Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-03
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UuV. D.aCKGurJ, Oh Ncu!u.h, "Ao i.-u. u -
Cd yesterday.
Count Bacciochi SOD OF the Princess Ma
poleone Elisa Baoo;ochi has just died 10
France. He was au ofic.r in the army
At the Repubic,n primary election inttecn
timoFc yesterday the "iDs' carrl"thclc will
wards and the cuts" sesen o.
b, contest from one VT Assembly Yesterday
Ia lbe Qlaber confidence in tho govern
4 motion log necessity for change in tie
mn~,ry, was lost By vote Of 81 to 81.
The civic authorities Of Quebec havo pcti
TONED the Governor General 10 lavor OF
British regiment being stationed 10 that city.
Tic has replied that au efficient city police force
w0nld best answer the purpose.
Tho quarantine breakers arrested ut IIous
too, Texas. have been discharged by Judge
| Jones on wits of habcas corru-. The Judge
| ruled that tho Board OF Aldermen and not the
| Board OF Health had The power to dcclasc
quarantine.
The municipal election in WiIminston. Del,
yesterday, resulted 10 Democrats victory
Henry Sbaroley was elected president OF the
| council by 39l majority, and John Guthrie city
| treasurer by l63 majority The new CouLcIl
! will staod fifteen Democrats aud six Rapuhli-
| cans.
Tie Governor OF Pennsylvania has appointed
Friday. November l4:h, f1r tho execution eff
Drews. Slch!cr, Hummel, ard Brandt, ionr Of
tho Raber, Lebanon county, murdcrers. Wise,
another OF the lnurdclciS. was rIlnan3cd ior
sente2ca, aod Il Gilman has bora grated 4
pew trial.
lt is said TO be almost CERTAIN that tigh,cca
States 10 Mexico are disposed to favor the re-
peal OF tho constitutional amendment pre-
| libltlug the reelection Of the President The
constitution only requires tho assent Of q ms.
DIRTY OF tie States. The question mey, there
fore. be regarded IS s4ttec, and President DsZ
Will be Reelected,
| The Sroucds ct the National Fix Associl
! ton. five miles from Washington city, were DE-
| dicatcd yesterday afternoon with appropriate
ceremonies 10 the presence Of about a thousand
| people: The first spadefrt Uf earth was turn
! cd by President Hayes and an address vas Go.
IiVtrcd by Hon. j. G. s. Blackburn.
! The transfer books Of the registered bopGs q
the Uti,cd States four per cent. Loan are now
closed, and will REGAIN closed during the pr:-
sent month. preparatory to tbs payment of The
Oc:cber intcfes.. The registered four per cent.
toodhoidtr5 whose names appear Oh The books
CT the department now Lunbor about sc7cnty
| Thousand.
Monday night there was = dance al Mon;el
10, near The District Of Columbia lac, at which
there was n number of colorcd psop!c. .Abou;
midsighl there vas sumo disorder, owing to a
nuslrtl takiGe place bowen jams Payne and
.jo ohm Smith, and the latter drawing revolver,
shot Payne in the left side, killing him instaatiy.
Alter the shooting the &s.ilaut II d towards
Washington, but vas captured.
| Ihirtu ,.rJ Ia, IL. J.:
! the Llncoo, Ills, High School. yesterday, a1d,
on being roiusad, threatened To take legal
| measures 10 secure the same rights az white
children, The school board admits their right
q admission to the common schools, but claims
that the State Supreme Court las held tia.
the town authorities Can bar them from tie
| high school.
hTtXss steer escaped Irom asaughter hous,
IN N9| IGrE on Nlorday, ravaged Fltth ave-
nue. above Madison Square, stopping the stages,
tossed woman and hurt child in Madison
Square, laned park policeman wrist, kent
the people in the nciGhborhood in fright for
halt an hour, and than ran through Twenty.
first street and wns shot ca the wtss side. Fl fer
| spralnlrs tho ankle and spol!iog tho clothes Of
lis slayer.
The widow Of the late Henry NJ. Dixon, who
was killed at Yaz)o City, Miss, by James A.
| Batksialc, has published letter in viudloation
OF her husbands memory. She says when hcr
husband heard that it had been charged in q
Democratic convention that hn had threatened
to asIsslaatc BaIksdalc. he discaimtl 10
| B1rksdao through ffcrd, all intention OF
harmlng bin. Mrs. Dixon raSenis with warmth
| tho Installation that her husband was on "in-
fldcl. She say: "A tcw hours bafOre his
death he vas baptized iGt0 the Catholic
Church.
George Schwartz. a we'll known politician
ard proprietor OF a cigar store, WIS shot in his
place OF business, in San Frar CISCO, Yesterday.
by Dudcy Haskell. Haskell approached the
counter and inquired for Schwartz IA the
latter came forward Haskell said, " Gu called
me - last night; will ytu retrect it2'
Schwartz debled the statement roughly, when
Haskell drew pistol and fired ono shot, which
missed. Schwartz turned to escape, when y
second shot took effect in the back of bis head,
causing death in few minutcs. Haskell was
seized by the by s:aodera. Al d oAocrs ccEaipr
up he was taken to the police station.
| The people OF California to-day will elect
four Representatives, State Ctfisere, and new
Legislature, judges Of The superior courts, lhr @
railroad commissioners, iorr membls OF the
State board Of agriculture. and full lists Ct
county and municipal officers. n veto is also
to be taken Tor or RgalUs! Chinese iuuiera
ton. For State ofiioers there are five tickets
10 the field, and to The confusion aud
complications growing Out of the struggle for
the adoption Of the new Constitution, have
mixed matters considerably, so that no dcGnite
calculation can b. made AZ to the probable re
suit.
| LEWIS Gray, aged -, aud Charles Jjues,
aged II, of Bradford, Pa, we're killed yesterday
morning hy the explosion OF sixty pounds OF
Di.ro g!Eccroc with which lh,y WAS about 10
torpedo sn oil well lat Bells emp, eight mics
irom bradford. ih1 meu were tlGwa iotn
such small fragments 'ha: aot : single oGe oi
Eiary picces CT .sh ttuad sssttcrcd s1onrd nm
tresa and hillside oo1ld be Identified rs belotr,
lnE To either o.! them. A team OF horses cut
buggy we're also blown 10 atoms " the Ter.
rih!s txrIoslep. 1t is supposed that Tic a,gu
were litupg ouo OF The cans OF g,ca.ioe from
the buggy, when the hardo gave a~ay, with
the shove result.