Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The way the Washington Republican talks
looks very much like that paper had given up
the contest 10 Ohio.
a bankers daughter has created a social SEN
sation al Sedalia, Wis, by marrying sigbtless
music teacher. Her love WAS blind.
Judge Mckinney, late Judge of the Su-
prcmc Court OF Tennessee, died at Knoxville
on Saturday moroirg.
1t is stated that Lieutenant General Sir Fred
erick 2. Hams will succeed Lord Napier as
Commander Chief iu India.
The immigration into California for the past
eight months exceeds that TO New York by
more than 1000
The Governor of the Cboctaw Indians re-
commeuds iorty acres Of land to be gyeu to
each Of the negroes formerly belonging to that
tribe. Nothing is said of the mule.
W. w. Walker, Of estmorelaud, has quail
flied to practice Law in the Hastings Court of
Richmond, so that be may appear as counsel
for Col. Joseph Mayo.
The Monumental Hotel corner of Ninth
and Grace streets, Richmond, during the war
occupied by the Auditor of the Q. S., has been
sold at auction for $4,000
n tombstone has been discovered in q Yer
mont town whcrcon is Inscribed a long epiaph,
closing thus: Stature about 6 f., VT. 200
Death had 20 terrors."
4 Milwaukee editor has had returned to him
book borrowed twenty seven years ago, and
begins to have hopes Of humanity after all.
Book borrowers in this vicinity will please
make note.
Experiments recently MADE 10 California
show that the soil there is we'll adapted to the
production Of coffee. Somebody had better &c
to experimenting to produce cooks who car
make coffee.
Capt I. Edwin Belts, who for several years
has been Commonwealth Attorney of North
CUMBERLAND has been nominated for the House
OF Delegates by the Consrls ativcs Of tha
county.
Capt. John H. Gayle, of Portsmouth, hal
been nominated by the Conservatives for the
State Scuate, and COL J. Richard Lcwellen tt
represent Norfolk cuuuty in tho House of Del
egatcs.
An extraordinary check on brcadstuffs pro
duction has developed itself near Nowbern
North Carolina, where it is said a number o
the wheat fields remain uDreapcd on account
oil rattlesuakcs. What snake story!
The communication signed "Aruo," in ref
crcucc to the endorScrs Of the Montpelier lot
terry. being Of personal character and not ac
compancd by the authors name, is, of course
not published.
A mistake and compliment Several par
ties FROM this city who went to WASHINGTON OF
Saturday afternoon to hear Rignold play Henry
Y. did not know that Collier took the part Of
Henry until they saw it in the papers mex
morning
The Supreme Court of the State of Mich;
gan has decided that the acceptance, under the
belief that the accompanying security is good
when 10 fact it is worthless, is not such mis-.
take of fact as will cnitle the drawee to recover
back the amount from the payee.
An Illinois physician, having successfully re-
moved one half of lady patients tongue, has
been overwhelmed with applications from SUI.
terlng husbands for miles around to operate
upon their wives We know some men that
ought to be operated upon, for they have very
unruly members.
The official vote cast at the primary election
IN Fauquier for candidates for the House of
Delegates shows the following result: Smith,
766; kerrick, 720; Shumate, 55l; Glasscock
424; Williamson, GO, So don't you observe,
my countrymcu,' that Gov Smith lead the
ticket.
The State Sunday School Convention, which
was in session in Richmond last week, has adj.
journcd sine die. The Enquirer says THE
sessions were entirely harmonious, and it is
anticipated by all workers in the cause that the
effect OF their deliberations will be TO iuaugu.
rate revival in Sunday schcol matters"
The Chicago Age says The conductor on
train which reached this city from the West
Wednesday evening was so kind to an old lady
when she got off, and rendered her so much
assistance in getting her baggage, that pas
senger as kcd him if the old lady was his
mother? Oh, no, was the reply, but she is
somebody's mother This is the conduct Of a
true gentleman"
Some Of our timid friends should beware
Hydrophobla communicated by pasteboard
dog is the latest medical novelty. Two months
ago mad dog was killed 10 house after hav-
ing bitten at nearly everything 10 the ROOM
One of the things in which he buried his teeth
was little boys toy dog made Of pasteboard
Subsequently a man used the pasteboard dog
to stop the blood from cut in his hand, and
so the virus went into bis wound and he died.
And pow Dr. Rufuer has got into trouble !
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