Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-24
News Of the Day.

TODD, Of Liverpool, England, Right Worthy
Graud Councillor; Mrs. A. Il. Brcokbank,
Risht Grand Worthy Vice Templar; W. S.
Williams Of Nahance, Oatario, Right Worthy
Grand Secretary; r. R. Scott, If St. Louis
| RICH, Worthy Grand Treasurer; Mrs IL. Is.
O'Donncl, of Low Vile New York, Chief SUI
pe,is,endeEt OF Juvenile Templars. Tie first
ballet for the choice of place fer the nczt
meeting was without result. Toronto leading.
The Office of 4. W. G. TcmplGr is 10 be made
honorary without salary.
A Ra!cigh, n. g.. dispatch ays:-Depu'y
Collectors Deputy Marshsls and StoreseepeTs,
nun beriug 10 all Is persons, have made L raid
otten days continuance through Nl'kcs couH'y,
rcturning Oh Tuesday. The squad lett about
the 9Th of this month. They captured l,OOO
gallons of unstamped whiskcy, destroyed Sky
stills which were running. when found, and ar
rested nine men charged with Illicit d!stiI!nc.
The most inaccessible places were SEARCHED and
On almost every branch one stl and oiten two
aud three were found. There were NJ United
States troops with tho party.
A Norfolk, Va, dispatch says:-Tbc Board
Of Naval Inspectors who inspected the Yantc
which has Just returned from an ASatlc station,
! found everything in shipshape order. except
her battery. which Commander Whitehead LEI;
at Cape Town, early in March last, fer the
reason that lis ship was so rotten that lie
deemed it perlouS to proceed further on the
voyage with the guns on board. 10 this course
he was also advised by the Epgsh naval 9Th
GERS at the British dock yard at Cape Town
Tho matter will be fully invcs.g ted by court
Of inquiry to be convened at Hashlng;on
In the American Baptist Missionary UaIOn
in session at Providence, II. l., yesterday, con
siderable enthusiasm occurred on an appeal BY
Hon. r. .. Fuller iOr the payment OF Sal ,0ot
due for missionary work. Sums were ottcrcC
by individuals or pledged Tor churches ranglD4
from small amounts to 81 900. Ihc cntlin@l
asm continued until $50, 600 were raised. tic
ports recommending no abandonment OF TIL
: work Gu the Asiatlc aud European misslou
were adopted. The Union adjourned to NEE
at the call Of the executive committee III CleVc
land, Ohio,
10 the Presbyterian General Assembly gcS
, tcriay, st Chicago, the report 90 foreign NE:
Sons sas read, showing totai receipts Ter tx
year, Sab 81; expenditures, $4So,2lb 'h'
dett 1t the end of the year Was $43. 0&5. !hfc'
new missionaries were sent to japan, three i
China, four to India, two TO Persia, rw0 Il
f Brazil, ard enc to Chill and iwo to Mckee
besides q number among the North A'ncrical
Endiars. The gift Of $50 GEO by Mrs. john {
Green, of New York. w&s appropriately +"
} irrrcd to 10 the report Of the missions comm':
tee, and resolutions Of gratitude adopted.
Mr.. Newell the general manager OF the LAX
Shore Railroad, teiegra2hel the Gcner'
Western Passenger Agent. at Chicago jester
day afternoon, that be had no: any orders Il
give regarding reduction OF passenger !art
J from Chicago to New York. The Genera
Passenger Agent says he has certainly received
DO orders from any source to make the Fedue
ton spoken OF.
The annual commencement OF the ProicStan
Episcopal General Theological Seminary a
New York, took place to day. The RI; Rev
Bishop Potter otficiatad, assisted ny DiShol
Scarborough of New Jersey, and Bishop Pad
dock, of Massachusetts. There we're nlncteet
graduates and nine received diplomas 81 degree
OF bachelor Of sacred theology.
Numerous applications, it is stalled, are belnl
made to the State Department for assistance Il
procure positions on the medica corps, ana va
rious other branches Of the Russian military scr
vice. To ell such applications Secretary E7art-
replies that. 10 view Of our neutrality ob'Iga
tons, the Department cannot render any as
sistancc Of the character Indicated.
Thc Lehigh Valley (Pa.) railroad ha7e not
fed their engineers Of reduction Of wages
from June l, as follows These receiving 81. 81
per day reduced to SO; those receiving $33.2*
to $500, and those receiving So to 81 81.
meeting of the Brotherhood o.! Locomotive EG
ginccrs will be held Sunday 10 take ac'nn OF
the proposed reduction.
w. H. c. Hosmer, the poet, died at Avon
New York, yesterday. He printed sevcra
volumes OF poems relating TO Indian characters
and traditions, Of which the best kGoWn az,
LEGENDS Of the Seuecas," ''Thc Fall ot lie
cunseh" and The Warriors Of the Genesee,
"Iudau Traditions and Songs, " "rhc Months
and Bird Notes"
! The fire which was raging at late hour las:
night at Bordcutown, N. j., Destroyed seven
dwellings, occupied by Patrick Martin, Mrs
Murphy, Edward Cotter, John Cotter, Mlchac
Barry, John Griffin and Mrs WIN. Foley.
Total less $4,000 Insurance about $1,000.
At Annapolis yesterday Strawberries fell
from 25 cents to 10 cents per quart. Tie peach
crop in that neighborhood, from present inGl
cations, will be prodigious this season. The
trees are fairly loaded dowo, and the fruit is
remarkably forward.
The President has Issued an order rescsvins
the "Pagosa Hot Springs 10 Colorado, Gad q
mile square around them, as permanently pub
! lie property. They arc reported to be valuable
for medicinal purposes.
| Seven heiers purchased r Kentucky at q
oost of $4,000 have arrived 10 New York.
They arc OF the breed known as the Rose Of
Sharoo," and were bought for persons ia
EoglaDd, to whom they will be shipped this
| week.
| The name of Thomas S. Atkins, has bcca
| forwarded to Chief.Ju stice Waite for appoint
men to the position of register in bankruptcy,
made vacant by the appointment OF Co'. Forbes
to the possmastership of Richmond.
A boy named Flaunigau, pupil Of cue OF
the public schools in Washington, is reported
to be dying from the effects Of 4 kick in the
| side given him by his teacher, Mrs. May