Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-03
NEWS OF THE DAY
"7o sAoao the ueg.y age and body Of the Times.

- IL StOlo me Ce',Y u9c oHu OOttY " 1to A"'o''
A company of gentlemen Of Prince Georges
county, Nd, recently established an association
to further the interests of the farmer, mechanic
aud artisan, and purchased a large portion OF
the estate of the late Dionysius Sheriff, in Bla-
deusburg district. near Wilson, station, Oh the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad, few miles
flOm Washington, consisting of 1877 acres at a
cost Of 81 900. On Thursday Of last week a
large meeting was held on the grounds, com.
posed Of farmers and others of that section OF
country, and much zeal was manifested for the
furtherance Of the interest Of the farm and the
workshop.
The cable brings dispatch about the cap
ture of a white man by native Africans on the
Congo river, and also tells that CHARLES Lily
ingstoue" believes the captured man to be his
son. Who is Charles Llvingstone? Has DIR.
Livingstone a brother named Charles, whose
son is an explorer? Or is the Doctors father
living, and is the "son" referred to in the dis
patch the veritable David himself?
Frequent mention has been made within the
past week or two in the cable dispatches of the
ravagcs of typhoid fever 10 certain districts OF
London. The cause Of the disease has been
clearly traced to infected milk. The question
Of the dependence of typhoid fever upon the
use of impure and contaminated milk Is now
deeply agitatiDg the citizens of London.
Four cotton factories in Fayetteville, n. G.,
the local paper says, divide - per cent. or
more. Those at Columbus and Augusta, Ga,
do equally well. The attention Of the southern
people has been lately strongly fixed upon the
profits of cotton manufacturing. The Charles
ton News aud Courier calls it the new song OF
the South.
The yellow fever has abated in some degree
at Shreveport, and has almost disappeared
from Montgomery (Alabama). Memphis makes
a touching appeal for aid. Advces from Texas
are to the effect that neither yellow fever nor
cholera is prevailing in that State.
The reception of the delegates of the Evan
gclical Alliance at the Young Mems Christian
Association 10 New York was attended by an
immense crowd. Flags of all nations were dis
played.
A meeting of the Mexican Volunteers of lS4S
was held in New York yesterday. Gen. Joseph
Hooker made string speech, which was loudly
applauded. The organization extends through
out the United States.
The ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of
the new Michigan State Capitol building took
place at Lansing yesterday 10 the presence Of
forty thousand people. An Grafton was dehv-
cred by VIM. A. Howard.
\ court-martial has been ordered at Berlin
for the trial Of Capt. Werner, Of the German
war steamer Frederic Karl, for the seizure of
the Spanish steamer Vigilante, while flying the
red flag of the Commune.
The remains Of the late Rear Admiral Wins
low will be quietly inferred in one of the Bos-
ton cemeteries to-day. His widow has request
ed that there be no military or naval demon
StratOn.
The anniversary of the independence of Bra
I'll was duly celebrated on the 7th ut. in Rio.
There was grand festival, and the city was
Illuminated IN the evening.
WAGES ABRoAD.-Sixty cents day is con-
sidered good wages for working man in any
of the European countries, except Great Brit
ain, where the wages are somewhat higher. 10
the Tyrol silk region and in Italy they often do
not get more than ten cts. In the country IN
Germany ten cts. ia the common pay. Wo-
men there often get but five cts. In Swe-
0en men OFTEN WOrk from CLOCK IN the
morning till 9 in the evening, and do not get
more. During the late war many poor women
in Berlin we're hired to knit stockings for the
soldiers for five cents. The profit of the poor
who keep petty shops, sell trinkets in the street,
or act as suffers do not average more than
three or four per cent. BARRIERS in Berlin, since
the raising Of their prices, get FIVE cents for
hair cutting and two and half cents for shay
ing. Servants at hotels get from three to eight
dollars per month. Servant girls in private
families often get but ten dollars year Some
times these classes can not get work at any
price. Wash. Chronicle.
SOME idea oftbe extent of curreucy shipments
West may be gathered from the fact that the
receipts of currency at Chicago for two days
past were as follows: By the American Ez-
prest Company Saturday sl,50O,0O0; Sun
dav, $1,000, 900 United States Express
urday, s2oO,o Sunday, s2l5,oO0, Adams
Enthusiastically. $500, 900; Sunday, 500, 900.
Total, s3,4l5,OO0. In addition, Adams Elk.
press Company had notice Of $500, oO-arriVed
Mo. day m r-ing-makiug total OF 81, 100, OCO
in torty-eight hours.