Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-10
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Special Correspondence Of tie Alerc. Gazette
WASHINGTON, d, G., Sept. 10, 1879.

,Sr1cHt correspondence OF tie IdserG. GdzCtte.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Sept. 10, 1879.
D!sGa;cl,s fTcn Memphis to the National
Board Of Hea::a here 10 dsy siya The fcliUw;ng
Us 'h3 y:lo1 tv;r statement Of that city stree
y:s:>7iss's report: New cases 20, II white
AID c2locct; deaths 10, white and cocrad.
10 aew eases tsya occurred 10 New O;leaus
far Esek. d.: Tcrcer tho secretary of The
National Board CT Health. whose resignation
vas Dot atcoptcd, is away ca months leave
Of absence. Sod Dr.. Billings. vice president Ct
the Beard, Is c.tendirg ~ Inc duties ct his
Office nd iatciim.
Tie receipts ct the Treasury 10 day from H.
ter1al revenue aucuoted to $427 lG3 from
customs SITS, 400.
80 cfheia! report las been made 10 the
| Treasury Department by the c,ptao of the
r2vsoue steamer Fessendcu OF the essistaLc, he
ranc2:td the American steamer Alaska in
Canaciaa waters o. the 5:h iEstsnt by which
PROBABLY SOHO lives were saved. AS the ren.
! drE:og If assistance in Canadian waters by any
| o!har :Hau Canadian vssselsis contrary to CsL'
adam laR, something moro will doubtless BIO
h:ar1 & this iutrsc!on Of that law.
| NOthl5g OF importance is going 90 at the
orcs!4ents House or at any Of the departments
to day, Mr.. Hayes and nearly all his C.binct
teug OUT Ct tie city.
| The members Ct tho Flremcu's Corventioa
nos il session hare visited Mt. Vernon to dag.
| Trials CT Inventions aud imIrovemeuts in fire
apparatus will be made 10 the White Lot, south
CT the Presidents House, to morrow. Next
day, Friday, there will b parade ct the
| Washington li!emcu. aud the conven,ion will
atloutn that night With grand bacquet.
! Tag IcInails OF Mr. Johu Damn, WAC was for.
ne:I7 we'll kuown and efficient newspaper
correspondent, bGI whose cornwall habits led
20 biz rain, vera inferred this morning BY somo
CT Tic rerocio!lal c3!ps OF this city. Rev. Mr..
Meade, at lI'ur:l, c,aGuc!iog the fuocral ser
] q!c:s al Ge2wood cemetery.
| & uiau named Ffark Wilson, WASHINGTON
molte man, who robbed a New Yorker named
jcho iEacc?. az Allirgtou, yesterday. was held
for t!!a! il tho Criminal Court Of this city to.
day. and will, it is understood, when he gets
| through that coUrtb be Prosecuted by his victim
in tic ALcxaGdtia County Court
Mr.. Jonah White, the popular chi thicicus
agent Of !ha Atlantic Coast Railroad ice, ST.
IlVaG here to day from Now York, and will
Vi%5 hltXardGls, HE native place, AID where
his n7!her end mspy Of bis other relations re
side. Mr. White was the accommodating suit
lei {! the l7th regiment OF Virgioia lutsDLry
daring tie civil war.
Ex Governor Thomas SWalu, OF Maryland,
AID rrtl recently member OF Congress from
ba|;im3lc, is COW here, ED vii! reside here
during the fail nrd Tioter. lie has failed c)n
sdc!ab!y since his marriage last year, aud roH
locks cid AID feeble. lie is also native oil
| Alexandra.
Tie E!ick work CT the new building fer The
ac:ommoda!i,n Ct the articles gathered at the
Cea'caba, now in progress Of erection on The
scrthcTn portion Of the Smithsonian grounds,
ls rapidly approaching c)mp!e;ion. sfforls be-
!Gg made to flash it before cold weather. |;
IL ct lsfg, proportions. Gus Of its doorwa5s be
.ns high aad and wide cuough fer tie passage
Of wj2cn Osd:G with hay.