Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-31
NE A1S or TIE U.9y.
The Penrsylvaois Railroad lutesd, to Ealte
the wages OF their empioye'.

Inc TeQtBy lVaDl9 Rair0aQ lGttsu5 u zane
the wages OF their eupioye'.
Durit 1879 ;hcrc were $50 6rc7 ir Phia
delphia, csusrng loss OF 81, 534 OIL.
During 1879, Is the Gig OF New York. there
were 2SlG5 deaths ani %, 332 br,hs. IL
marriages numbered $50
Greer, Doll 4 Co., OF Loui.v H. k, load
log who s:te boot a0d sG0> Il II hava tai o.
Assets, $73, coo; liabilities, $5i go
RepuDcsn State oooyeptiona will BE he's 10
Pennsylanis, New York, lDliana aui l''rois la
February. &c sclcc. d@laest:s 70 the NatloGai
Couveatiou.
WIN. Dl ID. barriser, tf Dublin, .nd W. 8.
MATHEWS, OF The Irish Tines, arrived il \ "
York on ne Gamer Republic i&st ni2ht. Il is
said that Mr.. Perrcn has received ofIiaisl WITT
ing to be gusrl lei i! th9 language nc may u:c
when 10 tii1 c'rs!rg
TIL, Hcrso 6: ,oe p,tauso Terrs Io!ta Co.
situevci ap. u. .trso G.iics Hon Wasb!ugt99.
were .o,ay destroyed b? fire ycst' rGsy. The
loss is eatima'sd It s!Co 900 upon wh'et there
Is sc iosu!a.c, Ct $50 O30 The FORKS gave
empnymucis 10 saulc sixty families, Who Gle
thus throga ont OF mans Of support
Excitement contioues IL M2ioe. The a:ais
at The Biog.r arstuo! were yesterday remov q
70 ;he Capitol. at Augusta, ai!hou. dtstuEbGEc,.
4 large fus.cGiit ua-s ne ting Vas reid st
POri:lsnd last tight, Gcv Garccion 6enies that
he refuse: u submit &c SIpreme Cou,t artit:a.
too. He Is ptvplrlng reply 10 Senator
Morrill,.
1t is reported thpt the Russian ri +iun hiss
Hecn offered to Gen. Burnside aGd G:vy!aor
Va zspdt. both # @hrm nave i4tt aon';@!!.G
by civsuu. stance 70 dec inc. Alz2 chat l.. =.
Mccormick was of-rod tue L l.5h or Rts-isl
mission, but ho replied that his neglected pri'
Vate business zee ssar!y prevented bis accept
iug the Ltfer.
Til Kansas City Tines is 10 recciot If lex
tiers from GIVE ADD Sleriisu counties, Kansas
s.atiog that great aud general distress prevails
in that rerion Of bc State. O7lDg to the iatc
arrival Of many OF the settlers 10 the spring and
summcr Of this year, and the drought 10 the
ecrly part OF the season, a lumber Of rho pe0
pie are ln v5cy destitute circumstances ard
must have aid cr Jtsr7e.
Gen. Hatch and the conmisSi - have left
the Los Pincs Agency, with au uI.na.am 10
OV az. Stree their departure the white pco
RI -, a. Lo Pinos dread repoi;ion n. r. OF be
White River massGcic. Th0v rcpnrG that
Gue:o, the secord chief cf the U;sS, pex5 60
Ou!ay, hiss all along been extremely hostile &c
the whites aud 10 favor Of var, and il is Jared
that now that Oursy has left Guero vii have
bis own way.
Mrs. Helen Josephine Ward, l:sirg .itb
her lighter, gin OF | 9 years, al / Ii :m!ltoG
PlaUc, Boston, was DrSte!lGusiy slot last eight
while asleep. and died this murriag. From
what the Daughter says, it is believed that
while 10 state OF samusu busm she shot her
mother, who occupied the same bed WITH her.
Miss WaEd has been arrested sn1 oommittrd
TO pli>Gn, there bviDs eroaGd for the belief
that the SCI Was prci1cai a.rd aud net acc
dental.
The elegant resil?Gcc Of ez S,Ds;or Stcwa:t,
OF NcVads, 10 Washington. was GGOplat"lY
Quilted by tif5 yesterday evening. The bul di3G
was fauliiarlg kncgr as "SteTart's Castle, "
ard had been unoc,uri FOR soma time. but
rad Just been roopened by the gniIy, aud prer
pcra'iorg VcrA rnakirg for grard reception
t'-m0rrow cveoine. The ball room had bceu
decorated eDd fires wore lighted in the furnaces
to thnrou hly heat the house ii anticipation o.
the New Years ball. The hemts crcpt up the
front stairway and reschod the top OF the tow-
er, which rises eighty feet or more above the
entrsn.e door, and then aprea1 rapidly sna
5000 flied the entire upper part OF the buiiG-
lag. Tho iwo upper stories and the roof were
completely burned ont, nothing boirg saved
except from the perlor and basement fgols.
The f.emcn succeeded in saving the two lower
floors from fr., though the damage trom
smoke and water VAS vcrg great, Elr. Stewart
is DOT 10 !ho city, and Ms Stewart was attend
log reception whom h fire broke ou'. &c:
little child. six years OF age wca sleeping in az
upper chamber, and wss rescued by Two Of the
servants. The !rss is estimated a. SIS 900.
Sir b :aard Thcro;on, the British Mia!Bicr,
t.ndcrcd the spltai les Of his residence t.
Dir. SieWsrt's temporarily homaIe>s family.
The Cars ESCAPE -Ey,rv aa5 hrircs