Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-12

At an early hour yesterday m0rnlnH the resi-
dence OF Captain VIM. Cory, at Clifton, NY.
was cotered by burglars and robbed OF goods
and silvcrware to the value Of $1,000. In the
sitliog room the thieves set the table and help
ed themselves to wne and cold chicken, throw.
ing the remnants 90 the t)0r, breaking the
gobes and destroying the carpets. 10 the
front paror the burgl lars took the lace curtains
from the windows and the damask coverings
from the furniture and several Lieces OF va!ua-
Bile stauary. A parlor clock, takeu by the
thieves, was found yesterday IN tho woods near
Mr.. Corrys residence.-N !. Ne1rs.
A special dispatch states that James A.
Brown, wealthy farmer ct Plttsheld. Pike
county, Ill.,, was robbed some days ago by two
highwaymen. one of whom was subsequently
lodged 10 Jail early yesterday morning. While
Mr.. Brown was attending TO his farm duties
he was shot dead by an uuknown man sup
posed to be the prisoner 8 accomplce. The
people 10 tho peighborhood are much excited
and threaten to lynch the prisoner. The
Governor has called out troops to prevent The
lynching.
Robert McAdams, twelve years old, and
Charles Patton, about the same age, quarrelled
yesterday pear Thirteenth street and Lehlgh
avenue. Philadelphia, over the possession OF a
stick Ct candy. Patton threatened to shoot
McAdams if he did not divide with him. and
as tho latter still refused. Patton drew pistol
and shot McAdams through tho head. killing
him almost Instantly.
At the annual meeting OF the stockholders of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, held 10 Philadelphia
day, Col. SCOTT stated that his salary was
$24 900 year now; before the reduction it was
$4,000. The salary of the other officers is
from twelve to two thousand dollars. Without
definite action the meeting adjourned until tho
Goth inst.
The President has approved the bills, making
appropriations for tho payment OF claims re
ported to Congress under section , OF the act
approved June G, 1874, by the Secretary Of
the Treasury" and amending the laws grant
ing pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the
war of 1912 and their widows, and for other
purposes.
A dispatch from Mobile discredts the story
Ct q Government timber agent having been
shot at by gang Of masked men in that State.
AS far as ascertained 10 agent has been inter.
ferred with.
Tho levee below New Orleans was damaged
by the storm in that section on Saturday and
two crevasses arc reported on the right bank,
ono eighteen miles and the other thirty-hVe
miles below the city.
Augustus G. Buell., we'll known journalist,
was married in Washington yesterday afternoon
to Madeline Polk, q daughter of the Doorkooper
of the House of Representatives.
The Farmers aud Traders Bank, of Lexiug.
ton, KY, suspended payment yesterday. 1t is
stated that the loans and discounts aggregate
100000. The deposits do not exceed $50, 900.
a. N. Robinson, who was treasurer at the
time of the robbery of the Clermont county,
Ohio. Treasury at Batavia, Ohio, some months
since, was yesterday arrested for the crime.
Mr.. Fouse, of the defunct mercantile agency
of New York, says he has controlling pro.
prietary right in all the branch Offices, which he
will assert as soon as he is released from Jail.
By collision of freight trains on the Reading
Railroad to-day, the fireman was killed, the
engineer seriously Injured, and train hand
badly scalded.