Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
NEWS OF TIE DAY..
70 shop The yery age and body Of the I'"'e"'

Senorita, of Baltimore, was lying at ST. ihom'
as, The chief mate, Mr.. l.. Fitchan, tell INTO
the hold. In his descent he dis:odgeda heavy
box OF RANT. which falling alter him struck
him % The head, crushing IN his skut ana
causing instant death. Ga the Dist OF Marcn,
| William Howard (colorcd). cook, attacked one
| OF the crew and during the struggle inc man
was killed. Before any one could interfere
| Howard seized the dead body Of bis victim anu
| threw it overheard, Immediate following alter
himself, and was drowned.
The reunion of the Society OF the Army OF
| the Potomac took place in Philadelphia on Sat
urday. At the gathering, J. Fl. Martinique,
delivered an grafton, and q poem by MIR. Geo.
| II. Boxer was read. In the evening the grand
| BANQUET took place. The President and Gems.
Sherman. Sheridan, Meade, Hcintzleman,
Banks, Belkuap, Burnside and many other
| officers were present. Gen. Meade was elected
President OF The Society for the present year.
A reporter iu Hartford undertook to write
up a description of the dresses of the ladies at a
| certain ball. Among other facts he mentioned
| that Miss BIoo6gool wore a double shirt.
neatly trimmed with narrow satin ribbon.
| Nobody knows exactly what he means but 1t
is considered rather ominous that Miss Blood.
goods brother has been lnqulrlug around
among the newspaper Offices trying to Inter
view" that reporter.
The Barracks building, attached to the
Military School cfGeu. e. Kirby Smith, at
| New Costlc, Henry county, Kentucky. was
| totally destroyed by fire on the night Of Thurs.
| dag, the 3lst of March. All of the furniture
| of the building was also destroyed, and the
| entire loss is estimated at $4,000. Three OF tho
| students were suspected OF firing the building,
and We learn they wcro summary expelled
from the school.
Colorcd persons in the Northern States arc
| already sending complaints thatthey have not
been allowed to vote in tow elections since the
fifteenth amendment was ratified. The reason
| generally assigned BY officers who conduct the
elections is that they take all oath to obey the
State laws relating to suffrage !; that although
these arc rendered nugatory by the amend.
ment. they have 40 official notice thereof
through the Governor cfthe State.
A explosion OF a boiler at the Chesapeake
Sugar Refinery, Baltimore, on Saturday, killed
seven men and wounded several more. The
evidence appears TO throw the responsibility
ulon the engineer of the establishment, cz-
perts testiiyine that the iron used in the boilers
was Of fair quality, and that the explosion was
caused on account of insufficient water therein.
Rev. Leonard Nota, for many years a
Professor at georgetown college, ulcu Oh
Tuesday lat at tie College OF Holy, Cross,
" cestcr. Massachusetts,. Deceased was
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| Horace Grceley, who is 10 deliver au Grafton
there on the 4th OF July next.
me 'rcaNer o. T.. oe'.hln y co'' 1T "ano-
ny Ni'y' r., was oufh@G iast lIg"1' 'osttheI
with al the machinery. Loss estimated at
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Whcn thew rntnrn the military exrcdition viii
B., ready to accompany them.
4 dssparch a1rouuc:s the death OF Rev.
| Calvin kinesiey. D. D, enc Of the bishops o.
,hc No,hoSi<t Enisc,na] Church OF the Uojtrd
States, which sal event ;ook place in Bayrcut,
in Syria.
Fred, Douglass is l~tcsuring in the towns aad
cities in the northern part o! New York: aud
is creating a decided stir. l. is stated that he
| is engineering for Congress.
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