Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-07
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Special Correspondence of the Alera. Gazette.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. !, 1879.

| SpGCiGt Correspondence OF the 3tec1. Guzette
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. !, 1879.
Dispatches received at the Lfics Of the Ma
tianai Board O! Health here tits morriDg re
port twenty two new csses and five deaths iron
yellow f,v.r a. Memphis yesterday. The CIT.
regulations prohibiting the Issue OF ration
wth!n the city rtmlins 10 sa:ce, ard 20 gov
cgonert ralions have bean either asked for OF
sent there, acd the CDy reason that induced
the Memphians to ask the government for tent
Was the sUtf Que that 1t had them already
on hand aud could spare them without any
difficulty, while months would have been con
81 4 10 obaoiug them irou any other qlar
| Ter. DR.. Tur ,er, the secretary Of the Nsl1ua
! b jard Of Health, who, 10 consequence Of the
newspaper attacks upon tim, ouce contemplate
res'g LOG his position, has. after more mstur-
| dtlinora'loD, Determined 10 hold Oh at least 10
| I'll the expiration II the current summer. btice
| thoroughly Convinced that as every official act
oi his sluc; DO assumed the plscj has been in
spircd by suicbc. aud huuaLiiy. il must 10
| dourd 10 the pubic welfare. aud be is wiIliog
| therefore 10 Walt uni! Time shall vindicate hiu,
| which IN Is sufo 1t will d..
Tno Inspection Ct the traus and boats that
arrive here iiuin tho South GIl com moo 10
night, when tnc iralnS 90 the Virginia Midland
and tho AleXantl!aaUdF Frederick sourg roads, aud
| the Norfolk StrsmtIs will be boarded at Alex.
andra, as hereof rc stated Ia this resDoud
cuc4.
Intelligence received here from all The sur
rouud!cg clullrY - to tho effect lhst The late
rain- came IN llmr 10 save the CORN, aud that
/ nc oGiS, which II was Supposed had tho life
almost cr,d ont OF lhrrn will turn out more
than al average Yield the very early CORD, That
Has plated Tor r0asIoE ears. uLQuesliousbIy
vas badly il urcd Ly The drought. but The corn
tnat Was painted t,ra crop IL doog well, Ia
lac, The crop has been n,adr by the recent raias
nnI will be As large a. usual.
The fact that Rev John NewnaD, who dc,
hrcred . .crlrs OF lectures several yearssg) for
the bcutit G! tho Metropolitan Mehodis.
Church. rcal:z { four ;hous .ud doIIs:- thereby,
sDd tool; ny nc buds of tie church for that
amount, hut Instead OF Cal C ug The N at he
utnc, AZ II was supposed Ii. had COCO, has than
E'il in bis possession as part OF the debt tor
whoa that cnu'cl is ulw to be sold
oieaii"s 10 Iuo talk here, aui recalls
to Iu'mury several Uincr iIiv iarii.uts
cOuuect;d "nh tho rovcrcned eeut'tm4p's lie
here, "Glch he w2u!i like to have forgotten,
amor g~;hrm Ills sale Z! soGe S1ctch wti-k"y,
Which h" had Ubts!ucd tuy lee, 70 tho pru
ulic'cr u Willard, h0:,l aud ua3cr the in
lii &c, Il whoa soma ul tho patr0rs Of that
h"!L! "r:o luduc.d to vuter;al!: thoughts aud
con:ml. acs roa approved o. by the church Of
"El3h he IL a W.ma"r, uCr by any other CHURCH
either.
Ii Is !Haored ;lsre that This Government il
20: gOinS 20 le1qGsa Tic project i. started
'a~i year Tor ScI'lUg fuTclgo governments 10 ta-
t:ulSh u nio!aiio currency. aud that Germany,
"hch Wa, not .eyrcs ,u:ed 10 tho las, in,erua-
!i'ua' cGG'srGpcc IN that question, wiIl have a
rcor, sengtivC a! she n, Y. uEe, which will prob.
s5y be he'd n.Xt year.
HE u. :. uEic:al= at Niagara arc rrtaa,iug
naon obo Can.daos for Interfering wirh Amer
CO.. |! ,h"Teu ca the banks Of Newfoundland by
sc T. ~ such CT their scins ps arc spread inside
;hn teGodery liD.s nesr he trrmcr place.
}. u. White. Speaker Raodal;'s private
) crct"ry, has hatu uppon'et IA sr"l 70.
ro7!:r II tie !!nu,v Of Representatives 10 fill
Z Vacancy, a. 4 salary Of $4,000. The nupout
men; ;'as mad by the Speaker. Mr.. White is
an h!ahainiar.
SPECIAL NOTICE, TO the ladies We have
no" /" sore = large stock Of Ladies'. Meu's
a"d Chi!dfeoa' Low Qlartcr Shoes, suitable
Tor tic pGesCns acasol. These goods arc beau
I!ui, hsnGs0mo aud duTsble. aud will be sold
at sach pe;@tS as calnot fail to please All IN
;Saot viii rleGa. call and examine for themselves
at ITO King street. W. B. WADDEY.