Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-28
News OF Tie ssGT.

The Washington Press says 4 white Tomap
named Jane Wins,cad, on Thursday, gave Dit!h
to her thirtieth child at the Washington Asy-
un. She is aged As years, and has been an ~
mate of the gSy lum Tor twenty years an Der
children died young. She is still hale and
hearty and good perhaps fer & halt dozen more
babies.
The Lexington, Va, Gaz4tto says: 'On
Sunday evening last DR.. Frarci5 7. Mutually
of the Presbyterian Church, Administered the
rite Of baptism to twony-onc lulaDts presented
by their parents fer this ordinance OF the
church. The ceremonies attendant thereupon
were very touching and appropriate, and tie
scene presented 40 Interesting one.
Four hundred young ladies' Of Fassar Col
legc left pougLkccpsie, a. u, by sp2cla!
steamer for West Point at t y. III. Saturday.
having received permission from Gen. SchOlicld
| to land there after witnessing tic review and
parade Of the cadets they returned hy moon
light.
S-Saturday night L. llcrckiy, manager Vi the
Chicago and Paducah Railroad Company, was
arrested 10 Chicago aud hcll in 500 900 bail
on the charge Of having, together with other
directors Of the road, dclraudc the Engsh
bondho1ers out oil upwards oil $4,000 pouads.
The Investigation Of the finances Of Luzernc
county, Pa, shows how the commissioners,
trcasugcrs, shcriiFs, clerks and others hayc
boldly stolen large sums from the treasury.
Mr.. Spencer, the carpet bag U. S. Senator
from Alabama, is going 10 locate in the BIacl;
Hills.
Gen. Butler is 10 buy ~. 900 acres oi land il
Colorado aud establish colony there ia charge
of his sonin-law, Gen. AimCs.
Capt. j. Frank Lewis, OF Baltimore, w4s
suddenly stricken with ms sanity while al meet.
ing of his lodge last Saturday night.
District Commissioner kotchau h2s re.
signed.
The winners at Mystic Park, Boston, trolLing
races on Saturday were Emperor, best time 81
and Highland Gray, best time -.G0 Tho win
! crs at tho louisville Ky, running RACES GA
Saturday were Milan, threc-qaarter. Of /;
milo. in 1.l6; Bill Dillon, one and one eighth
mile, for gentlemens' cup, in ! Oh Dank, mile
heat, selling race, in l.454, ld34.
The ong ineors employed by Tho Lthi&h Val.
ley Railroad had :. largo meeting yesterday q
Phillipsburg, r. j , opposite Easton, Pa. Til
uiCclltiS WIS A.tCi!tieu ~ aIi Llt
hood engineers employed on tho Amboy aGi
Lehigh divisions of tho road, and also by dele
gates from Wyoming division sid tx: Penn
sylvania and York roads. \ eLrlka il believe;
to have been decided upon. 1t is understood
tho company, anticipating trouble, sro making
arrangements to nloet it, and to prevent ANS
very serious interference with tho running o
trains
AT Cleveland. D., last March, sarah u. Craw
ford obtained divorce from Wa. II Crawford
who subsequently went TO ner house and throw
viliol in hcr face. Ho escaped arrest at Tho time
but WAS discovered by Mrs. Crawford's brothe
and several othors in tho road near ClovoIan,
Saturday. On their sttompting - arrest him h
fired two Or three run shot into the squad viii
out effect. and ine.l ~ reloaded his gun and sho
himself dead
The house Ct \. s. Douglass. SIX miles norLl
of Leesbllrg, WAS destroyed by ire last Fri
day nrhi