Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To saop the very age and body of the Times

were postponed on account OF the mud on the
track, shall come of at the fair grounds on
THURSDAY aud Friday, November Sth aud 9tn.
4 most attractive programme has been ADOPT
ed for the trials Of speed and premiums to the
amount of $500 will be awarded to the success
fnl horses TWENTY-FIVE celebrated running,
trottinG and pacing horses have been entered:
Other entries may be made up to within M
teen minutes of the race Arrangements have
also been made for grand tournament on
THURSDAY, the sth inst The fitting will be at
three rings. the usual distance to be ruo. Inc
address to the knights will be made By WIN.
VI. Atkinson eos, of Winchester and the
coronation address by Marshall Mccormack,
esq.
At conference of the Baptist clergy OF
Boston aud vicinity yesterday, the committee
on close communion reported: First, that
Christian baptism is immersion OF the believer
in water in the name Of the Father Son and
HOLY Ghost, and profession Of his faith IN
Christ: second that the Christian Church
onght TO be composed of such regenerate per
sons only as have been baptized on profession
of their faith ia Jesus third that the LORD
Supper ought to be observed by Christian
Churches ouly fourth, that invitations OF
courtesy TO partake of the emblems should be
given to none but orderly members of the
churches properly constituted.
In Rochester on Friday Mrs. Susan b. An
thony applied for registration, and after hay
ing read the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Registrars they concluded she Was as much
entitled to it las any other man, and accord
ipglv her name went down on the books. Some
| dozen of other females, who had heard OF Mrs.
| Anthony's success. followed her, and their
names were also placed on the voting list. The
election of to-day will be slgnalzed as the
| first in which the ballot OF female was re-
ceived.
The Horse Disease in Baltimore still RACES.
There were but very few animals on the street
Yesterday. and of those few the vast majority
were much affected. The Fire Department
horses are all sick, and when an alarm was
sounded last night the engines were drawn. by
the men, police and citizens aiding In New
York the epizootc has nearly run Its course
and the horses are getting about again, pu'
the malady is travelling Southwark.
At Evanstown, ILL.,, yesterday, while the rite
of bantism was being administered in the Bap-
list Church. in the presence OF large congre-
CATION, portion of the floor suddenly, gave way
| and precipitated half the assembly distance oil
fourteen feet Only four or five persons Were:
badly hurt one lady receiving severe lnterna
injuries, and young man had his foot crushed.
Several others were slightly Injured.
The Gar has written an autograph letter to
Prince Charles, brother of the Emperor OF
| Germany, on the occasion Of his ittleth birth
| day, and his appointment to an honorable
colonecy Of Russian regiment. tie calls TO
| mind the glorious deeds OF the allied armies OF
Prussia and Russia, and hopes the ties OF
| friendship between the Two countries Will en-
| dure for generations.
France is paying off her indemnity debt to
Germany at rate which will leave her in debt
| on the opening Of the new year only two mil
| lizards Of the FIVE laid upon her. At this rate
| financial accounts between the two nations Will
| be SQUARED in about year from this time,
wonderful achievement for defeated and par
italy impoverished people.
Matters are mixed on the MAJORITY question
iu New York Havcmcyer is the candidate OF
the Republicans and has been endorsed by the
Committee Of Seventy Lawrence Is the re-
gular nominee Of the Tammany Democracy,
while O Brien has been placed 10 the field by
! the ti-Tammany or "Appollo Hall Demo
Gratis.
A special dispatch says that on Friday night
band of armed men went to the house OF
Samuel Hawkins colored man, living in
Richmond precinct, Fayette county, NY, and
took him, his wife and daughter away IN the
direction of Licking river. There wcreabouts
or fate have not been asccrtalncd.
The Grand Jury in the United States Dis
= Enrl- r1ny n
dictments against Mrs. Woodruff and Miss
Clahin for circulating an indecent publication
through the mails, and they were remanded to
Jail for trial in default Of S., 00D bail.
In the case of William Semmes, charged
with bigamy in being the husband Of Martha
+. Fowler of Washington, and Anna Javens,
of Fairfax county, Va, at the same time, the
Washington Police court has held the prisoner
for the grand jury.
Advice from Pomoroy, Ohio, state that the
coal miners there have struck for an increase
of wages from 3: to cents per bushel, and
that salared employees demand correspond
ing advance.
The horse disease has broken out at Charles
ton, S. c., and majority Of the work-horses
in that city are more or less affected. It has
also made its appearance at Goldsboro', North
Carolina.
General Hartranft is to be lnaugurated
Governor of Pennsylvania on The third Tues
day in January The Radicals are to have a
jubilee over the event.
The Southern claims commission are now
engaged 10 preparing the material for their an
nual report to Congress.
The inuudations along the banks of the river
Pc, continue Mantua, which was threatened
has, so far escaped.
The newly elected City Council Of Baltimore
organized yesterday afternoon.
OXEN. -"Lo. the patient OK Whatever un-
feeling gibes may have been uttered IN times
mast in reference to the bovine race, they are
st!led now, as Bright and Jerry chew the cud
of coutentment in Washington street. assist in
moving mankind's goods and chattels, and
command fancy prices in the market. Imagi-
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