Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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"1o sho,o the veyy age and body OF the 7ennes
A shooting affair occurred in Baltimore yes,
terday. by which one young man was Instantly
killed and another mcrtally wounded. An elec-
ton for q member Of the City Council had tax
en- place. when near one of the polls party OF
men, mostly colored, left the crowd and pro-
ceeded.about midway to Broadway, when they
turned and deliberately fired upon the crowd IN
front of the voting place, killing Isaac Boss,
aged Is, and mortally Wounding } ohm Conway,
aged 35. Another boy received a flesh wound:
Immediately, after firing the party, broke and
ran, when those fired into returned the shots
About twenty shots in all were fred and it was
all done 10 a minute time. Previous to the
firing, which was wholly unexpected, no dis
turbance whatever had occurred. :,
A Paris telegram reports great enthusiasm 10
Rheims over the evacuation by the German
troops. On "Wednesday buildings were deco:
rated with French colors' and with flowers, and
at night, there was general illumination. A
theatre was opened in the evening, tor the first
time since the occupation, and the Marseillaise
was performed by the orchestra, in response to
calls from the audience. .H.IL-.t. i:
Yesterday, in New York, a coroner's jury
gave verdict that the, death of Louis &.
Samuels,'' an inmate of Ward Island Insane
Asylum, was the result ofimproper treatment
at the,hands ofignorant and incompetent at
tendantsa also that the testimony showed very
lax and improper administration of the affairs
of the asylum. ..,rr.,,, r.. .<....
A most singular murder was perpetrated at
Dover, New Jersey yesterday. An Italian from
New York walked into store kept, by one Of
his fellow lcountrymen, claimed a woman who
was there as bis wife, and without further par,
lev drew a stiletto and stabbed her7in the
mouth, killing her instantly. i - ne, =.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday de-
cided officially that the late proclamation Of the
President relative to discriminating duties, ap.
plies to all goods arriving in French vessels
from other than French ports, on and after
October 80, the day Gifts date.
|. IA fire occurred at the Maryland State peni.
tertiary last night, originating in the barrel
factory; which was damaged $4,000. The
harness factory was da mayed 81 900, and other
damages will amount to $4,000. None of the
prisoners escaped. 80 8. II.
A coal-oil lamp exploded at Danville, Pa.
last evening, which .occasioned the burning OF
two houses: Michael Sanders, an aged man,
persisted in the, flames.
The Copmittee on Appropriations will meet
in Washington on the 10th instant for the pur.
pose of arranging business in, advance ofthe as,
sembliag of Congress ..,.,r ~aat ~:
Formal notifications Of the postal treaty be.
tween the United States and the Argentine
Republic we're exchanged at the Postofhce De
partment yesterday. ~...
Ii the. stomach of Mrs Van Syckel, who
died recently in Brooklyn, poison has been de-
tected and the suspected husband has been ar.
rested. ut: Z ~
Bullion in the bank of England decreased one
hundred and thirty-fvc thousand pounds dur
ing the past week. -
The Parliament. Of the Province of Quebec
was opened yesterday: na,t, e.. i,. ~" ~,