Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 shoec the very age and body Jh~ Times

Mrs. Margaret Finley, living near Wabash,
Ind, murdered her three children yesterday
forenoon She took her babe by the feet and
beat rs brains out on stone. and cut the
thrnats Of her two eldest children. aged . and
Years respectively. The WOMAN WAS arrested
aud lodged i'll jail yesterday. Her husband
died last winter. She seems perfectly sane,
and SAYS she killed the children to get rid OF
them. .- .'-
The baby brokerage business in New York is
curousIy illustrated in the case Of DR.. Willrtt.
This man received thirty dollar, to take charge
OF baby and keep it until soIne respectable
person would adopi it but ali hour after the
receipt of the child and money the former was
left at the door Of the Founding Hospital Suf-
ferug from some powerful narcotic which VIII
lett had administered.
Judge Jonathan Tarbcil, cx-brigadier general
of the Z. s. army, at present Judge Of the
Supreme Court Of Mississippi, and lromi-
neut republican, was yesterday arrested on Il
warrant issued by the {. s. commissioner I'M
der the enforcement act The affidavit upon
which the warrant is based is sworn to by
three prominent republicans, also Office hold
erS .,
The American Woman Suffrage Association
is to meet in Philadelphia, this year, on I'D,
and 23d of November The Executive Com
mittee have resolved 10 make that city the cen.
tire OF its winter campaign. This Association
abrogates all the projects OF the strong minded
women relative to marriage and social rrla-
tions.
The Sea Serpent has cmigrated from Ma
hant Mass, where he had become ridiculous,
to North Carolina. On Neuse river lit has
been seen, says the Raleigh Sentinel, 9TH in
small lambs and little pigs in lis jaws, having
seized them when Al the water-edge drinking.
Jacob Lansing, the Treasurer Of Christ
Church, New York, charged with being i de-
faulter to the extent of not less than $4,000,
refuses to give up the BOOKS, and the vcstry
have concluded to defer legal proceedings I'M
til the return of the pastor from Europe.
The New York Stadard nominates r. b.
Roosevelt rs the Reform candidate Tor the
Mayoralty Of New York lie is at present Il
Democratic member of Congress. but was one
of the most earnest speakers ut the meet
ing on Monday last.
The reclaimed marsh lands in California are
proving to be the best in the State, not only
in the production of all kinds of market vege
tables, but also for grain raising. From an
acre Of such ground crop of wheat was re-
Gently harvested yielding seventy-ive bushels.
The election in Maine takes place on Mon
day next. The nominees for Governor are Sid
ney Perham, Republican, and Charles p Kim
ball, Democrat. The Republican majority last
year was over y,5W.
1t is again reportcl' that Col. McCook is
to withdraw rs Democratic candidate for Gov
of Ohio, on account of ll-health and that the
name of Thomas Ewing, Jr., will be placed at
the head Of the ticket.
Ex.Congressman John v l.. Pruyn and
Charles H. Marshall, Of New York. have been
appointed by the President commissioners
from New York to the centennial anniversary
of American Independence at Philadelphia
During the fiscal year which ended July l.
we imported of foreign goods Seventysx mil
lions of dollars more than We exported, Of do
nestle products.