Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.
To shoso the very age and body of the Times

The fortune of Verdi is put down at $780,
900 that OF Ris'ori at the same figure, and that
OF Stolllz and Ross at 5000, 900 each.
mot swell wedding this year." is the Ia
ment of a sexton Of fashionable church in
Gotham. weddings are palmer" People
are more economical.
IfSpcaker kerr's health should prove too
poor to enable him to preside it is said to be
probable that Mr.. Lamar will be chosen as
Speaker pro tenn.
Wild turkeys are said to be exceedingly pcn
tful this season around Oakville, Texas, and
that 1t is a very poor hunter who cannot kill
flteen or twenty in an afternoon.
Ned Buntnc's dramatic company recently
came TO grief at Springfield Mass, and the big
l,juns Of the troupe were thrown upop the
Overscers of the Poor for sustcnance
The fruit raiscrs Of Orange county, Florida,
are paradng their largest oranges for inspcc-
ton. The boss one, as yet, measures l3S
inches, weighing 90 ounces.
Brigham Young has begun the erection of
massive stone wall around ten square rods Of
soil, wherein are to be buried himself and the
choice lights of his family.
At the Norfolk Navy Yard, the only busy
spot is at the sloop Alliance, where the men
are working as busy as bees. This vessel is
bound to be made ready Tor sea immc.
diately.
AT Crescent, n. Y, there live two twins,
one of whom Was born one year aud one the
next. The former came late on New Years
Eve and the latter early New Years morn
Ing
A meeting Of citizens Of the Uaited States
residing at Bremen, to give expression to their
adherence of the Brcmerhaveu crime aud to
protest against the unjust comments oil the
German press, was held last night and was
attended by 200 Americans.
The project by Austria to secure peace in
the Turkish provinces is still withheld from
the great powers, owing, it is said, to pending
negotiations between Austria and Russia IS to
how the treaty powers should be exercised
The story generally circulated that Paul
Morphy had become insane and had been
placed 10 o unatic asylum is cruelty unjust to
that gentle man. He is on the strcetsio New Or
leans daily and in good health. He is in indie
pendent circumstances
kilograms from San francisco speak of a
continuation of the trouble on the Mexican
border. Al engagement at Sonora between
the State aud revolutionary forces resulted in
the defeat of the former, number of whom
were killed and wounded.
A labor Convention at Tyrou, PENNSYLVANIA,
expresses opposition to the Texas Pacific sub.
sdy scheme, provides for national mectiog
ct representative labor and industry at Pitts
BURG 10 April next, denounces the third term
policy, and favors the election of President
directly b. the people.
Attorney General Picrrepout has decided in
favor of the lllihais Central Railroad COMPANY
in the petition for I've refuuding to the com.
pany OF 5 l76, PSI, pad as tax on dividends Of
stock held by uon resid.,t aliens. He also de
cided that such payments :, the United States
being illegal the stockholders ,oujd at anv time
recover the amount withheld b, suit against
the company.
Advices from Tucson, Arizona stat. that
the revoluionists 10 Sonora, Mexico, are said
to have been successful so far, though friends
of the other side deny the report. Both par
ties, when operating within Arizona Territory,
refralned from outrage and paid cash for their
subsistence. Most of the Americans at ruc-
son, sympathize with the revoutionists, as they
represent the better classes of Sonora.