Year: 1878

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MONTREAL, April %. - Another party
quarrel took place yesterday and brought
volunteer in trouble. Several battalions
of militia mustered on Champ de Mars for
parade, and about the same time party of
Orange True Blues with fife and drum
band marched through Notre Dame street.
On arriving at Notre Dame Cathedral a
number of them rushed into the building,
shouting and yelling, and creating such a
wild disturbance that the worshiping con-
gregation was thrown into violent confusion
and some of the ladies tainted. A number
of young men attempted to eject them,
when general fight took place inside the
doors of the sacred edifice. AT this moment
troops were passing the building, when one
man left the ranks and rushed to the aid of
the noisy boys, and taking part in the afhay
named O'Harra, who was endeavoring to re-
store order.


ABOUT A WOMAN.


A stabbing affray occurred here last night
about woman, in which a blacksmith
named Lapierre stabbed man named
Dora in the back in five places. The
wounded mans condition is pronounced
dangerous.


TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF.


New York, April 2O.-Last evening
Henry Walters had an alteration with his
wife at the corner Of Stanton and Forsythe
Streets when Walters drew razor and
made murderous attack with it upon his
wife, cutting her throat. He then ran to
the corner of the next street, when he drew
the razor across his own throat. Neither
wound is considered fatal. The cause of
the assault was that his wife refused to pros
titute herself to furnish him with money to
spend in drink, to which he was addicted
Walters comes of a good family in Oneida,
New York.


ARREST OF A FUGITIVE BANK PRESIDENT.


Henry A. McGlyne, the absconding Presi-
dent of the first National Bank of Colorado
Springs, and Vice President of the National
Bank of Salt Lake City, was arrested here
yesterday and taken back to Denver on a
requisition from the Governor of Colorado.


MURDER AND SUICIDE.


CLEVELAND, o., April 20-A terrible MUIR
der and suicide occurred in Troy Township,
Geauga County, the victims being Mrs.
Stroud and Leonard Stroud her husband.
The parties were old people, but having
lived unpleasantly last summer separated,
dividing the property. Some wrangling
having taken place of late, Stroud on Fri
day rode over to his wife's farm. Arriving
in front of the residence, Stroud called out
to his wife in a surly tone to bring him
something to eat and drink. She complied,
bringing the victuals to the buggy. He ate
part of the food. when he asked for key
to a certain trunk. This she refused to
give him. Then he shouted: II tell you |
want the key to that trunk" She replied:
"You can't have it." Then turning
around, Mrs Stroud started briskly for the
house, but had gone only few steps
when Stroud took from under the buggy
seat a long butcher-knife, and leap
ing to the ground ran after his wife, caught
her with his left arm about the chest, and
then plunged the knife into her abdomen
Just left of the navel.


The murderer drew the weapon out
quickly, but Immediately thrust it again
into the abdomen to the right of the navel.
He turned the knife around in the wound
and drew it sidewise, making cash more
than five inches long. The bowels at once
rolled out but Mrs. Stroud struggled des-
perately and got away from the slayer. She
was taken into the house, and at last ac-
counts was dying.


AS soon as Mrs. Stroud escaped from her
assailant, Stroud took off his coat, vest and
hat, and, placing them on the road fence,
cut his own throat with the butcher-knife,
inflicting desperate wound. He fell to the
ground, but soon arose and made further
attempts at his throat. The ncishb0rs. now