Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-20
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seriously wouuiiug nt Nicholas +. Dlard, and
slightly woupdipg oil Willard Oliver, all young
men. White was killed INSTANTLY three pistol
shots entering his body. billiard was shot IN
the head The affray was a renewal OF an alter
cation which occurred Saturday.
Major Wilbur, one Of the principal examiners
in the Patent Office, is being tried by COM
mission appointed by the Secretary of the To-
terror on the charge Of accepting several tnous-
and dollars worth of stock III u company inter
ested in patents relative 10 tcicgraphlug, VII
bur denies the chalgc.
The vanguard OF the first expedition from
Sioux City, Iowa, (about fifty persons, are re-
ported to have reached point few miles south
of Ya,ktou, Dscotah. The main party with
Gordon had not got there. Two companies OF
troops FROM Fort Randall have gone south to
cut them off.
Another Mcxicap radlng party of thirty OF
forty men is reported III the vicinity Of Corpus
Christi, numbering and robbipg as they GO Tel
cpraphc communication with Brownsville was
cut off by them, but the people know OF the
movement aud are aruliug III every direction 10
receive them.
Ferdinand Blankmcyer, German employed
in the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad in
jersey City, n. j., was arrested last ri eht,
charged with the murder Of his wife. 1T is
alleged that Blaukmcycr beat his wife over the
head in the moruiug, from the effects of which
she died.
The mining party who have been brought
out of the Black Hills by order Of the u. S.
troops have been released by the President on
condition that they will not again enter the
Black Hills county until permission is given
them to do SO by the government authorities.
A difficulty at Elgeicld, S. G., between n.
O. Glover and two brothers named Stevens,
growing out OF dispute about land, resulted
10 Glover being killed. Several shots were ex'
changed Both the Stevens brothers were
wounded
Five thousand dollars in counterfeit notes and
numerous dies and plates were secured at Baxo
bel, Wis, Oh Saturday. 1t is believed that thi:
capture will put an end 10 the issuance OF The
dangerous ivc-doIar bills GU the Traders Ma
tonal Bank of Chicago.
While waiting for car last night at Baxter
and Chatham Streets New York, Lizzie Sdeu
valid was shot 10 the head and seriously injured
by Jacob SOutherman, her discarded liver
Jealousy was the cause. He was locked up.
The girl was taken to the Park Hospital.
The importation Of lemons and oranges has
reached enormous proportions. During the
months Of January February, and March, OF
this year, there were received from abroad 5o9
357 boxes o! these fruits.
The Select Committee on Foreign Loans has
reported to the House of Commons that the doc
uments which appeared 10 the Times and the
News were published by permission OF the chair
man.
Captain John r Griffith, an old and well.
known steamboat captain, for many years EN-,
ployed on boats running on the Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries, died IN Baltimore yes
terday.
At Collinsviile, Connecticut, on Friday, Az
ton Linburg, Swcde, while Intoxicated, muir
dered TWO men, severely wounded woman and
then killed himself.
The hackmen OF New York city are having
their licenses revoked for charging exorbtant
rates for fares
10 the interior lakes Of New York, and 10 the
Adirordacks, the ice still remains from two to
three feet IN thickness
Mr.. Parnell, the Home Rule candidate was
returned to Parliament yesterday Tor the county
of Meath, ireland.
At Charleston, South Carolina yesterday, 10
the News and Courier libel case, the entire day
was spent in organizing jury.
The revival movement 10 London appears to
go on increasing. Several hundred ministers
were present at one Of the meetings yesterday
A severe suow-storm prevailed at Louisville,
Kentucky, on Saturday.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Pardon w. Stevens
ofRhode Island, died at Newport, last evening.