Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-20
NEWS F.YHE DA z.
sao,o the very age.and bodyof the times.

/" 7ossao,o the very agesand bodyof the times. :
The annual sale Of articles remaining in the
dead letter Office in Washington, which is ad-
yertised to take place there to-day, includes sew
eral thousand articles. The list embraces al
most every article Of wearing apparel, jeWelry,
medicine, &C., most of them for ladies'
Among these are false breasts, shoulder braces,
hair, hoopskirts, curriers', baby clothes, white
enamel bloom for complexion, hair dyes, hair
restorers, hair uprooters pitalzing recnpera-
tors, &c.
The Hoosac tunnel is again demanding more
money. A statement made by the managers
Of the great bore to the Massachusetts, Leglsla-
sture shows that it will cost $40, 900, O0o, and
that as years will be required to complete 1t.
The borers have gone oDe-t thirteenth OF the DIS
lance through the mountain, and it has already
cost So, 10000
A lady applied at the Portland, Me-, police
Office on Monday in search Of lost cat, for
which she offered ST 900 reward. She brought
the animal from England, and thought a great
deal of it. The cat had on when lost a gold
necklace worth about $40, which may account
for its disappearance.
The Amesbury Wooden Company (located
at Amesbury, Mass, which has been some
three years in operation, with capital Of
1926, 1000, held ameeting Saturday, when it was
concluded to stop work, and go into liquidation,
most of the capital having been sunk.
The London tailors are now sending to this
country with theircoats little glass bottles with
pins attached, to hold the flowers which would
otherwise be stuck in the buttonhole. By the
use of these bottles filled with water Of course
the flowers can be kept fresh.
MIR. Beverly Smith, cashier of the National
Bank at Parkersburg, West Virginia, was
found dead in his bed ON Monday morning. A
short time since, Mr.. Beal Blackford, OF the
same bank, was also found dead in his bed.
About one hundred and seveuty-fve freed
men, women and children, the greater part
being women, left Macon, Ca, via the Central
railroad, 18th instant, for Charleston, from
which point they expect to sail for Liberia.
In Philadelphia, on Saturday night, the lur
store of Messrs. Womrath was robbed Of three
hundred and ffty-six Hudson bay sables, I'M
dressed len dozen chinchillas dressed, and
other valuable furs.
The St. Louis Republican states That Arch
bishop Kenrick has secured possession Of il,
valuable lot in that city, on which he expects
to erect cathedral to cost at least $1,000 900.
General Sherman, who has just returned
from the Indian country, thinks that We can
have an Indian war or not, just as we desire it.
Chief Justice Chase, it is said, designs pre-
siding at the next terms of the U. S. Circuit
Courts in Virginia and North Carolina.
Massey, the Fenian, who turned traitor and
gave information against his compatriots, is re-
ported to have arrived in Canada.
A forgery amounting to ST., 800 was perpe-
trated upon the Broadway Bank, New York, on
Saturday.
Gen. Grant was in Richmond on Saturday,
and explored some of his old batleGelds.
Nearly two millions of dollars in gold went
from New York Oh Saturday for Europe.