Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-31
HE Mystery OF u We'll.

Dnlog the late wsr quito uuubcr CT men
wero engaged in horse tracing in western North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee. "a enc coca,
s'cp, 10 western to%u Of Nlr,h Carolina, orc
OF these horse traders rode up 10 The visso inn
with drove Ct horses rom cas-: Tennessee,
lie arrived about dnk and stopped tver Tor the
night. As 10 tismcuotcd he sent 10. sscrgcr
acrtsj the street 10 certain lawje CT, rtquestips
linn to call over ct tho inn, tina! hs wished &c
SEQ him. Tho lawyer wss stauding Oh The stops
oil his cftc), 25t Ia the get OF starting hcme.
lie bad noticed the mao aght in the twilight
OFT &c urucd q message TO tho Grover that es il
was late he would call cs,ly ia the morning.
which he cid sud irq1ired IF The ian keeper fer
tho drcver that wished to SEQ him. The inn
keeper answered: why. cir. no is fifteen uiles
from hero By this time" nothing moro was
thou&hs CT tho ma!lor for Dop,hs. Alter the
surrender sono other parties hAv;ug an iutcrept
10 Ito 100 property, put seine clrpcuols ct
work to rcshiuclo Tho rooI BAwccn tho cell
ipE and tho Tool the wcrkmcn found c)st, O
pair OF parts ard a pair Of gloves. No tbs
slGhtes: reformation ctu'd be ottsiucG as to
now The cioihlGg 70; there. \ rIcsa txamiaa-
ton exposed spots whion rc;cmbIcd blood.
Physicians wcro c,lied III au lrJnourccd tho
spo:S blood In the slecpifg room uBdcr Tho
cclItog bullet hold was discovered lust en- n
lloo with tho porch window. The mystery
th!ckcned and rsmaiBrd go Tor months Tho
ION kceEcr owned daring tic wsr an old negro
mRu. cod a!.tr many months 10 ard til lo1ECr
oWGeT had lailloE Gu. The old negro re-
marked orc day in cJmpsly Nth aDothcr freed
man that 1t his OLD master did Jot mind he
would tell about him putting that horse dro
yer 10 tho well" The neiehbors remembered
that tho we'll was Gil d up during The war, and
They could not account fer it, al it, vas good
water aLd tho only well 90 the lot. The lawyer
alluded to shove Was the solicitor of the county.
Hemen boring how III ldenIy tho dror,r had left
tho village, alter ecGdiug. Ter him. and llkioc
this 10 c)nueotiou with tic cIolhiog sad bulct
hols 10 the bad roou, ard the old ucgru's de-
claraIion. hu fell it Lis duly 10 bring lie c,.o
before tho grand Jury In the interval tho cd
negro Grd li1 tjru,r master became the b;st Of
tnerds. Tho Icero went bGck % bis IT'S. de-
Clora'loo and the solicitor no. being able 10 70.
talo other ttstmouy The grand iary failed to
Lad bill; consequently lha vel has cover b,cn
opercl Ghd this man likely goes uaWhirp,d CT
justice. Tho Grovcr5 friends perhaps 10 this
daV CO not Know what BIC una OF hiul.-Chdr
(otte ~. Gu Observer.
A MIRACLE IN MAINE-A youn, dlushtcr
CT MIR. John Robinson, tt Cali.s has been Der.
fec:!y cured Of that terrible fl ciou, s.. Vius'
dat c.. aiooo tto NV Iear, by means that hayo
excited much interest rmo0g those acquainted
Elth Tho facts Mr. Robinson thus relates ths
p'rticas:s Of tic strange c,sc My little
girl, oaly SVEN years ol3, suffered every hour,
night aDd day, with tho disease, go that she
had to be watched constantly 10 rrevcpt her
falling ca the s;oVa AID dishes. The physicians
who sttcnded her said that she must b. eort to
tho hosi l!al ct Augusta. | related tho case TO
an old man whom | happened to meet, and
told him how bad felt at scpGiup her agav
lie said that sho Guild bo entirely cured in
zine days aud that | was lucky man in bsv-
Ing the mcabs CT cure at py eva home, lilo
told lno 10 ssna my donkey with bis head 10
the south; then to take tie child aud cit her on
its back with her fsc, 10 tito cast, and then To
pss5 her over the dotkey's back towards tho
west. ssyIrg: In the name of tho Father, Son
and Holy Chest Following his instructions,
old thia Tor nlno mornings tcsors breakfast
% tho third morning the child began TO i'm
rroVc and tho donkey began to take the disease,
From that time to the end OF the zinc days the
child grew rapidly better aud tho donkey grew
worse 10 proportion, until it ciad Oh Monday.
the 10th, after irightful suffering from tho dis
esse. The child is now perfectly res .orod, hay.
Ing no trace of its trouble These are the fees.
apd ell Tho nti2bbors ore Witnesses" Itiscer.
talnIy strange caso, End that it should COZ.
tl6ue to exotic much c,mmcnti is Got surprisirr,
Me-. Times.