Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-03
VIEWS OF THE DAY.
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10 8h010 inc gerry dge ana OO0y OF me 't"efS.
Gen. Palmer, the treasurer of the Union
Pacific railroad of Kansas, and DR.. Ia Conte,
the geologist Of the surveying party, have been
engaged in investigating the coal fields OF the
Ration mountains in Colorado and New Mexico
on the proposed line OF that road. They report
many large deposits OF very valuable coal, and
one vein, fifty miles north of Fort Union, they
state, is ten feet thick, and more than fifty
square miles in extent The coal is considered
equal to the best Pittsturg coal. Iron ore has
also been discovered in the same locality
4 woman in St. Louis determined TO commit
suicide by shooting herself with cannon ball,
which had been round the house for some
time, relic from Vieksburg. Not under
standing the science OF gunnery, she got half a
dollars worth of powder, placed it on a plate Oh
the floor, put the ball on the powder, sat
down upon it, and touched match to the ex,
plosiye, expecting instant death from the fatal
ball. 1t did not $50 off. however, although
the powder did; and she is suffering from pain
full burns.
The dog war 10 New York city this season
has resulted in the capture Of 1851 cannes, at
cost to the city Of Sc, 2O4,9 90 The price had
been reduced one-haIl, and now but twenty five
cents are paid for dogs The bushes is mon
opolized by five persons who hire small boys
to do the work, and give them small commits
sions for their labor The profits Of these dog
brokers during the season will be about 500
each
A good thing, told Of the Queen of Eng
land, youngest daughter, Beatrice, is golne
round in ati>tocratic circles. 1t appears she Is
tired Of hearing Of German princes, aud when
her sister, the Princess of Prussia, lately wrote
to ask what she would like for her birthday
present, the youngest and most loved replied
"Send Inc Bismarck head in a dish The
request must have startled her sffectionate cor
respondent.
The Radical clubs of st. Louis, and delega-
tions from posts CT tbs Grand Army Of the
Republic, met yesterday to arrange tor pub
lie reception of Gen. Sheridan in st. Louis -
Gen. G. B. Fiske presided, and Mayor Thomas
and Gov Fletcher made speeches. Colored
people will be allowed to participate in the
demonstration, ii they desire.
This Cover ment has made no more Official
interposition to save Santa Auna 5 life than it
did in the case of Macmillan. 1t has merely
expressed the hope that he would DOT be treated
otherwise lhan prisoner of State.
General Pope has issued an order for an
election in Alabama, on the lst Oh October, on
the question Of holding a convention and the
election of delegates to the same Tor forty
election districts.
Augustin Iturbide, the adopted heir of Max
imilian, is now at Rosedale, the residence oil
his grandmother, Mrs Green, on the heights
of Georgetown, and is robust boy Of toul
years old.
The corner stone of the new Jewish hosria
was laid in Chicago yesterday. The ceremony
was characterized by due ponlp and display, al
of the Jewish organizations in the city partci
pating.
There were thirty nterments of yellow fever
cases in New Orleans on the lst inst. Among
them was Tom King, the pugiliat, and Llent
Mccormick, of the ironclad Mahaska
A warrant was issued at the Treasury De
partment yesterday for the sum Of $4,3l7,
OC5 90 in coin, to pay the interest on the fen
forty bonds accruing on the lst instant.
A dispatch from Fort Hayes states that nc
information had been received from The force
sent against the Indians, although ills believed
that several battles had taken place
The steamer Henry Chauncey, at New York
brings one million one hundred ana three
thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars
in specie.
The name Of the only survivor OF the crew Of
the miniature yacht, John II. Ford, which was
lost in the English channel, is Armstrong.
The total loss by the late fire in Buffalo, was
| about $4,000.