Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-20

man VIII, dc!n ed lis boarl bill several months
hr lron,inr himself mates Ill his boarding
hans, From his friend Prince Albert, which
,he laudIa " rel giou>ly read. Here Is Il
ike from Paris on that C'rhrrus, the con
rirrrr. Mr.. rrudh"m.un cutters l!ls h!nIo
and asks he concierge, Any letters! Oil
vas monsieur an>Wur> the copcsc:Se CON
icmptuousy handing him two postal cards:
''hul they are not very interesting. Ap"ih'r
\ gallant enters. A concierge hands nm i
card ON Which il written, III feminine hand:
Il will wal, for yu nj ,ck at the opera,
The concierge srv.ly rcmark> YOU have
but Iitrln time" l. rcmi:.;ls one of that old
like of Swift's FL" sent letter ny an III
nnisitive servant. He wrote H. Il postscript
IN, 3. Ynu may sa1id Il verbal Answer by the
htar,r, as he is ii clr.,iul nlan, and will DC sure
f., rta! This Letter before he delivers It. 1t
would have been u stu j. To have seen thaf
mans face when he ear To those llaes.
CAKES AMEs' WIlG..-I'hc will II Cakes
Ames WIS admitted "a probate Oh Sa' urday.
The hculests are as fellows TO his wife,
Ev,nr o. Amcs, 100000. ali the hon-choll
furniture horses and carriages. aud the use Of
his dwelling h,u-c during her life; 10 his daugh-
Ter, Susan Il. E!cuch, $1,000 year during her
life: t. each grand son now or hereafter to BE-
born, S2i OOD tn each grand daughter, so
uu, 10 his Sun, Fra,k W. Ames, al! his inter
est III the Kinscy Iron and Machiac Company,
and IN the houses, lands and huIlilng: bought
or received from the estate Of Lyman hnSicy.
in Canton: to his Sous, Olkcs " and Oliver
Ames Ill his real estate in Easton Canton,
Braiutrcc and West B.iigewaier, with al the
machinery, tools and fixtures pertaining 10, or
in any way connected with the Shcyci BUSINESSMAN
income of $50, 900 from seven per cent. railroad
! bonds to be used for the support OF the schools
III Distric, No. I, III North Ea>t0n, and all the
remainder to he tliyi led among his s)ns, Cakes
A., Oliver and Frank w. Amcs. Cakes a.
| and Oliver Ames. Iii, soiis arc appointed exc
cutOrS.
PROPOSED PENAL COLONY. Charles Nord,
| }otf has written an articl. entitled wv hat shall
we do with Scrugg>?' Scroggs Is the Amcrl-
ran "Giax saby." He is the habitual crm
ira!, the convicted thicI, rpbbcr. or assassin.
| 'raerc are now sixteen thousand such III our
| different State prisnnS Wh,t shall we do with
tipcm? Behind them is a great army Of nearly
forty thousand otter criminals III co-fncmont-
for lougcr or shorter pcriods-ior various oIicn-
scs, liz different institutions, punt0ry or reform
a,ory. What shall wo DO with these? If W.
urn them loose, tley Begin again to prey upon
society. We have had striking example OF
this in the case Of IIpluhan What can We DO
with them? Send them 10 AIaSka,' says
llr. NorihotF, and he makes out a very -trong
,.;>c ia favor Of peual Colony. 1t has long
baeu our opinion, and We have said in these
columns, that society will adopt some scheme
of this kind at last, as Il means Of dl-po>ing Of
the viciou>ly criminal population. -B'I;. G"1.
NEW York LIQuUn SALOONS During last
week the police force Of New \ ork city was en-
gagged in taking he CENSUS OF the liquor 81
looms III their precincts 1T the request OF t:!r
Commit Siuncrs vi Excise. whl wished to know
exactly how many such places EXISTED IN thc
city, as well a. the Hllue and standing Of the
proprictorS, before they commenced issuing
icanscs This census is very complete, as ii
includes all the groceries and other places
where liquor is Sold lis we'll as the regular
recognized liquor saloons. 1t also gives the
rane OF the proprietor, the reputation OF the
persons who viSit his hnlSc, and # he was arrest
ed for violation of the Excise law. The census
shows that there arc S.ly3 places where liquor
i, sold in the city, wll'ct is at the rate ol one
liquor store to every l0D prrSDnS, including men,
w,tncu and children. Deduct from these IOD
persons those who d. not drnk liquor at
all, which will, no doubt, BE- nearly "ne-haIf,
and the ratio Is store to every 80 persons who
support them.
TIE VALLEY RAILROAD. The president
and directors of th" Valley Railroad Company
were in session in this city yesterday, earnestly
engaged in dcviSins means Tor rcconclIlng all
the difficulties Which have been III the way 1t
letting the entire line Of road tn Contract, and
securing the first payment On the ba!ttnnrt
city subscription Of s;l,O00,0OO, by satisfying |
our commissioners of finance, under the pro
visions of the city 0rlina CO. Of the possession
of means to complete the line. As announced
Yesterday the representatives Of the different
Virginia valley counties are here with the 30
per cent. Of their bonds in hand ready for de-
livery Most Of the day WAS spent in con uita
ton, and finally, at a late hour last night. Il
was formally determined by the board of dl-
rectors Of the Valley railroad to let the road TO
contract from Staunton to Salem, Va, to Nc
Mahon, Mason 4 Co, at the estimates of the
chief engineer Of the road.-Bah. SIM.
STURGEON "A great many persons don't |
ike sturgeon meat as fool, and never eat it,
while considerable uunbcr are quite fond Of
it, aud at this season OF the Year Indulge quite
freely in the rich and savory dish. The people |
Of the lower counties of Virginia where these
fish abound would add to their resources by |
smoking sturgeon steaks for consumption in
the fall and wiutcr months. Smoked sturgeon,
says the Richmond Wing, is us easily obtained |
as smoked salmon in the Northern cities but
we do not remember TO have seen any i'll Viz
glula.
DECORATION DAY-IuE G.. a. r. AID TIE
CONFEDERATE DEAD. The Executive Com.
mittee of the Grand Army of the Republic,
having in charge the decoration ceremonies,
held a meeting last night when it was resolved
that the proposed strcwlng Of flowers on the
Confederate graves at Arlington would proba-
bly, cause disorder aud occasion breach Of the
peace, and that the national cemeteries were
on Decoration day only open by order Of the
Quarterlnaster General for the purpose of
decorating the graves OF Union soldiers
Washington Chronicle.
DEFAULTTNG OFFICER. Lewis H. Bayne has
been appointed Postmaster at BaynesvilIe, |
Wcstmoreland county, in place Of J. L. Smith
removed and now IN tho rhrrun Df |