Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-09-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"7o shoao the gerry age aud body Of the Times

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The taxes levied in New YORK last year aver
aged $35 for every man, woman and child.
rhis exceeds the tax levied 10 Paris in the last
year of the Empire, W!en taxes were heaviest
| 10 meet the vast improvements then executed.
The taxes 10 Paris that year averaged only
$24 so per head.
DIR. Norton, dentist of Amesburg, Mass,
was called out of his house yesterday morning
to attend a patient, when he was shot at twice
and wounded, and was afterwards chlorotorm-
ed aud robbed OF gold watch and $l65. The
chances are 10 favor Of bis recovery.
lu the Court of Common 2 els of Balim. re,
yesterday, suit was instituted against the
Northern Central Railway Company, to re-
cover 500 900, by the widow OF John w. KEEL
", driver of team, and lately 10 the employ
OF the company, who was recently killed.
The school question in Indiana eliminated
yesterday in fight at Fort Wayne between the
Catholic and Protestant boys, one Of the latter
being terribly beaten, and having his skull frac.
turcd, and he will probably die. Great excite
ment exists over the affair.
1t is rumored that an entire change in the
freight schedule Of the Baltimore and Ohio
aud Pennsylvania Railway Companies is 10
course of preparation, in which higher rates
will be charged
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue gives
notice that documentary stamps of deuomi-
nation greater than two cents must be present.
ed for redemption before the lst proxlmo.
Judge N. A. Harrison died 10 Denver, Colo.
RADIO, Wednesday night. He formerly resided
1 IN ~ and -,
nently identified with the politics of that State
Attorney General Pierrepont says that Chas.
&. Fisher, now 10 Jail for purlonng the re-
cords Of the Criminal Court of Washington,
will be prosecuted to the full extent Of the law.
The Georgia State Fair, to be held at Macon
on the Srh Of October, promises to be the larg.
= est and best attended of any held in the South
since the war.
It is shown by the Insurance Convention
now being held 10 New York that the losses
from fire 10 this country are six times as great
as those of Europe.
J The PeekskiIl Mining and Iron Company of
! New York has passed into the hands of re-
ce.ver. The liabilities of the company, it is un-
derstood, amount TO Sl50,00O.
Preparations are being made to check the
horse disease now prevailing iu various parts
OF the country, 10 the event of it's reaching
Baltimore.
Gen. Burt yesterday filed his bond as Post.
master of Boston, thus ending the controversy
IN regard to his case
The National Agricultural Congress met at
Cincinnati yesterday, and passed resolutions
asking Congress to repeal the tax 90 tobacco.
l Il hon r.
dependence Hall is being made at Troy. Moth
lug chimeerlca about that.
The Cab and Omnibus News is the name of
u new London periodical
The new postal card will 20 into circulation
on the lst OF October.
WASHINGTON PRODUCE EXCHANGE. AT q
meeting OF the Produce Exchange of Wash.
logton city, held last night, Mr. Ream, chair
man Of the committee appointed to investigate
the publishing of card by Messrs. B,edIer &
Barrett IN Loudoun county paper 10 which
they claim to have compelled reduction of
commission rates, reported
That Messrs. Bieder 4 Barrett were given
due notice to meet the committee in conference
and compare their rates with those of the Ex.
change, then determine whether the rates had
or had not been reduced"
The following is the card referred to:
I'VE W)ud call the attention of the farmers
of Loudouu county to the following card issued
from our house on August 2. 1875 and to our
subsequent action in the Board of Trade on
August 8, so that they may see for themselves
and be satisfied as TO whom they are indebted
tor return 10 lower rates OF commission.
"BIEDLER & BARRETT"
Mr. Ream said that the card published by
hrn, hoo to1 ~ L..
requested gentlemen to see for themselves the
difference between the Eschaoge rates and
those Of Biedier q Barrett and they would find
that no reduction had been made whatever, ex-
cept 90 calves. He therefore hoped some &C.
ton IN the matter would be taken
MT. Jones thought that these gentlemen bad
right to advertise as they saw fit, but be did
not think they had acted in the Exchange as
gentlemen should do, and. as it was generally
| understood they were to charge the Exchange
rates or resign, no action was necessary, and he
moved to lay the report on the table,
The motion to lay % the table was then put
and carried.
Mr.. JanDey stated that he opposed the lay
ing OF this report on the table, for the reason
that the committee had requested these gentle
men to meet and conter with them, but their
request had been ignored entirely. Therefore,
| nc uopeu euuelnl0g WOnlQ DE zone.
Mr. Hoge stated that he had last Thursday
made the motion that as these gentlemen were
out of the city the matter be postponed, but
since another week bad passed, and they had
had ample time to send to the committee some
reply, but had failed to do so, he wanted some
thing done.
MIR. Baker, the President, thought that it
was nothing more than common courtesy to
their committee that some action be taken upon
their report.
MIR. Jones moved that the report be received
and the committee discharged.
MIR. Janney said that it was for the reason
that 20 ontce whatever had been taken OF the
request of the committee that he moved to re-
consider the vote by which the report was laid
upon the table.
The President then asked if there was any
objection to reconsidcrug and. objection being
| made the motion WAC lost and ~. r,aort L.