Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-07
News of the Day.

veGtl0n or tue L 0uOE meu CiIlisttau Ao'oo " !
oonmeocsd in Louisville, KY, yesterday. Rus
sell Stu.gis, jr., OF Boston, spoke OF the sue
c,ss that has attended the Associations labor
at all points during the year. and OF the IN
creased responsibility resting upon the further
prosecution OF the work. The convention was
organized with the following officers :-Pfesl-
dent, John Y. Farwcll, Chicago; vice prcsl'
dents, Mesrs. Wilkie, of Ontario; Jeonlngs'
| Of Ptuusy ivauia; Black, OF Georgia; CheeVer'
Of Ohio; Mcdonald, Of New Jersey; Armstrong,
Of Alabama; I.ipse, of Nebraska, and Field, Of
| ludlaDa. Secretaries, Mcssrs. Horton, of To-
| diana; Davis, Of Alabama; Chapiu, Of Iowa;
| Palmer, of Arkansas, and Lewis. of MAssacbu
sets.
The auDual report OF the President Of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company
shows the gross earnings Of the road for the
| fiscal year to have been 1922 485. aud the oct
earnings Sl22 2S0 A large puriCn Of the 10
e,ne Va, ,xpeuded 10 making permanent ln
| p:ogeueols 10 The track, building bridges, pui.
tiny augO steel rails, &c. The liae from Bal
t.more 10 Washington elbows gain of yearly
$40 600 % the prec ding gear. Over The Popes
Creek Branch, TIC grss receipts ior the year
", r. S43 sol, while the c'st vi operating and
X Bio. 10 repair was S5S Cos, showing ret
| loss to LIE company vi s!0 VIZ.
70 the South Caro,ioa Huuse Of Representa-.
lives last night resolution agreeing to i'm
pesch Associate j ustice j. j. Wright for druok'
eopess was paesed by tWu thirds Sotc, aud
c. mnittee will be appciuted to prepare artI
clcs IF mpcachmcut. 10 he meantime Wright
is suspruti.d from exercising the dutles OF Ills
oficc, a concurrent resolution was passed 0y
| b4lh Houses yesterday declaring the seat OF
Judge L. =. Carpenter Vaca0t, 90 the ground
that the election 10 December, 1875, vas lIle'
gal, the Office at that time not belog Vacant,
and ordered an election 10 fll the vacancy at
Ills TO day,
The Mayor Of Cincinnati 10 response to
committee of clergymcn who waited on him 10
regard to The Sunday liquor law said 1t is
unjust OF you to demand that others, who have
different view Of the Sabbath from yourselves,
shat! be oppressed. Your churches shall be
protected, and the authorities will do all 10
their power in order that services may not be
disturbed [ have at all times granted to
churchca when they have given entertainments
aud cyhibilious, ADD even RI It's, which are
also Illegal free licenses. Live and let lie.
Permit the people to have their innocent
amuscmcnts.
A terrific Wind and rain storm At Omaha last
night did extensive damage in that city and sur
rounding country. The Congregational Church
stecpic was blown down, and it Is reported that
the stables st the barracks were demolished.
Trees we're uprooted and chimneys and porches
DESTROYED The storm extended east into Iowa
doing considerable damage to the telegraph
lines
The Presbyterian Council, composed OF
representatives from torty.cight district organ
izations or sccts Of the Presbyterian Church the
world over, will meet at Edinburgh on the %
Ct pext mouth. The strength Of these sects Is
placed at 81, 600, 900 Of people. The object OF
the council is to form o bond Of union between
all the churches holding substantially the same
creed.
Ia the United States Brewers Convention,
a. Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday, Mr.. Ruetter,
President of the National Association, read his
address, which was warmly applaudcd, espeol-
ally proposal contained in it to expose every
member found guilty Of aduterating beer.
10 the examinations at West Point yesterday
Elippcr, the colored cadet. acquitted himself
remarkably we'll. Some time since he was re-
commended for higher grade than the one he
holds, and his performance yesterday gained
him still higher standing in the class.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
is twenty-five years old, and has fund otncar
VS. ,OOO,O0O The monthly dues Of members
are $40 La case of sickness an engineer
receives $50 week, aGd ct his death his tami
Il receives $1,000
-Four OF the nliscreaus who ran the train Oh
the track Oil the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad have been captured. One Of them
confessed. and gave the names OF all the par
ties engaged in tho affair.
i The Medical Association at it's afternoon SEES
sion in Chicago yesterday vas spent in discus
sion Of various topics; reading of papers, ETC.,
the convention having divided itself into seVe
raj acctious for the purpose Of expedition.
The ahorers strike 90 Tie piers and freight
dapots Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in New York, ended yesterday morning by the
lab0rars rcs1lmiur work at fuurteen cents per
hoGr.
The rain did considerable damage yesterday
at the P.rma7aot Exhibition 10 Philadelphia,
ove. fl ,wos tbs roof and dreuebiDg several e
hiot5 The less Il net, however, heavy ia any
single iuStaace.
The vi .ocr5 a tho Ciocauati races yesterday
wcra l. !inbu:g, 10 the mic dash, in S. Bill
3 .as, nile hca:s, 10 SIT, l,55; Bill Ladders
nile aud half 10 $50.
Trunk lines have reduced passenger rates
from Chicago to local points SO as to cores
pond With tho through rate of sl5 to New
York
Four hu1drea aad fifty thousand dollars in
got.i cola w,s shipped 10 Europe Yesterday
from New York.
The Saving of the HerndOn Church.
10 tie Editor of the AleeandriG Gazette