Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-10
SEErS OF TIE D.sT.

The Canadian autholi;iss have debsrrsd Inc
arrival of American clttle
A skating rick proprietor in Worcester, msss
has been sued for Ge0ylcg colored people The
right to skate 10 his establishment.
Mrs. Beva lockwood has been admitted to
practice b.fore the Supreme Caurt at Wash
iugtoD. She is The FIST Ct her scZ Sd boncred.
Ci.iz,rs If Onabo, Ncb, and vciaisy hsva
shipped CIT losd of Il ,ur to Glasgow, Scot
land for tie relief Of the uncm ployed aud dis
tresssd 10 that city.
Its estimated that if tho bill for the re-
duc!ioo of the tobacco tax passes Congress, 1t
will give the holders ct tax paid tobacco aud
snuff claim for at least $4,000, 900 10 rebate.
Diphtheria is raging at Patehougc, Log Is
land to an alarming extent, there being no lees
than one huudred cssss in the village. Deaths
are cceu;iog daily. The public schools nre
cl9sed
Tho Columbia. S. G.. Register ooaGt1.s The
report that the graud jury at Sumter. s. c.,
has found tree bill against Sam. Lee for eff
olal misc1nduc. as Judge Of probate, snd that
Lee has q d.
The business men Of St. Lou. report large
| increase trade during January as compared
With that of January las: year. and they anti
| cipatc much better bu'siness this year than Tor
| three years past.
The Chicago press upite 10 slyi0g that the
result OF the Investigation Just concluded by
the c)nRrhssi00al sub c1mmittee Into the coG.
duct Of U1ited States District Judge B!odge.t
is his complete Vlpdlcalop.
The Senate on Saturday passed the Indisn
appropriation till. The bill abolishi0g the roIUD
teer navy, and the bill giving three months'
extra pay voted in lS45 10 tue arnl7 and navy
s.rving during the Mexican war.
Machinery Hall, on the Ceutcunia! grounds
at Philadelphia. which original cost 100000.
was sold at auction Saturday. There were o1y
Eve bidders. aaG it w5s hacked down to ".
q. Allison l. Co., car builders, Tor s24 600.
Nj. Tildeo dcaici 10 general and 10 pBrtic
ular all and every charge that has been brought
against him, either CT guilty kooRledge Of or
completely or connivauce II aoy uolaWf.il or dis.
honorable attempt 10 SECURE the electoral votes
t1 a5y State.
4 three yasr old child Of Mrs. Stewart jisd
OF starvation yesterday. in fre!es5 room ct
No. 30 Broome street, N. Y. Stewart and bis
wife hail from Harper's Ferry, ". w., and
lately arrived 10 New York from the West in q
state Of terrible dcsiitutioo, being u1sbc to
obtain work.
| The Washington correspondent Of the Bali
more American says: There can be DO logger
any dOpb: that there IL very considerable fol.
loving of democrats who ere determined, if
possible, to force a3 extra session. 1.-THE DC
moc!aey decide that sn extra Session shall BE-
csll,d it is, Of course, entirely within their
power to have their wishes gratilied"
The Charleston, S. c., Courier of Saturday
says: There is 20 foundation Tor the report
that Gov. Hampton has suffered relapse. or i;
| 10 aoy danger. Tn, wound he received at
Gettysburg gives hiu intense paie, his nervous
system is sadly shattered. and he makes little
progress in regaioiog toe bodily strength be
needs tbs we believe to be his cxao. co1Ji.
lioD."
An aged c,!ored woman, FAMED Elizabeth
Washibgtou, who has been living alone at
Portsmouth, N. e., for forty years, tor somo
lime being assisted by the Episoop, plrish,
Vas found 10 her house dead, yesterday, hsv
i1g been murdered with cub BY sJmo per.
son u:kaogo. Her pets cats wore lessing up.
CD her tfc,, having been shu: up With her By
| her murderer.
A dispatch received 10 New York Saturday
states that the British government hsveissusd
40 order f.rbiddiDg live cattle from the oited
States to land atthe ports OF thekingdom after
the 2S!h instant. This, if enforced, will csuse
much less to cattle shippers oa this side. TIE
| freight steamer Australia, which sailed from
New York Saturday, took out nearly 200 pick
cd Wes:era cattle and COO sheep.
la the Hou:o Ct Representatives &C Sa!ur.
day The army appropriation biz, By which the
efftc;i7e s'rergEt Of the army is ipiicd to 2j 600
men was passed. The man features of the
Burnaldc reorean zlton schemo WAS adopted,
and the ameudneot transferring the Indian
Bureau to tho Wsc department WIS r.j:cled.
The amendDaott to prohibi: the attendance Of
military at iho polls wss adopted, The amend.
ment allowing the railroad compauies to use
their wires for military sod general public
business YVES added to tho bi |.