Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-01
wS OF THE DAY.
To sho,v the uery age and body Of the Times

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1t has just come to light that fraudulent and
forged twenty year bonds OF the town of Green
Vile, before annexation to jersey City, n. J.'
have been put 10 circulation 10 New York, but
the extent is not known. 1t is alleged that ).
| q Seymour, commissioner OF the town, Dor,
rowed SIS, 500 of Wall street broker on SIX OF
these bonds which were 40 over issue, ana DC
took care OF the colaterals.
A large crowd was in attendance last night
to witness the opening of the annual exposition
If the MARYLAND Institute, in Baltimore, Rev.
Dr. G W: Powell delivered the opening adj
dress. which was well received. The list OF
contribution. is unusually full. The exhibition
will continue thirty days.
At meeting of the Board of Directors OF
the Mobile Cotton Exchange, yesterday, the
standard of American cotton, prepared and
a1opted by the Committee on Exports or the
National Cotton Exchange, was accepted ana
quotations will be made according to TINS
standard.
Yesterday afternoon Washington officer
arrived in Newark with capias for the arrest
Of Secret Service officer Nettleship The lat
ter hearing of the arrival of the ut1cer dellV-
cred himself to the United States Comnls-
sioper, and gave bail for his appearance, Octo-
Der Oath.
A Cincinnati dispatch says Mrs. Julia Per
kiDs. wife of Chas. L Perkins, of this city,
this morning, cut the throat of her only daugh-
ter, aged three years, killing her instantly; one
then cut her own throat, but the wound was
not sufficiently deep to cause death. one alleges
domestic infeliclty as the cause.
The New York State Liquor D alcss' As:o-
citation met at Albany, yesterday. The tempo
rarv chairmar said the object of assembling the
convention was to promote the interests OF the
trade, and referring to the opposition to their
business. said the time had come TO organize
defense.
At New York, yesterday, there was very
active speculative movement 10 Stocks the sales
of the various stocks aggregatng $780, 600 shares,
being the largest DAYS business for a long time
E mast aud generally :he market was strong and
buoyant in tone.
In the United States Circuit Court at Provi'
dence, K. l., yesterday, the jury in the case o,
f Hen. E. r Hoar VS. George Washington Be-
wen, being an action to recover counsel tees 10
the Jumel case, returned i verdict TOR the de-
fendant.
The local squabbIe in New York-the Have
myec-Kely controversy-ls to be Intensified to-
day by the publication of another and very vo
luminous chapter u the shape of kcly's reply
) to Havemeyer's charges OF fraud while the
former was sheriff.
The proposal Of Morton, Bliss & Co., of New
York. on behalf of Morton Rose & Co.. Of Lon
don, to take the whole of two issues of New
York city stock at l04 and Oh, per cent.cur'
rency has been accepted.
Otis Gray Randall was attacked 10 front Of
his house 10 Boston last evening BY highway
men, who, after exchanging pistol shots with
his sons, retreated with package Of valuable
papers, but no money.
A dispatch from Thomaston, Maine, says
Louis Wagner, the notorious Isle of of Shoals
murderer, has been sentenced to be hanged OF
the last Friday 10 January.
Remington Il Sons have accepted the chal.
lepge IS the rifemakers Of America by Mr..
Rigby, of the Irish team. but declined TO MAKE
any rules governing the American rl1cmen.
The rifle shooting at Creedmoor, near New
York, yesterday, for minor prizes, resulted il
favor Of members of the Twelfth New York
Regiment.
The bail required Of Moulton in the Proc
tor suit hos been reduced from $4,000 to
$1,000 and he will bond in that amount.
A London telegram announces the death in
that city, of Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald
Duke of Leinsler. He was aged eighty-three.
1t is stated that the Grand Duke ValdimeI
will represent the Emperor Of Russia at the
Centennial Exposition.
The regular winter courses of the three
!, Medical Colleges OF Baltimore commmed TO-
day.
\ The Vermont Supreme Court decides that a
citizen cannot refuse to testify whom he voted
for at an election.
1t is reported that the New York agency OF
the Bank OF Montreal loses $780, 900 by the
failure Of Jas. Bishop e. Co.
David Dudley Field was passenger in the
steamer Abyssinia, which arrived at New York
yesterday from Europe.
A terri6c gale occurred on the Atlantic coast
Monday night
Mobile is reported still very healthy. There
are no fevers Of any kind there.
The German Reichstas is convoked to meet
at Berlin, Oct. TO-
A New DISCOVERY An invention has been
perfected recently which seems to foresbadow
an eutire revolution 10 the matter of gas iumi-
naton-e especially in cheapening the cost of
production. Here are he reported facts:
1t was lately introduced to the notice of q
number Of leading Cbicagoans Of sound iudg
ment in mechanical and business matters. and
they felt justified, from the confidence they felt
in the process, to organize CO mpany with a
capital of $780, 900 aud proceed to the manufac-
ture of the necessary materials and machinery
for operation throug hout the country. In pur-
suance of the laudab;e purpose of publishing the
process capable of conferrlng SO much comfort
ut such cheap rate upon SO many thousands,
the u! omoters of the COMPANY have erected q