Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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exceptions, upon which the case may be taken
to the Court of Appeals, review the acton OF
one juror in going to the Grand Central Hotel
to determine for himself some points concer D.
ing the locality of the murder, Of another Juror
in examining plumber of pistols: collected to-
pether for the purpose Of deciding whether a
certain variety could be detected among the
lot of the absence of the prisoner from the
Court-room for few moments willie evidence
was being taken, and of Judge Boardnau re-
naming away few moments during session
| of the Court. The counsel also make the
general allegation that some of the jurors were
| imbued with hostile feelings towards Stokes.
Judge Davis will hear the argument on the
affidayits Friday morning. Tomorrow four
weeks is the day appointed for the execution OF
| Stokes.
The weekly report Of the Pennsylvania coal
trade speaks of it as being still unsettled, partly
| from the obstruction to navigation by ice, and
partly in consequence of the differences between
the operators and middlemen and the carrying
companies The wholesale prices CT coal, 1T Is
said, will naturally follow the advance OF the
! basis of wages ut the mines, and soule OF the
| large companies have already made their an
| nouucements. In New York city the middle
men are preparing for vigorous resistance to
the coal combination, and the movement IS de-
| nounced on all sides. The Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Company has fixed the prices Of coal
| for February at thirty cents per ton higher
| than those Of January.
On Friday, at Piney Branch, on the Louis
vile Branch railroad, Kentucky, George w.
Murray quarreled with Walter Bledsoe. Bled-
soe's stepfather, Lee Arnold, accosted Murray
| a few minutes later, when Murray drew pis-
! toll, but threw it down, and the two COM
menced fighting. Finding Arnold overpower-
ing him Murray reached for the pistol and shot
his antagonist through the stomach Arnold
sprang up, seized handspike, and literally
beat out Murray brains with it, killing him
instantly. Arnold still fingers, but his physl-
clans say he can not live Both men leave
families.
The Commissioner of Education, will in his
Forthcoming report give the following facts in
reference to the iliteracy Of the people of the
United States: Total population Of the United
States, So, 55S37l; illiterate ten years old and
over, 5, 653 ia; estimated number Of persons
able to write, in 1870, 26, 422, SIP; per cent. OF
total estimated iIliterate to total population
3l.47.
Four thousand sheep, suffering from con-
tagious skin disease, have been sent to New
York from Illinois and Slaughtered and the
meat has been distributed about the city. The
Tribune says this meet can hardly be distiu-
guished from good mutton, though close
scrutiny will show the veins to be of bluer
tint than in uudseased flesh.
The latest account of the state Of the nego-
tiations between Great Britain and Russia in
regard to the Central Asia matter is that the
latter Power proposes to establish a neutral
zone, and to guarantee the independence and
neutrality of Afghanistan. 1t is stated that
the Grand Duke Nicholas is about to take an
active personal part 10 the khivan expedition.
Partiesin North Carolina nave been vcti-
MIXING some of the people who have been un-
wary enough to be their dupes, by represent
ing themselves to be in authority as revenue
officials It is believed that regular system
of fraud has been inaugurated, and extended
not only throughout North Carolina, but to
other parts of the South.
At meeting of the trustees Of the fund
raised to relieve operatives during the cotton
famine, at Manchester, England, on Monday
night, the amount reported to be on hand was
$500, 600. A resolution was offered and adopt
ed to apply the fund to the foundation OF a
hospital for ccnvalesceuts.
In London the rate Of gas has been y cts.
per thousand cubic feet. 4 rise in the price OF
coal sent up gas to sl20 per thousand. The
Indignation of the people was so great that multi
tudes refused to use the gas. As consequence,
the price was put down.
Chicago papers announce that eleven new
propellers are building for the trade between
that city and Montreal, from whence direct i'm
portations from Europe are brought to Chicago
much cheaper than they can be from New
York.
Another fearful marine disasters reported to
have occurred on the coast near Bordeaux in
the wreck of vessel supposed to be British.
She appeared to be broken to pieces and every
soul on board probably lost.
The horse disease is 50 prevalent in Nevada
that furnaces 10 the mining districts have sus-
pended and all operations are at an end for the
present. Freighting to and from the railroads
is done entirely by OK teams.
We see it stated that considerable amount
of stock has been taken in the Woman
Journal, which it is proposed to publish IN
Washington, with Mrs. H. NJ Barnard a:
managing editor.
In Utah there is renewal Of the conflict be-
tween Federal and Mormon authority, turning
this time upon a question Of legal jurisdiction
between Federal and the Mormon Courts.
The contest 10 the Florida Legislature over
| tho ITnitnd States Senat0rship continues, with
no more prospect apparent of reaching result
than when it began.
The inhabitants Of villages at the foot of We
suvius have been greatly alarmed lately BY
some slight eruptions of the mountain, So fal
no damage has been done.
The New York Sun gives the particulars o.
the attempted assassination of two boys in that
city Sunday night, by one Of the recently ar
| rived immigrants from lta y.
Governor Oglesby has resigned his position
as Chief Magistrate Of Illinois, and accepted
| the position of United States Senator