Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-22

the interest of the Count de Chambord have
suddenly come to an end in consequence OF
difference upon the question Of national nag
Washington News.
The contractor for the new bridge on the
site Of the old chain bridge has addressed let
ter to the officer in charge, explaining the
cause Of delay and promising to complete the
work for travel in September.
The large building owned by Il G. Robbins,
on the southeast corner of and Seventh SITS,
has been declared nuisance and unsafe by To-
spector Cluss, aud the owner notified to take
! down the walls
The Drug Clerks Association, which has ex-
listed here for some time. was last night merged
into new association, ''Thc Washington Phar-
maceutica Association.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. David Walling, an
actor at the Theatre Comique, met with
severe and probably fatal accident while jump,
ing from street car of the Washington and
GEORGETOWN railroad when on Bridge street,
| in Georgetown.
| Mrs Margaret Gleason, wife OF Patrick Glea-
son, esq, died yesterday afternoon at her late
residence The deceased was we'll known IN
this community, and was beloved and cherish
ed by all who knew her
The Sisters of the Visitation have instructed
their architect, Adolf CIuss, to commence opera
tons Immediately on the erection of a new con-
vent and academy at the northeast corner of
Connecticut avenue and j street.
A VERY BAD Boy. Max Adelcr mentions
report that the chief astronomer at the Wash
ugton Observatory was dreadfully sold few
days ago. A wicked boy whose Sunday school
experience seems only to have made him more
| i ~ 90, nd
the aid of some mucilage, 10 the centre OF the
largest lens in the telescope. That night, when
the astronomer went to work, he perceived
blaze of light apparently in the heavens, and
what amazed him more was that 1t would give
couple Of spurts and then de out, only to
| burst forth again in a second or TWO. lie eX.
amincd it carefully for a few moments, and
then he began to do sums to discover where IN
the heavens that extraordinary star WIS placed.
He thought he found the locality and the next
morning he autographed all over the universe
that he had discovered pew and remarkable
star of the third magnitude IN Orion. In a
day or TWO all the astronomers III Europe and
America were studying Orion, and they gazed
at it for hours until they were mad, and then
began to telegraph to the man in Washington
to know what he meant The discoverer took
another look, and found that the new star had
moved about eighteen billion miles in the
twenty four hours, and upon examining it close.
ly he was alarmed to perceive that it had legs
When he went to the dome the next morulng
to polish up his glass he found the lightning
bug. People down at Alexandria, seven miles
distant, heard part of the swearing, and they
say he infused into it much whole-sOuled SIN
ccrity and vigorous. energy. The bills for tclc
graphic dispatches amounted TO $1,000, and
now the astronomer wants to find that boy. He
wishes to consult with him about something.
EXPIRATION OF SENATORIAL TERMS. -Ihe
terms of the following named United States
Senators expire on the 18th OF March, !S'':
Eugene CasScrly, democrat, California; William
A. Buckingham, republican, Connecticut; I'hos.
f. Bayard, democrat. Delaware; Abliah Gil
bert. republican, Florida; Daniel D. Pratt, re.
publican, Indiana; Hannibal Haulin, repnbli-
can, Maine, Charles Samucls, republican, Mas
Sachusetts; William p. Hamilton, democrat.
Maryland; Zachariah Chandler, republican,
Michigan: Alexander Ramsay, republican, Min
uesota; Abclbert Ames, republican, Mississippi;
Carl Schurz republican, Missouri; Thomas W.
Upton, republican, Nebraska; William NJ.
Stuart republican, Nevada; John f Stockton,
democrat, New Jersey; Reuben X. Fenton, re.
publican, New York; Allen g. Thurman, dem
ocrat, Ohio John Scott, republican, Pcnusyl-
vania; William Sprague, republican, Rhode;
Island; William u. Brownlow, republican,
Tennessee; Joseph w. Flanagan, republican,
Texas; George f. Edmunds, republican, Yer.
mont Arthur |. Borcman, republican, Vest
Virginia; Matthew Ii. Carpenter, republican,
Wisconsin.
| HORSE STEALING. Last Friday the sheriff
of Fayette county, Pa, reached Bcrryville with
an order from Governor Walker, upon requl-
sitiou from the Governor of Pennsy lvanla for
the delivery into the sheriff. hands of one
George Riley, arrested and confined for the last
month in our county Jail upon the charge OF
stealing horses. Two horses were stolen by
him and George Spaldiug, the latter Of whom
was arrested some time ago with the animals
in his possession They we're the property of
county 90 the arrest Of Spalding, Riley made
his escape to this county, where SpaldiDgs
wife lives, and in an interview with her, cou-
municated the story OF her husband : mlstor-
tune Believing that her husband chances
for acquittal rested in some measure upon the
capture of Riley, who is an Engshuan, she
contrived his arrest by the officers OF this coun'
ty. Riley was handed over to sheriff Mess
more, who started with him for unlonto~n'
the county seat of Fayette. Clarke Co"7e'.
| " HEAT luLTURE.--lhe h'uuouu ~.
contains tabular statement prepared ny Mat
thew Harrison, esq., Of Leesburg giving the : re- e
suits of an experiment made by HIM last lal',
10 wheat planting, which cannot fail to be Nigh
y interesting as welI as profitable tic. to farmers
generally The Mirror says: -"Ihe entire
proceeding, from the: preparation OF the sou 70
the weighing of the crop, was conducted with
that strict accuracy and pains taking SO charac-
teristic of the experimentor, and the results are
detailed with lucidness that reuders them
easily comprehended. That he should have
found opportunity amid the pressing duties of
an active professional life, to spend 50 much
time and labor as was necessarily required 10
this ex pertinent attest his interest III the science
of practical farm g. and will very, justly give
| additional weight to the value Of his iuiorma-
ton, while his farm adjoining Leesburg is a
witness of his success as an agrlcuturallst.