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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Mrs. Neyille,s Horsewhip.

Mrs. Florence Neville, who is twenty
five years old and good looking, was
prisoner at the Yorkville police court
Tuesday afternoon. Shortly before she
had horsewhipped Samuel Farrer, the
colored janitor of the house, because,
she said, he had slandered her, and
thereby caused her husband to desert
her. Fsrrer is short, thick-set, coal
black negro. His face and head bore
marks Of the lashings he received.
Mrs. Neville showed disposition to
attack him again in court. She is of
slight build, has auburn hair and hazel
eyes. She said that she and her hus-
band moved into the house about six
weeks ago. Much to her astonishment
she received five days notice TO move
out on Sept. l. She sent her husband
to ask the janitor the cause of the no.
tice. Farrer told him that his wife had
been receiving visits from men in his
absence. Thereupon her husband aban-
doned her. She assured Justice Burke
that she was respectable woman, and
had always led respectable life, and
that the janitor's stories were false.
Afterward she was told by other ten
ants that the janitor had circulated the
same stories about her. Mrs. Neville
determined to horsewhip him. Tues
day she met him in front of the house
She asked him what he meant by telling
her husband false story.
ct onl- told what Iroc trI,a - Earrar
replied.
Before he had time to escape she
drew small horsewhip from under her
Jacket and dashed him on the head and
face with it. She landed three or four
blows before he dashed away. He ran
to the SiXty-eight street police station,
where he told the story of the horse
whipping and demanded the arrest Of
Mrs. Neville. Policeman Jose was
sent to the house, where he found Mrs.
Neville and placed her under arrest.
She had the whip, which was broken,
in her possession, and she was allowed
to carry it. On reaching the station
house she saw the janitor, and struck
him another blow with the whip. She
was then disarmed, and on Farrer's
complaint was sent to court.
Farrer kept respectful distance from
her as he told his version of the story
to Justice Burke. He said he had in
structions from Mrs. Cunning, the land
lady, to observe the tenants When the
NeYilles came into the house he
watched them.
Although closely questioned by JUS
tice Burke be was unable to prove any,
thing against the woman's reputation.
Justice Burke gave him a lecture and
told him the thrashing SER ed him
right. Then he dismissed the COM
plant against Mrs. Nelville.-M. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Fauquicr Notes.

Mrs. Sallie King died at her home
near Remington on the 9TH.
Mr.. Geo. Pitcher, of Midland. bo,
gone to North Carolina to teach
The recent rains will be of great ser.
vice to farmers in making a GOOD
growth Of fail grass.
Daniel Huntington died at his home
near New Baltimore on Sept. 9th. 1893
aged 76 years. He served through the
war and belonged to the Eth Virginia
regiment. He was good soldier. kind
neighbor and loving husband He was
buried on the llth in Warrenton GENE.
terry, Father Boiler olliciating.-Uarrea.
ton Dirqinian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Capt. VIM. N. Hudgins will take
command of the Virginia oyster navy
Saturday next.
The Rappahannock river is much
swollen from the heavy rains OF yester-
cay and last night.
The cornerstone of new Methodist
Episcopal Church South at Charles
town, w. Va, was laid yesterday with
Masonic ceremonies.
Mr.. Charles H. Smalling, of New
York. and Miss Mary F. Jeffries, daugh-
ter of the late VIM. ]. Jetfries, of Fred
ericksburg, were married in the latter
city Tuesday night at the hanover
street Methodist Church.
Mrs. Mary E. Bridwell, of Stafford
county, has purchased Of Mr.. u. W.
Elms the Birch place, on Cedar Lake
avenue, containing Is acres OF land on
the suburbs of Fredericksburg Tor
$4,000. Mrs. Bridwell will make it her
home.
Mr.. Rush NJ. Derr, at one time su-
perintendent of public printing in Vir-
ginia, died suddenly in Lynchburg yes.
terday evening from an overdose OF
morphine, taken to relieve neuralgia.
He had been suffering intensely from
intestinal neuralgia for week or ten
days and had frequently taken large
doses of morphine.
In according with an opinion given
by Acknowledgement r. TAYLOR Scott
Governor Mckinney will not, he says,
issue a writ for the holding of an cleo
ton in the seventh congressional dis
trict until a vacancy has actually &C.
Cured. The effect of this declaration
is that a writ will not be issued until
Col. O'Ferrall's resignation.
Captain Adolphus NJ. Pierce, of Bait
imore, died suddenly Tuesday night OF
vertigo. Captain Pierce was sixty-two
years of age and was born in Fauquier
county, but grew up to manhood in
Winchester. When the civil war broke
out he joined the Confederate army and
was in command of a company of the
Eleventh Virginia Cavalry. About
fourteen years ago Captain Pierce re-
moved to Baltimore. He leaves a
widow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Fire in Washington.

Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday
evening the wooden cupola on top OF
the Corcoran Building, in Washington,
in which are located the offices of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
took fire. destroying all the company's
wires at that point. 1t is supposed the
fire was caused by crossing with an
electric light wire. Owing to the size
of the building, when the fire first
started an extensive confagration was
feared. Thousands of people collected
in the streets and watched the wires
fall from the building to the pavement
below. The fire department, however,
had no trouble in subduing the flames,
and the damage to the building can be
repaired for few hundred dollars.
The destruction of the wires hamper
ed business exceedingly last night.
The Postal Company had more work
than it could do. All the Press Asso-
citation wires were included in the gen.
eral destruction, and the greatest diff
Guilty was experienced in sending off
reports. The United Press sent their
matter for the North and West by
train to Baltimore, while the southern
matter was sent to this city.
As the men were repairing the tangled mass
of wires later in the night Joseph Ebert,
lineman received shock of electricity while
working at the top of telegraph pole. The
man gave scream of agony, and soon
blush smoke was seen to arise from his body.
His brother, Edward Ebert, and Philip Defer,
Postal Telegraph lineman, went to his assist
ance. Ebert also received shock from
wire crossed with an electric light wire, and
nearly fell from the pole.
The two men finally reached Joseph Ebert
and rescued him from his perilous position in
a net work of wires when he had nearly lost
consciousness. hook-and-ladder company
came up Just then, but the ladder would not
reach the cross trees and it was finally neces
sary to run rope up the pole.
By this means Ebert was soon lowered to
the ground in an unconscious condition. Both
Joseph and Edward Ebert were taken to the
Emergency Hospital, where it was found the
former was badly burned about the legs and
the latter wss suffering from shock. They
will recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
TO-DAY,S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The Navahoe Awarded the Race.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE regatta COM
mittee has decided that the American
yacht Navahoe won the race for the
Brenton Reef cup sailed yesterday.
Mr.. Carroll, in behalf of the Navahor,
claimed that his yacht won the race
for the Brenton's Reef cup sailed in
the English Channel yesterday. The
committee finally definitely set
tied which boat should take the cup.
The captain of the Navahoe says that
the American yacht-notwithstanding
the fact that the Britannia crossed the
starting line before the signal was
given-was only half a length astern at
the finish. He claims that the Nava-
hoe won the race by minute on time
allowance.
The race for the Cape May cup will
take place tomorrow. Both the Nava-
hoe and Britannia are now preparing
for their next contest. The course will
be the same as that sailed over yester-
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
AHorrible Double Murder,

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. IA
horrible murder occurred on the Van
Horn ranch, near Del Rio, last We'd
nesday. A band of twelve Mexican
outlaws visited the ranch on which
lived an American and his son. Hav-
ing oyerpowered the man and plumber
cred the house and failing to find any
money, they bound the ranchman and
threatened to take his life if he did not
tell them where he had his money con-
csaled. He told them he had none
Then they cut off one of his arms
above the elbow with Ratchet. They
commanded him again to reveal the
whereabouts of his hidden wealth, but
he could not convince them that he
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Charles Nelson has been appointed
assistant general superintendent of the
railway mail service.
There were sixteen deaths from chol-
era yesterday in ST. Petersburg and the
epidemic was reported to be increasing /.
Representative Oates has introduced
bill in the House to annex the Terri
tory of Utah to the State of Nevada.
An Italian was found walking about
in Buffalo, n. Y, yesterday with his
throat cut. He died soon after, with
out telling how ne came by the wounds
1t is estimated by the Canadian au-
thorities that at least 100000 pounds of
opium refined in British Columbia is
annually struggled across the border
into the United States.
Sanitary Inspector John Guiteras, at
Brunswick. Ca, reports another case
of yellow fever. A German shoemak-
er was taken sick last Friday and died
yesterday, The post mortem revealed
the disease.
1t is said that the President desires the
passage of the Chinese bill introduced
in the House by Representative Ever
EFT, but it is said the bill will encount-
er the solid opposition of the Pacific
coast members.
No conclusion was reached in the III.
S. Senate yesterday evening concern
ing the debate for vote to be taken on
the silver bill. Mr.. Shoup spoke
against the silver repeal bill, and MIR.
Dolph spoke against the free coinage OF
silver.
The national Liberal Federation OF
Ireland, in its manifesto to the English
people, opens war on the House OF
Lords, declaring that Lord Salisbury
and his colleagues have overriden the
verdict pronounced at the polls, and
placed their authority above the wish
es Of two millions of electors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
IOudoun SoreS

In the county court the trial of star
ling Lawson for being accessory to tba
burning of E. c. Compher's barn w ,ao
gone into and consumed nearly all IS
Monday and all of Tuesday-resuItinn
in verdict of acquittal.
The Bird U. S. Artillery, WASHINGTON
Barracks, which We're for several davs
encamped in Aide left at an early hon.
on Thursday last having received
marching orders day sooner than eT.
pected. A shell thrown BY the artiI
lery one day last week from bilI a
mile or so southwest of this place miss
ed the target, which was about 226o
yards distant, and crossing the NOM.
tain to some distance beyond, fell with.
in 26 steps of Mr.. Joel Carruthers, who
was ploughing near his residence. For.
tunately the shell did not explode and
Mr.. Carruthers thinking retreat the
better part of valor, unhitched his
horses and sought refuge in the house
-MTrGr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Lightning in His Whiskers.

Martin Dunbar, the school janitor,
who resides on Town Hill, in the sub
urbs of New London, has long been
proud of his whiskers, which are beau
tiful, dark, glossy and luxuriant, and
since the cracking thunder storm the
other night he is prouder than ever of
them.
A corkiug big thunderbolt went
through Martins whiskers. In New
London it's nothing for gale to ram
BILE through mans beard, sometimes
at the rate of sixty knots an hour, but
to have thunderbolt tangled up with
it-that is quite another thing.
Martin V. Dunbar was in bed at the
time. In the midst of the elemental
uproar there was a binding flash that
lit up the Old harbor town with sick
ly violet radiance, and then Earring
peal of thunder that shook the iounda-
tons of Town Hill. This bolt, which
was after Martin, hit lofty telegraph
pole first, knocked oti'its top, glanced
to the Dunbar chimney top, tore LOT
of shingles and boards off the house
roof, and then, having got its
bead on the luckless janitor, cram
med itself down his chimney.
1t found Martin asleep in his best
chamber, and getting out of the Chin
ney by smashing one side of it, it d.
rectly and in business-like way went
through the old mans whiskers. 1t
ploughed ragged round furrow
through them, and then went oil, max
ing fissure in the house walls in its
successful retreat.
Incidentally, it set fire to the rest Of
his beard and whiskers, to the pillow
on which his head rested, and to the
bed sheets, so that when Mrs. Dunbar,
who was startled by the racket in the
house, ran into his chamber, threw
open the door of his room: she beheld
Martin in an aureole Of blue and red
fire, like a picture Of an old-fashioned
saint defying BeelZebub. Mrs. Dunbar
is woman of presence of mind, and
heroic mould, and she dashed water on
her flaming spouse, and saved most of
the bed and the remains of the best
part of his auburn whiskers on the of
side. Martin was badly minced up,
nevertheless, and it was not until six
or seven hours later that he recovered
from a singular sort Of stupor into
which the electric bolt had plunged
him. His right cheek is scared with
yellow and black and blue tracks, where
the lightning blazed its way through
his thick crop of beard, and his side and
legs are still spotted with irregular
thunderbolt prints. But the doctor
who attended him said that he was not
permanently damaged.-N. y. ,Sua
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
The Conference ofarchbishops.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE secret con-
ference of the Catholic archbishops OF
the United States was continued yes
terday afternoon at Archbishop Fee
hans residence. The question ofpro-
viding home for ALLOCATE Satolli came
up and it was definitely fixed that &C.
ton should be taken Immediately to-
ward securing site in Washington for
his residence. A committee was APP
pointed to take charge of the matter.
Upon the question of widening the
scope of the Catholic University at
Washington, the archbishops were
unanimous in favoring scheme to es-
tablish faculties of science, arts and
medicine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14

He WILL DENY THE CHARGE.-Con-
gresham Breckenridge will return to
Kentucky in the next ten days and stand
for reelection. He will take the
stump next summer, making the fight
on Miss Pollard's charges and will de-
ny absolutely that he is the father of
her children. He will try to prove
that he never introduced Miss Pollard
to Mrs. Luke P. Blackburn as his fu-
ture wife, and that the latter never SO
stated to General Duke or anybody
else. Miss Pollard meanwhile is calm
ly awaiting the trial. She says she has
many witnesses, high in social world
in Washington, ready to testify that
Mr.. Breckenridge not only publicly
stated that she was to be his wife, but
introduced her to them as his bride.
The only compromise she would make
is that Mr.. Breckenridge shall sign her
complaint thus: ~ acknowledge the
truth of these charges" She receives
daily letters from all parts of the coun-
try expressing sympathy and rendering
assistance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Rules for Using Books.

Never hold book near the fire.
Never drop book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumb.
Never lean or rest upon an open book.
Never turn down the corners of leaves
Never touch book with damp or soi!ed
hands.
Always keep your place with thin book
mark.
Always turn leaves from the top with the
middle or fore-iiDgcr.
Always open large book from the middle
and never from the ends or cover.
Never open book farther than to bFhs
both sides of the cover on the same plane
Never cut the leaves Of book or magazine
with sharp knife, as the edge is sure to run
into the print nor with the finger but VIII
q paper cutter or ordinary tabeknife
Never hold small book with the thumb
pressed into the binding at the lower BACK,
but hold it with the thumb aad little hnset
upon the leaves and three fingers upon IH'
back.-Er.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Hire in pittSilurT.

PIrTsBURG, Pa, Sept, 1.-THE
wholesale grocery store of J. c. Hill &
Co. on Water street, was completely
destroyed by fire at o'clock this
morning. The storage warehouse of
Hostetter & Co. in the adjoining build
ing was damaged. J. c. Hill & Co. loss
$4,000; D. H. Hostetter, owner of the
burned building, loss $4,000; Hostel
ter & Co. loss $1,000. The total losses
are estimated at $50, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
THURSDAY EVENING. SEPT. ia, 1898

A You've actress in New York last
Tuesday was late in coming to the
breakfast table of her boarding house,
and being impudently informed by the
negro woman who waited on the table
that she could get nothing to eat, told
her that she ought to be down South,
in slavery, where she would have to
behave herself or be whipped. AT this
the negress locked the door and then
assaulted and heather terribly, and was
only stopped when the other boarders'
startled by her cries, broke open the
door and rescued her. AT the police
examination that followed, the victim
acknowledged that she had said to her
assailant just what has been reported.
To this the Justice replied: "Iou do not
think as President Lincoln did, then ~
TO this the actress responded: Il used
TO but of late. since | have had to come
in contact with colored persons, l have
changed my mind" That remark
tells the whole story, and the moral Is
so plain that it goes without saying.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
are not good political leaders.

TIE NEW YORK Press says; "Patri-
otism, not greed, was the force that re-
cruited the armies of the nation" If
that be So, why were billions paid for
substitutes, bounty and pensions, why
were so many of the soldiers of foreign
birth, and why did so many of them
return TO their foreign homes after the
war? 1t is all over now and gone, but,
in view ofthe immense pension list,
which now, nearly twenty-nine years
after the close of the war, contains ri
most double the number of names that
were borne on the entire roll of the
Confederate army, the less said about
the patriotism" of the federal army
the better.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14

HERMIT CRABs.-The hermit crab
has suffered injustice from the report
that he is accustomed to devour mol
lusks for the purpose oftaking forcibe
possession of their shells, when the fact
is he never adopts such a method Of
proceeding, if for no other reason be.
cause there are always plenty Of vacant
shells to supply him and his kind with
q domicile.
1t must not be supposed that the
hermit resides in one establishment all
his life. He grows like any other crus-
tacean, and just like other crabs cast
their coats and adopt fresh ones, so
does he vacate the quarters that he
finds too small for his comfortable ac.
commodations, moving at proper in.
tervals into more commodious rooms.
Thus the hermit crab may occupy as
his tenement, from his birth to old age
Il dozen or more empty shells of in.
creasing sizes. Necessarily he may not
always find one that suits him properly
when he desires to move, but like peo-
pie, but he must take the best he can
find; and this will account for the fact
that you often discover such crus-
tacean dragging about an establish
ment toe big for i'm, or, what is worse,
with an insufficient roof over his tail.
1t is his tail that the hermit crab is
anxious to protect. 1t contains his alb
dominal parts, and is so soft that any
fish is likely to bite it oil, regard
ing it as an exceptional It'd
bit. Therefore he slows away this un-
defended extremity in any suitable shell
that he can find. Without such defense
for his exposed part life is burden to
him.
1t is great fun to extract three or more
hermit crabs from their shells, set them
naked in q bowl of water, with one
shell in it, and watch them manmuver
for it. They will fight ferociously if it
comes to the point, but, preliminary,
they will resort TO all sorts of wiles to
first secure the shield that renders the
successful one giant among pigmies.
It is as If as many unarmed men were
for loaded revolver. The
vulnerable tail of the hermit crab is
like the heel of Achilles, only more so.
Days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14

THE n. Y. Times, one of the chiefs
among the mugwumps and anti-snap-
pers, "can see no good reason for press
ing the repeal of the federal election
law" and says "the principle of that
law is sound and useful" Why GER
tainly! And yet the very first decla-
ration of the platform upon which the
present democratic President and dem
ocratic Congress were elected, is in favor
of the abolition entire law referred to.
The South can get along much better
without the repeal Of the silver pur-
chasing act, than she can without the
repeal OF that constant menace to her
peace and order, the federal election
law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-14
Foreign News.

PRAGUE, Sept. 14.-1n accordance
with the imperial decree issued yester-
day suspending articles of the consti-
tutional law, having reference to pub
lie assemblies, five Czech journals, the
utterances of which were offensive to
the government, have been suspended.
To prevent further adverse comments
the government has ordered that all
articles intended for publication in
Czech papers must be submitted to the
police for approval or rejection three
hours before the papers 60 to press.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-There was a
death from cholera to-day at Ashton
under-Lyne, manufacturing town g.
miles from Manchester.
PARIS, Sept. 14.-Benoit Malon, the
well-known socialist author, is dead,
aged so years. His death was caused
by laryngical phythis.
BERNE, Sept. Nm. L. Ruchonnet,
minister of justice aad police, died this
morning after long illness.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE miners OF
Yorkshire and Lancashire have voted
unanimously against accepting re-
duction of wages and submitting the
dispute with their employers TO arbi-
tration.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-At the regular
weekly meeting to-day of the directors
of the Bank of England the bank rate
of discount was reduced from five to
four per cent.
LONDON, Sept. IA special dis
patch from Calcutta says that the ac-
ton of the Earl of Kimberley, Secre-
tary of State for India, in declining to
sell India council drafts yesterday un-
der 154d per rupee, had most steady
ing effect upon exchange. The dis
patch adds that the continued impor-
tation Of silver attracts attention, and
that il seems ridiculous that the gov
eminent should continue the coinage
of silver taken over from the banks,
thus adding to the redundancy of sill
yer money. The opinion grows that it
would be better to sell the silver yet
uncoined and thereby meet the exist
ing demand for the metal for jewelry
manufacturing purposes than to allow
further silver imports.
LONDON Sep. 14.-Advices received
here show that Admiral Mello, COM
manding the rebel Brazilian fleet, car
ried out his threat to lombard the forts
guarding the bay Of Rio de Janeirc.
The rebel warships and four cruisers
took up positions before the forts short.
ly before o'clock yesterday morning
and began firing. The shots were AT
swcred from the fort at which it was
directed, and the firing became general
From all advices at hand, however, it
appears that little damage was done
either to the forts or to the warshtps.
At about p m. the rebel fleet with
drew. There was few casualties
among the government troops. The
loss to the rebels or the damage to the
ships is unknown. Aside from the
bombardment the situation at Rio ia
metro remains unchanged.