Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-23

shots at each range.
The Baltimore Sun says: There is every indi-
cation that there will be a large attendance at
the matches. There will be special trains from
Baltimore, Alexandria and Washington to the |
range, and the railroad companies have agreed |
to reduce their fares The shooting will be-
gio at 10 clock 10 the morning. The follow
log is the programme: Tuesday, September
26, shooting on the 800 yard range, fifteen shots
tor each marksmau; Wednesday, an excursion
to Mount Vernon by steamer dove the Poto.
Friday, reception ly the President, visit to
the government anu other public buildings, aud
u drive to The Soldiers Home, Saturday, end
of the contest at 1000 yards range, aud in the
evening reception by TX Gov. Shepherd. A
match has also been arraoged to take place i'll
Washington between picked four of the Aus
trau aud American teams
IMPORTANT DECISIONS By THE GRAND LODGE
l. o. .. +. OF THE U. S.-The U. S. Grand
Lodge l. O. .. F.. now in session at Philadel-
phis, has made the following important decis-
ions, which we publish for the benefit of the fra.
ternty:
First. It is improper for lodge to donate to
An initiate u part Of his Initiation fee upon the
members of the lodge before sending in his pc
titon that he should have part of his initiation
fee back.
Seco.d That tho law of 1870 in regard to sus-
pension of n embers f3r non payment OF dues
snd also for their reinstatement repess all tor
mer laws on that subject.
Third. Thst an Indian presenting regular
card. having the pass word, who passes nn ex-
amins 0 /, should be p; 'mtted to visit lodge;
the fault is in the lodge which initiated MIN
F. nth: l lat the several jurisdictions OF tue
several S atcs have the right to determine
whether the dead can be buried by committee
Of the lodge or by che whole lodge
Fifth. That lodge cannot IN body as q
lodge attend the funeral of y deceased ancient
Odd Fellow and couduc. the services according
Of the ritual Of the order
Sixth. 1t is rot illegal that members OF
lodge, BY appointment of he n. e., shall, when
the lodge is opened under the head of the
Good of the order" deliver an address or read
essays on Odd Fellowship.
Seventh That the seal of lodge should only
be used in transacting Legitimate business OF the
lodge.
DAMAGES BY THE SToRM.-A writer in the
Washington Chronicle, describing the damages
by the storm Of last Sunday to property along
the banks of tne Potomac, says
"All along the river was to be seen the effects
of the recent storm. Trees had been uprooted,
boats ana drift wood driven on shore, and the
corn fields were covered with the broken down
stalks Of their product Nearly all the Wharves
along the river have been seriously Injured,
many OF them wash entirely away while 9th
ers are SO strained that great labor and expense
will be required to place them again in shape
and order. The oldest inhshitants' at various
Of the wkarves, upon being questioned, agreed
that for eighty years there hss not been such
tide on the Potomac Points that have never
been reached within the recol lection OF man
were owe! flowed, and debris was fosted lntolha
fields much further tn IN WAS ever known be-
fore. Large quantities Of DRIFT wood were
caught all along the line. and many poor tami-
lies are supplied with their winters fuel A
care.dl examination shows the following Wharves
etf CIR com e.e.y swept away or partially DO
stroyed: nith'$ Point. wharf entirely gone;
Liverpool Point. partially; Cottage wharf, par
TALLY; Matthias Point, entirely gone; Nlrts
wharf and Msttox's, in Ma.tox creek, badly in
jured Lancastcr's wharf. partially; Colton's
wharf, bad 2 hurt; Bluff Point, nearly all gone;
BIackistone's Isla. d, badly injured piney Pt.,
Curr Jman, Point Lookout and LeonardtoWn,
partially. The whsrves left standing are Tol.
Lower Cedar Point Dr.. Stewards, EvansporL,
Glymort and Msrshall Hall"
ACCIDENT. The schooner Florence Dean
ran into and demolished yesterday atteruoon,
an unused coal shute at the old wharf OF the
Consolidation Coal Company, near the Aqle
duct bridge The schooner Was uonlu;ed.
The wiolc trestle work to which this shute was
attached is 10 an unsafe condition, having been
uauscd for over two years, and during that
tune has been suffered to become diiapldated.
Where the trcstIe crosses Water street one OF
t: main supports has fallen, making the whole
affair Liable to fall at any time upon passing
persons or teams Wash Stur.
CATTLE TRANSFER. The Lynchburg Star
says: New rails have been laid at the Union
depot on the Virginia Midland road. Cattle
can now be transferred from the Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi aud Ohio railroad without trouble as
there is an extra rail laid for the narrow guage
OF the Virginia Midland road. This will GER
tainly be great accommodation to drovers, as
heretofore they have been compelled to drive
their stock up Bridge aud down jefferson
streets to the stock yards, but now the trains
run directly opposite the yards.
VESSELS AsHoRE.-The three mastcd
schooner Grace Van Duscn is badly stranded
off Ocracoke. The PUNCHES White Foam,
John 4. Thomas and Isaac N. Smith and the
schoouers Meteor and Regulator are ashore in
CockrelI's creek, at the mouth Of the Great
Wicomico river. They went ashore duriag the
storm Of Sunday night, l7th inst. Some are
loaded with valuable cargoes, and all are rep
resented as in great distress. They are up oD
the beach, and one is iu corn6eld.
The Cumberland News says "Mr. Francis
Mllcr's repubicanism is of the kind that
washes (which is more than can be said of
his Knowledge of the price of Virginia bonds.
The receiver of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad has issued an order making reduc.
ton OF ten per cent. 10 the pay oil the eln-
pIoyees of his road.
Dr.. Thomas. Lrycock, the eminent Eugiish
medical writer aud physician to the Queen, is
dead
The tota number of interments at Savannah