Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-23
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TIE ,'cmHcEats O.; Ike si4tccotb Illinois dis.
trIct have nn!1ja;2i Hog. william l.. Moril>
500 for re election ID Congress-
During July he deaths IN Washington city
%oro Alb, CT which 2j7 we're colored. The
mortality of The c9iocea population was as two
to onc Q! the Whites.
E3a1,y t;}a Whale ;vw1 CT Stcubcnve, o.,
last night Was cut searching for tramp who
had outraged 20 1Ii LADY OF 50 years, and then
partially b5haalati Ei1r with hatchct.
Henry O'NaiI, a we'll known telegrspher,
Eas found dead ia q hotel at Loug Branch last
night, hagiog accidentally fallen on z wash
bowl in his chamber. Tho bowl broke aDd
cut his threat, be bleeding 10 death before as.
sistsrco reached him.
A patent has b:en taken cut for process Of
treating eggs that have been preserved In So
Iutio0, which wi! cbViate their liability to
burst uDoo boiling. II consists 10 piercing a
small! hole il the ceg shell. over the air blister
ir such way IS not to pass through the Gu.
tice enveloplng the egg, which is next to the
shell. Eggs packed in May and kept until
the following wiuter, if we'll preserved, will by
this treatment bring the same price as recently
laid eggs, because oftheir non liability to burst
the shc!! IN boiling.
Much alarm has bocn produced in the
northeastern portion OF Washington city, by a
reported case Of yellow fever. The health Off.
Ger promptly visited the premises and reports
merely case of nalarial fever in the family Of
citizen Of Memphis, who left there more
than month ago, and who had recently re-
tsrncd from Philadelphia. The city was never
moro healthy than now, but Notwithstanding
this, the health authorities are engaged IN re-
moving all possible sources of disease and dis
injecting alleys and uuclean places.
at Saratoga, yesterday, the American Bar
Association, ex.Sccretary Bristow in the chair,
chose James D. Broa3h2ai, Of ST. Louis. as
president, with vice president 1ron each
State; f. 0. llinkley, Of Maryland, IS sccre-
tary, AID Eraucis E:Wc, Of Pennsylvania, as
treasurer. Resolutions we're unanimously ad
opted iDslruc;!n; State committees to take
measures: First. to procure greater unltor'
nifty in la@J relating 10 days of grace on notes
and to protcss thereof; second, FOR uniformity
in laws relating to the execution aud proof AID
execution 81 wills; third, uniIorul laws for ac'
knowlcdging dccdH.
All money packages GcCc;vcd at the Treas
ury lcpar. from yellow fever districts are
disi1lrCtcd by the use OF caibollo acid. Many
Of the clerks made such :; great outcfy about
being compelled TO count tho packages, that
Treasurer Gillian Inquired if there we're any
of them who we're not afraid to count them.
One OF thew, y lady, replied that she was not.
Most Of dis rlnnoy is noW c9uatcd BY her
Another lady c3ratcd y package fgo.a New
GEioara before she "aa aware where 1t came
trom. On Iaaralng that it vas = yellow lever
package she w4a So pT3rcoma that sic has not
bccn able to 10 any work Tor three days.
The amount q! standard silver dollars coined
up 10 The 10Th Of August SSH ,472 800, and
the amount Ga hand $lO0794S7. 1t thus
appears th:t 81, 3J3 OBJ havo been placed III
c'.arncla nl circulation. Tho lInltei States
Treasurer can !:ut them out only under legal
conditions, which arc lew. 10y sending them
TO the one huldr'h an:i twenty depository
national banks, aHd th!l merely to Il limited
amount, because he eaTinot nycrrun thar mar
gin oI securities, which is lbs, thau twa"ty lcr
cert. ihn demand Tor HE dollars Is slowly
but steadily On Inc increase. The First
National Bank u Indianapolis ma,lo appl!c...
lion 10 day Tor S. 800. having heretofore 70,
ceiYed and paid ou5 10000. The Sub Treas.
nrcr at NV Y ok has received over 3 O00, 900
Of silver dollar certificates from California.