The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS.
chicago is the paradise of sign-paint-
ers.
Charleston is rejoicing in "a sharp
FROST" and the consequent disappearance of
the yellow fever.
A grand fair, in aid of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, will
shortly be held in Boston. f'ft'5a
Minnesota had its first snow storm on
Monday. Down East there were falls of
snow more than a fortnight since.
The total losses of insurance compa-
MES by the Chicago fire are estimated at
SS2, S2l ,122. The loss of life by the fire
will probably not exceed 200. This allows
for seventy being yet in the ruins. .t.t
The Democratic party is in the most
pitiable strait. Its one grand "new depar-
ture" having dismally failed, every Demo-
crat is now proposing another new one on
his own hook. The leading organ in the
West wants the party to make no Presi-
dental nomination. The leading organ at
Washington proposes that it shall nominate
Senator Sumner The leading organ at
New York insists that ii must give up
greenbacks. Why not give up the ghost at
once I?
The Buffalo Commercial wants the
lobby system at Albany broken up.
"These corrupt ge-betweens,n it says,
Unjust be elected from the legislative halls.
The officers of the houses and the members
of the important committees must be men
who would no more listen to the advances
Of n professional lobbyist than they wonld
stop to talk with one afflicted with q loath-
some or dangerous disease" To all of
which honest men everywhere will say,
Amen.
by a vote of over three-fourths Of the
stock of the Philadelphia and Trenton rail-
road company, on Saturday, the assent of
the last Of the united companies of New
Jersey was secured to the great lease by
Pennsylvania. This completes all the pre-
lminary conditions, and this week, as
noted elsewhere, the new schedule began to
operate. 1t has been hard struggle to
achieve this consolidation, but success has
crowned it, and Philadelphia has again
proved that she is the real brain centre of
the railway system of the United States.
The subject of compulsory education is
attracting some attention in New Jersey.
The State Teachers Association, which
holds its annual meeting next month, pro-
poses to take up the subject with view of
bringing it conspcuousy before the public
and stimulating inquiry as to the desrabili-
ty and results OF the system. The Educa-
tional Commission of the State, in the law
just framed, provide method by which va
grant children may be compelled to attend
school, but they leave it with the people OF
each district to say when the compulsion
shall be applied.
--Twenty-one States have voted this
year. These are New Hampshire, Con-
necticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Penn
syvania, Ohio, California, Iowa, West Vir-
ginia, New York, Massachusetts, Minneso-
la, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas,
Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia,
and Maine. All but six went Republican,
and two Of these six New Jersey and New
HAMPSHIRE will be easily won back next
year. Conceding them to the opposition,
however, and leaving out all the other
States which nave not voted, the Republic
cans have already more than majority of
the Electoral College. This is nice calcu-
lation for the Democrats to base their Pre-
sidential speculatons upon.
The following is The salutatory of an
Oregon editress: "We have served regu-
lar apprenticeship at working washing,
scrubbing, patching, darning, ironing, plain
sewing, raising babies, milking, churning,
and poultry raising. We have kept board
ers, taught school, taught music, written
for the newspapers, made speeches, and
carried on an extensive millinery and dress
making business. We can prove by the
public that this has been well done. Now,
having reached the age Of thirty-six, and
having brought up family of boys to set
type and a daughter to run a millinery