davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
NoWH OF the Day.

Tho piercers 10 the Bennington Wooden Mill
struck yesterday morning. thereby throwing
out of employment other operatives not con-
cerned with them. Tho strikers claim they
cannot earn above SIS per month, and many
even less This is one of the few mills which
has furnished steady employment to all its ope.
rativcs during the hard times, but could do so
only upon low basis of wages. The mill has
recently doubled it's capacity and the number of
help employed. The places of the strikers will
be filed in few days and business proceed as
usual.
The General Assembly South of the Presby-
teriau Church Of the United States convened
in Knoxville, Tenn, yesterday morning. The
opening sermon Was delivered by Rev. G. A.
Stiman, D. D.. the retiring Moderator. Rev.
Thomas E. Peck, D. D., ef the Roanoke Pres
bytery, Virginia, was elected Moderator, and
Rev. Josheph H. Martin, of the Atlanta Pres.
bytery, Georgia, temporary Clerk. Over one
hundred and thirty delegates are present, max
ing possibly the largest Assembly Of this body
ever convened.
Mrs. Anna Barbara Koen. Of Dayton, Ohio.
With several others, arrived in Baltimore Wed.
nesday night, and took rooms at tho Park
Hcte, on Camden street, intending to sail on
the steamship General Werder for Bremen
Wednesday. Yesterday morning Mrs. Koen was
found dead in bed, having been sufooated with
gas, which bad been blown out instead of being
turned off. Nearly $4,000 was found on the
| person of the deceased, which was taken pos
session Of by the coroner.
A majority Of the bondholders of the Youogs
towD, Ashtabula and Pittsburg Railroad arc
about to reorganizs the company under The
laws of the State Of Ohio. 1t is proposed t
foreclose and buy in the road, and then reissue
new stock to the holders Of the first mortgage
bonds, and 10 certain proportion of old stock fo
the new, to the present stockholders.
! A body Of strangers are reported as encampet
10 the woods near North Troy, Vermont. The!
are all Irish. we'll dressed, and accessions ar
hourly arriving, going to show that there i
some foundation for the apprchensons Of
Fenian raid
The Rothschlds are reported to have take'
the remaining fifteen million of the four and
half per cont. bonds under tho Syndicate con
tract.
Ginghams have fallen from 40 cents var,
to cents, prints, the same, Canton flannel
from so cents to 6, and brown muslin5 from a
| cents to 5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
iCOMMUNICATED.

| Own small house and lot, which P'Ii
for by hard work, sobricty and economy. Was
is now slack, aud it tasks me to pay the laz :
on it and the furniture it contains. u1dsT
stand the chief reason for the high taxes Is the
incompetence of former councll''neu. A. NY
money and my ohildren's bread aod meat axe
OF more consequence to me than the success q
the nominees of ward idIers, [ noml par The
following ticket for the 1st ward, and bcpe II
may be elected: For the Board of AldcrnItn'
B. Wheat; for Common Council, Hugh La 'haT'
W. s. Moore, j. w. Burke and j. II. ield
A JOURNEYMAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
POstOHiCe Robbery.

MANCHESTER, N. H. May 17th.-Eeven
months ago the Postofica hero was robbed of
between $4,000 and $4,000 worth of stamps in
broad day light. The stamps were stolen at
noon while there was but one clerk in the Office.
The robbery was kept secret till now, tie defec.
,tives supposing they could thereby more easily
catch the robber. Ia this they have been un-
successful. and the matter is now made public.
Au effort is now being made to induce Con.
gress to indemnify Postmaster Stevens for his
losa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
iCOMMUSICATED

FIRST WARD Council Ticket hearts,
concur With CONSERVATIVE in the matter Il"
nominating new ticket 10 represent the tr.
ward in Council. l believe it is mig b time ba
the business men and taxpayers should haSe
some say as to who should act for them IN ~
city goVernmert, and that all tn; 'eut'Ios
and 'dryiug' should Cot be done By thc.e
who do all the voting ia The primaries an! b"
little at the general election. Bring on! su;,
men as Beuoni Wheat, w. W. Herbert, {
g. Smoot, Alex. L5es, &c, and We will sh,5
this small faction of nonentiies that We c2n at:
s0W have efficient representatives in Couac,.
DISGUSTED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
The Weather In RappahannOck.

Correspondence Of tho Alexandria Gsz,tte.
SpERRYvIILE, RAppAuANNocK, Co., Va.
May lG.-The snow on the ridge about six
miles from this place is now six inches DEER
On Monday morning last We had heavy frost,
since which tine it has been raining with the
weather very oold This norring i, is fair and
very cold. The contrast is remarkable, vegeta
lion being SO advanced for The season. y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
Central America.

PANAMA, May THE constitutional con.
vention Of Ecuador has adopted a new consti.
tuition, which is more iiberal than that of
Garcia Moreno. Religious federation is denied
and the country completely subjected to priest!y
rule. Business at Guatimala is very depressed.
Several failures have ocourred-one, that of the
refining company (sugar) for $35O,0o0. Others
are looked for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
Death of q Murderess.

HARTFORD, Conn, May H,-Mrs. Lydia
Sherman, the Derby prisoner, died in the Con-
necticut State prison yesterday, whore she was
serving life sentencefor poisoning her husband:
After her sentence for that crime she confessed
to having poisoned three husbands and four
escaped from the prison only few months ago
and was recsptured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
ICOMMUNICATtD.

IOUM3IUNIUAIT'
From the facts that have leaked Out Goa
corning the ward meetings on "Wednesday
night, will the voters Of The frs: and thii
wards quietly submit2 The evil requires s
radical cure, and, while ever adheripg to tie
Conservative organization, that party c1uno
stand such shocks, and the sooner tho rcnci;
is applied, the better for the community.
V0TER
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

It will be seem that Lord John Russell died IN
London to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
Confederate Money,

To the editor ofhe Alexandria GazcUe
FAIRFAX G. H.. May 15.-In the Gazette r.
yesterday it is reported that "the Suprem.
Court Of South Carolina has declared that CIR,
federate currency was not money iu a lea!
sense" How long will Virginia be behind lhe
world 10 this PARTICULAR How long will b..
legislature and her courts continue to perm =.
trate the foul and gross robberies they hs,o
done2 The writer Of this, who honestly mod.
every dollar he ever owned in his life, IA, ii,
orally sWndled out of over $4,000 for a. GOOD
real estate as ever was sold, or held, for ths
sum named 10 the city Of Petersburg, Va, b.
cause the bargain was made for good money il
the beginning Of the year 1862, and Was m,
due till 1864. The case vas finally overlsksr
by the damnable Confederate scaling bill whrn
the interoal courts swept this property sysv
from me like chat before tornado. The own
ers asking price for said property in 1860 Va:
$l2, 1000. 1t cost me 10 it's purchase upwsrjs
of $4,000 In that year, but mutatis mutanii:
it netted me at the hands of Judge and Jury
about $500 only. have, or had, another real
estate ante bellum case in Fauquier c0unt; from,
| which | am out of pocket about s., 0JO, pc,iits
lawyers and clerks fees, commissions, g.,
| while my fue house AID smiling broad scrs:
that passed from me Tor this baseless fabric Of
q vision,' are held aigh in the market and cr.
joyed by others. Shame upon Virginia egi..a
| ton and curse upon her Judges aud ju,vs "
| in all such cases. !
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
Episcopal Council of Virginia.

LYNcHBURa, May 1G.-Rev. DR.. Norton
left for Alexandria last night having made his
report Oh the origin and limitation of the fede-
raj power, as stated yesterday.
The Bishop 10 his address which was read to
day says there has been an increase in the num-
Der of combinations. lie deprecates round
dancing, and is opposed to division oil the do
cese, though he would have an assistant.
The committee appointed at the Petersburg
Conyocation presented report concluding as
fol!ows:-
The diocese Of Virginia shall be divided into
- Missionary Convocations as follows:-
The city of Richmond and the counties Of
-, known as the Richmond ConvocatioD.
The city of Alexandria and the counties OF
-, known as the Alexandra Convocaton.
Then the other principal cities and towns IN
the State in the same way.
The above conyocations shall be organized
under the direction of the Bishop, who shall
preside over them in all meetings when present.
Each Convocation shall have president, to be
appointed annually by the Bishop on the nomi.
nation CT Convooation. The president of each
Convocation shall perform such duties as may
be assigned by the Bishop or Conyocation, and
shall report to the Council through the Bishop
at each annual session the missionary work done
in the limits of bis Convocation, and any other
matter deemed pertinent by himself. Each
Con7ocation shall meet twice year, and shall
consist Of the clergy residing in it's limits who
have seats 10 the Council, and lay commuui
cant from each parish or mission, to be appoint
cd according to such rule as the Council may
prescribe. Presidents Of the conversations shall
be ex ofieio members of the Diocesan Com
mittee.
Fredericksburg was selected as the next place
of meeting.
The report of the Committee on the Contin
gent Fund, asking to be continued another year,
and that the assessment be reduced from ST to
75c. per capita was read, but laid over.
The subject Of diocesan missions occupied the
remaining portion of the day session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

Tho proceedings OF tho Senate to-day were
devoid of special interest.
Tho House of Representatives has been ascehe
Of confusion all day, the republicans fesortlng
to all sorts of tactics to impede the progress o.
the Potter resolution. Messrs. Goode and Con-
ger had q "passsge at words" Mr.. Goode repel-
ling with warmth an.unwsrraated lnslnusnoh
nf Con par's
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

sa3- AN ELEGANT STOCK OF SPRING A,'
Summer Boots and Shoes for gensiemmeh (sny
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

ID If YOU WANT A FIRST CLASS bool ' !"
Shoe of the finest material best wor en,s'.;.,,
and perfect Gt 20 to WADDEY's, No. j" ','.'
street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

IT Is MAYOR CHANCELLOR Now.-Dr G.
". Chancellor, President of the Second Branch
acted as ex. oficio Mayor yesterday, Mr.. o !.
Keilholz, President of the First Brarct. t,c.
absent from the city. Mayor Chancellor sigarl
number Of resolutions which had been passed
by the two Branches. Ooe of the IIarb9r Mas
ters, j. Henry, made complaints to the cx Of
fico Mayor that person who had landed wood
on the city wharves refused to pay Wharfage,
and asked for instruction how to proceed in ha
matter. Mayor Chancellor requested the liar
Dor Master to reduce his complaint to writing.
and then transmitted it to the City Solicitor
for advice how 20 ACT in the matter. Dr..
Chancellor signed large number Of lraostcf4
of city stocA. In the afternoon he aucLd (!
the Secord Branch, but took 20 part 10 ,hr
proceeding, deeming it improper TIC p'cs:d9 >:
the Branch and act as May on the same dly.
Dr.. Donavin was chosen to preside 10 the S.
end Branch last evening. Quite Lunb.;
of personal friends called on Mayor Chanc lJr,
at the Mayors Office, yesterday, and coDerHtG
lated him Oh his elevation to that iii y. -
Bait. american.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17
The Eighth Congressional District.

10 the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
LANDMARK, FAUoU1ER Co., Va, Nay
Is, 1S7S.-The writer of the communication
in your issue of the 18th inst, signed "Mapy
Voters" although heading bis com munication
Landmark, Fauquier county, is resident OF
Loudoun and consequently not q voter at Land
mark predict. Whether or not he is sufic!-
emily acquainted with the sentiments OF the
voters of this precinct to make the declaration
that Jas. V. Brooke. esq, is the choice of
the majority, We do not pretend to say. tits
our opinion (if many Voters" will allow US to
express an opinion which We do not think is
crroneous) that many Of those who supported
Mr.. Brooke so zealously when candidate for
the State Senatorsbip feel that his valuable
services cannot we'll be dispensed with in the
State Legislature, and that the hatteriDg ma
jority which be received should induce him to
continue to guard with untiring energy the
post of honor and responsibility already en-
trusted to him, especially since he must
know that if General Eppa Hunton is not
the nominee of the conservative conven-
ton, it Is not likely that Fauquicr will fur
nish another candidate. We cannot soc any
reason why Gen. Fl. should not be renomlnated.
If MANY Voters can give us his reasons for
preferriug Mr.. Brooke he will greatly oblige.
Yours in error, HEzEKIAH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

Nor A JOINT IN HIS BoDY.-"It is remarka-
bio csse," J. II. Eberle of Buffalo said in the
rotunda of the Astor House, "but it's fact that
Jonathan T. Bass. of Cambria, Niagara county,
hasn't joint in his body. He went 10 bed in
1867. and has never been out Of it since. he
can't moved even finger. remember when
he ran as captain Of canal boat between Buffalo
and Rochester, in 1850. He was getting stiff
then, and couldn't do any work. He had to
quit canslling. and then went to book keeping.
His joints kept getting sitter and sitter. Doc
tors couldn't do him any good. At last he had
to give up and for twenty-one years he hiss been
abed al the farm homestead of his family, be-
tween Lockport and Lewiston. His troubles
commenced in 1913. A pain shot through the
bottom of his right foot that tumbled him to the
ground. The foot commenced to swell, and got
to be almost twice its natural size The stiffness
in the joints followed. Now Bass is literally
bone man. There is no more bend to his legs,
arms and body than there is to marble statue.
You can take hold of his feet, and, some one else
having his head, lift him up like stick of wood.
His arms are as fast to his sides as if they were
nailed there. For eight years after he went to
bed he could move his srns but the joints final
~ became solid bone. They have to feed him
with a spoon. His jaws are inmovsble
IS his other joints There is space between
his teeth that just wide enough to get Victuals
through. In 1869 he became blind. His mind
is sound and be- IL talk all day with you if you
have the patience to wait for him. as he speaks
with dificulty."-N Y. Sun
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

ofConger's
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

similar forward movements from Siluria to
kallikrati and other corresponding advances
from the rear to the front. All these move
ments tend to mass the Russians closer and
closer to Constsntnople, and consequently iu
crease the anxiety within the city. 1t is re.
ported, on good authority, that tho Russians
are about to deepen the channel from Tohek.
medic Lake to the sea sufficiently to permit
the passage Of launches and other small vessels.
Significance is attached to belief current in
we'll informed circles that the channel squadron
will leave Port Said for Bessika Bay immedi.
ately after the arrival of the Indian troops
MISCELLANEOUS
A Berlin dispatch says it is reported that, in
view of the attack made upon the Emperor,
the government has resolved to propose or even
to introduce by administrative DEGREES serious
restrictions on the freedom of the press and the
right of public meeting. Efforts will, it is ssid
be made to bring about common action on
the part of Germany, Russia, England and the
United States and other countries where So
cialistic or communstc symptoms have lately
appeared
The United States will be represented by
thirty.three members on the international jury
Of the Paris Exposition. This is greater
number than was expected. The French au.
thorities promise DO salary nor allowance for
expenses to the jurors, and require them to be
10 attendance from early in June to the 1st of
September. Commissioner Mccormick has,
therefore, thought it best to make as macy ap.
pointmeDts as possible of the Americans o.
ready in Paris or expected there during May.
A dispatch from Blackburn says:-Nogotia-
lions have been proceeding during the day be.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-17

pp1n.y EVENING MAY II, 1878.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02

The debate in the Assembly on the bill to
glass proves that no good arguments can be
used against its passage and that some OF
the most intelligent representatives in the
House are favorable to the trial of
the system. Mr.. Moller, who intro
duced the bill, made mistake in
not ordering the bill to third
reading on Tuesday evening. when tho vote
on the motion to recommit with instruc-
tions to strike out the enacting clause
showed that the House was in his favor
1t is getting late in the session, and to
progress the bill was to risk its loss. 1t is
so evident that the proposed tax will be q
valuable aid to the city, while expressing
no one and doing no one an injustice, that
indifference as to its fate Is inexctsable.
The greatest recommendation in favor of
the registration tax system is to be found in
the fact that fhe extreme men on both sides
of tho liquUt question are united ip opposi-
ton to its trial. The special representa-
tivcs Of tho corner groggeries and low beer
cellars join hands with the impracticablc
total abstinence fanatics in dcnouncing the
bill. But they use no arguments against it
that deserve consideration. On the liquor
dealers sido We are told that it. Is unjust
and outrageous to tax tho liquor business
any moro than any other business. But
this would prove any license law
to be unfair and oppressive, and the
liouor men have been the very
earnost advocates Of license law. The
ultra, uncompromising temperance men
blindly oppose all laws, because their own
peculiar notions are not accepted by all
others as sound and practicable. The mod
crate men, who look upon the question dis
passionatcly rs a matter of public interest
and expcdicncy, should combine TO push
the bill through the Assembly without
dolny
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Omaha owes $780, 600 on It's High School
Rev. MI. Jasper know It was the Lat Of May when ho
said, s.Even DO sun do move"
DR.. Rsdaeld says that II tho republicans loso tho
next House Mr.. Hayes may begin to hang ous storm
signals
Tho Chicago Journal thinks that a switch in timo
saves nine Still tho ato-ninetails s useful even
for
Tho President has accepted an invitation 10 be
present ut the ceremonies OF Decoration Day at
Gotiysburah, Pa
A daughter Of ex-senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, has
just been married to q young elork in Washington.
The bride IL sixteen. a.M 4. a...
Buffalo journal signs OF bread rising In velne
IN Europe since, IL believes. there must bs This
. not the first time bread has risen In tho yoast
Frederick Fraiey, President OF tho Philadelphia
Board OF Trade James W. Latta, oil Pennsylvania and
John Stevens OF Hoboken. as WIZARDS Hotel
Washington.
Count Galve. brothcr.in-law Of the cx.Empress Of
the French and tho husband Of . Russian lady. has
Jus. sold his house Grosvonor Gardens TO the ex
Empress.
A despatch from Berlin says II Ia understood that
the Grand Duke OF NeckIenburp -schw worm will shortly
be betrolhcd the Grand Duchess Anastasia daugh
tor oil the Russian Grand DuKo Michael
Southern orators and writers who recently bcwail
the tate OF mon who died In their give great
praise to no women OF the South, as " saying that
the women ut least were never vanquished. Tho
southsrners gush with chivalric generosity ovor
ladies.
Indiana Hoosier Sase:-sIt is stated ns a significant
fact IN the experience OF prison keepers that v bile
wivos constantly visit and condolo with their hus.
bands when imprisoned, husbands seldom or never
visit their crr,ng In prison. but almost invara
bly, desert them tn their troubc.n
Robert q. Winthrop, Of Massachusetts, who was
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives at Tho time
the corner siono OF tho Washington Mon umont was
laid and who delivered tho Grafton on that occasion
is 10 Washington urging the passage Of tho bill
TO strengthen tho structure and complete tho work
The Row. Jasper L. Darkey, who breaches dat
do sun do move, Is Baptist, Is avo feet ten sinewy
square shouiicrod and round.hcaded with retreat
ing. thachroof forehead, bright eyes, gold spcctaccs
oval face big chin, shaggy beard anu mustachc shor
FIAT feet gold shirt bottoms, strong musical voco and
a various amount OF grammar
James Jackson Jsrves, writing from Florence
says "a sister OF one Of tho Catholic educational
orders recently was lsading out several Of her
young pupils Tor their accustomed walk, when sLo
n mad dog running toward them Immediately
sho planted horsclf between them and tho animal
and he sprang at her seized him by the moub and
held him nrmly, while no iaccratcd her hands with
his teeth, until her pupils placed safety and
the animal killed bat sho herself died after In
atrccious tormcnla' -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02

Resisting Ne sn n tn Ito n !.

In the investigation of the reckless
charges made in tho Assembly, that the
passage OF the Holahan License bill had
been secured by bribery and corruption,
two or three members testified that they
had been offered sums of money to vote
for the bill. but always by strangers
whose names they did not know These
members gave their testimony evil
IDENTIFY unnppreciativo of tho fact
that they placed themselves in an
unenviable position. II they we're thus APP
preached it was their duty to take measures
to ascertain who the persons were who CON-
mittcd tho felony Of Offering them u bride
for their votes. Besides, what sort of legis-
lators can they be to whom bride can
thus be rendered with impunity2 What is
there about them to encourage q rascal to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02

make such an attempt? Can 1t be beloved
that any man would have dared to offer the
late John Morrissey money for his vote, or to
tender q bride to Judge Selden or Lucius
Robinson when they were members OF the
Assembly? In the one case the would-be
briber would have been pretty certain to
measure his length on the floor, and in the
other case to have been consigned to the care
ofthe police. These tempted members. who
80 virtuously resisted the temptation held
out to them, appear to have regarded the
action of the tempter rs entirely natural.