Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-14
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William Merrck has basu o,si:'r<; 1t IL
d;apspuiis sua seatr4o.t; TO GC.'s: nc nu =
der ct bis Nlf1.
VIM. Il I,>gss. We: N1rter.r, f.,
pos,ofGos CHS. ts' betu aiiSHel !uf I&3 soy
lug let;t7s 80 p,,v>ut toe ar,l' iaIlJ t! Il -
banned Il ean as p@stGa5:s!.
A dsp.-ct gee e j Is eight f.cG Cc,uD.
tas, S G.sy>: CIV. HaDp'so ca.Gd Ca
tor,atly Z afoisy ei6hE. $50 tii7 aueceiaa
ph5sciscs r1posl bin IS muc iarioF4c 7ssieE
Cay
The Society for the Prsy:n'i q 2! Celal.7 10
Children 10 New Y:.k ras fHti AdcE t::e tsS!'
bition Of blny w.,s hing pjlud Ia C1alEili
SQUARE uu:eam, alihoush il was IN charge oi
lis 10 oshsr and wss TEspp-d up 10 rcd ssila.
Michael Gamers. alleged chief Of eaog ct
c,uptertt tiers, was placed 90 tri in the United
States Ci,cait Court 8, New York, yesterday
He made speciality of trade dollars, aid ID -
uopoiz ID the couaterfsits on the batk Of La
maqua, Pa.
The First Natiooal Bauk of SARATOGA, N. Y,
has suspended 10 const oueacs OF iu1 oaust q
bv the reports Of losses by the detslc.'lon OF
Jas. H. Wright, the oouuy treasurer. Fuo
was next commenced on the Commercial D.ak,
and il also suspended.
Cyprien Cos,af ,raz de Mirabsl was hang d 10
the Jail yard at ST. johns. Quebec, yesterday,
for The murder of Mathertou. He denied bis
guilt 20 the last. Before prcc ,ediog 10 the
scaffod he declined to remove bis collar. tor
fear he might catob cold
The arrest OF Nav Haven, CoEu., Thursday
night, of James S. Sypher. supposed to haVe
soma connection With stealing S;eWarls re-
mains, appears to have been practical joke
played on the police. Sypher vi! enter sat
apsirss the officer Who arTcsted Elm.
Owing to tie low rates prevailing among fast
freight ines the Adams, American ADD Uolted
States Express companies have decided TO ra-
ducs their rates 90 heavy freight between Clio
ciouatti and New York to So per houodred
pounds, Boston So % aud Philadelphia 81 Is.
At meeting Of the Board of Trade Of Huat-
iuedoo, Pa, held Last evening, it was ascer-
tsiued that ten Thousand dollars, the uil amount
necessary to purchase all tho property required
By the State Commission for the location OF tie
middle penitenti2rg at that place, has bocn
raised.
A catastrophe was avoided yesterday norl-
| ing by the presence Of mind Of the price p,l Of
Wooster street, New York, public school. Fire
broke out In the building. butl 200 colldreo we're
dismissed without the knowledge OF The f,cE,
| under the plea that carpenters were coming to
work.
Patrick Kerry, WOO! dealer Of Providence,
who recently failed, with liabilities OF aqusrter
of mliou, is accused of frauds. Ii is charged
| that largo purchases wera made within thirty
days Of bis failure. and bypothecated and sold
| in other cities. The Governor OF Massschu-
sets has granted q requsitou for bis arrest.
Ten vessels OF the Gloucester, Mass, isbi 9g
| fact have been lost duriog the present year.
One vessel went down With all her crew, fcur
teen 10 number, aud twcuty-two lives We're Inss
! by the upsetting ct doiiss aud other accidents.
making total OF thirty six. la 1877 there
| wero thirty nne. aud in 1876 two hundred aud
Twelve lives were lost.
At the AmeEisaa Iron Works. Pittsburg,
Pa, yesterday, Patrick Shanoon. assistant mill
wright, while examining lioe Of saattlng, was
caught by pulley and his body drawn 90 TO
the shaf;. Which was making t,Fo hu06cad a0d
tr;y revelations o niru:o. Before the maoa;'
ne!y could be stopped bis body VAS torn 10
pieces aud scattered over the I'LL.
The bill fot the reorganization OF tbs army
provides that appointments Of general eluoers
| shall only be By lnaal promotions, and tins
proposed repeal Of tho law !.ioid9ies rp2o2s
neots 10 i55 sr;1g 81 11g :::r555s ~ SerVg>:
in the Confederate Estk5 wi: OF ) o.,s:: tre
door 10 apa =k,s 81 So; y i!eGtao&!'E -:
to to th'ae yri, t.gn9si geaauH:o 81 a. u :7;
Point Ms.ifsrY iisAiG;l:y, 2g i:;.=: Ia. '1:as oF
| neritorio:., &c :.
Disp:t;tGa i,c:n O.! trai sli t|t5ic.a i =
soul vs. a1l k.s esy liza slsav;*.1 zoo z
| storm kaoeu f.; g4sis lT-v:!ad ,u.ips rs,
| day, The Gey L L: tie sGlW Val .ta = <o;, 70
thirty icch~q. aui ie s>ur ice III: ;>c :. Z =? -
| y dnfred Tie railroads s'o aaosc.!'3 IS si-a
ed, and scn2 OF ts.eu hays ocan G,i..: d < Z
! ruouiug lsaIos ajtoge:h:. AZ la: asi2a. ~,
ard ctutr pic g o5i5 ala c 9 & A'.d DC I e>s
suspended Il: Estou a"d R;cs ls'sui LIS
Mlssiseippi river sr Z i oe.r. eaG H. &C pie
| walk scrtss 60 the so.
A highly oralatis i@,er.is cccarta1 ia iso
| New York General Sesoi9n yesterday by tue
ioterferenc3 cf madaue Cdenardi whsn the
Judge was ebouS to sentence Dc. Bradford,
| convicted of causing tbs death Of SarabV ictutia
| Corners by malpractice. Tti' wUmso. 9ho is
noted clairvoysnt of Brookiya, assumed the
role of penitent, aud declared herself guilty Ct
| the crime aud tho decor ionocent. Tne adgo
| quietly tod her the drama was closed, aod
| sentenced the doctor to fourteen years AID s;z
months in the pertentiary. allowing, however,
| twenty days for exceptions to be takep.