Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-28
News OF the Day.

Two youGg ladies, aged respectively sizLern
and seventeen, il,i IRON their bones III 81
Clairsyille, Ohio, for tho purpose; II + sup
posed, Of joinirg the deI0i monde Of PtttSonig.
Ooe. uamed May Coweu. is of Que Ut tht best
families iu tue State, being daughter o! Juu go
Cowen and niece Of the late Solicitor o! the
Treasury The other, frankie Campbell, 10
also of frs! class and wealthy family. Dolh
are noted tor their beauty, and have always
borne good characters. The scandal Is the talk
Of all that section OF country.
The bill reported by Representative Reagan,
from the Committee on Commerce, tor the reg
ulation of inter State commerce and to prevent
unjust determinations as to trelghts, charges
and facilities by railroads and other common
carriers, is accompanied by an elaborate report
10 favor of its passage. The commlttse qaote
authorities TO show that Congress has power to
enact such law as they propose. aud argue
that as Congress only can furnish tho remedy
for the evils cited, the tine has come when thus
duty should be performed.
La the breach Of promise trial OF Dlcklo Vi.
Titus at Hamilton, Ohio, yesterday, the de-
iendant who is remarkably handsome man
was aggravatingy cool to the plaintiff irleuds,
and his testimony straightforward and unmlysd.
lie denied very emphatically every charge anu
all tho while he was denying he looked her
straight 10 the eyes without blocking, till her
eyes finally dropped. She aVcrted her lace and
began shedding tears II the defendants story
is not true his mendaoty is unequaled.
In New York, yesterday, a jury retired to
deliberate upon their verdict. They grew hun
prv. and sent word to Judge GildcrslCeve that
they desired luncheon The Judge thinking
that the Jurors were more anxious Tor a Tree
dinner than to agree upon verdict. declined
TO furnish the meal saying that the last jury
that went out footed up a bill OF $40 agalnSt
the county, for luncheon. The jury returned
10 haste with verdict
A Young lady uamed Sneed was stolen from
her parents about o'clock yesterday evening
hg gypsies Snced was en- route lrom northern
Illinois to his former home in Ohio, and en-
campted about one milo east OF Oxford, whom
attacked by tho gypsies, Knocked down, hls
wife badly beaten and the daughter carried
away in tho direction Of Hamilton. The girl
IL about sixteen years old.
10 the Episcopal Convention Of the new do
rese al On;dcy, Ill.,, Rev. DR.. Burgess, Of
SDrlpsfeld. NJ ,ss., was elected Bishop on the
jnrty fourth ballot by seven votes To three for
Rev. Cyrus i. kui. .tt, of Lebanon. "a, and
two for Rev. Courtlau,t Whitehead, Of Bethle-
hem, Pa. The lay vote eestlrmed tic vote by
ten to five.
The u. s. Senate Committee on Claims hos
decided 10 seport bill providing for inc pay
mout of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
to the Book Accucy Of the Methodist Eplsco'
ral Church South for the use anil ooc1patl2n
of its bulldog nc Nashville during the war.
The claim a. presented called 'ar about
$450.OO0.
4 we'll known tea merchant named ). lar
fison, Of Lexington. kentucky, has very dis
sipated 500. who opened hia father trilnk
yesterday and stole $500 and fled The father
~ Thought to have become totally insane.
at Mount Vernon. Indiana, yesterday, Com
modore D. Curtis, farmer, while on drunken
spree, attempted to kill his wife. when his
stepson, aged thirteen, shot him through the
heart.
The uame Of James n, Lee has baen for
warded to the President, and will be strongly
endorsed for Cnlleclor OF the Fort OF New
Orleans.
Marshall H. Twitcholl. Of Louisiana, who
was wounded 10 an affair at Coushatta and lost
both his arms, will he appointed Consul TO
Kingston. Canada.
An explosion Of gas this morning in The Pres
ton mines, ct Girardville. instantly killed VIM.
NJ. Williams the inside Boss. and seriously
injured John Mahouey, a miner