Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-30
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Senator Morton's health still continues to i'm
prove.
Pierre Lorillards sharein tho winnings at the
Long Branch races was $3.50.
1t is now q d II a. Charley Ross has certainly
been discovered 10 Springfield, Oil,
I'd vim L. Stanton, son If the late Secretary
of Wsr, died yesterday at Washington.
A dispat' Ii from Ashland. Ill says tte e
tn are Tus day nigh. destroyed property r:h
from $500 to $3S coo 1ha insurance 8
So eco III. Ii EN- build ms in sll w'fe hurn" .
conpr>iIg neall III , entire IL lro:s portion /
tho ttW:.
The grand jury ut Cou nhis, ) { y"=L"r ~
found true bills against ex-Lieut. ~. tiesv";,
ex-Treasurers psrkrr ard i'ar, oZ,. cor'n
teo!lers Dunn aud Hoge, e1-Speaker Lee, clerks
of the tonersl As:emb y Woodruff and JOINS
ex SLAta Senator Owens and Others On ver'o'
serious charges OF frauds in connection with tho
discharge ni their ltital duties,
The Washington Nation says :--Thera is q
lady in one tf the departments WHO lunches
ald velveta, and cwrs diamonds Va u d q, Il o.
than two thousand dollars; more than this, she
goes 10 the Office and lasves when shn p!egses.
1t is han diy necessary to cid that she is not y
soldier's widow and that har husband also has
government situation, if we are correctly il
formed
Col. Valentine Baker has received the rank Of
silva or general Of brigade, 10 the Turkish ser
vice. and has the title Of Pasha Ho will be
under the orders of the minister OF police, and
will DO charged with :he reorganization OF tbs
will receive about SIC, COOS year. snd his on
gsgement is for throe years Hs Will have SOW
eral English officers under him ea inspectors OF
districts and for other purposes.
The mutt ated body Of man named Riley,
employed at the Rockland House. Nantssket.
WAS found near chat placa yesterday. Invest
CATION showed that thu deceased had been SCI i"
cd in fearful manner aboutthe logs and ,hi 2lI!,
80 that in removing ths olothlag largo patch as
Of hssh came OF 1ho feet and sgs I'll )Wed tha
terrible effects of scalding. wh'la l,rgo black
left oye WIS tlsckenod When thu man Was
scslded to death and by whom is mystery
In Baltimore yesterday about one hundred
sslo CT whom one fourth were ladies. The auc-
tionaer wss about to commence the salo, VIII an
:hs fcort hslf Of the flooring gave way, snd pre-.
cipitated twenty aides and gent amen into the
cellar beneath. GreNt excitement followed,
those buried in thu cellar among ths debris Of
7 1nks and timber screaming for hip, while
9th ers rushed from the store in f ,rin and con-
fusion. Many were h1rt, bu. nobody WAS Sc.
riously I'M ured
Tn, New York Herald says The "Dscites."
by Joaquin Miller, now being played a. The
Broaiway THEATRE, promises to be among the
most successful Ct American dramas. It Is dis
tinctive in character. full of purely Americau
life, enrich ed with the thought OF a poet and
tho rough humor of Il California camp. 1t a
bounds in pow o1ful situations aid kc BPS the ~.
tcntion cf thu audience because it tells !; story
~ straig forward as tie tc:t ofnovcl3. 1t be-
ing MIR Millsrs first dra nasic effort it de:ccvc'
prsiiG. he also de:cl7c3 TO be encouraged, in
The belief that he will DO heller hereafter.
The scenery of the play is simply beautiful,
and reflects lit on both artists and manage
Leat. 1he attendance since the orcning ha7
tce1 ozcepti) rally large.