Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-28
NEWS of THE DAN.
I'D sho,o the ver,y age and body Of the Times

Lord Dufferin had royal reception on his
return to Toronto from Hamilton yesterday at
ternoon Nearly the entire population of the
CITY poured out to meet him; all the principal
business houses and many public buildings and
private dwellings were gally decorated, At
night the city was one blaze of light, and the
streets thronged with people.
Tn the cases of Mayor Hall, Tweed, Nathan
icl Sands and others, charged with defrauding
the city of New York, in the court of General
Sessions there. yesterday, the District Attorney
moved that they be transferred to the court OF
Oyer and Termincr The argument on the
motion was, after consultation, postponed un-
til Friday next.
A delegation of ffy.two Indian chiefs and
braves, representing the Kiowas, Arapahoes
Comanches and Apaches, left Atoka, Indian
Territory, Yesterday morning. for the East, in
charge of Commissioner Afford The delega-
ton is, of course, coming to Washington, with
the view to the arrangement of IAN amieable
settlement of the present Indian troubles.
Upon the arrival of NJ Gambetta at the rail-
way station, at Grenade, on Thursday, he was
received with the most enthusiastic cheers by
to greet him without any previous preparations
having been made for his reception.
The International Convention Of blacksmiths
and machinists, which has been ia session at
Albany, N. Y, for some days, adjourned yes
terday. The next Convention will be held at
Louisville, Ky.
Two baloouists, King and Holden, made an
aerial voyage yesterday FROM Plymouth, New
Hampshire, to point in Canada near the Bay
of St. Lawrence, having travelled three hun
dred miles over Maine and portion OF Canada.
The captain and crew of the barge Iron City
which was wrecked on Lake Erie and sunk
near Sturgeon Bay, have arrived safe at But
falo. 1t wa feared that they had gone down
with the wreck.
Johnny OKeefe, the New York newsboy
who won midshipman's Cadetship in com-
petitive examination, has passed his examlna-
ton at the Annapolis Naval Academy, and Is
now regular Cadet
The Spanish Minister of Finance, yesterday
presented in the Cortes the Budget for 1872 10.
It estimates the revenue from all sources al
SIS, $50, nc francs, and the expenditures 543,
1894 II.
The Executive Committee of the Straight,
out" Democratic party Of PenDsy lvania has
called State Convention to meet at Harrisburg,
October 10th. An electoral ticket is to be put
in the field.
The severe gales which prevailed on the
coasts of England on Thursday continued yes
tcrday: several vessels which had put to sea
were driven back, and very large nuubor
we're wind bound.
1t is said in London that efforts are being
made, which have not yet taken ap official
form, to require the Messrs. Laird to pay
portion of the sum Of the award OF the Gene
! va tribunal.
A dispatch from Copenhagen reports that
the elections for members Of the Danish Diet
have resulted in the return of q majority oppo-
sed to the present Ministry.
The Chambers of Commerce of the principal
cities of England have adopted resolutions
CONTEMPLATING the Government on the happy
termination of the Alabama Arbitration.
John Barclay, who murdered Charles Garner
near Columbus, Ohio about one year ago has
made full confession. He will be hanged on
the 4th of October.
The bark New Castle, Captain Wilkins,
bound from Liverpool to Wilmington, was wreck
ed at Tuskar Rock on the l4th instant. Thirty
lives were lost
Thomas Goodrich confined 10 the Jail of
Baltimore on verdict of the murder, in the
second degree of Christian Troutfelter, has
been granted new trial.
Bancroft Davis, Assistant Secretary Of State,
who has been attending the Geneva Tribunal,
sailed from Liverpool yesterday for New FORK.
The Coored National Republican Conven-
ton, lately iu session at Louisville, adjourned
on Thursday night sine die.
The German Government has issued an Or
der stopping the emolumeuts of the Bishop of
Ermeland.
Cincinnati is arranging for grand musical
Festival, something on the order Of the Boston
Jubilee, to be held next May.
A "Straigh out Democratic State Conven-
ton of Michigan have nominated VIM NJ. Fer
ry for Governor, and full State ticket.
The riuderpest has made it appearance in
Lincolnshire England.
FURNACE HEAT.-The warming of houses
| by hot-air furnaces presents many advantages,
among which are the avoidance of draughts,
the better distribution of the heat throughout
the halls and rooms of the building, the con-
tinual introduction of fresh air from without,
and the confinement of the coal and ashes to
the cellar On the other hand, there are GER
tain disadvantages attending the use of this
method Of warming which have so important a
bearing on the health Of the persons subjected
to it that they cannot be disregarded with
impunity.
! Prominent among these disadvantages is the
dryness of such arti6cially heated air. Its true
that the chamber of the furnace may contain
water pan, and this may be filled with water,
but in the great majority of instances it is too
small to accomplish the purpose for which it is
intended. Hot dry air is consequently inhaled,
and, coming in contact with delicate membranes
of the air-passages, removes too large proper