Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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There is prospect Of trouble between Spain
aud Hayti regarding the Hornet now lying
IN the harbor of Port-au- Prince. The Surrcn-
der of the Hornet was demanded by the Span
ish Consul and refused or the ground that the
vessel is under the American flag. The Con
sui then quit Port au- Prince and sailed for
Havana to receive further instructions. The
Hornet sailed from New York about 4 year
ago and landed rcnforcemcnts and arms Tor
the rcyolutionists on the Cuban coast. She
then ran into the llayticn port, and ever since
has been bluckaled there by Spanish war
vessels.
Alexander Montgomery and William II.
Cooley employees in livery stable at Nor
wich, Conn, yesterday, had tritling dispute
An hour afterwards Cooley was lying III Il
wagon reading when Montgomery came up and
hit him on the temple with an axe, killing him
After the deed he manifested great agony, and
said nc had no intention Of murder When he
found that Cooley could not be reconstructed he
gave himself up to the police.
At Union City, Tennessee Saturday night,
while the passengers Of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad train were at supper, three men
jumped on the engine and ran the train back
for two miles. while two others entered the
Express car, and robbed the safe OF about
St.Ouu. The messenger was ut supper, anu
had left one man on guard, who was over
powered by the robbers. The thieves escaped
An unfortuue affair occurred at midnight on
Saturday, i'll Chicago, near Chicago University,
on Grove avenue resulting in the death OF
Thos. W. GroSvcnor, City Prosecuting Attor-
ney. Mr.. GroSvenor, somewhat under the
influence Of liquor, WAS challenged BY the Uni
vcrsity police while passing along the street,
lie replied III an offensive manner and Was shot
dead Considerable excitement exists.
At Poughkccpsie, n Y. on Saturday, Char
ley Giddings, while chipping splintcrs from a
shed with sharp jack knife, suddcnly dropped
his hand, containing the knife, to his side
By his side. unknown to him, stood Carlotta
Moore, aged years, daughter Of Dr. Moore
The blade Of the knife struck her throat
scvcring the carotid artery, and in eight minutes
she was dead.
\ contract was made in New York on Satur
day by the North Western und Mobile Rail
road Company for the construction Of the en-
tire line from Mobile to Arkansas, $50 miles,
the work to be completed by December %lst
1873. 1t is said to he the largest single con
tract ever made for railroad construction IN the
United States.
In the u. S. District Court ut Topeka. Kan
sls, on Saturday, three nlcn were sentenced tc
five wears imprisonment each, for stealing Coy
eminent mules ut Fort llarkcr, one man Ton
two years for pcrsonating Il Government oih,
Ger one for ten years for Obbing registered
letters one for six months under the Enforce
ment net for stutfing ballot boxes.
At San Francisco on Saturday night incen
diaries fired the block bounded by Third,
Fourth, Market and Stevenson streets ut five
different points All the attempts were dis
covered and frustrated The locality is thckly
covered with frame buildings, and it is evident
that the object was to burn the city. The
police arc working up the case.
The National Colored Convention continues
it, sessions at Columbia, South Carolina =
Among its demands, leading one lis perfect
equality for all citizens III every respect. Ii
fully endorses all those Republicans who have
come from the North to the South.
The son of Roger \. Pryor, now Of New
York, aged about twenty years, has been miss
ing seven days lie is spoken of as an alb
stcmious youth, Il devoted student, aud with nc
reason for his mysterious Disappearance Fears
are felt that he has been fouIly dealt with.
The names of the five Cadet Midshipncn
recently dismissed from the Naval Academy
for hazng, will not be officially promul gated,
as the dismissal itself is considered sufficient
punishment Numerous letters have been re-
ccived asking for their reinstatement.
The Russian fleet, bearing the Duke Alexis,
is momentarily expected. NJ. Catacazy has II
special train of Pullman palace cars in rcadl,
ness to convey the Prince and suite at once to
Washington, where he will be presented to the
President.
The Governor of jamaica has commutcd the
sentence Of death pronounced against the colorcd
cannbal who killed and sucked the blood Of u
little boy on the Gibraltar estate, to imprSon-
mcnt for litc We presume it mustbe thought
the man was insane.
The fourth Of the seven races for the Amcrl'
ca : cup was sailed on Saturday. The Sarpho
was selected to sail against the Livonia and
gave the English yacht the worst defeat she
has yet met with.
A National Police Convention is in session in
St. Louis.