Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-16
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News Sfii,c ss:sy,

The ealing liquor men d i,jat,unat -,
they will be able To resist th2 NoHrtj law ~
legal methods and they ar determines! I,
pursue the cOurs? they har@ - d',i.g.:'. D..
taken. They have received romnHrrAit1v-
from the dealers in Norfolk, Petersburg. St9"j.
ton and Lyuchhurr, ans! have lte l'go.:i... g.:
earnest support irnm all in thH Opposition. th.y
are making.
The dead body lately found along IL. l,:t
side near Campbell Court house, N thu >'a.
| with horse and buggy near hy, W. !a'
the agent O! Simmons LAYER Regulator, @n,!.
supposed to have been murdered iy ~.
negroes.
Thomas Il. Foster, it,, formerly 81 lMqn..,
county, in this State, died recently III ll''+,,
Buffers furniture aud Co2mIn's st.3 =.
tory, 10 Cumberland, have been burnai
Al Philadelphia. yesterday, An!!", ""r.
was shot and MORALLY Wounds! b. Morris t"t
lor in q deliberate and cola! bIo"i", nn1i'":,
Grier had obtained pistol from Taylor, a."
the latter meeting him asked i"r 1t, NJ! Ul""
receiving it Taylor fired. lie ia IN nat'iy
The steamer Leo. from Savannah ior %'.'..',
WAS turdnod 1T sea Friday morning during "
heavy gallo. Three passengers and cg..r," e.
tho crow are missing. Tho officers nia tl' r'-'
Of the crew WGs rescued from III: IA. -
Russian bark, and brought - Savannah.
Three Of tho steamers which lt. Ne" tu'h
for Europe Saturday carrie: An cAtiho:"'a,fs
quantity Of fresh beef. Tie City "i i:ichnl""4 '-
Liverpool, had 10000 pounds; tins C"tr D..
Liverpool, had over 90 900 pounds, An. tn '...'
forns, for elias Cow, about 800 p.uH,:s, b1a."'
many live sheep. All carriet large quantities.
of bacon, pork and lard. These lhrrr v".-'.
and the Nccker for Bremen, took ont ra'n
100000 bushels OF grain.
Geo. l.. Smoot, Of Washington ;,onti' I.'i"-
ardtowR in 1873, whore ho marri" Ail.- '."e
Morgan, n young and &c :omplisncl .;.r A. ~
puted heircss, and by her had two "Ii.'E'."
Last fall ho was vsitel by u female, VA" c"'a
oil to be his real vile, ho having mH'r.nd "'t o.
philadelphia in October, 1873. He M arrested
and now lies in the jail At LnonariiJ"n ""'l
ing his trial. The feeling Of inilGn,t"n b. '
great that he cannot procure h"ii.
A correspondent Of the DsnsiIIo Nr~e sa5..
Crime for the pas. four months h". i""
rife in our land. Pittsylvanis hN- !i~d y,
misfortune to be the scene ol mUcii i""''l.'.
and several murdcrs most which W." r''.''
by IN immOdDratn uso Of spirits. i'""E ihn
have been Instantly killed, one c"td ~ I'''
and another man Is how cIprCt"i ~ "''
wounds recently received. F"uF .: IL: i'.''
that committed murder aru now C"itI''" '.'..
two have been baiiotl, and onn mad" '.'' '.. q.
and Is now at large.
The operative pOltc:s ii if"nio', -
numbering about :nHD 81 I'll grade, h.-.' .
strike of sixteen weeks. have concluded u TO-
,ume work at the reduced ratcs al Wh:t''. -.
president Of their association hnnVuh'ti - "...
ing Saturday afternoon that the HIrp"' '''
exhausted and the debt was arcHnuHii'' "..
therefore, it WAS imporalr" th"I t"' ''
should seok acknowledgement. Tia" bus"
that they cannot employ more tnHi "'''."'
the men in consequence %! ne" h'." '".'
been secured during the continuance al ~"
About noon Saturday n mnn Ln"'.' y"
Hnrkns, from Huntzdnle, 7nppa."! 10 N''
insane, caused by strong hrInA, "iti"r' ".-
man named Hugh Courtney -" '"'
Altoona and, without any prp:@r .t''!' "'',
stabbed him four times in the sitr "i' ~''
the leg with an ordinary EnIi&, ta"" 80,
across tho street TO II crowd o! men, ""'
to run. ~ man named J. q. kncrp "'.'r'
ming foll when Hnrkins Stable! hi'i ''''''
tho stomach. The physIclnhb Say ''
live. Harkins WAS struck over u" "''.'
skull fractured twice, and his clt arm
He was also shot t~ice. HIS rI'.t'.
cons id cred lutaI,