Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-20
News OF the Day.

Leather ASSOclItlOn, III JooSlCu, IcSolulluUS
were adopted recommending to the trade the
Of the custom OF dating, bills
beyoud tho time when goods are shipped, and
TO reduce the time from six 10 four months; dis
oouptenancing the custom OF guaranteeing
prices beyond the time fixed for the delivery Of
goods also the custom of making reclamation
on goods bought and ordered by sample, and
the countermanding of orders where purchasers
names have been stamped upon the goods; also
resolvinp that nooompromiscshall be made with
a debtor who has misrepresented his financial
standing.
The General Conference of the NJ. t. Church
South, at Atlanta Saturday, passed resolutions
on the death of Bishop Enoch NJ. Marvin.
Several speeches were made. The Conference
refused to alter the present modo OF managing
the missionary affairs of the Church. Keso'u
tons favorng Methodist Esumenlca Con
ference, and grand centenary OF American
Methodista, to be held in Boston, DECEMBER
Is, 1884, were unanimously passed. kesou
tions of Christian greeting to the Genera! AS
sembly Of the Presbyterian Church and to the
General Assembly Of the Cumberland Pfesby'
terian Church were passed. and ordered to be
transmitted to those bodies.
The Society of the Army and Navy OF the
Confederate States in Mary land, which Will
observe Thursday, 23l day of May, as Memo
rial Day, at Loudoun Park Cemetery, near
Baltimore, has elected new members as follows !:
It. Col. j. Lyle Clarke, Col. Henry Kyd
Douglas, Private Joseph Franklin. Lieut..
Douglas f. Forrest. Capt. j. S. Maury, Dr..
w, r. McKnew, DR.. Thomas Opie, Lieut.. w.
S. Ramsey, Private l.. NJ. Rcardon, DR.. viii,
son G. REGISTER, Private E. G. Skaggs, Capt:
q. L. G. Willis. Privates Robert Il. Z:ll and
Chris. j. Conradt.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in scs.
sion at Pittsbure, on Saturday. received re.
port of plan of united effort in the cause OF
temperance. 1t declares that Christians must
oppose the manufacture, sale or use OF iatoxl'
eating beverages by any practicable methods,
legal prohibition, moral suasion and the prao
tics of total abstinence, and that aiding the
manufacture, sale or use, by selling grain to
brewers or distilers, by making machinery or
casks leasing property on which liquors may
be made, sold or drank is to criminally partlcl
pate in this most abhorrent sin.
A letter was read IN all tho Catholic churches
of tho archdiocese of Baltimore, yesterday,
from Archbishop Gibbons, 10 which he states
that on all Catholic excursions and picocs, the
coming season, no intoxicating liquors should
be allowed. The statute of the diocese bearing
upon the subject also forbids round dancing.
All excursions and parties under the man age
ment of Catholic societies have 20 eccleslastlca
sanction whatever unless approved by the pas
tor, and subject to the above rules.
1t is said the military authorities arc 10
possession of mass of evidence, which,
when made public. will starle the country
with the magnitude Of the Indian frauds.
Several cf tho most friendly tribes OF ln.
dams are on the eve Of becoming hostile, and
most citizens believe, unless change is speed
Iy made 10 the treatment of our Indians, they
will 20 to war. Military officers declare they
do not blame tho Indians, aud if they were in
their place they would fight to the bitter end
Sitting Bull is encamped north OF Cyprus
Hill, and small bands we're coming across the
boundary with spoils taken 10 raids upon the
trains bound for the Black Hills. They brought
iu many Wholesale packages unbroken. The
Indians were so abundantly supplied that the
traders had made advantageous purchases OF
Sitting Bull in order to sell again in Manitoba.
The Indians are also stealing horses at every
opportunity.
The preservation Of tho Irish tongue has
been aeitatiug the minds Of tho lTshmen
W
the sod should speak the language of bis native
heath. In New York Friday evening the So,
ciety for the Preservation Of the Irish Language
met and number Of speeches were made ny
various members.
The iramps that wero cncampoI in the vi,
cinity of North Troy, VT, have disbanded,
but there is still strong belief that the Fenl-
ans are making their way into Canada to move
upon some principal point. The CauaGian
militia have been supplied with arms and am
munition, and have gone into camp.
Thoro are signs of communism in Cleveland.
At a picnic at Kinsvater's Garden Oh Saturday,
a red flag was flung to the breeze, aud conald
cradle disorder took place. Eight men. com
prising the committee having the altar IN
charge, wero arrested. They asserted that all
present were a7oWed Communists.
The Kearncy convention 10 San Francisco
has adjourned after passing resolution re,
cognzing the socalistic worklngmen's party OF
tho United States as kindred organization,
having for its purpose the emancipation OF
workirgmen, u6ity OF purpose, and samenes5
of principle"
The body of Ger. J ohm NJ. Binklcy, formerly
Assistant Attorney General of the u. S., who
committed suicide on May 4, was found on
Friday floating in Lake Michigan, near Nil.
waukee
A little girl named CilIy, at Goshen. N. Y,
was so frightened on Saturday by two boys
who approached her with blackcned faces,
and wearing tall plugged hats, as to cause her
death.
Rev. Samuel S. Isaaos, editor Of the Jewish
Messenger and the oldest Jewish minister 10
this country, died 10 New York last night, aged
"a years.
The car shops of the Corning, Cowanesque
end Antrim Railroad, in Corning, N. Y, were
burned this morning. Tho loss is $50, 900; To-
surance $25 900.
Martin Head, aged sixteen, while playing
base ball, yesterday, near Providence, r. l.,
fell dead while running to the home base, haV-
ing burst blood vessel 10 the effort.
Speaker Randall. of the House of Represen-
tatives left Washington for Pittsburg last
night to attend the Democratic State ConVen-
ton,