Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-24
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rgrDAY EVENING, JULY "a.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL ~ IL " -.
ear the Middle Atlantic States occasional
local showers, fresh southeriy winds. and
n.,rIy stationary temperature. Continued
y,orm weather is indicated for to morrow.
TOOK LAuDANuM.-As has been hereto
fore stated in the GAZETTE. an alteration
n1.urrpd at the depot of the Virginia Mid
land Railwsv last Monday night. between
Wa.srs Robert Collngswor:h, yard master,
and Robert Meade, g former day Waterman,
Iuriuc which the former was shot ia the
left side by the latter, iphicting, however,
only flesh wound, and Meade was struck
~ he face with lantern in the hands Of
ColIinesworlh. Meade was very severely
ru, and bruised by the blowsso much so
that he was unable 10 appear al the tria OF
the case, which was TO have taken place
next morning before the Mayor, so the mat
ter was postponed till to-day. When Police
man Henry this morning summoned Mr..
Meade to apre:.r ut tho Mayors Office at
mon. when Tho trial was to he hc!d, the
i,,lrr directed him 10 summon Mrs. Ceilings
vnrih who il seems, WAS the innocent
c.u-a Of the t:lub.e between her husband
AID MaaGej 10 appear also as witness.
Officer Henry vent immediately to Mrs. Us
hnuse and notified her to hc present at the
hour aonciu,ea. She replied that she was
100 unwei 10 90 co. whereupon mo onlcer
left. A snort time after it was discovered
HAT Mrs {. WAS suffering from tne ellects
of an overdose OF laudanum. Medlcal alu
MAS immediately 2unmond and after con-
siderable ,iillicuiiy the USUAL effects OF an
oycr,lrse Of th" drug were aVcrted. WINE
it was ~ first thought that Mrs. Coi'hgs'
worth he'd attempted suicide, IL was sun
seunrntIY learned that she is SUBJECT 10 ner-
yoi! spc!& ana took the landanum as
-cdai'e.
IA later report, however, is that Mrs.
Coi!iny-wUrih attempted 10 swallow the en-
tire contents OF phial of laudanum, but
ri,at her husband, who was present, took
The same from her, not, however, until snc
had succeeded in swallowing 9 part OF the
potion folr doctors were summoned ana
III. usual "n'dote5 administered. she Is
now th@u:a! 10 nc out Of danger.
The SPECIAL COMMITTEE appointed by
ih, Civ tuLuc! 20 Investigate the ilie@a!
cypcudiiure %! money on tho streets, met
ppnin last night and bad before them sever
Al Witnesses.
Mr. Il. W. BalIcnger testified that 2!'S
feet Of old cnrLn. from the old court house
was purchased by him from the county AT
rhori;ies and sod to Mr.. Coleman at J1c
var fOot-tlc highest price for which the
ve"y best new cnrhing sells; that the name
oi Charles lavirs," which appears on near
~ all the pay rolls, was his BIS horse and
cart, and that his reason for having it soap
pear on the pay rolls was to keep 1t distinct
from hia other cart on the streets, sc as to
distinguish his drivers.
Mr.. John Brent was sworn and testified
that he worked only seven days on the
streets. for which he received only seven
dollars, but the pay rolls show that four
teen dollars had been paid out of the city
treasury On his account.
appeared during the evidence that cart
was purchased for the city at $50, bat that
no cart was turned over TO the new Super
iu;cnGcnt Of Police. Several of the witness
@. testified that the Superintendent was in
Inc habit of >ignlng tho names of his en-
lloyees Oh his pay roll.
Among the other witnesses examined
we're WIN. Brown, Pat. Doran and Frank
Haywood.
DEATHS Shakespeare, residing at
"a Thirteenth street, Washington, was
found dead in her room last night. She
was % years OF age, and the coroner gave
certificate Of death by apoplexy, IL is said
that ali the Shakespeares in this country
are OF the same family as tho Bard Of Avon.
4 family OF Shakespeares came from Eng
land TO this city just after the revolutionary
war, and afterwards removed to Washing
iGn.
DR.. Henry Zeller, who died at Williams
port. sid. on Wednesday, was born in 1910,
and graduated in 1887 at Jefferson Med2al
College, Philadelphia. He has since resided
ut WHliamsport, engaged in the practice OF
his ~ oiession. He was thrice married. His
first wife was Eleanor Anderson, daughter
,,t merchant of this city. In politics Dr..
Eeler was an old line Whig and afterwards
!. republican
RESOLUTION OF THANKS. AT meeting
Of the officers of the Third Regiment Nir-
gnia Volunteers, held at Camp Pickett"
July 18th, 1885. the following resolutions
we're unanimously adopted:
First That this regiment has received
a,5 ,,Iooopra tho hp.riI q l.