Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
ITO sho,o the very age and body of the Tim.

During yesterday rain continued in New Eng.
| land and the Middle States A heavy storm
| prevailed at and near Binghampton, N. Y,
causing break in the Erie railway at Cascade
| ravine, three hundred feet long by one hundred
and fifty feet wide. No trains from New York
got through during the day. About two and
a-half inches of rain fell at Springfield, Mass,
| aud another freshet was feared 10 the Mill
| River Valley.
The Vermont Veterans held their third re-
union at Brattleborro yesterday. The heavy
rain iuterferred materially with the outdoor
programme; but the occasion was celebrated at
the Town Hall, where large and distinguish
ed company had assembled. Vice President
Wilson made stirring speech, and was follow
ed By several prominent gentlemen, civil and
military. The evening closed with torch
| light procession and general illumination.
A split occurred yesterday 10 the Republican
Congressional Convention for the First Missis-
| sippi district, one wing nominating G. Wiley
Wells as their candidate for Congress, and the
| other nominating A. R. Howe. Wells is sup
ported by e1'Senators Revels and Pease, but
| Howe is sustained by a majority of the coored
voters
A dispatch from Brocton Massachusetts,, says
that Joseph W. Robinson, member of the firm
| Of which his father is head, has eloped with
| Mrs. Hall, after having taken from the safe of
his firm all available funds and some 81 900 in
government bonds. He leaves wife and two
children
MIR. Jewett has filed an inventory of the re-
cepits and expenditures of the Erie Railway
Company since his appointment as Receiver on
the 3Oth OF June The receipts were So 1872 ,008
and the disbursements So 759 COS. 90, leaving
balance on hand of 1892, 4O2,O9.
The freight and passenger agents of the
Southwestern roads leading to the Missouri
River points decided yesterday at Chicago to
discontinue the war, and made large advance
on the recent cutting rates.
All pending litigation between the St. Paul
and Pacific Railway and the Dutch boDdhoders
ia Withdrawn for year, and it is probable that
two uncOmpleted portions of the line will be
pushed forward to completion.
The discovery of plot in Washington and
Jefferson counties, Ca, on the part of the ne
groes to massacre the white citizens, has led to
the calling out of the military and the arrest of
eighty alleged conspirators.
A. G. Powell, Salt Superintendent of the
State of New York, has been cited to appear
before Governor Tildeu to- morrow to answer
charge of malfeasauce 10 Office aud show cause
why he should not be removed.
G.L ROLAND and Son, boot and shoe manu-
facturers, and 4. Amos importer of foreign
feathers, Montreal, Canada, have suspended
payment.
The New York Democratic State Convention
has been called to meet at Syracuse 90 the 10th
of September.
The Postmaster at Prescott Arizona, has ab-
seconded, leaving money orders to the amount of
80, 100 unaccounted for.
A meeting of the National Executive Com
mittee of the Uuion League Of America will be
held at the Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, on
the 10Th inst.
Joseph La Point was yesterday convicted at
Fitchburg, Mass, of rape upon girl of fifteen
years OF age, and sentenced to fifteen years 10
the State prison.
Cardinal McClosky arrived at Paris yester-
day, and will probably remain in that city sew
eral days.
Cleveland Ohio has been selected as the next
place of meeting for the High Court of the An
cient Order of Foresters
Judge Robertson, of New York, has decided
to fix the bond of Duncan, Sherman & Go. = as
sgnee, Judge Shipman, at $500, 900.
The second trial Of Wntermute for the muir
der of General MoCook will commence at Yer
million, Dakotah Territory, on the 18th inst.
ScR1BNER FOR SEprEMBER-The discussion
of the historical aspects OF the German Death
Mask, to which Scribner has already devoted
an elaborate illustrated article July, 1874 is
supplement d in the September number of this
magazine by virile and enthusiastic paper
from the artists standpoint, EMIT ed "A Study
of Shakespesres Portraits by William Page,
who returns from Darmstadt whittier he went
for the express purpose of studying the Mask,
with an earnest conviction of its authenticity,
based upon moral evidence Accompanying
this article are two fine engravings from Mr..
Pages photographs Of the Mask, and schedule
OF Its measurements the important ones (ten or
twelve IN number) exactly coinciding with
those IN the Stratford Bust, which it is elaine
was made from the German Mask. The num-
Der opens with an article on Chicago" by j.
cravings. Col. Warnings Vacation" series
concludes with jaunt to Guernsey and Sark. |
Other illustrated articles are: 1.-The Cross of
Csdmon," BY Charles A: DeKsy; more of 'The
Hollands STORY of Sevenoaks." Mr.. Sted. |
mans critical papers are continued with study
of Minor Victorian Poets" from the advance
sheets or his volume to be issued by Osgood in |
the autumn. The worse consists of: San Early |
Poem By Poe given in fac-simile, q tribute to |
Longfellow by Charlotte F. Bates, "Alms Ma. |
ter's Rolp' by Z. +. Hale, inconsistency by
Alice Williams, and THE Sunshine of thine
Eyes" by G.. P. Lsthrop. The other contrbu,
tons are "How the Declaration was Saved"
.'"rilda," story BY Kate B. Foot, and 1.-THE
Cold Snap" which will be found 70 possess
some of the virtues of fans and ice water.
In Topics of the Time" DR.. Holland sums
up the Beecher trial, discusses 1.-THE Jury Sys-
tenn" in general, and las "a Word for Our
Wanderers" "The Old Cabinet takes "a
Text from Tragedy" "Home and Society"
continues to increase in practical value, and in |
Brio a. Brac" there are some clever silhouetles |
and and funny poem By Clara g. Deliver, called