Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-18
Tic MiIIIeburg Convention.

Ass!atod IN Mondays G5z,ttc. tho District
CONSERVATIVES Convention, which net in Mid
deEu!e o. Saturday l5s,, nominated t17 the
State Ss3ata William hletthev, e:q, who !or
metl? represented L.uloun county il the
House 81 D.l:siies n!;h ability and iiI.li;y,
sd Gco. Wio. Il. psyae, CT Warrsu.on, as
the foster delegate Tor FaCqaier ard Lluiru1.
Ine Lou5oun delegates being Cigided bets cen
Msssrs. Matthew gld Douglas Tyler, cauess
o. the delegation waa he'd a1d av5te takcn, re-
slltl0G 300 for hlatthoR and 900 Ter Tgler,
wheEoupon Mr. Matthew was declared The
choice OF LjudolG, sui vas u15ninou.jy
CHOSEN ty tho convention.
Ihc following rasoutloo Ts3 ajJy;eG:
keso!cd, Thas ;hc &c i)a az t!c c2pyca,i,n
IN scc;r3ias to one Of the couni!es Ct tbs dis.
trio: the right 10 Esk, Saoa.or by the ma
jo-iiy OF her dalegatioa sSaI e.! ho regarded
az precedent bv succeedpg o5apau .iors of ;ha
two eouaI!as of FsUGuer sGd L;n:oun, aad
that il is lie sense Of this cJaVertioa thu. The
Senator ond Delegate slotted tc the two c,ua-
tcs should be chosen BY .hIir joiat ac.icn.
Mr. Ma:theg b@ipg iotro!u,.G 10 the COZ.
7eu!io0. gracefully Thanked III, bcdg f., the
toner that had been doDo him. erd lladesd
himself to sIpn5rtthe present a::tmeot of tbs
State debt.
"lcEs WAGON CONE NExrEE." "a BIS en-
correspondent Of tho Detroit Fee Press tells
the following incident CT tie s;v.;e GALE which
visited that city 10 July:
Am21e TIC many careless oIca caught Oh! 10
tie s:oIm was George G.. a young reporter
90 Inc Tslephcrc. lie was caught tv The
shower ca Hanover street. a4d stepped :o;o
doorway 10 1s:t ua:ii tho hesvies; vas ever,
Ge3rlo had conpnuy in tho doorway.
There were two Chinese vsshee Tssiets
ir5c' fiogarl stree. Tie raie fl! in forests,
AID sooD great hails!oncs strucl: tic sidewalk
SRI reto1oded q !eT ttct ia tie cir.
Eu:Licg Gu! 10 tho rain, the orthu:isslic e.
porter SO: segsrsl specimens, drew tame inc
lroia his Pocket MEASURED them carefully, and
recorded q G exact figures il his mencrs5!up,
hap1aung this operation several times be
a!ttao;ed the attention G! sem, clerks ia Tic
0t1oes up safe, Who broke largo chunks cf ic,
from tho block 10 the ice cocler AID threw them
GU: to the reporter, W5o measured thea, cs7e.
tpllg AID recorded tie result.
L7ery Gao in that doorway was ave s:rucl,
a. the siz, CT The bail siones, and the China.
men were ezbi :i;lcg eyes Of 90 unusual round.
Desg nud Iromnerc:. Oae CT the chars IN the
eiice accidentally dropped tie baeace # The
olack CT c9 irom which the moDs!rou5 hcii
s;ones had been Clipped and it came doyo apd
lsoied ca tho sidewalk With Sd immense crash.
1t must have weighed all Of twenty mounds,
and era:cred The wsteriigE! AID ltfi. Just at
this las:s2t cane s;at Gwia! crash CT thu5der
thss startled ess!y Coz who heard it, and of
"hleh tEo papers spoke tie 1exs day. This
wss too Il UGH FIR john Chi1smap.
They b2sb ran yelling up the Street "a the
ntiTIug Ialr, tie Isst ose say:rg s. be cleared
the co9F1ay, "Wboopaa up Ic.e wagon
come nextac. Go5d-b7. J9hu."
a DIFFERENcE.-It saeEs to be rather
strange doctrine that O whole mso is worth
less snsn plscs Of e uso. Jet such is practical.
y tho dtc!sloo Of u Cslif0rns oourt. This court
f;canlly give mao verdict for SIS 900 for
having lost leg 10 c railroad accident. A Door
widow who had lost an entire husband BY the
o ali IL