Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-25
So heat, &c,

! A lcadiog Liverpool gTaio circular Of to-day
says: This demand tor wheat 10 the coun,ry
market IL morally slack. Previous piees
howeser We're fIily supported. lncJn5tqucrce
OF Tho decline IL Am :rinsn 10 quotations, Oar
goes in all POSITIONS are lover at Lissrpn,l aud
Ia naighhnring DISTRICTS Since Tuesday DO i,
ncss in Whs a. and corn has been ola Ieta
| character at somewhat easi,r figures Til,
II oroug'a market was freely supplied with
| fresh Imports OF wheat, and millers w. r. sbc
! 10 supply their moderate II q1Irru.rHts nc o re-
due 100 Of , l. from Tue days rates, Corn
was 10 slow It quest end 3.34 !. cheaper. FlJur
! Wss also rather cheaper
Over l5O vessels OF all Gases h.v3 snive6 a,
| Buffalo durog the pas: week. THIS Is no lar.
! gts fleet that haa BEEN there OF NJ i'm. il ten
yrbEs. Tie ellie; on grain freights by c,ual
hcoce 10 east II poiuls has resulted in rapid
! advance. wheat being taken ct ~ cents and
; corn at II cents per bu II to New Yak, while
the !e,ult on up tr sh's by lake has baeu iust
t'c reverse. Goal falling to 81 crata Il tou--s
d:ci!ue OF Is caats--with luther &. oIiac
lOuked iar.
The Baltimore American Of t. iay eays the
wheat market yesterday was very ircesuIsr ADD
unsettled. owning chiefly 10 the glut ii the city.
caused by the fill 10 prices abroad It was
| iropEcsled by pr0D'uent Cpi r,ior come lime
ago. when wheat first b 'gaa to 20 up that "As
soOu az ~cget enough wheat here, those blasted
EaS'sbmen would stop oatipg il" and from
the complexion Of things. it locks ua ii his
words are 10 c,me trus. Tho elevators ore
| b!tcied up on both sldc', aud the iriluy il
si great. whilo tho shipulolts haYo b.cn ccn-
! .atstlVe!y small, tho grain men naturally net
liking 20 shi9 at loss. There was soma *
cit,m?D. among the receivers yesterday On
| account Of tho notice OF the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad tina! So demurrage pei diem would
| heDcetCrth DO charged for cara regobipc Locust
Point and not unoaded within twentyrfcur
| hours after trivial Iu addition to this order,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
| has given nGtos that from aud aittr thu 3Oth
| Inst. the charge per bushel for storage Of wheat
| IN hs elevators would be raised from to ! ]
Undoubtedly, this grain blockade comes in
most innpporune tlce, being iast when the
| great Western cirn crop il ready TO como FOR.
ward, that OF Kansas, which is large, being
known TO De ready u move towards the sea
toa!d.
DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MANIA siraoge
man WIS driven IN u cab 10 The Nav York
Hospital on Wednesday afternoon from hotel
at tt c Grsrd Central depot and asked to be
admitted. His request vrs grated, und he
| fingered I'LL this morning, whom he died Of dis
cascd lungs sId general exhaustion. Attend
ants ct bis desth bed laiieci 10 gain any infer
nation tb>ut his history or family thai could
| enable them TO oommuucato with his frierds
tie gavs his name as Colonel lafayette w, i.
Gray, gud claimed 10 be- known everywhere
ard hy everybody in the country in his business
as advertising agent for railroads aud hotels
Ills nocSes were filled with railroad passes
issued TO Colonel W. +. Grey ia this sla:ty
aDa proved his statement correct. He had also
3 pass over the Old DomiOon lice of steamers.
lie said his birtL- 2lscs was st Lynchburg Va,
where his sister. Mary j. Grav, resided. M
such person could be found 10 L7nchbury, aud
bis vas the only clue to the Strangers friends |
LESS than 81 wls al the money no had when
be came to the hospital. The superintendent
1.-THE hospital anXiousy asks for the dead mans |
hlsnds to cone forward aaa save him from q |
pauper5 grave. Colonel Grsy seemed to be |
about h!ty five years old. and bad tho aprear-
Ruce OF gentleman IN strIitened orcum- |
stances !
REErtNs EGGs FREsH.-I SAW q very good
arrangement for keeping eggs at friends house |
short lime since. and it was so simple sid |
practicable that it ought to he generally known.
IL was sat OF shel2es two feet long aud eight |
lhches WIDE. There were four OF them, win !
"
Were made OF hardwood boards, plsned, and |
rouad boles bored with inch aueur ran the
whole lenRth-.hrec rows Of The holes on esch |
shelf, and twelve in each row; ono shelf would |
hoia three ,Zsn eggs The eggs wero set in,
Wild the small ond down, sO that the yolk could
no; settle sgsinsI the she'll. The LADY SAID che
hai Kept eggs siI months 10 this manner, per
!ectly s~eht; also that tho free circulation Of Air
around them WAS very important, and there wss
no danger of Cracking the shetland noted it
in my mind thing well worth remenbcri1e
Country Gentleman. ]