Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-18
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Ia New York yesterday, three boys, from
ten to twelve years OF age, we're arrested
charged with climbing to the track OF the New
York Elevated Railroad and placing largo
paving stone between the guards and the track
with evident iotcnt OF pscciptating the tralo
to tho pavement below. Tho escape was
miraculous, for each CIR Of the train Jumped
the obstruction. aud settling down on the track,
proceeded TO the Rext station. The stone was
removed with great difficulty. The train was
full of passengers, and the shock caused great
CONSERVATION.
d. II. Bailey Of Nashville, well kuowu
merchant, family, and servants, including, IN
all twelve persons, were poisoned yesterday
evening but not fatally. Food for the morning
meal was put Gu! the night before and lett 10
tho kitchen, the door TO which was LETT un.
locked. 1t is believed that some evil disposed
person oamo in and put arsenic in the food,
which was cooked and eaten. The poison was 10
such a large quantity that it acted as an cmetlc,
and thus all were saved from death.
The Valley Forge centennial celebration will
take place tomorrow. All the large establish
ments 10 Ptenizvile, Norristown and other
towns throughout the ScbuylkiIl Valley will
suspend business so as TO permit their wolkmen
TO participate. A tent capable Of holding ten
thousand persons has been put ur.
The brig Redowa. from New Orleans bound
to Providence put into Tybec yesterday with
the bark j. E. Chase, Of New Orleans, which
| she found abandoned at sea on the l4th inst.
| Tho bark has a cargo Of l, 100 hogsheads Of
sugar. Her sails were set and the vessel was
not mucn injured when sighted.
The matron OF Baltimore school has rented
| one of Pacific avenue cottages, at Atlantic city,
| in which she will board exclusively seventeen
young ladies' of the Monumental City. The
young ladies arc said to rank among the bellies
OF Baltimore, who desire to spend their summer
| vacation 10 one auothcrs society.
Last night crowd OF roughs in Boston,
assaulted j ohm Fahey, sailor, who was slightly
he stabbed Thomas Ward, aged &c, one of his
assaiIants, fatally, and badly cut the hand of
another. Fahcy vas REQUIRED by the police. who
lodged him 10 Jail.
Tom Thumb is living in Middeborougb,
| Plymouth County, Mass, near Taunton. He
is great big fellow and weighs eighty pounds.
| lie has tquandercd good uea Of his money
in yachts, Gle. Ho is forty one years old.
The Collector of Internal Revenue at Mont.
geometry. Alabama, has been instructed to en-
! ploy a force Of sixteen men in arrcstng illicit
distlers.
At Pittsburg yesterday morning eighteen
persons were poisoned by drinking the milk Of
| a COW whose uddcr had been bitten by snake
| Two will probably die.
A coorcd man named Gus Harris was killed
| at EdgcieId Court House, South Corolina, last
| evening by BROKER Topey. Harris was u.
| s. deputy marshal.
The democratic State convention Of Maine
met at Portland this morning, and after Or.
gaDizing took recess till 100 p. N,
| The President has appointed joseph Dent
of GEORGETOWN. and S. l.. Phillips, of Wash
ingtou, District Commissioners.
Ernest Boyer, IF CleVcs, Germany, Que Of
the leading cotton buyers of the u. s., died
this morning Of apoplexy, at Mobile.
Hon. T. j. Quinn, member Of Congress for
the Albany, N. Y, district, died to day.