Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-01
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died Sucdsy ia::.
Tao Dramatic club Of Wsrnctoa haze lie
opera "P!natoru' ID prcpa.sIl7n
Captain Walter Bowen, Of Winchester. ass
paraiyzsd few days ago, a@d i: IL a CRITICAL
o5nGiioa.
Rey. Thouas Humc. q p4ft:mogth. Las
been Invited to accept tie ptes:isecy Of tbs
Riehmoad female Ios:ituc.
The prisoners at Louisa Court Ilau,c .i1diced
for the murder Of Mr.. G. X. Walton have hccn
taken to Richmond Ter safe k:o?ing.
Tho Trial Of Winter Paync. calored, f1r The
murder of James Adams. Gear Sa'en, last
week vas commenced to day =: War'eutoD.
VIM. [, Ball is il jail at WaTrcaiop, fer
at HopeWe!I, Fsuqulcr csuay. Oh las. TEuta'
day.
It il rumored that the GoEeruor hGs ten.
tended the ofice of Register of The Llud Oaice
to Colonel Randolph Hanisoa, If Cumberland
county,
James Thomas Armstrong, Giarg"2 with The
murder Of Boyle last August. at War ntor,
will bo tried ct the Nay ;eycl o! iha Fauqujer
County Court,
a Norfolk trucker esthtrd aai shipped TO
New York, Tues lay, $50 900 huaoh;s Of rid
l5hcs. lie employed tLr:o hundred !1hGfts
in his field gathering them.
Tho Young Nous Christian Association
Of WaTreutUn have determined 10 r.Ft and be
up tho rooms under the Ojd hc!iofs Hall,
as ltc:urr, Library aud resdiag POEMS.
The s!orehousc of hr. Jyha /. boris,
near Raccocn Fold, in Cu'pepcr c1ulty, which
had ust beea completed, WIS c1lir:ly des.Icy.
ed by fire last Saturday nighr. |: II surpassed
to have been the work ui En- ibccsaiaig.
MIR. D:latur!y, Of PHILADELPHIA, c51irio.cr
far the Virginia shsft 10 b1 Fl esd il S;00e Vail
Cemetery. Winchester. will deliver the same On
tie ground abou. May %. Tho Confederate
mem ota ceremonies, 10 take pace JuGo g.,
promise to DO very imposing aud l0n:ca:iTo.
Las. Saturday night, IS Dir. CSC. ". Pct
toe vas returppg to his home ucer Weavers
vile, 10 Eauquisr Co., BE- we5 attacked bg tTo
unknown mca aud rotbcd Of $2l39. H. 7as
r ed hy person 10 lila front. aaa while his
attention was directed 10 hial vas 9Z}d trjm
bebiod, and alter naki0g his c:rap: iguad his
pocket book golc.
Last week Mr.. James iiord had fourteen
hcps stolen froE. bis premises, racr F,xGiilc,
Fauquier county. He tracked The roaua 10 The
house ola rctr, uaned Sheppard, living near
Jeffersontou, Culpeper c!uutf. The house
was sesrcned ard two bass Of tcathes Iou0i up
the chimney, with man secr :ted behind them,
who proved 10 ba Charles Slaughter, tie reero
who sho. Mr.. Buchanan, near LbTty, same
mouths ago. Mr. Hcrl wens of to get fire
arrs 10 euablc him to ARCS: Slaughter, tic later
bciog armed, bat o. bis r3tIra Slaughter bad
escaped.
The motion Of counsel fer Poisd:y;er ecu
yic:ed of mansaushtcr ia kiiiios 8. q. Curtip,
Oh the grounds that O. ]. Dosgait. enc eEtLe
iury from Fredericksburg hsd expressed 90
opinion 10 the clso before be v3a snmmI0cd,
and Mes:r5. Geo. Fl. Peytcn. j., aid j. L.
Woody, cf the same place, Tad MT plii c3nitc'
ton tax, was heard in Hastings Cour: III t!c!. q
mcud yesterday. Mr.. D5gsctt vas rut 90 the
witness stand and debicd that lie had expressed
nny opinion of.tho case before baiDg surmo1ed.
Mr.. Chancclltr who WAS introduced py dc.
Tense to rebut this evidence stated thas Deg.
get bad expressed substantial and emphatic
opinion to him some timu b:tor0 E!a was drawn
on the Poind Xter jaIy adrtrs, to The prison
tr. Mr.. E. D. Cole, CT Fredericksburg, who,
it is alleged, heard Dogselt express his caiuion
to Chancellor. has been summoned, and the
further hearing Of The motion wl!! take bliOe
10 dag. DefeIse also exc p;ei 10 Rich.
8. Windsor, juror f:om Alexand;is, who is
returned to the State au5it17 rs hayA2 fs!l!d
to pay bis capiatiop tax 'oT 1877.
RAT CATCHIyu AS A BCsIHEss.-My. Ful.
lertc1 is mao Ct tLiriy.tTt. AID h2s prac!lccd
ret catcliog aav:n years IL was iiTa ycGrs 10
Liverpool, AMI hsa tcan lg:j ytarg ID tni3 city
lie took up The tusiae.s i;om al iesl!ac:iTo
perception thet nature bad designed Lila fer
its performance. As he never shriks i;o1c
duty, liz obeycd the proInptirE+ Vi dcs:ay aad
thus has btc1uc what he H. A!g Fu'!"rl0a is
very ready 10 corvcrsa Oh thu sntj ct, OF
whose importance ho las long It'd :; n3I
erlul conception. He hea but 0nc l9al In
toe city, Richard Toonf, bette. kcswa IS
"Dick, the Ralter." Tho business Is always
performed OF plight. snd Mr., Fullerton averages
four nights 10 week.
The places most ioirstCd wish rats Gro hotels
restaurants and slaughto: hou3ca From one
of the former he tCok lG4, whlIo iG o#2 Q: the
lsttoc tho catch was PIG. thc t3:k Ttpairi 8
much paticuce, ard three riahtS are G-ayraiy
devoted to ono place. Lie tcck fryn o5a hctal
100 the first Dight. 200 tho second night, aGd
i the third. For this important service his
terms orc SO per house, but hotels arc r1qGr
I'd to pay larger fee. There is soGl2 ti:k ia
the business. ard SIR. Fn!Isrtoa has becn &C.
cssionaIly bitten seyarsly, hut he now k 1ows
how to handle rat With safety. Mr. Eplier-
ton says ,ha. ''ra. ca:chius'' as trade csub0,
he taught
He has taken Il, COZ rs!S in ono yo.r. Who
then c1n doubt his genius? II any o2o 10 CT
rious 10 learn what is done with lhcs, animals.
the reply n ay be given tnst they arc worth $40
per hundred at the ret pits. Mr.. Fullerton has
constant orders from these establishments, one
Of which killed 2CGO in Il WeeS. Tho fox terrier
and the bull terrier al Q beth u.Cd FOR this ruT-
pose, but The former ia preferable. Gao rs! bait
or owns fox terrier which kills lC0 rata in eight
minutes. and tGis animal could not BE- bought
for SOD Should Berein hresk up tho rat pits,
which il now highly probsbla, it would cerious.
ly pair the profits Of the trade. Mr. Fuller
tor thinks tha. rals know too much to b. killed
with poison IS it is ordinarily ADMINISTERED
n. !. Letter.
A FLUCKY EANK CASHIER - bod ha. III
successful ottsm9t WAS made yesterday 10 rob
the Workingmsn's Saving Bank, in Allegheny
City, Pa. Tho bookkcepsr Of the baa;: had gone
to dinner leaving the cashiar, Geo. j.. Walter.
alone Two men entered leo bank, and one OF