Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-27
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Mrs. Jaclmios IlaYacs deed in Norfolk on
Sunday, aged % years.
Mrs Ei~ards, aged IS years, died in Stafford
county, las: w4,k.
The total loss by tic G5c in Rel mend ye3ter
day is now cs'im.'o;i at ever 500 U00 and tie
Insurance. OF $50 ESQ.
Wiochca,.r sd v:ici.y arc ovcrrun, with
lramns, in msa2 Cases iErul.n: aui dagger
o.. nor hcsitaurg to rot in n!o4d daylight.
W. II. Maddox. 6! We7Ten c-urty. Sas sud
this season 70 "a, steers, uDpu when his rrJGi
10 les t%aa iwrVe uocths vas so to each
steer.
\. p Rowe, Ct Fredericksburg, viii be lie
nominee ii tho conservatives oil SnoisyivsBia
for the House Ct Delegates aud tho Scar says
tbot his eltciiOu is beyond doubt.
The Warren Scuioc say:: "A farm neat
Ninevab, in tbs county, assessed at - 7UO
hss bccn IL for 81 900. D1cs this look like
the terrible reduction rreGiaisa ia the ress
stssment Of lard in lSS0?'
A contract has been closed tct~"ru the
Pr-sijcnt Ct iho James River AMI k:raTha
Canal Go. and Me5srs. Mason, ShaDuanan and
Hogc, iGrthe grading, nssonry and trestic yor k
on the Clifton Forge railroad, he Wo,k to be
proceeded with at u: oncc.
The Richmond hCu1d t:aiG ou tho &. Il @.
Railroad rlu ever youth Names! Oj2ola i'ebo,
who fell on the track in IL, yesterday, aud
killed him instantly. lie w3s terra 10 pieces,
his legs berg carried sJn2 dstauco from tho
body.
Mr. a. W. Atkinson. Of Sussex coualy, fell
asleep while sitting on the RAILROAD track near
Wax, field On Saturday tight and Has Iuo over.
O1e leg was crushed and the other foot Toured
BY q singular c)1Ciicrca Mr.. Atkinson s
brother was killed By similar act CT impru'
dcrc, little more than year ago.
WAGES AND Cost or Llyl&G.--Wittil the
last year Commissioner lie Due has asecrtGincd
that the cost CT living and the avcrsgc ralo OF
wages paid have Gccress, d ahous Is per cant. il
oil parts of tho county, with exception, per,
haps, of Minnesota, Galorado. California, Ole.
gon aud Washington Territory. II Colorado
and New Mexico there has been an Increase in
the rate Of wages paid, aud corresponding 10
crease 10 the cost Of living, oisirg TO the de-
mand for labor resulting from the large mining
operations that have developed within the last
twelve mo1ths. 10 Minnesota, and 10 tbs 9th.
er States aud lcrri.orties named, tho rate of
wages paid and the expense Of living arc about
tho same as It was year ago.
In Now England tho sversge pay of farm Is.
borers without board is SO 81 per month, against
So 60 yesr ago; q decline OF about ten par CT
The average cost Of hiring has fallen from SO ID.
o year sgo to SIS o., decline of more than
thirtssl per cent.
In New York. New Jersey snd Pennsylvania
the prices paid fer farm labor have fallen 81 per
cent, while tho cost of living hiss fsllen tea per
cent.
In Virginia. Mary land North and South Car
olina and Georgis labor is reduced shout fifteen
per cent and subsistence sixteen per cert
In Alabams. Mississippi, Louisiana SD Texas
tho decline in wages has been about FIVE per ct,
and the cost Of living about three per cent
In Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis.
consln the average rate OF wages paid to farm
hards Is SD %. while west OF the Mississippi tho
average Is raised to So 81: The price of lsbor
and the cost CT living havo not materially
changed within the last yssr-.he grest reduc.
ton having taken plsce in 1877