Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-02
Ee,7S OF the ssay.

George EGyles, srfestsd in Baltimore several
days since on the cLargs of having robbed the
Grsad Trunk K. 7. CO. 8. Montreal, had 3
hearing .kis morning. That chsrga Was not
sus.%!lc1, aud he Was committed for hearing
CT .t.a :,lh instant on farther charge CT having
! stolen Gov in notes from the Consolidated
Bank OF Montreal. Tho detectives found SO eco
Of the 1otea on hi5 person.
TIE Winchester Va, Times says: During J.
thunder sto-u. On last Fridsy sfternoon, Miss
AMMO Levine who lives with her parents, near
Shepherds Mill, elk miles from Berryville,
| Clarke county, was killed by lightning. A
member Of me family who was sitting By her
| side was unirj ured and no damage was done to
| tho house OF furniture. The young lady wss y
! years Cf sSr.
Gel. Eaws'd J. Armstrong, Of Rockingham
! county, died suddenly 1T RI wley Springs yes
| te.d,y mor;ling. He wss member Of the Vir-
gna l42g;sl ature Tor the last tWo sessions, and
was . member Of tho Board of Public Works
| before the dislnemDorment Of the State. lie WAS
| upward; Cf 10 years Of age.
! Il ies shel hard, daughter tf James Sheppard,
OF Chesterfield county, Va, WAS found drowned
yesterday morning in tho we'll Of = near neigh
Dor, into which it Is believed she threw herself
! Tuesday night Waio la0oriDe under 8 f. OF Hell
| L.! alteration.
4 Columbus, S. c., dispatch states tina: ex-
| Gov. r. Il. Moss, VINO has beoa imprisoned in
| that city for week past, was yesterday released
on Sl0O VG bail Whilo tectify;ng before the in.
ve:tgating committee reiativc to tno recent pc.
| !itica! history CT tae State.
~ I sale Ct Richmond prints leslie ,cs,) in
| Nc" York, to-day, about 2,200 Cases Of gray
| and fIncy points, known to the trade So first"
sold at ften i to 6! cents per yard. Ono hun
drcd and sixty~eight cases OF ''soc2adi' sold 81
81 and IS Cont5.
The Providence Tool Company he: shut down
york for the present On accom-: Of u difficulty
with The Turkish government in regard to the
payment toc tho Msrtni-Pesbody rifles, which
the company are making.
Eighteen expert lady CLERKS from the Treas
ury Department have been dcssiled to count the
1000 coo postsge stamps of different denolni-
nations reported to DO stored in vaults 81 the
postal stamp agency in New York.
ThOma; Leonard WAS arrested in New York
this morning, charged with having outraged tho
person Of q Little girl, named Mary Moore, of
tamf0rd Conn on the 18th Of July last.
On Tie 18th ult. Lieut.. Bulls started out from
Fer! Clark in pursuit Of 8 frosh band Of raiders
who have stolen every hoof Of stock on Pledras
Fint.s creok. Bulls has 100 men.
Frank Walworth, who was sentenced four
wears ago to the New York State prison for life
f)r the murder of his father, wss yesterday par
donsd by Governor Robinson.
VIM. D. West, Of Bollofontaino, was nomi I.
mated for Governor by the Ohio republican con-
Teation ut cleveland yesterday aftor tho aiop-
ton ola dcmsgogcal platform.
Ex-Goy. John Letchor and Colonel !. G.
Shields have been nominated for tho House Of
Delegates from Rockbridge county.
The Spirit of Missions for August announces
the dast; Of Miss Mary B. Baldwin, missionary
at Jaila, on the 20th of Juno.
The coroner's jury on tho victims of tho strikers
riot iE Baltimore, after session to- day, adjourn
cd until Tomorrow.
Enc first ship load Of stec, rails FOR tho ezten-
sion Of the Southern Pacific 4. Il. has arrived at
san Francisco.
Gov. Stone wss nominated on the tenth ballot
IS: night for Governor Of Mississippi.