Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-19
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| Rumors arc cut COT corniUg the intended
| marriage Of Miss Jeaupette Bennett lnstcaC
of marrying foreigner, it is said sho has re
! turned from abroad to become the bride or {
| wealthy young cotton merchant, Isaac Bell, jr
| sen of Isaac Bell, We, president OF the VIC
Dominion Steamship Company. The marriage
of an early date will probably be celebrated b.
| Rev. DR.. Preston, at St. AIMS CATHOLIC
| Chuicb. The event promises TO be the great
| est OF the social season.
t. J. Oakley. formerly cashier CT the Ne9
| York Merchants Exchange National Bank
| vino absconded in 1870, being dctauIter TO tint
amount OF three hundred thousand dollars wa
arrested in New York yesterday and lodged II
Ludlow street Jail. He was connected witt
| the bank for twenty. seven years. lilo hes spen
the last seven years in Canada, and many time!
had begged for Bread occasionally. working as !
common Iaborer. and at ono limo was q cook or
coasting vessel.
State politics begin 10 loom up, and prepa
rations are already on foot for vigorous cam.
paign 10 Louisiana. The republicans. it is
thought, will not Iua an out and out ticket but
will endorse the conservative independents. lu
this case the democrats may lose two or three
congressman, as there ia considerable dissatls
faction among certain class of The democratic
workers in the State with the way thirgs have
been managed,
Harriet Osborne, aged 20 years, was arrest ed
Monday evening while in the act OF drowning
herself 10 Newton Creek N. Y. IL her cell
that night she knotted her stockings and tiled
to hang herself While hanging she WAS dis
covered and cut down 10 time TO save her life.
She is now at the Fabush Insane Asylum.
The attempt at suicide mentioned ls Tho ninth
made by the girl since July 90. 1875
A letter 10 the Graphic takes the ground
that the Berlin Congress is triumph OF the
Jews. Rothscti!d remembered the cruelty OF
tho Russians TO the Jews in the East, and he
brought TO bear all his Influence to prevent
them from getting any more money. Without
assistance they were bankrupt, and he made
them submit to the terms that he dictated.
Geo. NJ. Tibbits, an old and prominent cti
Zen of Troy, n. u. died this morning aged So
years. He left an estate OF two million dollars.
His father. Senator Tibbits. supported Gin.
tons idea of the Erie Canal and by bis personal
influence carried the measure through tho
Legislature. The original draft OF the bill! is 10
the possession of the 1ibbitt's family.
The Cincinnati express train from Cleveland
on the Hamilton and Dayton Railroad was
stopped near Nliamsburg last evening by tree
across the track. a freight train following
ran Toto the rear coach wreckiug it aud iuiuring
f. G. Hewitt, q lawyer Of Cincinnati internally.
R. &. Cunback, of New Orleans, also suffered
a compound fracture leg.
Tho city court of Noraich. Conn, TO day
committed Wesley W. Bishop and Mrs. Kate
NJ. Cobb to await the action Of the grand jury
on the charge of poisoning the late Chas. ii.
Cobb, jr.
A clerk named Charles Dllkswilz 10 tho
luartermaser' ofiea at Fort Leavenworth.
disappeared last Wednesday having baen de.
teoted in forging checks purporting TO have
been signed by Col. Hoyt.
The President has appointed Thomas Nj.
Helm, to BIO register Of the land Office at Kirwn,
Kansas.