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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
Dancing to the GalloWs.

Charles w. Butler, one of the most noted
criminals in the State of Ohio, the sou Of
DR.. George Butler, a wealthy physician of
Columbus, Ohio, was executed yesterday at
Columbia City, lid, for the murder of
Abbie Butler, his young wife, at Pierceton,
Iud, on September 90, 1888. After his ar
rest for the murder Butler was incarcerated
in the Jail at Columbia City to await trial.
During his confinement in Jail he succeeded
in eilecting his escape, and for some days
was at liberty, but was subsequently recap
tured. His trial occupied nearly q month.
All that wealth and influence could do was
done to save him from the gallows, but
without avail. While the priest and sheriff
were with him in his cell Thursday night
Butler played several airs on his accordion,
and at 10 o'clock took an affectionate fare
well of his sisters. Just before tia II. .arcn TO
the scatfold he again t Tx up his accordion
oof''"'' TX with long farewell chord
and then began dancing, but was inter
rupted by the entrance Of the sheriff to
read the death warrant. At II o'clock the
prisoner was handcuffed, and accompanied
by the priest, sheriff and his deputies, pro-
ceeded to the scaffold Butler stopped near
the drop and made q rambling incoherent
speech of few minutes length, in which
he said that all who were connected with
his trial and execution would be sorry for it..
At the conclusion of his speech the priest,
prisoner and attendants knelt in prayer,
which being ended Butler walked to the
edge of the drop and kicked it viciously to
see if it was solid While the moose was
being adjusted and the black cap put over
his head he cried out in piteous terms,
''Please take this off, the rope is too tight !;
please loosen the rope it amt right" The
request was not needed. He was assisted
on to the drop, which fell at 1908. Butler
stood too near the hinges of the drop, and
his descent was slow, his feet scraping the
drop. The moose was, however, adjusted
properly, and in seven minutes he was pro
nounced dead by strangulation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

WRECK OF THE BRITISH GUNBoAT WASP.
When the British gunboat Wasp was lost,
with all save six on board, she was making
for Lough Foyle to lake the sheriff aud
bailifs to Iustrahull to evict the inhabitants.
The total rental of this speck in the ocean
is ELS. 1t is small island on the seaboard
of Donegal, and is well known as the scene
of the wreck of the Iris some few years
back, when the hardy islanders, at great
risk of life and limb, succeeded in rescuing
the passengers and crew Of the ill.fated
steamer. The extreme length of the islet
is three miles and the breadth one and a.
half miles. 1t is distant from the mainland
about nine miles, aud of all the desolate
specks Of laud it is the most upiuviting. Six
teen families with the lighthouse keeper
make up the entire population. There is
no arabic land, and the surface Of the ground
is formed of rocks. Some of the tenants
have never paid any rent, and others are
from ten to fifteen years in arrears. A pre-
carious livelihood is earned at fishing dur
ing the summer months; but, ewing to the
stormy aud dangerous nature Of the coast in
the winter, the islanders 60 to the mainland
until the spring, as there is no fuel to be
obtained on the islet. There is only one
landing place, and it requires skill aud care
to run into it in safety. So the attempt to
collect some 800 has cost the British navy
thousands of pounds and fifty-two lives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
4 Father and Two Sons Hanged.

A horrible crime he's been brought to
light at Troy, Ind, by the finding of the
headless body of woman in a cstern on
the farm of Peter Backe. The body was
nude The head was found in thicket 100
yards from the cistern. This was late on
Wednesday evening. The body, which was
that of portly woman weighing about 16O
pounds, and of about 40 years of age, was
yet warm when taken from the water
There was a deep cash below the shoulder
blade, as if made with an ak, and wound
on The forehead, evidently made with some
blunt instrument. The body was taken to
Troy, but was not identified until yesterday
when it was recognized as that of Mrs. Still.
well Hindershot, who resided on a farm
fourteen miles back of Troy. A neighbor of
Hindershot, while in Tell City, Thursday,
saw the murdered woman's husband. He
also noticed valise marked IT. II. Hinder
shot" While the steamer Droillard was at
Troy last night search warrant was pro.
cured, and the valise was opened and found
10 contain the clothing of the victim cover
ed with blood. Warrants were immedi-
ately issued for the arrest of Stillwell Hin
dershot, the woman's husband, and T. h.
and William Hindershot their sons. The
old man and his son William were ar
rested and taken to Troy last night
The elder SON refused to come and defed arrest.
An increased posse was sent after him, and he was
brought to Troy yesterday morning and placed
in Jail. lie acknowledges committing the crime
himself aud says his father and brother had moth
ing TO do with it. The old man s testimony seems
to throw the weight of the crime upon himself
and his eldest son. Mrs. Hindershot was muir
dcred because she refused to sign away the farm,
to which she had deed p fee simple, which the
father and son wanted to dispose of. Several hum
dred persons were present at the trial, and about
noon an effort was made to seize the criminals
and mete out summary vengeance upon them,
but the officers succeeded in saving them. The
result Of the preliminary trial was the release Of
William. The other brother and the father were
remanded to Jail. At 7 o'clock the mob at Troy
took the eldest son out Of Jail and hanged him to
a beam in barn where the crime was committed.
Ifc made confession that his father shot his
mother, and that he cut her head OF with an ax.
At 10 o'clock the mob passed through Tell City
On its way to Cannelton, three miles above, to
hang the father and the other son, who are in Jail
there. The mob is 200 strong.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
Why Mrs. Parneu Opposes Blaine.


Mrs. Parnel prevented the New York
State Woman's Suffrage Convention fr"'',
indorsing Blaine: y !. World cores
pondent afterwards asked her:
What decided you to support CIcve-
land ?n
Blaine" was the answer, sharp short
and laconic I'VE don't want corruption in
political Office" she continued, "and we do
want honest government. Those are part
of my reasons for supporting Cleveland.
Moreover, the democratic party has always
been the party which has been most friendly
to the Irish and which has done the most
for them. Blaine is foolng the Irish with
promises of interference or Of measures;
which they think will lead to trouble. That
is political clap-trap. He will do nothing.
Garfield, four years ago, had vast plans
which pleased the Irish and made very de-
cided promises of help. Blaine was his
first lieutenant. Looking hack, how could
he have done anything in those four years
even had he lived. Blaine will do no more !;
nor could he if be would. DO not think
the Irish vote for Blaine is going to be
large. The few 1rishmcn who are going TO
vote for him are republicans and have been
for long time. Many of them have had
Office from the Government. In my opinion
the Independent republican vote will mucn
more than couuteract it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
"REMINISCENCES OF THE ELDER BOOTH

"REMINISCENCES OF THE ELDER BooTH.--
The painful experience of John McCullough
in Chicago on Tuesday night, when he
broke down in the middle of his play, re-
calls au incident in the life of the elder
Booth, which some Of the old New Workers
may still remember. He was billed, as they
say in the profession, to appear as King
Henry VIII at the Old Bowery Theater on
a certain evening. A large and fashionable
audience assembled, and at the proper time
the curtain rose. As is well known, the ell
der Booth occasionally took q drop too
much, and it was at once seen from the
maudlin way in which he stumbled through
the first scene OH this occasion that he must
have been INDUCING somewhat copiously-
At last few Kisses from the gallery caught
his car. He suddenly stopped, and advanc-
ing to the footlights said, Ladies' aud gem
tIemen, you see that | am not in good
condition to play tonight. But if you will
only wait FIVE minutes while | go behind
the scenes to cool my head in pail of wa
ter, I'll come out and show you the -
King Henry you ever saw in your life
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
A CARD.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, October

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October H. 1884
We the officers Of the Third Baptist Church do
most respectfully ask to make for the satisfaction
of the citizens and vndicaton of our pastor, Rev.
W. F. Graham, q statement in reference to the
recent concocted slanderous charges against him.
He has given satisfaction to us and the church for
the language used on Tuesday. But those charges
made by one Alice Roy, according to her own evil
dence, are utterly false. 1t was in May last when
these sanderous reports were first put out Two Of
our deacons viz: g. G. Jackson and Geo. Lane
visited the family from whence the reports came
unknowingly to our pastor, and did ask Alice Roy
if she put out those reports and if so, were they
true. She declared that our pastor, Rev. w. F.
Graham, had never used any improper language
to her. and that he was not guilty of the charge
She made this statement in the presence of her
father and mother. Moreover. she did swear in
the presence of land to tbem) Mrs. Fanny Hunter
and Mrs Draden and others that the Rev. Ora.
ham was innocent. Since our pastor has been
here he has done great work for US, and we
know nothing of him but Christian gentleman
But we know that the enemy has held secret
meetings to bring about these charges in order
to hinder our progress. But if God be for us,
who can be against US? We dism ;ss forever these
Very respectfully
DEAcoNs c. c. Jackson, William Harris,
Henry Bailey, George Lac,
Anderson Vernon, Walter Barbour,
David Lucas, Joseph Bolts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

THE PRODUCE and Maritime lndepend-
emit Merchants Cleveland Club says in its
address Ito our fellow merchants OF the
United States -
1.-THE objects for which the republican
party was formed have been accomplished
the men who were the peoples trusted lead
ers in the times of trial are either dead or
the counsels of the living are no longer
Needed. The bad element has control, and
contrary to the advice oS wise and good
men q candidate has been nominated for
the Presidency whom reputable business
men would hesitate to trust"
Let the reputable republicans of Virginia,
who are not only ordered by the democrat
10 scalawag who by means of his negro CO.
horts made reputation possible in Virgin.
10 to support Blaine, but to vote an electo
raj ticket composed entirely of regulators
and almost entirely of men like himself
who never before voted republican ticket,
think of this before they cast their ballots
on the 4th proximo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The B. g. o. r. r. has withdrawn from
the trunk line pool.
At Tuesdays registration in New York
city 1855 votes were registered.
By forming coal club and pooling their
orders, the housekeepers of Philadelphia
are getting their winter supply of fuelat
greatly reduced prices.
A rumor is current at Ambukol that the
rebels Lave captured three Europeans, and
it is thought that the prisoners may be Col.
Stewart aud two companions, who were
thought to nave been killed.
A detective from Baltimore arrived in
Richmond yesterday with requisition from
the Governor of Maryland for Frank Scott,
the alleged swindler. Counsel for Scott
applied for writ of habeas corpus to
prevent the officers from taking Scott to
Baltimore.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany obtained from Judge Fisher III the
Circuit Court at Baltimore, yesterday, a
preliminary injunction to restrain the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and the Phila.
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company from carrying out its intention CT
shutting off the B. & o. from the use of its
lines for through passenger travel until Fri
day, the 18th, when the case will come up
for argument.
A fire yesterday morning at Mount Jack
son, Shenandoah county, destroyed prop.
erty to the value of $4,000, upon which
there Is an Insurance of about S25, 900. The
following are the losses: j. w. Miller'S
dry goods store, $4,000; ]. p. Iona's agr-
cultural warehouse, SO, 600; Towns drug
store. $500; the Lutheran Church, S4,S0O
Mr. Hites' dwelling, J. T. Kline's dwelling
and jewelry store, and Mrs. Jones. MILL.
merry store were also destroyed. The fire
started in Miller's Store, hut its cause is I'M
known.
George Pryor negro from Virginia, was
refused admiltance as regular student to
the Law School Of the National University
in Washington last night. At the begin.
ming of The last school year Pryor passed an
examination for the junior year, but was not
allowed to lnatrculate. He accepted, how
ever, proposition to take private lessons
from one of the professors. At the begin
sing of the present school year be prepared
TO enter the senior class, but natricnalion
was again refused, and he declined n propo-
sition to continue private lessons. He went
| to the Columbia Law School and was ad.
mtted as senior student.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

Many plucky engineers have crawled
down on the cow catchers of their locomo-
tives, as the machine was rushing along at
the rate of twenty miles an hour, and
snatched child or baby from certain de-
structon beneath the ponderous wheels of
the iron horse, but none has set the ex-
perience Of Christoval Mendozs, an engineer
on the Mexican railroad. The other day,
as the train was nearing Jalapa, he dis
covered an old beggar, l0l years old, on
the track. The old fellow, being deaf and
imbecie, paid no attention to the shrek of
the whistles, so Christoval climbed down
on the cowcatcher, and snatched the old
fellow, almost mummifed with fright, up
into safe berth beside him just as the
monster was about to grind him into
thousand fragments.-Johiston Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER certainly
possesses in q remarkable degree the valu-
able faculty Of expressing his thoughts in
opposite terms. He has not only under
standing, but the 'power Of words" In his
response to Mr.. Alger's letter denying the
correctness of his report OF what Mr.. Joy
said respecting Blaine's offer to pack COM
mittee for s25, 900, he says:
IF Mr.. Joy has seen my statement, and de-.
MED it, or, if when he lands in New York, be
shall declare that 10 such conversation was
had in my presence, then have only to say
that whereas did not imagine that there
could be more than one continental liar,
am compelled to think that there are two"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

BETTING.-Be on the result of the
Presidential election and on the approach
ing contest in Ohio continues to be active on
the various business exchanges in New
York. Several wagers were reported on
the Stock Exchange yesterday. One was
81 900 even that Cleveland will carry the
country another was 81 900 to $500 that
Cleveland will sweep New York State, and
a third was $500 to $500 that Cleveland car
rirs New York State by 10000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

WHEN MR. BLAINE built his palace in
Washington bill was handed him BY the
contractor for some extra skilled labor.
Mr.. Blaine, 10 letter refusing to pay the
bill, said 1.-TWO dollars day is enough for
any mechanic, and no laborer should be
paid more than one dollar day." And
yet there are some, but fortunately not ma
~, white N, chanics and laborers who are
silly enough to say they will vote for Mr..
Blaine because he is the working mans
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
ME-. BEECHER says !:

II intend to make short speech in
Brooklyn soon in connection with the cam
paign, and shall tell the democrats that if
they don't win this election / shall be con-
WINGED they are not intended to govern this
country"
Most people will agree with Mr.. Beecher:
for If, with all the irrefragable evidence Of
Mr.. Blaine's perjury and dishonesty before
them, the American people choose him for
their President, twill seem almost useless
for any except 3 party more corrupt than
the republican to attempt to gain possession
of the Government, aud that would be i'm.
possibla.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
4 DISPATCH from Columbus, Ohio, to the

DISPATCH from Columbus, Ohio, to the
Washington Star, says: ;,
"In an upper front room seated at small
table piled high with volumes OF ohlo
no);tical statistics, campaign documents,
latter; and kilograms, Commissioner OF
Pensions Dudley was found. Halt dozen
men were gathered ABOUT him, and opposite
him A. the table, sat clerk writing away
for dear life. One by one the men about
him got Col. Dudley's ear. He listened 10
them with keen attention, put sharp queS-
lions hitting at the kernel OF their business
gave Quick. decisive answers. aud rapidly
but quietly their cases were disposed oi aEu
of they went"
And vet this identical Mr.. Dudley, who
has been thus engaged for month past
and who, after Tuesday next, will remove
to Indianapolis and prosecute the same sof'
of work there, is the Com missioner OF rem
sions for the United States, aud is IN re-
ceipt of The salary of hat office, 10 pay
which the people of the whole country are
taxed. Aud, another thing: Mr.. Dudley IS
allowed TO do this not only with IMMUNITY,
but BY and with the knowledge and consent
of President Arthur, if nota his lnstiga'ion,
as Is probable, for he had an interview Wild
him in New York btfore he went TO Ohio.
Why, of course, the President is civil SER
vice reformer, and would scorn, according
TO certain 80 called democratic newspapers,
the idea that he would prostitute bis high
Office to partisan purposes. The whole
course of Mr.. Arthur, since he drew the
Presidency as the prize in the lottery Of
assassination demonstrates, to those familiar
with it, the fact, that while mentally the
inferior of all his predecessors, he excels
any of them in corruption and unscrupu
lousuess, and this, too, even when General
Grant is remembered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mrs. WTNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for chill
dren teething. is the prescription of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years with
never failing success by millions of mothers for
their children. During the process of teething
its value is incalculable. It relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhcea, gripping
in the bowels, and wind-colic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 20 ceng
bottle. mYo-1yrmiN eo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

In THE last campaign Mr.. Elkins sub
scribed $500 to the Virginia fund to defeat
Malone. But Malone is now working
hard to elect Dir. EIkins's candidate for the
Presidency. The Generals milk must te
from one particular cow, but this campaign
shows that he rather likes crow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

The tobacco factory of Watson McGll, one of
the largest in Petersburg, Va, has temporarily
suspended operations. This factory gives employ
lncnt to over 300 colored employees. The sus-
rcusion is due the scarcity of tobacco for manu-
featuring purposes, which retards work more or
less in other factories in that place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

THE TRADES and labor unions in session
at Chicago cali upon all wage workers to
vote for candidates who have proved them
selves friends of labor. If this call be obey
ed, all wage workers will vote for Cleve'
land, for Blaine says two dollars day is
enough for any mechanic, and one dollar
day for any laborer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

AN HEIREss ON THE RAMPAGE Miss
Mary Hoyt, daughter of the late Jesse
Hoyt, millionaire, who has figured promi-
nentIy of late in the Surrogate Court of
New York in the contest over her fathers
will, was taken into one Of the police courts
of that city Thursday, charged with being
"iutoxicaled,n "disorderly," sc. According
to the averments of the police, she entere
the New Haven Railroad waiting depot
Wednesday afternoon, with parasol in
one hand and a saLchel in the other. C:m:;;ahr
Hagen WIS on duty thar= 81 Nc time, and
she straightway began to abuse him for
not having at some time or other arrested
servant of hers, when she requested him to
do so. He tried to put her of, but she
brought the argument to a conclusion ny
striking him over the head with her para.
sol. Next she went 10 the nineteenth pre-
cinct station and demanded that message
should be sent for her over the police
wires, but being informed that these were
not for private use she became abusive
and was elected. She then proceeded to the
rooms Of the Young Mems Christian Association
aud acted in like unseemly manner returning
again to the police station, aud flung her watch
and pockot-book at the scrgeant's head, at the
same time abusing him with phenomenal volu-
bility. Thereupon she was placed under arrest
but as soon al she disclosed her name word was
sent to her physician, DR.. Tauzky, who went
bail for her appearance and escorted her to her
home, in Lexington avsnuo. On being arraigned
before the police justice she declared that she was
Lot intoxicated but had tainted in the street and
was suffering from the effects of drugs, whilo the
doctor also explained that she was suffering from
heart disease and hysterical. lie said she
had been in an asylum in July and August, 1892.
was drunk and disordery," whercupon she was
fined SIC and permitted to return to her home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11
LIST OE LETTERS.

The following is list of the letters remaining in
the Alexandria, Virginia, postotficc Get. II.
Persons calling for letters will say they adver
tised and give the date of the list.
IF not called for within thirty days they will be
sent to the dead letter Office in Washington
Butler, Mrs Annie Rand,
Burke, Mrs Salle Scott, Charles
Carr 40 Shinn, John
Dader, Polly Smith, Mrs Mary
Fitzgerald, Mrs smith, ) M
Golden, r Thomas, VIM
Gore Michael Taylor, Jos
Petty ] & Heferman Taylor, Eliza
James; JP Winters, Miss Marnmi,
Mills, Miss Mary Warner. Edward
Miner, Miss Susan
1t D. A. WINDSOR, Postmaster.
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friend and supports tariff that enhances
the price of labor.

THE New. York Tribune is on record as
saying that Blaine received lone million SIX
hundred thousand dollars for his influence"
as Sneaker Of the House. And with this
fact staring it in the face, the Tribune IS now
advising the voters of the country to elect
Mr.. Blaine President. No wonder the lTl-
bvue has lost all The influence it once pos
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

tiers here to-day from the '1st Congressional
district of Iowa and the 26!h Of Pennsylva-
MIA state that those DISTRICTS heretofore re.
publican, will &c democratic next Novem-
Der without doubt.
Judge Charles E. Stuart of Alexandria,
has been invited to address the Virginia
Democratic Association Of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-11

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protective a e a j Il s t
chiIls and fever and
other diseases of a ma
larial type exists as
Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t relieves
constipation, liver dis
orders, rheumatism,
kidney and bladder
ailments with certain
ty and promptitude.
A change, as crafty
ing as it is' complete,
soon takes place in the
appearance, as we'll as
the sensation, Of the
wan and haggard in
valid who uses this