The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-17


LENT is here tomorrow. Borrow to-
day. ,-. NO,
ARE race Of pigmies necessarily hog.
gish? ~t4-rE -ysrsioI,rA
ST. PETERS ORGAN is now attuned
to melodious utterances-cost $3.50.
Arrived February 18th at Fortress Mon
roe, brig Skiold, from Rio for Richmond.
LEIGH BURToN's POETRY on the last
Capitol disaster" is nearly ready. Time.
Next.
The passenger and freight traffic on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad is increasing
daily. .t,..-. .,,....., ..vx...a,s
MARINE.-Barque Palestine British,
Ford, from Richmond, at Rio Janeiro, jan
uary 10th. rse4 E-{g
JUDGE HUGHES held session of the
United States district court in Alexandra
| Monday. aHJf #IdUED
THE United States district court, Judge
| Hughes pre- siding, was engaged in hearing
bankrupt cases to-day. ia't
TODAY has been cool and bright and
beautiful. The occasion presented many
of the concomitants of the early spring
| time. t'fN ~ ffs-t '"f4HAr
The HON. j. AMBLER SMITH an
nounces his intention to retire from public
life at the end of his present term in Con-
| gress.
BOSTON is incubating plan for reclaim
ing her south flats. We propose that
Richmond shall follow the example and
reclaim all her flats. sIea.yi-s
THE RICHMOND STEAMER Havana is
aground near the mouth of York river. 1t
is wonder the boat found the ground, the
river is so very deep there. -fi9a u -sT
AN EASTERN PAPER speaks Of a styl.
ish wedding as IAN Orange Blossom
EVENT. Soon champagne supper will
be called d "Toddy Blossom Circum-
stance"
HON. BENJAMIN DOUGLASS, Of Mid
dletown, Conn. IAN ex-governor ofthat state.
and forty years ago an intending citizen OF
Richmond, occupied privileged seat on
the floor Of the House Of Delegates yester-
day.
FEBRUARY came in on q Sunday and
goes out on Saturday, thus being composed
/ of four exact weeks, and each day OF the
1 week occurs an even number of tim es
This will occur but twice again in the
present century--in 1885 and 1891.
: Mr.. VIM. ADoLPHUs, paste and brush
A.. artist, is a master of his profession. The
show bills of Frank Mayo put up by hin
! are the best ever seen here. The logs o
. q cabin are made to form the actors nam
in way as unique and graceful as origl
I nal. ar iga icgsdu si.n
s The PEOPLE OF RICHMOND appea
q to be unanimously in favor of adopting a.
!, amendment to the city charter, to provid
9 for an upper and lower branch of the cit
u council. They think that the presentcou
9 would answer first rate for the lower ha
I of the proposed new council. asiiala
:. TODAY rs KNOWN in the church caller
i dar as Shrovetide or Shrove Tuesday.
! was formerly the custom in England fc
= the people to confess their sins to the pal
7 ish priests on that day, after which the
- dined on pancakes or fritters, and the da
e became one of merriment, and it is stl
a called pancake day. 's i sig4A
IT THE LADIES Of Leigh.street Bapti
as church, having formed themselves into
h "Sunday.school Aid Society,"" have cloth'
3, forty little ones SO as to enable them
I attend Sunday-school !; and now if thu
will just go to work and give the little dea
w some grub to put in their minute bowel
on they will have entirely filled the role
tn stoood Samaritansv