Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-26

ABoLIsHMENT OF THE GEORGETOWN Posi-
oTFICE-An order Was Used on Monday by the
Postmaster General discoutuuipg the George
town postofhcs with the close cf tho present
year, and making the delivery hereafter from
the Washington Office. TO afford mail facilities
to the people of Georgetown, the office there
will be continued practically as now. but under
the name of branch Office or station OF the
Washington Office. The object of the oonsoli,
dation it is said, is to give to Georgetown the
free delivery system, which is strongly desired
by portion of the people, but which cannot be
done as long as the Georgetown Office stands.
because the population of the place does not
come up to the number required by law
! The following is the official order:-
"DiscontiDue the postofice in Georgetown. d
c.. to take effect on the 3lst day OF December,
1877. Establish branch Office Of the Wash
ington, D. G., postofice in the premises now
occupied by the Georgetown office, to be known
| az Georgetown, and to be under the control OF
| the postmaster of this city and within the de-
| service to that locality. to take effect on the
first day of January next
Continue the mail messenger contract eerv.
ice and all the facilities now afforded by the
Georgetown postofioe and allow the postmaster
of Washington to carry this order into effect.
two clerks, one at 81. 200 year, and the other
at $720 year. also three letter carriers at $675.
less per cent, year. u. NJ: AEY,
Postmaster General y
THE PROPOSED Coal CoMBINATIoN.-At
the recent meetings in New York of the presi-
Packer, President Of the Lehigh Valley Il. r.,
refused to take any part in the proceedings as.
signing as reason that as common carrier no
could not enter into any com blnail0n @ 1or the
Limitation Of tonnage over his road. me Lehlgh
also the President, has been represented at
the meetings by Robert 81. Sayre, the Genera!
Superintendent and Engineer of the rallrosd
company. Mr.. Ssyre and Mr. Packer expressly
stated that the former was present at the meet
ings only as the representative of the cosl com.
pany and some of the individual operators. 1t
hss been decided, however, that at the meeting
next Thursday Mr.. Sayre will not be present.
thus avoiding the possibility OF the assumption
that the Lehigh Valley RAILROAD is taxing M g', sny
Coal Company and some of the individual .o9per~
stors will be represented by Elisha 7. Wilbur,
Secretary and Treasurer Of the Franklin Coal
Co. There are forty-four individual operators
along the line of the Lehigh Valley r. T., whose
mines produce about 70 per cont OF the lolat coAl
tonnage of the road.
The Suns D1sTANcE.-Thc average dis
tance of the earth from the sun is ninety hVe
millions of miles. In January, however, this
distance is lessened, and in July it's increased
the difference between the two extremes being
about 3, 600, 900 miles. In other words, the
earth is farther from the sun in July by 3,Oo0'-
900 miles than in January. ln summer tho
solar rays fall upon the earth in a nearIy per,
pendioular direotion, and MS powerful he@' ~
then constantly accumulated by long days and
II ipfn
solar rays fall so obliquely on the earth as to
produce but little warmth, and the slight effect
they produce during the short days of that sea.
son is almost entirely negatived by the long
nights which succeed. The sun is also nearer
the earth at noon than in the morning or even.
irg; but the difference in the distance is 80
slight as to be scarcely appreciabe.
FIREs.-At Pottsvie. Pa, yesterday, VIII:
liam Buchley's mill and contents, consisting OF
lumber and woodwork, were burned. Loss
$25, 900; insurance $4,000. The fire was the
work of an incendiary.
White & Sansom's cutlery works, at FRANK
ford, near Philadelphia, were damaged by tlro
yesterday to the extent of $4,000. The hrm
have an insurance Of $4,000.
West & Co., shoe dealers, on Chestnut street
near Fox's Theatre, Pbilsd sdelphs, were burned
OUT yeSLCEuay, W oSoiiJ SAotoSS'
They are fully insured.
The Winthrop Church and Town House at
Randolph, Massachusetts, were destroyed by
fire on Monday night. The Town House con-
contained the town library and Offices. 1t was
| valued at $35 900.
Ra- HosTETrER's ALMANAC: The edition
for 1878 of the sterling Medical Annual, known
as Hostetters Almanac is now ready. and may
be obtained, frcs of cost, Of druggists and gener
81 country dealers in all parts of the United
States and British America and indeed IN every
civilized portion of the Western Hemisphere. II
combines with the Soundest practical advice tor
the preservation and restoration of health,
| large amount of interesting and amusing light
reading, and the calendar, astronomical cslcula,
| tons, chronological items, &c, are prepared
with grest care, and will be found entirely &C.
curate. The issue of Hostettel's Almanac TOR
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| Norwegian, Swedish, Hollsnd, Bohemian ana
Spanish Languages, will, in all probability, Ge
the largest edition of medical work ever pup
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