Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-16
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GENERAL NEW,Sl
,On October 80, John Bright.was entertaine

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bv bis friends and admirers in Dublin at a
bapouet. In his address, besides advocating
the reform principles which have made him SO
famous, he considered the unfortunate condi-
& ton of the Irish peoples and advocated con-
citation by Great Britain,
Scott, Thompson, Perry, and other parties
associated in the construction of the Kansas
branch of the Union Pacific R. r., have just paid
George Francis Train fifty thousand dollars of
the three hundred and fifty thousand due him
as commissions in earlier negotiations of that
enterprise. e
The Memphis Avalanche, of the lst instant,
concludes an article as follows: ssWe will
now close this article by stating that not in the
wide world is there as much shooting, stabbng,
and killing, as in Shelby county, when we take
into consideration the intelligence OF The com
munity. , yrE-
The Texas Legisl .ture have unanimously
Iassed resolutions to set apa,t portion of the
State cemetery for the burial of deceased Uni
ted States soldiers, and appropriated live thou
d, sand dollars for the spurpose OF enclosing the
grounds with suitable wall. ssas-.gk
'9.7 The Philadelphia Press says that owing to
the discovery of frauds, at the recent election
iu the Second Congressional District of New
Jersey, Gov Ward has given the certificate to
the Hon. W. N. Newell, the defeated Repub.
lican candidate. 5aza
The annual ceremony of crowning the King
Of Pumpkins took place recently at the central
market in Paris. The happy vegetable weigh
ed two hundred and ffty-eight, pounds, and
measured ten feet four inches round. s.
The ''Meteoric Shower" is reported as hav-
ing been seen at New Haven, Troy, Chicago,
Boston, and even in New York-but the
shower was small, and the least said of it,
the better. 4.I4+ ~
Fernando Wood, newly elected to Congress
from the Ninth District in New York, is said
to be pledged to no political party, and is ''in
favor Of the proposed amendment to the Con
stulion. @.
LeaVenworth City, which was ten years ago
amere outpost in the Indian country, now has
nearly 90, 600 inhabitants, and is on the great
Western route for traffic and travel across the
plains. a.
'lhiok Of fresh meat being supplied 10 Eng
ish tables from South America Marvellous,
lmpracticable as i: would seem, it yet appears
to be on the eve Of accomplishment. ISL III
At Wyman's Gift Concert at Stauntou, Gov.
Smith (who was there,) drew a pitcher worth
thirty dollars. ...-..s.-. ....s. aag
The project of bridging the Mississippi at
st. Louis has been abandoned.
Capt. T. S. Hardee has been appointed
State Engineer Of Mississippi.
Victor Hugo's new novel is to come out in
ten volumes. ~4
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