Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-12
A S'ar,,:;sfe land Slide,

NUJu1 t.uJ U. III. ycStciuaS 4 GU, ." iS>'
deep. beicg madc FOR the Chicago ard Alien
Railroad, st kalszs City, flo., caVed ia @hic
teams aud meo were st work. The earth hist
begao sliding ct the iop Of the south vail oi
the Gil! aod, accuuuiatng 10 quantity and
force as il descended, spread on raachiog the
bottom Clear across tho excavation aud piled
itself twarty feet high against Tic opposite
wall The l.borers ct tho frs: alarm rushed
irantieaiIy toward the outlet of The cut 10 cs-
o. DC, but their gay was almost entirely block
ed by the wagons, which ct that limo we're
staining lauarely across the excavation, and
SIX Of the men were overwhelmed By the huge
mass of Garth apd suck down to die under lis
ponderous weight. Those who escaped, daZ:d
with horror though they were, rushed With
desperate epeEgy upon the earth aud s7ilh fran.
tic speed SET to work to uncover thslr buried
comrades. After thrco hcurs Of uDtr'Dg labor
six dead bodes were brought 10 view. An
iCluc1se crowd Ct people oa!lected at each cGd
OF tho cuF and could ory be kept out OF dan.
ger bg the u,uost efforts of The police. Women
and children Of tho Workms1 10 tie CIT came
Iuru;ug from all directions, iusblag eEcliaGly
through he c5csi. calling the NAMES OF bus
bsnd fa,h!r .r brother, whom they feared
had bsen cu,he,l 10 death They o1ud hardly
be restrained 're:3 troukirg through the IlHcs.
and The scerc fras hesrtrendiag. The walls OF
The excavation ure about - !ect high snd almost
pGrpeDI!cn!ar.
THE RADICAL TUEEAT.-Iu the House Of
yesterday, while the Legisla'
tive, Judicial and Executive Appropriation
bill Wss uDd.r consideration 10 Couuit;cc of the
Whole, Dir. Eusase Hale, Of Maine, took co
cassion 10 a!Iaded 70 what no termed the in
,roptiaty Ct putting new legislation ct this kind
GU appropriation bp, aud referring to the
dentctatic CAUCUS ct tho previous evening, he
said he waited to SQUAD n 1arniug cats. 80
far 40 the repeal ct sections $50 and SCI Of the
Rv;s:d Statutes imposing tie test oath On
juro!s) vas concarrea, they had bcca already
repealed, ard i: 9as only By mistake Tia. thc2
appeared 10 tho body Of tho statutes. By:
as to :ho .cpeal OF Sections coll to 2020,
had thrown around tho election ofi o"n mem
bors snd natiossl officers, ind the republican
side of the House WAS committed 10 the protec-
ton Ct voters in every State. Tho members On
his side would sit day and night to prevent such
sn innovation-to prevent such an attack on tao
body Of the statutes. Gentlemen On tho other
side, if they expected TO do il, must do it with
the warning which he now gave, TINT on Thorn
wss the responsibility (f they chose TO take. it)
Of an extra session OF Congress. Tho republ!.
cars had held no political caucus, hut he thought
he might stsLe for them that they Gid not propose
that such legislation should be forced that wsv
on the pending or any other appropriation Gill.
EQUALITY. --Eng1anl, though not dem,
cratic country, has democratic notion, Of jus
tico. The Earl Of E7csford recently went to
tho Royal Italian Opera House and insisted
upon pushing his wsy in without showing his
ticket. The officials respectfully, but firmly,
refused 10 allaW him to take. possession Of
box un'il he had conformed to tho rules Ct The
place, 9hcrcupon h;s lordship INDUCED 10
sons very anlordly language. aod crd, q
his abuse by Gu assault. lie was sum
ncncd 10 Bow stree, 10 assTsr for his conducj.
and was h1ed sl0 By the presiding justice vi
took ccess!on to gay that bad there baen aly
injury to the assaulted parties The case could
not have been met By a fine, but must have
been sent to the Sessions for trial" E,sland
does not talk so much about equally and jus.
tice az We do, bat when these questions assume
practical form her law is 20 respec:or Of Der
soos and is blind to ail DISTINCTIONS cf rank or
social condition.
THAT L1cENsE.-A Tilted darkey returned
10 the Ordinavy's Office, not lang ago, and limo
Gently asked Judge Little If be couldn't take
back dem icsDs,, giving as bis reason, that
60 gal done eoao back % EN-. Judge Little |
Couldn't exactly see the law for 'takiog them |
back, but related to the disco1sclate bigger the
touching story of another Hancock darkey, who |
was caught 10 the same predcanent, bu. who
quietly kept the licarss about three months.
when his 'duloi' came to terms. ard the license |
was inaly used. The young man departed |
feeling bstter-Sparta, Ga, Times and
Planter.
Town Election.
New BRIGHTON, s. l. Feb. l2.-Reiurns fran
yesterdays town election in this county show a
decided republican gain. The board Of sup