The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-15

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1 A BosToN DRY GOODS DEALER adyer
tises financial crash towels.u
WHEN THE POLICEMEN find mar
full they take him to the siation-house an,
his friends bail him out.
j. p. CowARDIN has received q cor
dial invitation from citizens of Petersburg
to deliver his lecture there.
In THESE DULL TIMES it is refreshine
to see the bright faces Of women in contrast
with the gloomy ones Of men.
| Mr.. JESSE T. HUTCHINSON has quail.
fled before Judge Guigon as an inspector
OF tobacco at Mayo's warehouse.
The ''sHRINKAGE'' in the value Of
chicken and hen fruit is not evidenced by
the present prices of these commodities.
CAPTAIN CHALKLEY, the gatherer in
of fines at the police court, has only col
lected one dollar for the past three days.
EVERYTHING one can wish in the Illus
trated newspaper line can be found at
Captain Q. F. Johnston's, No. 91S Main
street. :.
DIR. BAGBY has been invited to deliver
q lecture at Delaware college, Newark,
Delaware. He is an alumnus Of that insti-
tuition. 9
LIEUTENANT-Co COLONEL GEORGE AN.
DREws, United States army, uncle Of
Il. Snowden Andrews, died in Baltimore,
yesterday. :.
The FESTIVE ROASTING EAR is no
longer seen on the market stalls, and the
hash hucksters now serve up boiled hom-
my instead. 81
On WEDNESDAY, at the First Baptist
church, Miss Curry, daughter of Professor
Curry, of Richmond college, and Rev.
John B. Turpin, were married.
TEMPERATURE.-Thefo following is the
range of the thermometer at Captain @.
f. Johnston's bookstore, 91S Main street
6 a. m. 36; ga. m. AZ; IL IN. 52; 3 p. m.
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The RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG
and Glover Hill railroads were examined
yesterday by committee consisting in
part of P. j. Wright, Haxall, and Monta-
que, of this city.
THE RICHMOND CONSERVATIVES have
resolved to postpone their outside reioicings
at the election Of Kemper until his inaugu-
ration as governor in January next. Then
they expect to gush.
THERE WAS large and fashionable
audience present last night at the rooms OF
the Young Mems Christian Association to
hear the recitations of Mr.. Henry Nichols.
He gave great satisfaction.
The NEWSPAPERS AND PEOPLE
generally complain that there is no
liquidity in the pecuniary resources Of this
city that they don't flow freely--in fact,
that they are being boarded up. 2 I
DIR. RANDOLPH BABKsDALE took
charge of the Central lunatic asylum to-
day as general superintendent. He is an
accomplished and able physician, and pos
sesses many requisites that peculiarly fit
him for the efficient discharge of the inn
portant duty confided to him. s
Mr.. GEORGE McGovERN has Just re-
turned to Richmond, after visiting Norfolk
and exhibiting the Cosby invalid bedstead
before the State medical society of Virginia
now in session in that city. The members
expressed themselves highly pleased
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THURSDAY, 9TH INSTANT, is the
occasion set apart by President Grant as
o day Of thanksgiving and prayer. The
postottice and other government offices in
this city will be closed on the occasion.
The generality of the resident population
and business men of Richmond pay very
little attention to such occasions, having
had a surfeit pending the administration
of Jefferson Davis during the war.
THE STUDENTS OF RICHMOND Coll
LEaE Sin a body" escorted by their
friends, and fanked by several of the pro-
fessors Of the institute, made pilgrimage
yesterday ito the new heating apparatus
Of the building and having critically ex-
amined the same, and had its virtues and
capacities lucidly explained, did unanimous
ly resolve that it was.'sa big thing on ice,"
and just the thing calculated to s'warm
them up." They were assisted in these
conclusions by blackboard illustrations
and an essay on "steam generation" de-
livered with his usual force and felicitous
vigor, by the able head of the faculty.