Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-10
WASHINGTON Notes.

Washington H0ISS.
The Pacific Railroads funding bill, wh'cn
has occupied the attention of the Senate Tor ~
long time was tioaly passed last night ty a
vote of 40 to 10. The bill provides that the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad
Companies shall pay into the United States
Treasury, 10 addition 10 the whole OF the uoV
| ernments earnings. SUN rot TO exceed LOT thc
former company one hundred and nifty ihous
| and. and for the latter three hundred Thousand
dollars per year. The amount due the com.
TRANSFORMATION and Other services, which has
heretofore been held In the Uoited States Urea
snrv without benefit or interest to the compan
les, viii Immediately, 90 the bill becoming
law. bear compound interest as part OF the
sinking fund, and be placed to the credit OF the
two companies. The bill now goes to the House
where it. will probably meet with favorable
receptiou, as the House Committee 90 Pacific
Railroads has directed Representative CHAIN
e1s. of Mississippi, to report to the House with
a favorable recommendation Pacific Railroad
funding bill identical n its provisions with SEQ
ator Thurman's bill.
To the Senate, yesterday, the House bill TO
nlace Gen. Shields on the retired list or The
armv was received from the House, when MIR.
Gordon asked for it's Immediate consideration.
but Mr.. Edmuuds objected upon the ground
that b. would not siuge out an Individual
case to help the House out OF scrape, and
in Committee of the Whole OF the House, yes
terday, Mr. Wood introduced his Tariff BILL
In the course of bis speech be bad read letter
from hay fork manufacturer, at Jackson,
Michigan, stating that that Industry required
30 protection. Mr. Wood warned the opp
nents Of the measure that If they succeeded IN
defeating it, the time was near at hand when
the peopc would not be satisfied with SO mild
measure.
Alta meeting of the board Of school trustee 8
last night committee was appointed to wait
upon the District commissioners and loform
them that all the money now OF hand Tor sup
port of public schools 10 the District will be ex.
pended by Thursday, and to ask them TOR TO-
structions wbotber or not they will close !hc
schools. Another committee was appointed to
confer with the District commissioners IN re-
gard to obtaining a congressional approprla-
ton to keep the schools open.
Judge DIN, of the Supreme Court OF the
District OF Columbia, states to his friends that
it is his purpose 10 September next to 20 on
the retired list CT the United States judiciary,
for at that period be will have completed his
fifteen years of service required by the statute
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The bill repeating the bankrupt act vas
taken up 10 the Senate last night and will DC
the unfinished business after the morning hour
from to day uutil disposed Of, unless set aside,
temporarily, for the consideration Of the ap.
preparation bills.
The republican Joint caucus of tho members
Of the Senate and House will take place this
evening, aod it is expected that some outlloe
at least of a plan upon which to conduct the
campaig1 for the next House of Representa-
tives will be determined upon.
The General Deficiency bill which passed the
House appropriated s., 800, 1880, to which
the Senate Committee on Appropriations has
added $479, 1892,
METEOROLOGICAL March, 1878, has been
an UNUSUALLY warm mouth and pleasant. The
temperature ranged the highest since 1870
March, 1871, 450 is; 1872, 330. II; 1873 $50 As;
1874. 43o 10; 1875, $50 6l; 1876. 3So. 81; 1877,
Al. GA; 1878. so. Sc. being FIVE degrees warmer
, than any March duriog the past eight years.
| have not examined beyond that time. The
rain fall, 8. IS inches for the month. Prevail.
iug wind was south, being % out of IS observa,
tons made at a. ~. and and D. ID. o clock.
N. w. was 10, S. E. Is. s. W. II, N. E. 10.
. Highest temperature was on The 1lth-740.-
The lowest was Oh the 25th-2l0. Highest ba.
rometer 80. % inches on the 9th. Loves, 90 o.
inches, 90 the 24tb, just proceeding the thunder
storm. which was followed by the cold snap OF
the 18th and Goth. A low barometer is loVari
ably followed by N. w. who'd. At the time
of the cold snap here they bad heavy fall OF
snow 10 the New England and northwestern
States, extending as far south as Pennsylvania.
G.. GILLINGHAM.
ACCOTINK. Va, 4th mo-. 9Th. 1878.
To the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
Some AIeXandIian, without giving any name,
has criticised in letter to me report publish
ed 10 the Gazstt of the Potomac Fruit Grow
er's meeting this week-that | said my ther
mometer at an elevation Of $50 feet above tide
sometimes differed l50 from those of near neigh,
bors 10 the valleys Now this needs some ex-
PLANTATION. | said that 10 extreme cold nights,
when it was calm, the cold settled 10 the velleys,
while on windy sights it was coolest on the
bills. Ia the three extreme cold nights Of the
, Sd, 4th and 5th OF January, 1877, 10 the val
. leys on both sides OF me aud within one mile
and less there was - to l50 difference between
them and me, while at ordinary times we agree.
, | have two thermometers Of different kinds
One hangs on the south, the other 90 the north
side of the house, and when there is DO refec-
ton from the sun they both agree. The dis,
parity of temperature has not been confined to
the times mentioned above yet they were the
most extreme. In three. if not four years, out
of FIVE, the peaches are killed in the veAeys,
while not one in FIVE On the bills. There is 90
clue to Who the writer of tho letter is.
G. GILLINGHAM.
WALL FLOWERS IN WAsHINGTON.-Ther
is just now no reigniog belle in Washington,
either married or single. Donna Mantilla has
the handsomest dresses; Mrs. Ben Willis is the
prettiest woman; yet neither are,n any fu(lness
of the term, bellies. There are swarm5 Of girls
in Washington. They come from every part
of the world. have seen luscious beauties,
with the peacby bloom Of gir!hood on their
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