Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-19
LOCAL ITEMS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES Var Depart
ucut Ofice ofMe Chief Signal Officer, Wash
,uDtou D. G., -lpril 10, l>76-l0:3O a. ~ =
PR the llldul: Atlantic States uorthW st
ri.ds back to warmel southwest, satlonai y
barometer and clear weather.
The MINERAL. BUREAU.-Reports from the
Mineral Bureau are encouraging. Slace the
nnstiye announcement, made by circular, that
snac, had been procured at the Centennial Fix
h;h tioo, letters and samples have been pour
inc IT, and very crcditabc collection Is now
assured. Samples recently rec lived aud not
previously noticed, are as follows: From L..
Sc,t,, magnetic iron ore, near Stanton river;
G.. Il. Boyd, mangauiicrous iron ore, near Max
Meadows depot; manganese ore, DEF oSlts e&-
tending through portions OF Wythe and Bland
cauuics; kaoliue. Lick Mountain, Wvthe
county, copper pyrl'es with galen'te, Dobyu's
u!ine, Carroll mt copper pyr'tes from
Great Copper Lid, Carols County; carbonate
and native copper, from Native Lode, Carroll
county, aud u collection OF iron aud copper py-
rites; iron ores, field spars and other minerals
from Grayson County; Joseph 7. Wood, red
lematite, near GJIdousvllle; Carson 4 Sons,
li.ue and limestone, Riverton, Warren county;
d. c f. Brady. ORES of iron and manganese,
Butflo Forge, Rockbridge county; James NJ.
Hurst, brown hematite, Reed 4 Hand, Wythe
county; G. '. Hadcn, sulphate OF baryta,
E:ng;ou; R. f.. Ma.on, brown hematlte,
Chicken! anger ore, near charlottesville VIM.
Boyer, brown hemalte, manganese ore anu
lime s:oue, near Woodstock; NJ, H. Farley,
samples OF auriterous quartz aud sulphurets,
from the Pollard aud Wykotf mines, Fauquier
county; Johu Wisslcr & Son, collections of iron
ores and lime. stones from deposits at Colum,
ba and Liberty Furnaces, Shenandoah county;
p. B Y Jung lrou ore, Montreal, Nesoo COUP
" rhomas w. Swami, pure white sand, suit
able for making glass, Broad Ruo, Fauquler
county; Edward g. Fitzhugh, steatlte, Fairfax
county, eight miles from Alexandria. Many
of these minerals are Of very superior quality,
aud most of them above the average. Messrs
Carson & Sous deserve special mention tor tue
handsome way in which their specimens arc
gotten up. Samples of their lime, Analysed 10
England, were pronounced superior 10 any
thiug of the kind produced IN that country, and
worth, at the prices then ruling 10 London, 5
pounds sterling per ton. Assays of the Pollard
quartz range from SIS to $50 per ton, aud work
ing tests show an average Of $50. Assays OF
numerous specimens from the Wykof property
range FROM Sc to SIS per ton. Analysis of
the Crick eubarger ore shows over IS per cent.
of metallic iron, and practically 20 sulphur or
phosphorus. Thriy.nr more additional sam
pes are expected at the Bureau within the
uext week. Other samples, including very
large mass Of coal, 20 feet in heighth, from
Grant county, w. Va, by the Washington
and Ohio Railroad Company, will be shipped
direct to Philadelphia.
Y. NJ. G. A.-The regular monthly meet
iug of the Young Mems Christian Association
was held 10 their room. Oh King street, last
night, with A. J. Filming, President, 10 the
chair, aud B. D. Stalliogs, Secretary pro ten.
After the usual religious exercises the mio-
utes Of the February meeting were read aud
approved.
MIR. H. w. Beadle, from the Executive
Committee, reported the uame OF Rev. WIN.
&. Webb, of the NJ. L. Church, for active
membership, aud he was unanimously elected,
aud the Secretary directed to Inform hun of
his election.
The General Secretary made his usual month
y report of the receipts aud disbursements OF
the Association.
The Corresponding Secretary reported that
the tracts ordered at a previous meeting had
been received and placed in the hands Of the
General S. cretary, where the chairmen OF the
several committees could procure them for dis
tributiou, and upon his motion the whole
matter relating TO tracts was referred to the
General Secretary.
Bills to the amount of S. GO was ordered to
be Paid.
The Jail and Aims House Committees made
reports Of a character calculated to encourage
the members to continue 10 their good work OF
carrying the good news OF the Gospel to those
who are deprived from hearing 1t 10 the ordl-
nary way.
- oof MI
il was fully discussed 10 ali its bearings; as to
the best points to hold item and the best mode
OF conducting the meetings.
The President then withdrew his appoint
ments for the open air service, with the under
standing he would make some slight change
in the SECOND division, or week nght commit
tee, and increase the first division to twenty
member so that services could be conducted at
both the Tunnel and Majors Hill at the same
time during the summer,
The General Secretary was request to an
oJuncc that AL open air meeting would be held
at the tunnel next Sunday evening, if the
weather proved favorable.
\ letter FROM Richmond 10 regard to the
employment of Permanent Secretary for the
State Association was referred to the Execu,
tive Committee
After singing the hymn, "Jesus lover of my
soul, the meeting, AT 5.oU, auJ ouEueu.
SOCIETY NEws-A writer in the Wash
iugton Chronicle, of this morning, in noticing
a very pleasant social entertaument given in
this city on Monday night. says
'Our sister city, Alex ludria, Va, was all
excitement Easter Monday evening, the occa-
SION being the grand party given by DR.. and
Mrs. French to their daughter, Miss Mamie,
All attractive little bruuette. For weeks past
this party has been TIE principal topic among
the mary pretty young ladies for which the
city is justly famed; and despite the sombre
season # Lent, in which the mind is supposed
to dwell upon matters of religious turn, the
young people were busy IN preparing heir new
dresses 80 as to present the best appearance
possible, and iu this respect they succeeded
admirably. The guests were received by Miss
Mamie, who. was lastly attircd 10 an exquisite