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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
StrasDurg vs.. the Railroad.

The old fight between the town of Strasburg
and the B. g. 0. r. r. is going on 10 the
Legislature. The contest is over resolution
which passed the House three years ago, and
which then failed 10 the Senate, to instruct
the Attorney General % institute proceedings
to compel compliance with the charter, or
forfeit the franchise Of the company. Judge
Allen reintroduccd the resolution last winter
and the com mittce reported it adversely. This
winter be has tried it again with better results
1t is COW on the House calendar on favorable
report, aud will likely pass that body. We
understand the railroad company were repre-
sented there by counsel who now propose 10
compromise by building depot near the centre
of Strasburg and cunDiog all trains to it and,
further, that the authorities Of the town have
indicated that they will be satisfied With this.
The company never had any right to con-
struct the road to auy other point than Stras.
burg, aud it IL only just to the people there
that they should be compelled TO cure the
wrong done them. We occasionally hear some
bgoed ass talk about the relative cost of run
niug the railroad 10 Strasburg and moving
Strasburg to the railroad. The question is not
one OF dollars and cents the standard by which
too many men measure their scruples-but it
is one Of the right Of corporations 10 Violate
charters; whether they have right TO fran.
chises obtained under false pretenses; whether
the State will enact for the special benefit of
her people, and then allow a foreign corpora.
ton to ignore both the State and people. Meth
er is the question affected by The cost OF build
ing the road to Strasburg. The charter says
the road shall run 10 Strasburg. The company
accepted the charter with this condition, and
it IT cost twice as much TO 90 to Strasburs as
to run to the Junction the obligation to go there
was nore the less binding. Their remedy was !
in an amended charter an application for which !
would have given both sides chance 10 be |
heard.
Virginia owes it to her people 10 protect
them in their every interest against encroach.
meDts and impositions by corporations We
have no other authority to look 10. The cor
porations have us at every disadvantage 10
means for litigation, and, unless the State will
nterpose her power as the creator of:corpora-
lions, there is little hope that railroads will
ong subser7e the end for which they we're
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

The flags GA the Capitol We're not lowered
last night, and will not be unti the result OF
the presidential election be declared, tor tue
law provides that the session OF Congress Tor
counting the electoral vote shall not adjourn
until the result is declared, and as'recesses are
not regarded in the light Of adjournment, the
flags will fly until either Gov. Hayes or Gov.
Tidcn be announced rs the President Of the
country. 1t is not known how loog 1t will
take 20 decide the case Of Florida, but the pre-
vailing impression is that no decision will be
reached, at the shortest, in less than -FOUR days.
Meanwhile the Joint Convention will not as
semble again for counting the vote untll re-
suit is reached on the State hanging IN the bal
aucc. The Judges Of the Supreme Court who
sit on the Electoral Commission attend, not IN
their imposing black silk robes, but 10 ordinary
citizens apparel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

PROTECTING 4 SISTER GRAVE. -On Thurs
day night some persons unknown made an at
tempt to steal from the RiVerview Cemetery
the body OF Miss Anna Lytle, buried the day
before. lier brother had been warned that
such an attempt would be made, and spent the
greater part of "Wednesday night near the
grave. Early on Thursday evening Joseph
Lyle went to the house OF the sexton, who in
formed him that about O'Clock he had heard
buggy cross the Laughery creek bridge and
stop on the cemetery side He went down to.
ward the bridge, where he found horse and
buggy hitched behind an old unoccupied log
house. About 9 o'clock he and the sexton
went into the cemetery, md found two men at
work shoveliDg the earth FROM the grave.
When within about IS or 100 feet the sexton
discharged bis revolver at them. They imme-
diately fed, leaving their entire outfit, includ-
ing the horse and buggy on the ground. The
earth bad been removed until they had reach
ed the box 10 which the coffin was enclosed,
and in few minutes more the body would
have been removed from the grave. On the
ground were found two shovels, q Ratchet, saw,
aud ropes. They also had large canvass Or
tspaulin, on which the earth had been thrown.
Cincinnati Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

The room having been cleared the commits
sion remained for consultation, and alter some
time spent in deiberatlon, the commission adj
journed till ten o'clock this morning.
The High Commission on the count of the
electoral vote met 10 the room of the Supreme
Court at 1890 clock this morning, when MIR.
Field, of the House directors, opened the FIori.
da case, referred to yesterday, on the part OF
the Tilden electors, 10 cloar and consse argu
ment, 10 which he succinctly stated the whole
facts connected with the electoral count 10 that
State. He urged that the question before the
commission was not whether they could 80 be-
hind the certificates, but whether the certltl-
Gates could go behind the truth. lie held up
the certificates of Gov Stearns, and declared
that it was pollution to touch them. They were
stepped 10 fraud. 1t was said that these papers
implied truth and could not be attacked. 1t YVES
not so. Fraud vitiated everything it touched,
and these papers were saturated with fraud.
Mr.. Field closed with an eloquent peroratlon
apostrophizing the statue of freedom on The
dome of the Capitol.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, followed MIR. Field,
and spoke ior about three quarters OF az hour,
making one of the strongest, clearest and most
brilliant constitutional arguments that has ever
been heard 10 the Capitol 10 favor OF the cleo
ton of the Tildcn electors 10 Florida.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. fuckers speech,
MIR. Kasson, Of the radical directors, asked for
time to prepare reply, when the commission
took recess till o'clock.
While the court room is pretty we'll filled,
quiet is observed and everything proceeds as il
before the Supreme Court. The five justices
occupy the centre Of the judges platform and
on either side sit the Senate and House com
missions. The DIRECTORS sit at the main table,
while counsel sit il their rear. Among the dis
tinguished counsel are Messrs. O'Connor,
TrumbulI, Carpenter, Stoughton, EVarts, Mer-
rick Whitney and others, while very large
plumber Of the most distinguished men OF the
| country are present as spectators.
After recess the commission heard Mcssrs
Kassou and McCreary 10 behalf of the radica
directors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
CARRIERS 8.
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The best Bed Ticking in the " GRID, yard vide,
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The very best Canton Flannel. l2c, "orth2lc,
Pure Linen Table Damask, very lNe, only
soc, worth 75c.
Largest size Pure Linen Napkins on!r IL.
Pure Linen Hsndkerchieis &c.
Ladies' White Wool Stockings &c. worth 2,c.
Red Twilled Flannel Z1c all wool.
Large sizs White Wool Blankets only - ~,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

The commissioners now celebrating upon
the disputed presidential election are expected
by the country to decide the case before them
upon its merits, aud not upon the legal tcchn''
calities that may be advanced by the dlslln'
guished counsel employed. The essential prin-
cipe OF free governments is that tho majority
shall rule; the people cast their ballots for either
Hayes or T.ldcD, and what they want to know
is, not whether tue illegal provisions OF certain
laws enacted by partisan Legislators have been
complied with TO the letter, but which one OF
those two candidates received the most votes.
A decision rendered ia accordance with thus
idea will be satisfactory to all parties; and
though any decision the commission may an
nounce will be accepted, by the democrats at
last, as abiding, if it be made upon any other
ground it will be unsatisfactory, and the return
of good feeling and business prosperity be him.
dered and delayed, for the people will natural
~ be discontented with president who dId
not receive majority of their votes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
NTALENTIN e.

FRENCH'S, NO. % KING sjTREET.
A large assortment CT Comic and Sonln ;I.;>
Valentines, Valentino Cards. Envelope: anc
Writers for sslo cheap.
A new lot Of DIARIES for i3-..
All the leading Magazines and Paper: :-T'
nished at publishers rates.
NEW BOOKS.
Madcap Violet. by William Black, -.
The Sun Maid, SOC.
Apploton's Railway Guide for FobrVsry &c
Ozales, By Cecil Clayton, SOC.
Tho Arundel Motto, 75c.
RE Turquand, SOC.
i,raithwato for January, 81 80
Thankful Blossom, q Romance Of tae Jerseys
by Bret Harte, ST. %.
"Odd Hours Of a Physician" 81 %
In the Levsnt, by Ctaa. DudIay Warner, .
New Books daily
feb ? GEO. E. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections reported yesterday on the three cases
of alleged ineligible electors. respectively from
New Jersey, Missouri and Virginia. The COM
mittee find that the action of the New Jersey
and Virginia electors in regard to the vacancies
caused by the absence of the ineligible electors
was in accordance with State laws, but 10 the
case of Missouri the electors had no power IN.
der State law to fill the vacancy. The com
mittee hold that if the dootrlne OF Gov. Grover,
of Oregon, be conceded, republican elector
should be counted 10 Missouri, and iG Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
LETTER from Richmond.

[Correspoldonce of the Alexandria Gazette'1
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 81, lS77.-A young
gentleman Of this city has been expelled from
the Virginia Military Institute, he having re-
ceiyed demerit marks for smoking, which is
against the rules. This was his only ofense.
He reached home to day smoking cigarette,
aud looking as cheerful as possible under the
circumstances.
Que OF our leading churches is considering
the ACCESSIBILITY OF getting cornet player IN
The choir The corne has been introduced 10
the chors at the North with great success.
The organ simply plays the accompaniment
and the cornet plays the air. 1t Is much easier
for congregation to follow the cornet than
the organ. 1t is foe leading instrument.
Col. Samuel A. Swami. OF Caroline, was
cleo. ed 10 joint session Superintendent Of the
PeDitentiary.
The Superintendent of the Penitentiary has
the appointment Of the first, second and third
assistant superintendent and the filling OF a
number Of other places connected with the TO-
slitution. Col. Swami had the inside track 10
the race from the beginning, as his friends
urged lis claims Tor the place year ago.
The following bills were passed by the Sen
ate to-day: Authorizing the Secretary Of the
Commonwealth to furnish certain officers in
the Commonwealth with session acts, under
certain condtiOns comforting on the police oil
Alexandria certain powers OF constables;
amending the law 10 relation to records IN the
Court Of Appeals; to reduce bonds OF ministers
Of the gospel; to provide for appeals from the
decision OF school boards 10 reference to the
construction of school buildings; TO amend the
law in relation to the appointment Of school
trustees in towns OF less than 5000; and to
authorize the city Of Winchester to subscribe
to the capital stock Of the Martinsburg and
Potomac railroad.
The bill to authorize Gduciares to sell iusol
vent claims WAS lost.
The House passed tue following bills 10
amend section Of chapter s Of the Code oil
1878 with regard to election districts; Tor the
protection Of fish in al the waters Of the Com
1nonwcalth; to amend sections 3, 6 and Of
the time OF meeting OF the board of superVis.
ors and other powers; and for the protection OF
sheep in The county Of Cupeper, with Senate
amen dmens.
The Speaker laid before the House memo
rial from General B. T. Johnson, asking the
House for a prompt and thorough investiga-
ton into the settlements e of SeIdep, Witbers l.
Co.. and the Chesapeake end Ohio Canal
Company, as called for by resolution Of lae
House. 49,
In the House petition was presented from
citizens of the counties Of Fairfax and Alexan-
dria to amend the law so as to exempt from
specific tax of $40 all book agents who sell or
procure subscriptions for any religious, agricul-
tural or horticultural books, pamphlets, or
publications not published in this State which
was appropriately referred
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
Foreign News.


Montenegro has replied to Turkeys peace
proposal that she is wiling to e1lcr ulon ne.
gotialions with that view, but at the same time
asks to be informed of the conditions which will
be accorded as basis. Russia is actively pros
ecuting the mobilization Of her forces. The
Roumaniaus arc planting batteries opposite
tue Turkish redoubts at Wdden Active cor
respondeuce is IN progress between Russia srd
Germany.
The Journal des Droits de Homme OF Paris
has been suspended for tue eleventh tine. Tie
present suspension is for insulting the Presi.
dent Of the Republic aud justilyirg he Gem.
muue.
Spain and the United States are DOW soDr
to revive the treaty Of 1895.
CONSUMPTION 10 the Basque towns in Span
goes hard, and has to be enforced by fines
Armed resistance against Gen. Diaz, 10 Mex.
leo, is at 20 end, though it is believed his ruiz
will be of short duration The church ,acy
recognizes him, though really waiting i favor.
able moment for the conservatives. LcrdS's
followers continue 10 leave the coup;fy. Ca:i9.
political outrages.
The New Orleans Nichols Superior u;;cii.
nal Court attempted, yesterday, 10 get tic ro.
turns Of the election Tor Investigation By Tic
grand jury. The Packard Secretary OF Siasc
refuses to deliver them, as the jui1c issuiug
the order is not recognized by the Packard soy
ernment II is claimed BY the democrats tha.
Packard has recognized the Nichols gavcTa.
ment by fling an answer 10 a suit against h.U
in district court abolished by the republican,
legislature, ana the judge of whiah wss az.
pointed By Gov. Nichols.
The condition OF Hon. Ale1 II. Stephen: CO..
| tnues to improve. His physicisns, it is stated
| have at no tina despaired Of lis recovery. ii.
| disease is not pulmonary, but pncdn"Ria ana
neuralgia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

designed, chartered aud constructed. Almost
all the other States are now exercising ieaI
Gus supervision in respect 10 many other mat
tcrs than tie mere compliance with charters,--
Shenandoah UerQM
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02
News of the Day.

& band Of despersdoes organized for robbery
and murder has been discovered in Williamson
county, ILL.,, AID the leader, James Moss, and
James jackson, Frank Palmer and another,
member of the gang, have been arrested. a
band of train Wreckers, who have been operat-
ing on tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad,
in thinly settled parts of Southern Kansas, have
Saturday last two Of them, named Meadows and
Mead, were arrested by the United States deputy
marshal, heavily ironed and taken to Fort
Smith, Arkansas where they will be tried.
Two or throe hundred canvas-bsck ducks
wore caught fast during the late freeze off the
Talbot shore Of tbs Choptsnk river, nearly oppo.
site Cambridge, and in that condition were pick
Cd up without difficulty. Speculations upon this
singular occurrence are various, some supposlng
that toe snow and sleet csked on the duck S
wings, thus preventing their flight, and others
that they woro caught IN the moving leo.
At the small settlement of Egbertvile, N. j.,
Patrick Dolan, lsborer, awakened his mother
about o'clock yesterday morning and without
warning killed her with some blunt instrument.
He then attacked his sister and beat her so shock
ingly that her death is expected. Dolan WAS
lodged in Jail by neighbors who heard the cries
and intertered.
Edward Fox, Of Titusvlle, after twenty-three
years or Struggle IN the SLalo Blu oHlteo CLntes
Courts, has received verdict Of damages to the
amount of $4,000 against the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Company.
The new Board of Police Commissioners at
yesterday renststed Major, Rich.
ards. the Superintendent of Police, and also the
detectives who had been suspended.
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. this old
tcrling exponent of Virginia thong BIT and SEN
iment, We have what is regarded by many OF
IS numerous readers as the best paper pub
shed 10 Virginia. 1t has made an honorable
ccord for enterprise and ability for more than
hree generations, and acquires new vigor and
DAuence as it advances 10 age. We welcome
TO our sanctum, and wish that its shadow
lay never grow less.-HdVar Record.
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DIED

In Richmond, Va, Jan. 3lst, 1911, MaHI
ADDISON. aged years and months, dau Or .
ter Of Charles W. and Nellie NJ. Green.
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feb 2-jt
r AND BONDS

l AMI bOFOS
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RA1LROAD -.
All persons holding Land Bonds Of the w
GINA Midland r. Il. Co. arc requested 10 'r'
nish me at once with Il statomen! OF the sam
giving the number and denomination o. nv
bonds. This information is Gccs:oary Ia oi"c'
to carry out IN iDp0l tant arrangement cO''''|'
ed with said bonds.
feb 2-2w b. f. MALE. Trustee.
H1HE REGULAR MEETING OF IhE
l. ALEXANDRIA INSURANCE Cu 80.
be held in the Commercial Exchange h0'H'' We
MONDAY, Feb. 5th at 10 o'clork g ~
BY order of the Board:
feb ~ GEORGE WISE, SECRETARY
E,R&sH VIRGINIA BUTTER reeeivei 0i
Il feb2 K. W. AVERY, 20 King 81:
rIsHI FISH
% bbls choice No. MACnERhL
To bills No. 3 MEDIUM
20 bbls No. SMALL
- half bbls No. ,
20 quarter bbls No. =.
10 half bbls No. ..
% kits No. MACkEREL
Is kits No. = MACKEkEI<
Also SPLIT snd EOUN :: EEkIAu.
In store and for sale By
N. AlNDsEY & CO..
feb LIN Nos. t s. hlns =.
MOUNT VEKjIOE NURSE lh1
~ 4 49,, Egtsbli 4hed Is year, ,.x.
FRUIT TREES ADAPTED TO TI!2 -
GION 4 SPE JIALTY. ..@
MAIL FROrt, ORNAMENTAL T"h'@
Etc, &c.
Sand for S Gatsloguet to ;
G. GILLINGHAM 90
AcootiIk Postom1e,
nov 4-tEtf FsiItaI CO.. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-02

s~ A regular monthly meeting of the Relief
Hook and Ladder Company will be held a., /.
o'clock this evening" The rolls will be revised
and all members who aio not equipped or have
failed to conform to the constitution n any way
are specially Notified 10 appear and show cau:9
why their names should not be droppeI
1t ". X. DAsIDs0S, sec :.
Jsf,~ The members or Mechanics Lodge, No
g. KIP. are hereby notified 10 meet vi thoir hal
to. night. at 7 clock, to make atTang cement: f.!
attending tho iunarA! Of their lstc brother. j "
Atkinson. BY order Of tho e. Z.
1t jon CoRsoS, X K IL
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SPECIAL FOTICE.

The Ferry Boat CITY OF ALEAAN DKlA
will, from Saturday, February Sd, make trip:
between Alexandria and Washington y: loIlo"'.
Leave Alexsndris ut l.30 9 30 ind 10 AM
and 100, $50 and 5 80 p. m.
Leave Washington at s 80 snd 80 Il, Ill: a6d
1890, 230, 4 90 and 6 p. N. .,..,
Sundsy-Leave Alexandria ut 800 aud HI
al d., and 100, $50 and $50 p. III. lesIe
Washington 81 10 . d. M, and 1880 49, l1'
and 6 p. II.
). ) hOWloOh,
feb at President Potomac Ferry -
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President Potomac Ferry -
SPECIAL NOTICE 30
k;aEsss1ae

Tho steamer LADY OF THE Lac vi!
resume her regular trips to and from HoTI2'F.
commencing MONDAY, the 9Th Instant ! u
particulars apply to
+. q. REED, Agent,
feb 2-:;t JarnryE "h1t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-21
CHANGED HANDS.
HOUSE,
MECHANICSTOWN, FREDERICK
COUNTY, MD.

rINHE undersigned would respectfully
l. inform the public, that he has again
taken charge Of the above House. So
flvorably known, and has opened it i'll clc-
CANT style for the accommodation OF per
mancnt and transient customers. The
house has been renovated and furnished
in complete and ample manner, and now
offers Good Cheer and the comforts OF
pleasant home. His TABLE will be sup
piled with all the substantials and dclca-
cics of the season, the best the market al
fortls. His BAR will be stocked With the
best brands OF liquors and scgars. Ills
STABLE will be furnished with good pro-
vcndcr and attentive ostlcrs. Aud his char
gcs (.8~ NJ ARK THIS, will be moderate
and in accordance with the spirit OF the
times Boardcrs taken by the day, month
or year. The custom ot travellers and
others is respectfully solicited. The large
experience of the subscriber in Hotel keep.
ing, warrants him in saying, that he will
do all in his power to give general satlstac-
ton. j. Is. GlLBER L.
April 19-tf
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THOR BEST and cheapest Plated or SOY
II id Gold Breast Pins and Ear Rings.
or other icwclry, go to CHAS. H. O. FO&
No. IA West Patrick Street.
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Western Farm " agon S !

rINIIE best most durable, finest finished
| and cheapest wagon in the market.
TRICKS portable steam engines and
saw mills, GElSER scpar"torS, EMPIRE
scparator., llagcrstown clover hullcrs,
and horse power.
THE KEYSTON + PHO W,
the best now in USE, the mould boards are
tempered which wears and cleans cqnal I"
Steel Every pillow warranted. ClI'
TING BOXES and CORN SHELTERS,
the very b. st. We also keep on hand so
leather betting, steam engine packing,
and a variety of hardware which we sell
very low. GARDEN SEEDS of all kinds,
CLOVER anil TIMOTHY SEED
bought and sold
We respectfully invite all to cal and see
us, and examine for yourselves. We al
WAYS take pleasure III showing our goods.
We keep none but the very best implc-
mcl,s and always aim to please our Gus
TONERS both in quality and price Rc.
member the place. ~
81 EW ART & PRICE,
movie South Market St, Frederick, I'D