Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-03


Tic trials Of forty I've NihiIis:s at Odessa
h.v4 b2cn Concluded. Six have been s,otcrccd
10 terms G.! rJ:c Two 10 three Ve5rs lmprl5on
uics;, al the rest Ware acquitted.
Prince Alexander, Of Bulgaria, hiss embarked
a. B::ndisi OF bciri Russian corvette Tor
Clrs:ac;ioople BY the way OF the Pli9ls. AZ
Constau,nopa hc will receive the bcrat OF 10.
ve.tlurc ati b. prcsartcd to tie Sultan.
Execution.
LEBANON. Pa, Jul5 l-NiMrcG SpattcL'
Luboc. convicted 0! murdcrin. John iGlsou, IN
& sio,r il this city OF the night CT Dc. lob,
1878, was haaaGd hare this morll1g. The
pri:crcr las tttu ia coed LcallL aud eaten
healthy curing Lis coail1cmeDt. Several
timrs during lie past week he sad he was
reals to die, &c! that he rever iatcnded 10 kill
Ivi;0n. lie slap. we'll las. uiSht, and arose at
an carly hour this luoruiug. Father kaufman st
I ocIUck entered the cell and prayed with the
prisoner uutll 1875. when the sheriff and dep
uties cauc into ;ho cell aud iutorn cd Spattcn'
huber 10 prepare Ter the gall0ps. The piles!
ard Spalteohubcr at once arose. The priSoHer
asked iur glass oil w:cr, watch was gwen him.
lie trcmtlod slightly aad tears filled bis c}cs
tu! thsy were forced back by clear deterTlna
ticn, ard he then walked steadily to the ga
lowe. calryicg @ cruciix. The c.raUoDy ca
the eail0ws lasted about ten mioutes, Spattcc
hu5tr kuceicg NEST OF the time. The sEe1!f
then r!ccd the rope about lis neck, aGd
uumjtr Of officials an! his ctuGsel babe the
prisoner good bye. Ills grasp was weak aud
his voice rot above whisper. All then ittL the
SC. fJld except tho sheriff who, at 1915 loOscd
the knot OF the trap. The fslt WAS very shcrt
one, ard after having three sec0nis the body
ntrvou,y tWitchcd, but there Was al absence
of ell sraswoGi, movement. Lito vas Pre-,
uourccd extinct aftur hanging il ml6uics, aud
after hrDpiog % minutes the body WAS taken
down aud handed over 70 the undertaken. The
toIy was placed in c,llin AID ccrs pntd to the
basement Ct tho CatLo'ic Church, from where
the iuoeral will take place 10 5,0rr1w. Spatter-
huber neck Was not brckeu.
AZULU IN LoHpOH.-There is u pleasant ro-
SORT for Chinezo in 3 plsc1 which visited last
week. This was the Home FOR Ass!ic Sesnen.
Among tho myriads HasssnE, MahomcLa, lbn
Achb.rs, Mu!ls, kudrat UllaS, WIDg-kIng-
Wcs and Ais enlisted on the books, observed
doctors, waters, msgicsns, cooks, teachers and
dancers. Thinking that masiciars must 30
strange folk TO board, | inquired as to them and
Was told that two who had been thoro wore
snake charmers, and that they had had nlch
little job Of work provided for them, having
been employed to draw the teeth OF tto COBRA;
and other 'piHing ssrpeEts' in the Zoologlca!
Gardens.
Aproros of tho 'Zoo," if proposed ID tako
unto mysof = msn Of color for Z waiter should
secure tho Zulu whom l found SPREADING and
cleaning the dining tsb;es. He is fine looking
iace, full! o; character, and With remarkably
high. vel! formed head. His color j; brown,
not black, but lis h5ir IS the real wool. TIE
laugh or that Zulu WAS something worth hoar-
ing, and he laughed otLon. Firstly, with d. light
81 seeing company; SO ondly, st being talked to
by gentlemen ana thirdly, he 1oarsd in ecstss;es
At our intellectual II ,rte to utter Zulu words and
ia1iiaIs the "clicks" ! lad never heard these
clicks bsIcre, and having head ths'n. can only
say tbs. before them The fourteen intonstion: OF
every word III Ctilrs, appear rs y conlcnpIlOlo
trn,.
Tho click is q sound occasionally resembling
the twans Of banjo string, we'll down in tho
throat, bit moro frequently tho nci!e uttered ~
encourage Horse and it is introduced IN
startling manner into tho middle OF the sodes.
and bGs. but words, whore 10 ono would
imsgi inc there WIS hole for il 10 hide. This
XIlu had holes in his oars--l moan artliclal
parioralons-t through which D G5ger might be
passed. Whether those had anything 10 do with
the clicks know not When he WAS young
his father had II ID from Ce.ewayo-pronounce
K'tch. (clck) .chowsyo-and tsEen refuge among
the English. ] he superintendent reported this
Il'u as clever ard handy. Ho had learned TO
read and write in q short time. On departing
VIC each gave the Xllu 8 sixpence With e vi.
Glen. effort he repressed his delight; but as we
reached tho door he burst into tremendous
peal Of lighter, and kicking up ore foot in the
air, exhibited his siIpences. one in each hand,
to tho Chinese cook, Rrinning ''cbldliko ~Id
bland" through the window in tho wall.-Log.
ion Letter.