Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-27
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is1v:Isr, i!hiG.S, TcYd burned yester1Ef. b'''
SIS ,G00. ia22a';i2ri5El ; suspectee.
Tia ravtu;sc chicars 10 lontress county, Tenn.,
have arrested itr!y Elk Illicit d!siilIeT5 and
closed Up fourteen dlstlllctlcs.
alexander C0ultry. o Montreal butcher,
largely engaged 10 the expor. OF cattle, has
lated. His lisbi.ica will be heavy.
Tx Qovsrnor Cock,, Of the District of Co.
lu!ni:a, ia said to have 0ada fortune recently |
from Colorado mine.
General L,eap ia trying to work for the So
eiass Votes CT the Illinois Legislature in bis
| favor for the Scaa5orShip.
The DaKala c3uat; (Mo.) court houss a.
Maysv:iio vas buru2d Wednesday. The ooun'
r. records, excepting those of the circuit CLERK
aa.i treasurer. We're destroyed. Loss 500 600.
Rev. Leonard Woods died ia Boston Tuesday,
aged =. lie was irorn 1889 to 1866 president
Of Bjn5oii College. lie Saa the author OF
many voIut.ca.
@, tkcl3:h Instant J Ohm Boyd killed Thomas
O. ;31iaa il a c3Gva:Gly maaoer at Fort WTaneel.
! Af..ka. The ci!;z ,us tried him By o jury ct
lis oaa sc!co:ioG, which found him gully, and
be w4s nGrg he text day.
Allen G. Lsros, tho trariciie. who escaped
fro1l The Eynus5 lgauia iuustic asylum, st Har
| r.s;urE, il Oo!o5sr, was returned to that lost-
| tuition last sight. havl1s surrendered himself to
| the sheriff Of Crlttenden county, ARK.
| Il. Z. Bsgg;i, Of the firm of James Knox u
! Co, ceu!Gi!soa and shipping merchants, and
| nr0nliuert nel1ber OF the Corn aDd Flour
| I1yehauge 81 D4liin9:c, dad yesterday morning,
ag2d i2i:y tlght.
\ barge laden With Gil clught fire yesterday
raosciag il iEis O1io river, above Wheeling,
| ". W.. 4 ;ow bo:,t. in order 10 preveot the
! G:o !ro;' s97aadi2s 70 other baggas, hauled the
; 0nG Oh :il9 luf tito lhG B.Ioam add let Il go
! down VIII ii" current.
i snu:v ;.i3w AID snrao enpi1ss OF the New
yo7t, and O,veTo Midland Railroad ran off the
rack icur p.4:i torth Of tutoo, n Y, yester
day II ,uics Orvii,o Page, 40 emyloye, was
Killed, AID Eli Ei'is, l.borer, had bis legs
b:oAeo, aud ii is thought be cauoot recover.
TIE rcpaic shops OF Ito New York ADD o.
ra:o 2!:5'a1a 4 .i|sasd Company, at MddIe-
tavD, = / :, were burned last night. with two
!acimc!ivas, t. large amuuot ofumbsr. valuable
l:.acoiasc? aod tools. i'he loss i, estimated at
::,ora ;a2a 49, coo. The IRA Was OF i3cendiar5
o;sir.
Peer N!cN.c2Sr#. p well krowa resident Of
Wishing Gu civg. tied - adnesaay afternoon from
pc:sya ~ the rys:of4, t:om the bite man
uaa,s,! Uaoat:r, viii !5hon be had so stterca-
i:or c9tg 1870 mca:hs Gga. Some wee X since
the & .;ec wa anrNtstcd. bu5 tho poison had
&iy2acy 20: hry2ad SHAT member.
Casrias jnl.astpa, co!orcd, fell down 10 =
ssa:mn mcar NJ: burg, N. Z, Tuesday tight,
Will, iato2:c&:cl, SD CD Christmas afternoon
vas icund ,i7., from exposure, by hunter.
Jvhnssca hao h<ca Oh: il the co!d abou! slxteen
hcu!s, with the ta@riaprGater part o! the tlm5
as oD rs j. degrees.
irx-Ccusccs5g:.aa Owen Jones started from
tis residence 6: NynoeHood, Pa., Oh the P1un
egi.aLia l.4ircaa W drtsday tight, to visit e
eisi5ur, aIG 3 Is il:od before midnight dead
i:cs. ano2i, ", by the roads!ds. Deceased rep
raaente:} the Eiitil Pcnnsylcerls district IN the
riirtg G@.h Congress.
Ali:patch iroiECavsp Taylor, in Breathitt co.,
ky, dated the IS lpst., says Judge Randall
had opened cGu:t. Three ct the Llttles had
been arrested, also Alfred Gambrel, whose i'm
p:isnnn1nt IS designed "a Gaet the long stand.
,ng disorders thcrc. The ecrcess were made bg
tic Safe guard.
p.erhDn & Liri3i,:toD, wholesale dealers 10
l.y .oots New Y yras, have mede 81 assign
fneos. TIC fra wss embarrassed BY rea! estate.
Thcis liabilities aalGunt to about $3.50, 600, The
a<s.ts c;lsi.3 Ct IatTchaadlse outstanding &C
coID:s ana real estate. and are very large. 1t
IS tnDught the urn will ask AZ extension and re-.
81 1aa bus;1rSs,
| Charles L. C:!c, Il jaweler, at Peoria, ILL.,,
reported to The p>i:ca ths!e yesterday that he
Lat! been robbed Il s.. 800 il cash and 10000
worth Of GOODS. Investigation 0fthe case threw
snsuic,n upon Otto himself, and he vas ar.
ras,Gt, hi2 h,othcr b.iDg held as bis anoom
riicn, O.!o is D youac GeEsn, who had moved
il tic best GaInlsI society 10 Peoria.
TIE HcGson river is reported IS being ohoked
L > ait;i0st liz enti;o length with ice. Pough-
s:scp,ia proptli:rs sod Ne#burgh lice barses to
New Yc1k uaGs thar iast trips last night.
Ihe bats hat want down to New York Wed
|: 7.sdsy night waro s4v@a and half hours makiog
The Tip lie tia. s;YG t. four inchea of hard ice
Tho ponds in tho gcIGiiy Of Newburg are COW
cred with e3 eight or ten inches thick.
; Nrs. Matilda 3IscE hiss been sentenced at
Cac3go TO le,rE;;oumeny for lie for killing Der
husaabj. She WAS c1ng!cted on the evidence
ci her hired mac, Iiraok Dickersou, who turned
Siatc's Ell iacc3 against her. According 10 bis
statements; sttr $;n wife had killed her bus.
: haai ei;S S Htick OF wood she hired him TO
carry he body 10 tho h&rl and place it under
tbs hG:s='s feet The horse was then backed
ever tao body GGv5ral times 30 as to make 1t
appear Gha5 The Diseased had been kicked to
doati. DokerSon is to be tried ca az indict-
ment !3: murder.
Ak ENERGETIC PEoTEsT-A large number
of The Leading tsxrpaye.s aad citizens Of Clar BE
county, Va, hare addressed communication
TO tho board OF supervisors ofthss county pro-
testing uost tho i2susnce or adoption of any
order by teaS body the effect Of which m az be-
to !urn over 10 me Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company t0s bends Of Clarke county for $780,
CO. to be reissued under the get of the General
Assembly o: Virginia. recently passed. They
protest against the sathofizing of any agent OF
the county 10 execute these bonds, even should
tha Old bonds uuder the terms Of the order here.
ctore 1lado be returned and concealed, and
they decisro thst they recognize no obligation,
either in low or in morals, tossus the now bonds
or any bonds, upon the return OF the old, in the
present condition Of the railroad company. Tho
sigoer3 clsia thst in voting the subscription of
Sl00, Co the consideration was the promise Of
competing rGsd Whereby froights were to be
largely reduced, (how could that be assured in
sny case p BIZ. declare that ct present the road
is not Il mpaLirg rosd-''it starts nowhere and