Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-22
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The following are the officially announced CO.
tries for the great four-mic running race for
s2j. 900, to take place at San Francisco No
vcmber H. uudcr the auspices Of the Pacific
Jockey Club: Thad. StevcGs, Joe Daniels,
Katie Pessc, Hubbard, Henry, Alpha. Hook
rg and Hardwood Othcr parties East aud 10
Oregon have sent entries and money by mall
and telegraph, but the names OF the horses are
not ~ known.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, yesterday, George
d. Cannon, Delegate to Congress, learning
that the grand jury had Indicted him under the
Territorial law lor ewd and lasclvlous cohabl,
taton, surrendered himself TO the United
States marshal Bail was fixed at live thous,,
aud dollars, President George A. Smith and
". II. HOOPER, becoming his surctlcs
Further investigation shows that the robbers
WHO compelled the cashier Of the National
Bank "a, Milford, New Hampshire, to open his
vaults, carried eff S40, 900 OF the funds OF the
bank and $50 600 IN bouds and stocks belong
ing to private individual reward OF 80, OO'J
is offered Tor the apprehension OF the robbers.
The Grand internal Division Of the Broth
hood of Locomotive Engineers met at Atlanta
Yesterday. One hundred and fifty delegates
were present. They were welcomed 0y the
Governor of the State and the Mayor OF the
city. The reports show that the order Is IN
| Furnishing condition.
\ party Of M"ntcnegrinns were recently at
tackled by Turks in the province OF Albania, aDd
seventeen Of them killed. The affair is said to
| have created great excitement IN Montenegro,
aud i,ut commissions OF the IVY countries have
been appointed 20 Investigate It,
John Campbell and Noses Dcdnan, coIored,
who wayIald Francis McNabb in New York,
and robbed him Of fifty cents. plead cd guilty to
an attempt at highway robbery, and have been
each sentenced to ten years 10 the State prison
at hard labor.
The third tricnnial reunion of the Army OF
the James was held at the theatre OF the Un-
ion League Club in New Y ork yesterday. Gen.
Hawcy was elected as the orator for the next
meeting, which will be held in Philadelphia III
| 1876.
Francis Carton, charged with the murder OF
his wife by beating her, has been found guilty
in Philadelphia of lnauslaughlcr 10 the second
degree, with recommendation to the mercy OF
the court.
President Stewart of the Continental Bank
Note Company, yesterday submitted to the
| Postmaster Gcncral designs for stamps Tor use
| in connection with the new law regulating post
age on newspapers. periodicals, DC.
The situation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is be-
coming alarming. The surrounding prairie is
On fire, and the dense cloud Of smoke that
hangs over The city shuts out the sunlight aud
turns day into night.
A Paris telegram says that Monscignor Mon
tour, formerly Private Chaplain to Napoleon
| ILL.,, is dead. He has bequcathed 10000
francs TO the Prince Imperial, and the same
amount to the Pope
The Ogden House, at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
one of the finest hotels in the West, was de-
stroycd by fire yesterday morning Total loss
| O,0OO: insurance about 5000 divided
among ten companies.
Col. Fred D. Grant and bride arrived at St.
Louis yesterday, and took rooms at the Lindell
Hotel They spent the day at the old home
stead few miles from the city.
A. NJ Irwin & Co.'S. dry goods store in Al
lcghcny City, Pa, was robbed Tuesday night
OF about eight thousand dollars worth OF silks.
The Highwood House, at Terraiy, n. j.,
was burned Tuesday pight. Loss on building
and furniture, $4,000; Insurance, $4,000.