Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-21
XEHrS or TEE UA 4.


| S400, 900 along with than.
Five young men have got themselves into
trouble at Ephr.ts, Pa, having disturbed o
Methodist congregation by driving helfer lnto
their midst du,ing di1lGe worship.
Wetcr deliuquants arc quito numerous 10
PHILADELPHIA, tue r1 Of water renters who are
in default being reported e. nearly fifteen thou
sand, some Of them OF four years delinquency.
The Bpford Elliott murder trial at Owentou,
KY, continued all lest week. Tho impression
prevails that B1tord will cot be found guilty OF
murder in the first degree The uisl was be-
gun July 10.
The New York Sun says Edwin Forest trot
ted to wagon Oh r )bsrt Bonner's private track,
on Saturday. mile in 2l5t. the fastest on 70
cord-if trottlrg on "a lr.Vaie track could DO
| considered 50.
Samuel Hill. who killed Simmons. tho Sc
duoer of bis wife, at Atlanta, Georgia, has been
refused Gew trial. The appeal was ID sde 90
tho trouud Of insanity, Hills mother having
been for years Insane.
The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
is Informed by cable telegram from Professor
Forester. Of Beilip, that tho supposed new
planet discovered at Citation Observatory, July
l7tb, BY Pref. Peters, is "FIigsa."
A circular has been issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury regOking the order of tho 26:n
Of February last, prohibiting lho importation Of
ncns canla from Ensiacd, and suspsndiog the
operation OF the law as q Ill paws nf Europe.
A negro named Napoleon BOaauare was
hanged ut Ssfdis, Miss, Friday, for the muir.
der OF Tom Bulls. c0ored, last August. tie
addressed about 5000 people, Chiefly o0lored,
from the kcatfo!d, warning th:m against evil
temper.
Judge Noah D47is. Of New York, granted q
writ of clrjr Saturday 10 the case IT the muir
derer, Chas,ine Cox. and judge Potter there
upon granted q stay OF prCc:edio2s. When
advised of the fac, Cox seemed as happy IS if
be were free map.
The imports into the lslaod Of Hsyti nave
80 greatly cxcscded the exports during the last
three years as to drain that couotry ct specie.
The merchants ere approaching bankruptcy.
aud the people generally aro 10 crest distress
Families are sacrificing their platc and jewels
piecsmeal to procure the necesSaries OF life.
The Kentucky Division of the St. Louis ard
Southeastern rliIroai vas sold at Louisville,
Saturday. by order cf court. realizing 81 ,000,-
900 Tor tho road aid $50. G30 for III. rolling
stock aud other properly 1ho Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, which holds Uioe
teen tweutietns of tn, bonds IF the road, was
the purchaser.
Col. 3. s. Ford, Sisto S,1ator from Queen
Amos couoty. Ed., and president OF tho Cues
ter River Steamboat q, pauy. was dfUWaed
10 the surf ut OJsau City Saturday evening,
and MR., Il. 3 Emory, Of tho ssme cJuoiy,
very pssr,y lost her life, and was saved only by
plank which WAS showed out to her from the
beach.
Wa. Il. As:or, al the head Of New 1ofk
and 8asion company, has offered Georgia
$3.50 600 for tho Macon and Brunswick rail-
road. If they can buy this road they will put
on line of steamers ct Brunswick, plying for
South American trade AID tic special ldea Is
to give Jacksonville. Flarda where Mr.. Astor
has just Invested $500. 000 couvcreut port.
At A!lautowr. Pa, on Friday evening", the
engineer OF coal trila 90 ;hs Lshish Valley
r .i:road, saw ahead OF him u little cir! crawl
log % the track. He blew the whistle, blu. IL
did not apprchtDd liz danger, nnd, though ho
did all 10 his power 10 sop tho train, he vas
uoabls 10 90 so, end tho poor ltf,ut vas crush
cd 10 death. The father OF the child lived d.:
rectly opposite lbs s,ens Of the accident.
PEsrLEX1TlEs CT ENGLISH TITLEs-A writ
or 10 Temple Bar thus il!u:ts.cs some Of the per-
plexil,es Of slish titles: suppose the Lsdy
Mary SmlE, the Esri's daughter, mar!ies the
Lord John Jones. Dukes younger con. The
bridegroom is Of higher rink than the bride,
who therefore, becomes the Lady John Jones.
taking his rank: but il sho rejects Lord Jones
and msrries Lord George Brown instead, whose
father is only a marquis. then shs will be o. the
higher rack, and Will retain her msiden desig-
NATION, Lady Mary becoming Lady Mary
Brown just ss il her husband were An honorable
or q barcret. or commoner OF any kind, IT,
however, our supposed Lsdy Mary Smith, in
stead of giving her hand TO either Of the younger
SONS mentioned above, napire to coronet and
marry q baron. she will actusily lose rank IN
one sense, for she will ank as u bsroDoEe, who 10
lower than al ears daughter. This loas OF con-
ventiopal rank is supposed to DO fully compen.
8, ted by the superior dignity which doth hedge,
an actual peeresa. A similar anomaly exists in
the case OF an I'm lish birhopric bong accepted
BY q clergyman who is by birth OF higher Tank
than blshop. For, unless he is vIscount or
q tempo, 81 peer of some higher grade still, Re
takes rank, on entering the House Of Lords, as
Arthur Aervey, The son of marquis, lost rans,
technically speaking, upon taking his sess .;
Bishop of Bath and Wells; since marquis
' younger son ia higher that bishop, And. anom'
onalous IS it msy seem. his wife is now OF high
or rank than himself, though deriving her rank
from MIN 1Or us lOTueutp InuhS "a q oAoAoPt 70
senior baron, while her lsdyshp ranks as the
wife of marquis younger son, bishops rank
not being communicable TO his vile,
"Another anomaly may BIO noticed here, viz:
the case of lady who msrries Il lord Of lower
ral k than herself, when be is an eldest son.,
bearing, by courtesy, his fathers second title
In This case the lady would gain no compensa.
Ion ss peeress by sharing her husbands rank,
and therefore, in accordance with the usual
hs: Ladies are SSb to bs Esis se after
ViousIy epj Dyed she is known by her husbands
courtesy title, exactly as if were surname
her own Christian name being placed before 1t.
Thus Viscount SsndoD, an esrrs eldest eon,
married m.rquis' daughter, who is not styled
dom II the married rair are OF equal rank it
Is usual for the lady 10 share her husbands
IAN Z, instead oil insisting upon displaying her
t-n."
Pn..s Napoleon is reported to have insured
bis life i,r $4,000 before leaving for Africa