l,t of November
ECONOMY Is WEALTH Our champion meao
man lives in Montgomery county. tie has
been married four times When his sacoud
wife died he spIit his first wite's tom bstone and
| lali the ,wo bodies side by side, each with
half a slab When his last Two wives depart
| ed nc paced them ia graves head to head with
| the frs, two, 50 that the split bstonc would
| do for ali four. H" will u0i marry again Tor
fear he canrot utlIlz. that ston. agaiD in case
| there is another death IL the family. His
neighbors d. say that he buried his aunt at the
foot of his grape Woe, 50 that she would be use
fu as uourSher Of the plant. II this be true
our mean man beats the parsmouous French
man who, after blowing the fire. used to put a
cork into the q, zzle of the bellows in order TO
save the Wind tor next tune; ami he removes
the scalp from Crackstuuner, Of Darby, who al