Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-07
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their evidence yesterday, with The exception oil
Que witness. who will DC produced 10 Cuurt To-
lay. The opening statement ior inc dcience
| was made by MIR. Smllhers. OF counsel Tor
Harrington and Whitley. lie claimed mat
the evidence OF Hayes and Zrruth I'D regard
10 the occasions and places when and where
the details Of the conspiracy were a'icEeo 10
have been perfected will be broken down ny
the establishing OF allbs on behalf OF the ac-
| cused.
When he recent stringent law broke up the
business of the proprietors OF bettlDg es'ab-
iisbmcnts in ugaud they established them
selves in France ami comnenced operations
Having been found to be corruptlng 10 pub
Inc aud private morals there as they were at
home. the Paris authorities have taken sum-
mary proceedings against them, hnIug th"m
and con6scatng their stock.
Rev. j. Il Gerdeman, of the Catholic
| Church, is reported to have disappeared with
the female orgaoist at ST. Bonlacius Catholic
Church, Philadelphia, OF which he Was pastor
A statement that Gcrdemaa absconded with
funds of the church aud his parlshluners is
doubted, but an Investigation by the Bishop
of the diocese into the affairs OF the departed
clergyman is TO be made al once.
The body of George 4. Lockwood, keeper
of the oyster grounds near lndian Harbor,
Connecticut, was fuurd uear that place on
Thursday, ADD long. deep CUE, which severed
his jugular vein, shows that he was murucrcu.
Lockwood was an important witness Tor the
State 10 au action against oyster thieves, anu II
is thought that he was murdered IL prevent
| his appearing.
The case of Tiltou VS.. Beecher will be called
on Monday next in the City Court, Brooklyn.
Beecher's counsel have appeal ed from The de,
cision of the Court, denying their mollou Tor d
bill of particulars. Frank Moulton has been
summoned to appear on Monday and plead to
the indictments for libel OH Mr.. Bcccher and
Miss Proctor.
A Montreal dispatch announces the dlsap-
pearance of u clek Of the Bank Of Montreal,
leaving the bank uuus S22, 900. The alleged
detaulter l. SUD oil the Rev. DR.. Davis late
President IF Baptist College IN Lnndou, Eng
land. A clerk 10 the office of W. B. Tnomp-
son, stock broker, has disappeared With SIS 900.
Havana dispatches bring nwes OF marine dis
asters 10 the West ladies' A French bark was
cast away on Colorado reefs on the 18th ut..
and all hands on board were lost. Ou the 3lSt
a collision occurred off Sagul Cuba, by which
the Spanish bark Alfredo was suhk and two
persons drowned.
The Redemption Ageucy of the Treasury
Department, which has been in arrears Tor
some time past 10 the redemption of National
bauk notes, is now up to date, and Is, therefore,
euabed to uake prompt returns TOR all re-
mittances of such note5 sent 10 for redemption
The committee have finished the examlna-
ton of the Milford Mass Five Gents Savings
Institution. The securities, estimated at the
lowest possible figures, show deficit OF only
Al Der cent. The committee recommend the
continuation of business.
Kate Connors, notorious character IN Jcr'
sey City, n. j., was arrested yesterday, charged
with causing the death oil John D Keate, Thurs
day. O'Keate and Kate had q fight, III which
she threw O. kcate, causing internal Injuries,
from which he died.
AT the trotting races at Point Breeze, Phila-
delphia, yesterday Goldsmith Maid, accom-
panied by b. e. Charley, trotted against her
record OF , t for special purse OF 5 300, max
ing two heats iD 2l3 and 2lS3.
The vote OF Baltimore city for members OF
Congress on Tuesday last was, according to
official returns, 32,97O. The Republican, vote
was ,539 less than that OF 1873, and the
Democratic vote 1892 less than IN 1878.
The Court of Commissioners Tor Alabama
Claims at Washington, adjourned yesterday
uutil December ), no cases beiog ready tor
trial.
The published statement that Secretary Bclk-
nap is 10 favor of the scheme Of paying the
troops of the army by checks is denied by that
| officer
A dispatch from Calcutta says that the ma
tive in custody, suspected of being Mana Sahlb,
has been removed to Cawnpore for further H.
vestigation as to his identity.
The Calvert, the first vessel of the new line
established between Baltimore and Port Royal,
South Carolina, is expected to leave Baltimore
to-day.
The Insurance Commission Of Massachusetts
gives warning that if persons take policies in
certain companies which it Uanes, they can
| have 10 protection 10 the State Courts.
| There is a strong strike among the miners in
all the the colleries in Picton county, Nova
Scotia. The alleged ca use is reduction of y
per ct. n wages for the winter.
| Delegates from ASace and Lorraine took
their seats in the Rechstag at Berlin, yes
terday.
The Syuod of the Church Of Scotland, in
session at Toronto, have adopted motion in
favor OF reunion, by vote oil IS to IL.
The British Government has contracted for
the building of TWO iroucIads on the Clyde, each
| 5000 tons and 5000 horse power.
Mrs General Rawins, widow of the late
Secretary of War, died in Cheyenne yesterday
morning.
Mr. BARBoURS SPEECH was mention
ed in yesterdays Gazette that MIR. Barbour
had made speech at Culpeper Court House,
on Wednesday last, in acknowledging the COM
plimeut of sereDade The following is the
report given by the Culpeper Observer:
"Mr B. related in glowing terms how the
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