Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-08
News of Lie Day.

and defenders. They resolved that all persons
seeking appointment to public clfac WHO are
known enemies 10 our trade, or Who seek the
SUPPORT Of the so.c.llcd Temperance party, lie
earnestly opposed, Irrespective OF ihcIr po'ti'a'
creed and farther resolve that every member
shall sign declaration as 10 the purity oil the
materials used by BIN IN tbs manuiaotrre OF
beer. Their committees were instructed 10
watch over tho interests oil the hro'Flug bust
ness, and TO keep the association informed Oh
hostile legislation and all efforts TO prejudice
tho public against them. The convention adj
| journcd 10 meet 10 the. city OF Baltimore INC
second Wednesday OF June, 1878.
A terrific southwcstcrly wind anu rain storm
prevailed at Omaha, Nrb., Tuesday, sweeping
eastward into Iowa Wednesday light. doing
great damage in town and country AT Omaha
| the CONGREGATIONAL Church atccplc WAS blown
down, and the barracks stables demolished,
| while the havoc with telegraph poles, trees
chimncys aud porchcs WAS extensive. lie
Storm blew down Floral Hall and many ether
small buildings at the Onaha fair grounds AT
| Florence large hall was unroolcd. Ia The
cemeteries many Of the finest and largest mon
uments were thrown down. At lawliion, Ne
| kraska, nine miles southwest OF Omaha, many
buildings we're damaged, among others the
Episcopal Church, which was unroolcd
The French authorities have ordered tho lie.
publican clubs to be closed, al they arc "unan-
thorizcd political meetings." The members OF
the Universities, according to the hlonltcur arc
| to be formally requested to abstain from p0ti'
| cal discussion. The managers OF hlarscllleS
papcr has been fined three hundred francs and
sentenced to be imprisoned Tor one month. At
| q meeting Of the Left yesterday rcmarkabie
degree OF moderation was exhibited. 1t was
| determined that Nj. Theirs should refrain from
arraiguing the action Of the President, whose
Iirresponsibiity should be lully admitted: A
majority Of the meeting seemed to think that
nothing should be douc to render dissolution
inevitable.
A chapter Of mining accidents IL reported
from Pennsylvania. at Pittson, yesterday, III
one of the Pcnnsy lGana Coal Company = mines
| a m.n named Dean was killed and James Jor-
dan fatally injurcd by 4 fall Of 4 roof William
Kennedy, miner, was fatally Injured IN the
Mt Pleasant slope, at Scranton; Thomas Me
! Rumble had thigh broken at Pleasant Valley;
| Dan Shelton was. badly hurt al Carbondalr;
| VIM. Thomas was injured at Trips slope,
Scranton, and miner named Rowan was killed
at the Bellevue shalt. All tLcse accidents are
due to the fall Of roofs in The nacs.
A committee Of fruit importers called Oil the
custom. house Investigating commission 10 New
| York yesterday and urged that special permits
should be issued SO that vessels could st oncc
| be discharged ou arriving at the docks, and that
duty on green fruits from the tropics should be
| taken off altogether. Collector Arthur agreed
| with the committee that the interests nl Inc
revenue and the importers demanded that per.
| mission to promptly discharge vessels with
green fruit should be granted before the vessels
| arc entered.
| New York has six free baths, capable Of n
| lorlipg ablution to 2S,40o persons every day
in the week The importance Of these baths
| to the public health will more than balance
| their cost and they largely amply to The class
| who need washing the worst, but who arc
avcrsc 10 ablution without it can be had IN the
the earnins of that city that many Of them re.
sort 10 all kinds OF subieriuErs in orh'r t. 70.
| peat the process several umes daily.
Governor r. II. Prescott was inauguratcd
Yesterday at Concord, New Hampshire, with
| the usual ceremonies. In his message he gives
| the entire debt Of the State AZ being something
over three million aud hall dollars, and /"
c0mmcuds tax TO raise SlU0,u0 which, lie
thinks will cover all the expenses likely to
arise during tho coming fiscal year, and the rc.
duction of The debt IL tic amount that natures
| il july OF next year.
A Washington special Gay2 tic i'rcSilcnt
has issued commission to General George Is.
Sheridan, OF New Orleans, special Agent CT
| the Postofficc Department, lnstruc!ing HIM TO
20 10 Ecliciana and sec that tho two c00rCG
federal officers arc duly Installed at their posts,
or knew the reason why they arc not General
Sheridan was TO leave Washington last night.
Horace Blackburn, agent ioT the sale Of man-
| ufacturcd tobacco in Richmond Va, has sil9
pended. The liabilities arc reported 1t about
$50, 900. lie claims 10 be able 10 pay up dollar
for dollar and resume shortly. lie did large
business South and West His embarrassment
is due to the return Of 4 large amount Of
Southern paper unpaid.
The District Attorney for tho Southern tis.
trict of Mississippi has been instructed by thc
Department Of Justice 10 investigate the Facts
attending the death Of McClcand 10 tho
kempcr county massacre in compliance With
the request made by the British authorities,
who claim that McClelland was ! British
subject.
The engineers Of Tue Royal Land Company
arc surveying another route from Orange Court
House TO llarriSonburg for the Narrow 0uago
railroad. The new survey crosses the blue
Ridge at Powcl's Gap, the grade on which Is
about eighty feet to the mile, against ono hun
drcd and twenty on the Swift Run Gap route.
The final passage Of tho tax bill 10y The South
Carolina Legislature, including provision Tor
the payment oSintorest On tho bonded debt Of
the State. is regarded with muoh satisfaction
in business circles in Charleston, ~ an aaSur
ancc that tho danger which has threatcGct! the
State is passed.
A Washington dispatch says that the ap,
pointmcDt Of commission to make IN estimate
Of The total amount OF fractional currency which
will never be presented for redemption, because
destroyed in circulation, is an important step
10 the direction Of increasing The supply OF sill
yer coinage.