Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-18
NEWS OF l'ItIE IlA Y
To sho,o the ucry age an,! bo'lyei the Times

a dispatch from bakersfield, hcrn county,
California, gives the particulars OF Il horrible
affray near that place on election day. Larry
Watson asked Moses Gilman who he had voted
for. and upon receiving the reply struck him on
The head with pistol, il!tlicting wound which
resulted in the death of Gilman III a few mn-
utes Robert Peppard and others then at
tempted to arrest Larry, when he Dire" knllc
aud stabbed Pcppard twice, lnH!ctlug, mortal
wounds. Peppard then got the knl1o away
from Watson and stabbed him, when both fell
and died within two minutes ol each other.
On Wednesday, October |, the golden an
niversary Of the passionate Rev. B. kccpan, OF
St. Mary church. Lancaster, Pa, was cele-
brated. Father kccDan came To that place
titY years ago as pastor OF small stone church,
which 10 the course Of time became too small
for the needs Of his congregations, and thirty
years after his appointment new church was
erected to accommodate his growing charge:
The old St. Mays, now one hundred and
twep,y-cight yaar> old. still stands by the new
buillug and the old pastor still continues his
labors.
The Baltimore American has report OF an
uusiug suit for breach OF promise that was tried
| ia the Baltimore Couoty Court yesterday. The
a century and quarter, but the fires ot love
burned brightly behind these venerable exc
| riors until they were distinguished by the cold
water of differences concerning financial arrange
| ments. SO Mrs Halbert brought suit against
Mr. Baker, aud the Court has decided that he
| mus, pay Thousand dollars for trlhlng with
| her affections.
1t was hardly possible that Phelps, The de-
fautiug cashier of the New York State Treas
ury, could have conducted his operations alone
and it is now developed that nc obtained the
money on his stolen checks through the firm OF
+, K. Shcrwiu & Co., of New York. War
rants have been issued for their arrest, and it
| remains to be seen whether they were couuccl
ed with him in crime or only acted is his lgnor-
ant agents
The Chicago Tiucs says: "Gcucra \. l..
Burnside, of Rhode Island, late a maior-geuc-
raj in the Union army, and General Buckncr of
| Kentucky, late a major general in the Contcde-
rate army, dincd togcthe: at the Sherman
House. in Chicago, on Sunday last, and IN Il
glass of champagne drowned all memories Of
the past.
\ private dispatch by cable says that Thos.
Scott has succeeded in negotiating $4,000, 0o0
Of the first mortgage bonds Of the Texas and
| Pacific railroad The financial arrangements
| by which this result was reached were perfect
ed during the height of the late panic.
The Agricultural Department reports that
the prospect of the cotton crop is not 50 good
! as it was on the lst Of September. Worms
and catcrpillars have been uuusuaily uuulcrouS
and destructive, aud portion OF the crop has
turned out badly after being gathered.
\ Mauch Chunk dispatch says that four
more Pennsylvania coal scows have been seized
| ut Amboy, by order Of the Treasury Depart
| lnent, and in defiance of the fua decree Ut the
United States district court.
Iu the Circuit Court Of Tvwsontowp, Nd
yesterday Aaron Adams plead guilty Of the
murder ofJohn Nichols at Bayvew Asylum
some three weeks ago. The confession was OF
murder in the second degree.
D. Z. f. H. Burges, Brazilian CONSUL at
| Boston, committed suicide yesterday by shoot
ing himself Financial embarrassment is sup
posed to have been the cause.
| 1t is alleged that the product Of the oil wells
| in Pennsylvania, is declining.
1t is reported Jay Gould is about TO retire
| from "W all street business
THE REGISTRATION LAw.--Bu few people
even registrars themselves, appear to under
stand the laws of registration now in force,
| Sec. of the amended act, approved March
| l4th, 1873, is as follows
Sec !, Each registrar shall. annually, Oh
the second Tuesday in May, at his voting place
proceed to register the names Of all the quail
| fed votes within his voting district not pre-
viously registered III the said district, III accor
dance with the provisions OF this act, who shall
apply to he registered, commencing at SUNRISE
| aud closing at sunset, and shall complete such
| registration on the said second Tuesday in May
| Ten DAYS previous to the November elections.
| the registrar shall sit one day for the purpose
| of amending and correcting the list, at which
| time any qualified voter applying and not pre-
viously registered may be added provided
| that in each city or town having more than two
| thousand inhabitants, the registrar may sit
| three days previous to any state, city, county
| or township election. The registrar shall give
notice of the time and place OF all registrations
| for at least ten days before each sitting, by
posting written or printed notices thereof at
ten or more public places IN their townships
| wards and election districts And the registrar
| shall, at any time previous to the regular days
| of registration, register auy voter who may ap
| titled to vote at the next succeeding election ,
| and the registrar shall receive the same com
| pensation for the Damcs SO registered on days
other than the regular days Of registration that
assessors may be entitled TO for listing births
and deaths
From this section it will be seen that persons
can register at a"y time prerious to tie regular
| days IF rcgistruttun, in any township or ward.
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| FUNERAL OF Con- JAMESON. The remains
| of this old officer Of the United States Navy
reached the city yesterday morning by the Lady
of the Lake, for iucrment. They were met
| at the wharf by the friends Of the deceased.
and carried to Christ church, where the funeral
services were conducted By the Rev. 0. ). Bar
ten, D. D., the rector. At the close OF the
service, the rcmaius, in a metallic burial case,
draped i'll the United States colors, were borne
to the hcarsc by eight sailors from the flagship
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