Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-05

DELEGATES TO THE oTATE CONVENTION.
The Norfolk Virgnan publishes the following
letter from D. j. Goodwin, member of the
State Executive Committee of the Conserva-
tive party, having reference to the election If
delegates TO the Conservative State Convention.
The matter is one of great importance. aud our
people cannot give it too early or tou earnest
escaped the attention of the City Executive
be taken at the appropriate time. COL God
win says:
The State Executive Committee of the Con
sentative party OF Virginia having, by The au-
thority invested 10 them, called a convention
of the people of that party, to be held at Rich
mond on the 9th day of this month, deem
it my duty, as member Of the Executive
Committee from this Congressional District, to
inform the Conservative voters Of the District
that it is the duty of each ward in the cities
and township in the counties to assemble in
primary meetings between now and the 9TH
instant and appoint delegates to that GOWN
tun.
Under the rule adopted in the last State Con-
vcntion the wards aud townships are entitled
to send but one ll) delegate each; but to avoid
the probability that each delegate appointed
may not attend, it would be we'll, in addition to
the appointment OF one ~ delegate from each
ward and township. to appoint from each two
T. aternates.
The Convention will be an important one to
our party aud it is earnestly hoped that every
ward aud township in the State will be repre-
sented Petersburg Index.
MOVING STRAWBERRIES. The following is
taken from the late report Of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society We give 1t for what 1t
is worth, for We know nothing about 1t. The
thing looks reasonable, and could be easily
tested 1t seems proper here to mention the
interesting discussion on the strawberry, held
| on the Dist of Jnne the second day OF the
strawberry show This was the first attempt
| at such meeting, and gave much satisfaction,
both in itself and in the encouragement which
it afforded Of similar meetings in the future.
The principal practical point developed was the
advantage Of moving down the leaves after the
crop is gathered. This operation appears to
be analogous in principle to heading down u
tree. The plant having finished the work Of
the season, and being about to commence new
one, salutary stimulus is given to 1t by re-
moving the old and useless, and perhaps fungus
eaten foliage We may add, that one Of the
most successful growers Of strawberries in this
State says that, 10 his opiniun, the practice of
moving off the vines after tax ing Oft crop"t
| fruit is the most importeut advance in straw
berry culture that has been made Tor twenty
| five years
MATING AND OMcLoTH lady cores
pondcnt says tell your read ers that if they wish
their straw mating to keep looking bright,
they must wash it twice during the summer
with salt and water, say about pint OF salt,
dissolved in pailtul of warm soft water, dry
ing the mating quickly with soft cloth. Ihe
salt, she says, will prevent it from turning vel
low Far away and from quite an opposite
quarter, we hear another friendly voice begging
us to say to our readers that after ollGloths are
scrubbed and dried they should be rubbed all
over with a cloth dipped 10 milk. y uu We no
idea" says our friend, how brightly the oolors
come out Husband says it's the albumen in
the milk, but | think it the very thin film of
crease deposited. Meantime, our oicluths
shine all the year round. -Lptchbmg NeUs.
4 WITNESS REWARDED The chief witness
for the government in procuring the recent con-
victions of some scores OF citizens IN South
Carolina upon charges Of censplring for political
purposes: was ". F. NJ. Williams. This wit
ness claimed to have been a chief OF baud
which The testi6ed) committed murder and re-
pcated acts of violence for political purposes.
lie identified numbers of persons as members
of the band who we're thcreupoo brought 10
guilty and sentenced to the peutentlary. Last
week Williams was appointed deputy United
States marshal, serving IN the Beaufort 5. C.)
district.
MUNICIPAL -SToNE.-A member of the
City Council received last week an anonymous
communication, signed MANY Lady Friends,
of which the following is copy:
RESPECTED Sir-The ladies are so much
pleased that you are in the Council again, as
we think your judgment superior to any. and
We wish you 10 have maidstone kept in case
of our being bitten by mad dogs, as that is the
only cure, and there is so much said about mad
dogs. Please have it done directly. Very re-
specially, etc. Rich. Wing.
FANCY PRIcEs-The first instalnent of new
wheat, harvested in Georgia, arrived in Balti
more on Saturday last, and sold at 800 per
bushel. In ST. Louis, few days since, sam
pie barrel of -four, milled from this year S crop
of Georgia wheat, sold, under an excited COM
petition, for the large sum OF $3.50. 1t must
not be concluded, that this is criterion of tu-
ture prices in the article of -four. The price
paid was purely fancy one.
Washington and Lee University is to have
an Astronomical Observatory, the gift of MIR.
Cyrus Mccormick, of Chicago The telescope
will be one of the largest in the world.