Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-23
EHfTORIaL .fO7Es.

EDITORIAL .fO7Es.
Weston won the Ashley belt, and bis bet inst
he would make $50 miles. He had i've minutes
to spare.
There have been distributed in the past few
DAYS from The Lexington Hatchery about
Is, 900 land locked salmon. !
Co.. Chsstaiu White, a we'll known lawyer OF
Richmond. died on Saturday He Wasa mem
Der Of the State Senate before the war
Gen, Grant is expected to reach San Fran
oi c, about the 10Th of September, when tIe'e
will bs boom sure cnough-mark the predil-
tiou.
The fredericksburg Recorder concludes tbtt
no matter Which side whips 10 the pezt pre:i-
dsu,lal eampaisn the South will bs abused sno
c5srg, with the responsibility.
40 exchange says that sone or the memoeFS
If Convress will be sadly missed a. home on the
F,u.th oe Jug if they are compelled 10 remaio
| i, Washington but W. don't believe Ii.
The L7nchburg News thinks that tho south
eastern snpe of .hs Is us R dc nnd The toot
hills frou L .udcun to Patrick ought 10 furO;sn
| vyu and mutton sufficient TOR the Atlantic
| States.
TIE reno7al Of William and Mary C'I!ego
10 soue mere e isitls Location is being discuss
| ed. Bring it VI this way, where. Ter hetl'o
sc,as.itili,y and every other advantage DO ctL-
# place exccls.
Two ,Eoussad fee hundred aoi sixty ncTe7
| OF land s.r. taken ct the Norfolk. Neb.. lanc
off e one Gay last week uuder the homestead
aud timber claim laws 10 Wheeler county. The
| ,um;sratioa iato that couny this spriog is Ver5
| laige.
Uclcsi there is sp,ady adjlaromeDt or
Coupre,s $, say tue NstiooLl Republican, there
IS a r,suc. Of most OF the members becoming
tourists at the expense Of the governmebt, uo
der the prstepss Il carrying GU al investigator
upon some subject or Other.
The ca,aloeu, Of the offlears and students Ct
the Virginia Agricultural aud Mrchaulc,! Col
lege tor 1878 10 has been rscsivsd, ard pre-
s.uts a Very g'atiiyirg cztili; of the affairs OF
this txseIls1t institution Of laatnu1, which, re
hope, viii coo.ou, to grow and prosper
Toe "bighee educatiooai" system 10 pubic
instruction, and the corresponding lack Of tho
roup b and complete rudimentary teachlrg is
| attracting public attention. The Governors Of
New York, PeDDs, lvalia and Massachusetts
have called attention to The condition OF affairs
| 10 their respective States.
The leg. lative. * cuive and judicial appro
pria i'm bill, pious the judicial part, was sligo
ed by the Presideot aud the announcement Of
bis signature made to the House before lis ad.
journmeu! on Saturday, aud 10 day be will notify
the same body of bis approval OF the army bill
but will, at the same.me. send 10 veto cf the
judicial expenses appropriation bill.
10 the county of Augusta, as in Loudoun
county. they have assessed and levied tax 90
dogs, out Of which tax the couaty remunerates
parties who have lost sheep DUNG the year
| for whioh the tax is collected. There We're $50
| sheep killed by dogs 10 Augusta during the
year ending the lst Of May, tor which tho com
of 1922 90 has been paid, and yot the L:glsla'
ture wont pass dog law.
Tx Secretary Rob.s,u denies smphatic'llg
the part attributed to bin 10 the story told by Mr.
Mines to the n Y. World, the other day, about
the Grant Woodford scheme to kidnap Tildru
and spirit him away from Now York 10 1876
Mr. Woodruff is abroad 10 Europe. He will
probably deny the story as soon as an oppor
tuoity is afforded him. MIR. Mines il the geL'
tleuan who occupied confidential relations with
Mr.. Coukliug for long while, aud when dis"
c,rded by that Senator wrote a lot of private
conversations and ,old them to New York
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