Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"Io sho,o the very age and body of the Times

| A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated yesterday
saws :-''This afternoon, a boy twelve years
old named Frank Schikk. the son of a widow,
was shot and instantly killed by Key. Samuel
]. Browne, an aged local preacher. 1t appears
| that Browne has been for some time past great,
" ANNOYED by boys who, in spite of repeated
circumstances, have entered his premises to
take his fruit and commit other depredatlons.
To-day a number of boys were playing ball out
side, when the ball was thrown into browne
ward. Young Schikk entered the premises TO
recover it, and the old man fired at him with
slugs, one piece striking him IN the breast IN
A;ctinp = wound from which the boy died in
| few moments. Browne was arrested, but suisse
ouently released on $4,000 bail The affair
created intense excitement in the ncighbor-
hood.
Il now reported on slight authority that
the delay in the release of DIR. Houard arises
from this; that Senior Martoz desires Minister
Sickles to ask for the Doctor s pardon,a request
which our Minister declines complying with,
asserting as reason that DIR. Houard Is UNJUST
" deprived of his liberty. The result is that
Sicklcs and Senior Martoz, and the authorities
at Washington have been duly notified OF the
new phase taken in the release Of the Doctor.
Rev. Thomas Callahan, near Centrcvlle'
REYNOLDS county, Mo-, states that on the night
Of June %, while he was watching his sick
wife. his house was invaded by men with black
ened faces who dragged his wife from bed,
Numbered the house bound and took him halt
a mile away, and after attempting to make nun
tell who set fire to the courthouse, which nau
been twice burned, gave him about seventy hVe
ashes. They then ordered him to leave the
Il lftrn NJ
A dispatch from Norwich, Conn, dated yes
terday, says: "Dougass, the colored man who
committed the outrage on Miss Lapcrrc, was
caught at New London yesterday and carried
to the watch house. DR.. Julian Lapicrre shot
him twice, but not fatally The Doctor was
arrested and held to bail inSl50OO. As there
was reason to fear that the prisoner would be
lynched, he was removed to jail without pre-
liminary examination.
Charles Clinton, a relative of Dewitt Clinton
aged sixty three years, was struck by tram on
the New York Midland Railroad, on Saturday
and fatally injured He was the inventor OF Il
patent steam safety valve. car coupling loco
motive spark catcher, Cur wheel ttangc, car
springs. incombustible boilers, selircglSterng
scales and many other patents.
In the Stokes trial the witnesses swear to any
thing On Saturday it was attempted to show
that Fisk had intended to shoot Stokes. but
failed from the fact that Stokes was too quick
for him" An effort was also made to show
that Stokes was not in the hotel at the time OF
the shooting, but that he was on the outside OF
the building.
The Germans having collected bill from the
Hayden Government through the agency OF
powder and cannon ball, American residents in
Hayti are now pettioning the United States to
resort to a similar expedicnt in collecting
American claims. The Haytien Government
has agreed to settle the claims after lapse Of
twenty years.
A horrible case of malpractice has been de-
veloped at Morrisania Bridget Edmond, the
wife of German laborcr, and an unborn child,
, died from the ope ratlons OF mid wlte name
5 Brown, while DR.. McElroy, who attended the
6 diving woman is said to have given burial
certificate with full knowledge of the crime
Hon. John P. Biglow, ex-mayor of Boston,
died in that city on the 4th instant in the Seth
year of his age. He was born at Groton,
Mass, and was the son of Hon. Timothy Big
low, prominent politician, and who, for eleven
wears was speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives, of the State.
The Raleigh, NC, News publishes dispatch
from Tarboro, which says: "The Fourth of
July was observed here to- day by a large crowd
$ Of blacks. Captain Biggs, editor Of the South
erDer, was present as reporter. lie was as
sailed by many Of the blacks and saved his life
with difficulty
At fire in the shops of the New York Cen
trail Railroad Company at Albany, on Saturday
last, sxty-nine cars of all patterns, were con-
sumed, fifty of which were filled with freight:
The total loss is estimated at two hundred and
: thrty-fve thousand dollars.
The Governor of Georgia has issued an or
der directing the Lincoln Guard, of Savannah,
a colored military organization, to elect COM
missioned officers This is the first instance
where military company IN Georgia has been
wholly differed by colored men.
On Saturday two Communists, who had been
, convicted by court-martial were executed at
Satory. The Bank of France has agreed to
loan the Government forty million francs and
, the Assembly on Saturday ratified the treaty
providing tor the evacuation of France by Ger
man troops.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company has ar
ranged to issue, on and after to day, rouDd-trip
tickets from Baltimore to Washington and re-
turn ard from Washington to Baltimore and
return, good for five days at 81 for the round
trip.
Strauss receives $40, 900 for his visit and SER
vices at the Boston Jubilee, and his own and
wifc's expenses. Madame Lcutner gets $O,0 900.
Strauss has consented to accept s 100 night
for two or three concerts in New York.
Crazy Dick, colored boy, who has on nu-
mcrous occasions prevented persons from being
run over by the cars at the depot in Harris
burg, Pa, fell dead at that place on Saturday
; last.
Mr.. Samuel Kirk, the well-known silver
smith and jeweller, in Baltimore, died on Sat
urday, aged seventy-ninc years. MIR. Henry
Lucas, manufacturer of type, also died on Sat
urday
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