Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-23
RENsS or TEE D.7R.

I'VE HlS OE lnE Os1 2s
The Rhode Island Democratic convention
elected Tiden delegates
A. the annual commencement Of Maryland
College of Pharmacy, last night. degrees were
conferred on thirteen graduates.
Secretary Evslts denies that ap7 progress
has been made With the proposed neW treaty
with China within the past year.
Captain j. Mason Jamison. we'll known for
his long and prominent connection with the
Fifth Regiment, NJ. N. G.. died 10 Baltimore
yesterday.
The California Legislature has passed. aud
the Governor approved bill for the taxation
OF savings bank deposits, mortgages and capital
stock Of corporations.
The pr;c, OF iron Orc Las recently advanced
about thirty per cent, aud another advance Is
predicted before tho contracts for next year
are made.
Dr. &. g. Cox has been brought back to
Washiog from Australia. Ill with softeuiug
Of the btou or somc other form OF braiu disease
t! at has seriously impaired his iatelitct.
Blaine mea explain the rcce1t Trip Of Soma
tors Cobkling aud Cameron to Harrisburg, to
cunfcr with y Scnaiu CaWcroU.a as meaning that
10 eve it Is H. c:ss,ry to drop Grant Edmunds
s;il DC taken W 10 opposition to Bial0c.
Tuc Ctipesc arprsr 10 bo !cGviug Call Irc!a
faster ,hsr th,y are ayr:yiue. DuliGg Novem
bar and Dec. inber tbs arTiaala at San Frau
rae, ci Ca;ncse Gcrc tu' 5TI, whilst the de-
par:urcs for China were , 10.
Tho first lcppbl,oau o-nUty o9agtnji2r 10
loH4 to SelecJ dcj,gar7 tC tie Siete eJrYsu,l5 i'll
on TIC Ii il OF Ap.Ii vas hid ia Davis c3un,y>
ii Bl,ont;'lj, Gu Saturday. AID elected Is dele
,:lor s,!a !tr Baioc Ter prc=deat.
The Ubgis;i4a lGdcy auauarc.a that eX
Governor Joseph Il. Blown, oi Georgia, has
presented to the Southern Bap,is. Theological!
Seminary al LaniaVi!o, Ky, $4,000 for the
endowment OF p!o!tsyoTshtp. Tho Whole
amount has been paid.
During tic last lew weeks tho shipments Of
freight from Chicago to the East have been
Vcyv large and iatCritrad somewhat with the
traffic rsrgerlcp;s oil the trunk ices. 1t is
sal the heavy corn shipments 10 Baltimore
have given surplus q Q DDS tons To tic B4lii
moro Il Ohio road.
Joseph Sttckwcl applied at The Police Court
| in Washington yesterday for warrant 10 arrest
Mrs. BelVa A. lockwood, tho lawyer, for de-
raudlug him out OF $50 of his pension money
10 excess If her proper legal fees. Tho war
| ldul WaS tCuIUlh "lthueiu W HlUW pGUCk'
! well lime set himself right as 10 datcs.
The Kelley Motor. it is rerortcd, has again
btcn perfected this time Just ono week be-
fore the first Of April. The power" has been
| adj ust to 'VhratOry oDGnc," unlike any
] ttiog 81 the kiud ever before seen, OF coursc,
| which, however. maintains uuitorm speed oil
| twenty five vibrations per minute and ulilzas
| the power effectively.
A dispatch from Galveston late last night
| says: Nothing has been heard from the steam
or City Of Mexico. The agent Of tho Alcxan-
DIRE line, TO which sho belongs, arrived from
| New Orleans Sunday. lie says no thinks the
captain did Dot put to sea from Tappico or
Saturday, owing to rough weather. lilo looks
for her to morToH.'
At Marshal. Texas, II. +. Lewis administer.
cd q doso Of suphato of morphine to hi:
five year cld son about midnight. Tho boy was
| found yesterday, and lived but few minutes
Lewis was founi 90 bis wifo's grave 10 coma
| toes condition. and died last evening. For some
| time be has shown symptoms Of insanity, caus
ed by the death of his wife.
Tho Supreme Court Of California has decided
that tho law pass,d by the Kearney legislature
prohibiting tho employment Of Chinese by cor
porations. was unconstitutional, opposed t
sEg BlfS6 in Rapaa tSI,o Of the tU8pb tfiif
the case of Tlburco Parrott who caused hi:
own arrest and carried tho matter 10 tho Su-
premo Court in order to Test tho constitution
alit7 OF the lay. The sand'lot!cts are indignant
| OYor the result.