The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-07
The Oirginia State esuurnal.
GENERAL ITEMS.

Archbishop Schepman, of Utrecht, Is
dead.
The Countess Hamburg, dowagcr of
Frederick William the Third Of Russia, is
dead.
Prince Adalbcrt, cousin Of Emperor
Wilhelm, is dead.
The Shah of Persia has left for Essen,
Wcisbaden, Brussels, and London.
Five European steamers arrived in
New York on the 18th with 1850 emigrants
aboard.
The colored people Of st. Louis are
to have grand musical jubilee on the lst
of August.
A man in Hartford received postal
card the other day, on which was written
LIS words.
Tho stock of -four in Cincinnati in the
hands of the receivers, iobbers and millerS
is 81, l9S barrels.
The net earnings of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad for the past year
was 3,139,267.1S.
The convicts of the New Jersey state
prison refuse to work for the contractors
until good food is furnished them.
San Francisco is much disturbed by
the failure of its Australian line of steam
crS, which have sunk much money, in spite
of pluck and enterprise.
Vienna is the only large city in Europe
that has thoroughly adopted the American
'ueot-car system. Indeed, in many respects
the system has been improved.
The Gaceta publishes dispatches con.
firmng the reports Of outrages and
atrocities perpetrated on prisoners of war
by the Carlists at Irun and elsewhere.
A wonderful mine has been discovered
by Colonel j. W. McEIrath in the South
Mountains, says TIE Hickory Press. 1t
contains mica, silver and assatoe tila, with
some indications Of petroleum oil gas.
A chap given to stats tics estimated
tHat over two thousand toes were frozen
during The past winter by young ladies'
keeping their beaux lingering at the gate
instead Of asking them into the paror.
-Gencral Jackson's Bible, which was
given him during his presidency by a
Washington lady, aud after his death was
presented to the Hermitage church in Ien-
nessee, was stolen from that place recent
".
The petition Of l,2IO citizens Of Da-
Venport, Iowa, praying for the closure OF
bar-rooms on Sundays, was LAID on the Ia
bic by the common council in company
with two black bottles and dozen lam
blerS.
a baud of armed desperadoos SUI
rounded the Jail at Waco, Texas, last
Thursday night, and after securing the
keepers and locking them mp, liberated all
,'T u ,Io,,o,S' EVIL Ill Vi "'io"' "'i' i'''o
'''"' 1'1.,' ~ te'o.
AZ the election OF directors OF the Ne"
YORK central and HUDSON NiVer railroad
company at Albany, wednesday, inc Old
"iflcers were fe-siec Go UNI unanimously; There
were about SoO,OOo,OO0 worth OF stock
''P'V - s' az 'lic ne'.'''s.
livery manQiac'urhg establishment IN
CnariesIo"ii, W. va, mas Twelve o'ciock
whistle ana no tWo OF them run by the
same time, inc difference beng IRON ten
!m'il0te8 10 three-quarterS OF an hour.
lhey evidently keep their own time.
"A son Of General ID. Ii. Hill cPar-
son Brownlow's manO has been appointed
cadet at West Point, where his father,
me general Efaauated III iol2, m the same
Efa"uatln5 CLASS WIN Earl van Dorm,
t!ohesIreGt, ana Johh rope" 80 says the
Ne" hoih ilefaid.
The constitutional convention of Penn
hYlfaiila Has adopted provision TO pre-
vent Illegal voting. 1t requires that each
ballot cast Shall be numbered in the order
OF its reception, aid each voter, if he
pleases, may as an additional safeguard
write his name on the back of the ballot.
A collection of books is about to be
brought under the hammer in England,
which Is not only OF great intrinsic value,
but winch curlously illustrates the passion
for book collecting. 1t was formed by the
late Henry Per kins, OF the world-renown'
ed firm of Barclay Il Perkins, brewers, Of
London, and is estimated TO be worth
100000. .ras =
On the day of the openine of the Uni
vcrsal Exhibition at Vienna. The telegraph
station there rece. we'd ten thousand five
hundred and sixty seven dispatches. that
is to saw. nearly two thousand more