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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

Among the resolutions adopted at the na.ioOaI
colored convention 10 Nashville, yesterday, was
one iavoliog mixed schools. Among thcs, 10
troduccd aud likely, from the manner 10 Which
its opponents were treated. 10 be adopted to-
DAY. was ono advising the negroes Of the South
to 70 West, and recommending an appropriation
by Congress fer the support OF The hegl'a. As
the resolutions are tho fairest possible
index OF The character OF the oooVeu'
ton, tie capacity of that body for eSl!
must only DO limited by its ienrarce aud
iocompoteucy. The white people OF Tho South
are now educating the colorsd children OF that
s,cliop, but We doubt if the while pacp'e OF
the North would b, willing to be taxed to pay
the travelling expenses Of such negroes a. may
desire to change their residence, aid support
them f,r time after that change, when such
iavors arc denied the poor people Of their owu
rsc,, who might nlso like to 60 West.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09
The "sEissIng Student Safe.

received from Louisville. KY. brings the graft.
flying Intelligence thst A. w. Crawford, the stu
dert who disappeared SO suddenly snd mystic.
fiously from the University of Virginia ten days
ago, has turned up in thst city all right. His
curious freak can only be accounted for on the
theory of mental alteration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

And still the wonder grows that the will of a
oommunity-nesrly a!l-should be thwarted By
the sopbistical reasoning of few. Three days
would have been ample to notify all the voters
10 place twice the siz, Of this of an election.
aud IS 10 the expense, that could have been
arranged at meeting of candidates 10 FIVE
minutes However, offences must come, but
woe unto those by whom they come; it were
better ifthey had-ordered the Council nomina'
tions to be made at the primary election on
Monday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

s. DEAILIAM has just rcturaed Iron re"
York, and has DOW the licest and most reset'
stock OF CLoIIISG. HATS and CENTS fURH-
IsHINGs ever b.io1c brought to tbs cay; al o.
toushng low prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09
[DRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.


Sheriff. officers AID Pinerton'5 detective
agency baye as yet announced no results oil their
search for Red L?ary.
George B. Warreu, prominent and wealthy
citiz,n and The oldest native OF Troy, n. ~,
died last night; aged 80 years.
The motions for new trial 10 The case OF
Charles Prescott, convicted OF The murder OF
Harry Williams, at Portland, Me-. September
7th have been oVerruled.
The Knicksrbookcr conpauy's leo house 10
Gated three miles below Athens. N. l., was
turncd this morning et o'clock. Loss 1000
dollars The fire Was the work OF al lrc'odlary.
L A. llayt, Commissioner Of lnd!au affairs
aud cx.p1esidcnt of tho International Trust
company, Of jersey City, with L. ID. Kari and
G.. Nj. Field, other ofio,rs Ct the company,
have b,cn indicted by the grand jury tt Hud'
son county, N. j., for publishing statement
Of the affairs OF the Company. which the bill
alleg. 8 they we'll kew to be false aud Which vas
published with iotent to lndu@e persons TO en-
trust their money with the company.
The advent minister, Charles BroHo, is at.
n0uoccd to address the Pocasset. Mass, sd
ven,lsts on Sunday. The people threaten to
tar and feather him and ride him 90 g rail-
a man named Davis, an advents:, met Two
5tuug men 10 The road near his house. yester-
day, when he drew koife took their fishing
rcts which he cut up aud forbade them 10 90
near his premises. They become frightened
and ran away The people are much tx,lted.
A dispatch from Angola, Naw York, says
the house OF Dr.. Deas ". SouthWOrth, near
that place. was totally destroyed by fire carly
this morning, the occupants OF the first ilooi
barely ts,aping 10 their night clothes. Mrs.
Sou hwOtth was so badly burncd that doubts
arc entertained OF her recovery. DR.. South
worth persisted 10 The flames. They occupied
the ID foor. The aged couple were nearly ~
years OF age. The barn adj oining with three
hors and carriages vas also destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09
I>I t.

In this city on Thursdsy; May 81: sl;er :
months Illness AIRY CAIh l EhlH ~ ' a,ri
years and months Es- The funeral wI!l ts.n
place from her !aiher's residence NC, u s"'!I '
Patrick street, tomorrow morning. At ~ &C, b.
The friends and scqusintaacea "' lhs 'af'''S "''
invited 10 attend.
In Baltimore, M,y2 1879, Mrs. LOUISA "A
LUCK EFT, dsu shler Of George Clopi"h' sht
widow Of the late Horace Luckett. OF L0"'""'
county, We, in the Ssh ycsr Of her aIe.
esr LADIES' FINE FRENCH HEEL %:
Hs- BOOTS in every style end qualify ~"
GS- now on Inhibition at
mh2G WADDEf'S, 40 King street
a FULL LINEOF NEW AND ChoIHE;
n TEAS received ,his day ar. I'M. Ana
for sale very low by K w. AVEkl,
,no,T 22G hiEgst
rHOICE NEW YORK BUTfhk, ifs;''
~ just received By MIN
sp3O d. y ~ 20" -
TIlOBACCO III reduced prices for sse by
NH II j. C. MILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

We acknowledge the receipt, by Capt. Alex.
Iuuis, Ct New Orleaos papers 10 adVarco oi
the msi
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09
The Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad.

NORFOLK. May 9-lu the United States
D;stric: Court yesterday, 10 lh' case Of The At
lanlic, Mississippi and o ,io Railroad the couL'
Sc! for the trustees under the mortgage made a
motion to enforce the decree of the sale OF the
road. Previous to entering the decree Irayed
for the trustees fer the Dutch bondhOlders filed
a petition that tie Virginia aud Tennessee,
Virginia and Kentucky, Soutbsde, and Norfolk
and Petersburg railroads be made parties de.
f.ndant TO the spit and that the entering 81
tho decree be delayed I'LL the proper steps be
taken to biod them and their stockholders by
these proceedings. The court, consisting OF
judges Waite and Bond, as TO this special ques.
lion, overruled the petition.
The counsel Of the Pennsylvania Steel Com.
pany, then filed petition for a r.hearing aud
review Of decree previously entered by the
Circuit Court, disallowiDg claim Of the com :
pany. The court proceeded to pass on the pro-
posed decree Of eae aud number of excep.
tioGs thereto by oouose! during the morning. -
After allowing some Of these exceptions and
overruiiog Others, it was agreed 10 enter tho
decree OF sale as OF this date, containing the
notifications rendered necessary by tho action
OF The court on these exceptions. The counsel
for all parties interested then met to consult
together and draft decree 10 accordance with
the opinion OF the court.
The decree rtc:tes that unless the Atlantic.
Mississippi and Ohio Company shall on or be-
fore the second Tuesday in January, 1880, pay
the plaiotitf's trustees arrears OF interest, a
master commissioner will be appointed to sell
the light, title. and interest Of the Atlantic,
Mississippi! and Oaio Company 10 the three
roads extending from Norfolk to Bristol.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

American cattle will hereafter be- Slaughtered
immediately upon landing 10 England.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

The latest accounts report tuat lie ucw Cen
stiulion Of California has been rallied b. =
large majority, the rural vote for it belcr IA
expcc!cdIy large. LIS provisions bear nrClIai!,
upon capitalists. hut, Ike sensible mcG, 'h"i
class have determined to make The be-! thcI
can out OF bad barea:U.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

If you have been drinking too much, which,
however, you should never dc, dose Of DR..
Bulls Baltimore Pills will place ycu in good
condition aeau.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

Whom tho size of Alexandra, the ex!ent d
its four wards, the number Of the clossrVaiVo
voters 10 each. the notorors fact that
news Of so iDclden., no matter how rT
ial, that occur, al cue end Of The town. it
transmitted almost insantaneousIS. not ou!y 10
the other end, but TO all the intermediate paris.
the trouble, expense and inconvenience that
would result from the addition ofthe few names
Of candidates for alderneu and coutcilmsn to
the tickets that are 10 be voted at the primary
eeclicn are considered, the oogent reason s5
signed by The conservative executive Committee
for determining that candidates FIR aldermen
aud oeuncimen shall be nominated OF ward
meetings. aud not ut the primary election,
when every conservative voter would have
ample opportunity fjr expressing bis prefer
eoce, are readily seen and properly appreciated.
The vote by which the bill to enforce the
eight hours law was defeated 10 tao u. s.
House OF Representatives, yesterday, is favor
able indication that demagogsm is not so ram
pant 10 that body as it was some years ago.
Why tho comparatively few people who arc
employed BY the Government at rates Of wages
much higher than private employers can afford
10 pay, should work only eight hours day. while
their poorer paid ncighbols are compelled to
work ten, is what the sensible portion Of the lat
tor can we'll understand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

A WoMAN's LAST WAGER-A lady on ID
Gus! street has engaged to hold her tongue ten
minutes 10 each quarter OF an hour for lib
consecui7e quarter hcurs, Oh wager Of $40
spring bonn2t. Her Lu,band holds the stakes.
Much interest is fell. 10 The matter by the mar
lied men Of Wilmington generally. and bets
are freely given and taken on the result, with
Odds 10 favor Cf the bonnet. At o'clock p.
u. to-day the lady had finished her G2lst
quarter hour, and was 10 good spirits, although
beginning to show signs Of fatigue and weaIi'
ness cunst quent upon The severity OF her task.
When she stepped upon the platform at the
beginning Of the 557th quarter hour, With her
task hall finished she Was received with cnthu
siaslic cheers by the large crowd 10 attendance,
aud The band struck up Il cd Save the Queen"
The lady's trainer was deaf mute. -Cmcin
nutU Commercial
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

a Pen PICTURE OF TIE Zulu KING
Cetywayo is said to be now in deep Iasioo
which is almcs! inaccessible. There be de-
cares he will STAY first his Induriss and then
himself rather than DO captured. lie is dc.
scribed by an old Zulu colonist as "a Gne speci.
men @! savage, slender and graceful in figure.
with fic, Of an impcrous and forbiddog OK
preston; eyes exceptionally largo and brilliant.
His forehead, though broad Tor kgffir, is very
Reading. while the lower part OF his face de-
notts q determined and brutal nature. lie
dresses very deliberately.
Over his shoulders is fastened leopard skin
koeros, or cloak. reaching down to the back OF
his kocss; round his ons he wears handsome
moocby-that is, a band of tge':at skin, With
deep fringe OF strips Of tho samo hanging
downward. Lis wrists and ankles are decorated
with rings Of white hnd black beads, and his
hair with several ostrich feathers. 10 the slit
10 his right oar (the distinguishing mark Of the
LuluS, who arc also cut 10 The lobe OF both
ears 10 infancy. be carries very ornamental
snuff box made from plcco OF bamboo cane.
carved and decorated with beads, and 10 the
slit in his left ear be carries comb. sly Inches
long, and made Of bone or ivory.
lilo top OF Inc Daruo Is Oh the shape Oh lna
bowl Of spoon. and with it they measure cut
snuff The lower part is deliberately ciIved
The teeth. CT which there are only three, arc
fully four irohcs long, and resemble the prong5
Of fork. 10 bis right hand CotyWayo carries
hunting tsscga sud Oh bis left arm hisshield
Tho hunting shield is much smaller than The
war shield. and is made 10 this way. A hui
locks skin is dried, and out Of the centre q
piece is cut Of the required siz, and shape, on
ly ooc shld being obtained from one skin. The
centre is supported BY slips Of tough. green
hide. aud from TOP to bottom on the inside
scout stick is fx.d by which the shield is held.
and IN ,sly, a5 was the Case with CetyWayos.
the top OF the slick is surmouned by Tho tail Of
The tiger cat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-09

The DEATH OF GEN. WOlF.-In a graphic
end Interesting sketch Of the history Of Quebcc
which Mr.. N II. Fairbanks lately prepared
for The Bangor. Me-, Wing, he thus retaiIs,
briefly, the story Of Tho death Of Gen. Wolf {:
Support me" said Wolf to tho officers near
him. 'Do not let my brave soldiers sec me
fall. The day is ours, keep it" Water was
brought from we'll to quencs his thirst. Tho
charge was continued, when the officer upon
whose shoulder tho dying hero had leaned ex
the gallant Wolf with some emotion. The oficer
replied, Tho enemy, sir they give way 10
every quarter! ~ What" said he, do they
ruo already Send word to Col. Burton, aud
tell him to march Webb's regiment down to
ST.. Challcs' river to cut eff the retreat oil Mouir
calm from tho bridge. Now, God be praised-I
die happy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24
VIRGINIA. NEWS.

The isrm kaown as Lammermocr, 10 Essex
equity, which before the war sold tor SlO.0OO,
was sold Monday last al auction itr $500.
CO... j. B. Stanard has tecn re elected Mayer
of Culpeper U. H.. by majority OF two votes
over i. a. freeman. The vote stood: Stanald,
l27; Freeman, l25.
So far as heard from, tho election Oh Thurs
day resulted 10 the choice Of conservatives Tor
city aud equity officers. A very light vote was
pol!ed.
Ga Saturday norDiOs list es MIR. WiLhtrs
Waller, OF Stafford couoty. was s:audog close
to the railroad track at Poomsc City tho south.
bound train on The Richmond and Ffedeilcks
burg rad cine 10, and one Of the cars ssluck
him irac.ur1g bis arm.
The Manassas Giz>tte says: The rains VIC
have had during the last week have put cur
farmers 10 much better humtr than they
war;. Core, wheat and grass were suffering
frum the dry season We hiv. had, but now
everything locks better and CUT agricultural
friends may yet hope for abundant crops.
Thorc is DOW living 10 Loudoun county O
widowed lady, tho mother OF fourteen children,
ell CT them lriug-.RelVc in the county, thlr'
teen in The State, tho other oao IN West 'r'
gitil. They taggo from ttr,y two to seventy
years Ct age. ell coed ciizeos and 10 comfortable
circumstances
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24
Fairfax Election.

10 the crltor Of the Alexandria Gazette
| see 10 yesterdays issue Of the Gaz:tts IL
Tho rctulls Ct tie election from Lee district, IL
Fartsx county. that "Mr. T. l. r., the regular
conservative romncc, was defeated by Frank
Davis, independent conservative, verbatim ct
litera,iu. Ia jls;i,s to my feelings and to
those who houorcd mo with their votes, will
say that ct TIE preciot whore my opponent r.
ceved mi >rity Of the votes great i:jastice
was done MT. ard the lao0 openly vtolatcd, and
the ACTS Of tho General Assembly wholly disre'
garded The facts ara these:
First. O1c Of the ljges of election Was
candidate for of6c,.
Second. Voters were not required to show
their tax receipts Their word or that OF tho
collector was all that was rq Tired.
Third Many otthe tax receipts wero signed
BY an unlawful COLLEGE This was at Bayle ley s
preorct
Fourth. The straight out tickets Wet, snug.
gled up IS carly in the day as 10 o'clock, and
it was impossible for me, when arrived at The
polls, which WAS o'clock, to get over ihreo or
four.
Respectfully call the attention OF our worthy
Cousty Sups rutcpGent 10 this matter.
II. l. ROCKFORD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

RouId dancing and attendance upon theat
rical performances and horse races are among
the amusements prescribed BY canon submit
ted to tho Couocil If The Episcopal Church in
Virginia, uow 10 session at fredericksburg
We bsve always believed that amusemerts
even of the sort approved By tho uroo righteous
can be perverted by the vicious 30 as to con
duce to immoral purposes. 10 other words that
tho chsrscar of any particular amusement de-
ponds more Oh that IF those who indulge 10 it
than on that of the amusement itsei and 30 be-.
lieviug we Gao nc! see why coiilion, q regatta
or tsbleau vivant. all of which are allowed BY
the church, should be more sioful thaa waltz,
a horse race, and q dramatic representation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24
,vEl,,S Or THE U.5 4.

4 heavy frost occurred srouod DfcckVIiie'
Ont Thursday night, which will !Lll'c TIC
crors 10 the lowlards.
At Dallas, Tx. on Trcslay last he tier
monctcr stood at l02 10 the shade, aOd Case
CT sunstroke had occurred.
At Ekmont, Ala, Thursday. John W.:
Ra;Iv. whose vie tGd left him on account OF
he'd treatment, went 10 persuade her to 'cturp,
Init she refused and he slot her dead aud He'd
Hc il being pursued, and i! caught will rrob' !
bly, be lytched. :,
Jane Dopnelly has been sent 10 BisckWel''s
Is'ard fer inbuman treatu cIt CT her oaughles
BY Nav York police magistrate. he Iitt'e
eiil hsd TO the po!ios station in Der night oress'
after beipg lsshci with cat-e'-nlro ny De!
drunken mo!h:r.
The Widow o i7er lectured ip Pittsburg on
Thursday evening" :nd was very abusiSe CT *
Senator Cameron. under he tile OF aiGc h'cH
Prince Of Pennsylvania, Next tho Throne u
u, S. The First" The audience was not nu
mcrGus.
Tx Senator GaIiard, OF s. c., ono Of the
colored coonists who left ChM lesion Tor Mon
royia. On beard the bark Azor, 10 AIrIl, 1913
died near Mourcva On tho 18th OF Apr! last;
Ga!lisri was enc of the few colonlsts who nae
| tho advantages Of education acd means.
The contracts fer building another section o.
the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane Of
Weston have been given out. The building
inclu ling material. will cost SAG. 226 81, ane
will be 222 by 80 feet. with three retrealni
wings, l2l by 25 feet each, ell Two stollfs high
| 10 and - fcetrcspcotiv2ly, elso S!Veo ico
| basement
In tho Presbyterian General Assembly, II
scs.i ID at Louisville, Ky, yesterday, the cast
| of j. w. Garfield, who appealed from the de
cisiop ,f lie Synod. which refused to look int
charges presented by Mr.. Garfield against Rev
S!u,rt Robinson, was decided BY tho Assem ply
| the result being the dismissal Ct the complaint
The case has bsen pending in different ecclcsl
astic1l courts for five years.
tx United States Distric: Attorney u. 1
Corbin, who is attending the United State
Court at Columbia, s. g., as counsel 10 certain
railroad csses, wss arrested there yesterday, q
the insIauoe of tho attorney general OF tn
State, 10 civil suit for $4,000. 10 1873 tn
State retained Ccvhiu 10 claim against phos
pha,c company, got judgment fer S2S .OCo
| Cortio paid into the State treasury $2O6 an'
pocketed tho remainder. The State consent
to allow him $4,000 and expenses, which W.
the award Of referee. aud sues TOR the rcs'.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24
Foreign NEWS.

A deficit OF $50 Goa. OGo ia expected in Inc Span
ish budget.
q terrible massacre OF Turkish troops by Crock
insurgents is reported.
Nhilists coutinus their Isvsgcs in Russian
and Roumelian towns.
Tho Garmsn Parliament has adopted the gov
ernments proposal relative TO grsin duties.
1t is expected that the shore ends Of the new
French Atlantic cable will be laid before The
end of Jnne.
Five Of The Thames bridges of London will be
freed from tolls to-day. But three toll bridges
remain. aud they will be freed shortly.
The British Royal Agricultural Society pro-
pose 10 examine into the extent of tho o5able
foreign meat supply for the English market.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

U.ca. i y; si!ye, cheese ka.:c. il;s IL Brandt
goe, Utics, n Y; silver bel, Mis- hEsJ;on,
Miller. Utics II I; Hus.i.n leather csscI t'av-
cling glass, Mira Il S Ecay.o2, Utcs. II !;
travelling case siis Kate Bray Ton, Uu,a. = E,
silver framed Transparency. II !53 Isckson, Utica,
N Y; embroidered tsb!o cloth, Mias B 81 iIer,
U,cs, N Y embroidered silk gar!ers Mis-: {
N Miller, Utica, N ! embroiieret six cush-
ion, Mrs w Watson. Utter. Il Y lace hand
kerchief, Miss r Kellogg, Utica, n y triple.
japanese mirror, Mrs Z Il Mann. C:2anovir,
N Y; lace cushion. Mrs j G d Williams: Do
trot, Mich case Of note pspcr. decorated, Mr.
G Msson. Michigan -Port'ra(O rcg0m) Orrgo'
nina, Nam 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

The June number of the International Review
has been received from its publishers, &. s.
Barnes s. Co. New York. I;s contents are:-
The Present Condition of Greece, by Thomas
Davidson; The Indian Question, by Ex.Gov'r.
Cox, of Ohio; The Supreme Court and the Cur
rency 0 lestion, by Brooks Adams; The Shaks-
peare hsvival in London. by j. Russell Sturgis;
England and Turkey, by Rev. George Wash
tinop!e; Some of the Remedies for Socialism, by
T. l.. Godkin Contemporary Literature, and
Recent EnglRh Books.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

The negroes at their recent CONVENTION IN
R edmond resolved that uolsss they b, allowed
to snvc IS jlrors-a duty Every reasonable
whito usD attempts to stink. and DO permitted
60 marry wbito women whom no white man
would marry, for it is not broad ssstr ion to
say that sou!hero wbito woman who would
marry o negro mast lave reached degree t
abasement 20 low as 10 effec,ually debsr htr
from all chance Of msrfyiog white mao OF her
own scotiou, they will euigrate to tho West.
Now negroes, like all other people but Chinese,
for recent decision has removed the resiio.
ton that was formerly imposed upon indians,
can 90 where they please. provided they pay
their Expenses, but the disastrous result Of the
late exodus from the lower Mississippi to Kan
sss would seem 10 DO sufficient to deter Others
from rursuicg the same foolish course. Should
it not be, however, and the Virgilii negroes
will 20, the evil will not DO without its com.
pcnsa.iog good, fer Whio the agricultural com
muniti,s of the State. already sadly 10 watt Ct
labor. the farmers finding it almost impossible
to obtaiu enough to cultivate their crops, will
DO still further straiened, the towps aud Giles,
10 which the negroes have oonkregated, will
be relieved OF largo proportion of their idle
and viciou, population. and bo benefited &C
oordioRly. There is not county 10 the State
in which negro labor is not wanted, aud whero
it will not obtain fair price, and not town or
city 10 wbioh such labor is not drug, but the
dcmcral,zing alluremenls of city life or, too at
traotive TO the negroes to be overcome by the
quieter, though safer and more stable otjoy'
mants of home in the country, and if nothing
else than an emigration to Kansas will unbul
den the cities f such on Improbable class of
commences the better.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

As vii. be seq by our Washington ceres.
nierce, the silver bill passed the House this
afternoon By q vote Of ia to 81. Its most OBJ
jectionab!e Textures bad been previously re-
moved by ancIdment. but even 10 its present
modified shape it will probably BIO defeated 10
the Senate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24

ELECTION IN KING GEORGE COUNTY,
The election iu King George county on Thurs
day resulted as fellows: Commonwealth AT
torney. J. Il. Mason 452. f. z. 8. Hunter
399; Sheriff. G. w. Grigsby 557, Il. U. OweDs
oil; Commissioner Of the Revenue, Philip
Marshall 3S4. W. Il. Grigsby 2SS; Treasurer.
j. Il. Jores SIG, no opposition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-24
Fires.

ALTOONA, Pa, May PA fire here yester-
day destroyed the Altoona Car Works, a
private corporation. Less about S25, 900.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, May pa fire 90 the
river front in this city las. night destroyed and
damaged property to the amount of half q
million Of dollars.