Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-04
The piiea OF printing paper has again sharply
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Tho piirteTs Of tie rublic piinlirg Clfc, OF
Washington have boon discharged, ony enough
being r,taiced 10 get cut tho Congress soDaI
Record. About OCO men and women arc thus
thrown out Of employment.
10 tho StDato, yesterday. Mr. L'can curo
tlnucd, without COZ Guiding, his speech against
The bin Ter the relief ti III John Porter. 10
tho llousA tie day was devoted to cuoyics in
memory OF The late Senator Houston, OF Ala.
Tho tincty- sixth annual session Of tho Bal
Imcrc conference Ct tho Methodist Episcopal
thTch assembled ia Baltimore yesterday
bishop An,lfG@H presided, assisted by Bishop
Ho*man. The cn'rrGnca il voiy fail. nearly
all the members b, Ing present. and will ooE-
iIIut IN session tgrs days
In the llous, .! REPRESENTATIVES Of Mary.
land yrs crday tho bill tI regulate the catching
Il oysters in the poiouIsc was amended BY lin
iting the nruc CT catching from October Is TO
Apall |. Scsreai Gnln nimcnts offered ~ tho
Baltimore delegation. in thu interest %. the
dredG'1S, Ucru |, i'o,cd. =! iii vas IGr,o tho
order fo7 To-day
The result If tic coDilTenoe4 bel nc-n tho
Secretary ci il'" interior md tae ,icltgitlo Of
Southern uioa - that The latter hssc agreed to
nc proposed r,moYal from Colorado into New
Mex CT. The Wl,t; l.ivtr lItcs will so to th.
pagtres TO Iand on the Hlana Iiear, ~ that
Territory. hear The Colorado border.
There il much excitement along tho b.rl, r.
OF the ihdlan IellIGrJ, growing ont Of the
iro-IdeuL' = rae a;Ieil,n. and tho p,csnrca Of
United S!aLes troops 10 prevent any invasion.
he p2op;c seem Gctcrminrd 20 enter the ter
Ii0'y al all t:zlrd'. TIE leaders say they can
Ent 600 mon on tho HIbrah nj three days no
ilG'. Ii II feared that blood will tlpw, unIc:s
'hH ffemdcnt Proclamation ~ m0iitind.
faIrmGnnt, tWc1t Eirginln) srec,al
say nil the minera employed IN the
. DuhLc, Ulst0n and Wtsa Farmont mibcs
have r,lus2d To Wok ua'cSl their wages arc
decreased. his tho MINIS nHncIa claim thew
raunot do, ewing TO tho Erayy railroad tariffs.
Tins throws about 500 men out Of employment,
and great many of them will leava for other
r'hcrH wLcro they can do better.
Tho report Of the committee at San Fran.
CT 40, Cal to c2c'uio konrncy from the S;ste
cilIln', and all tho rooms under tho control ol
the s-s"tnelJ, iatGc up yesterday, knnrnoY being
III the lobby. Threats Wcro made By kcar,rv
that the hoIloo dare moi adopt tho rosouliop
lyor asked to be appointed committee of emo
to eD0rcs tho resolution, which was alnpted
after an exciting debate. Tho resoluiiono Of tx.
clu,lon was adopted. and koarnoy lett tho
chamber. An uneasy feeliag still prevails in
the city. but no developments yet.
Alice Hoffman, girl Is yeals OF age, living at
MahanOy City, reooolly brought IN afhation
suIt against one Thomas Moran, Of tho same
pihce. The case YES called for trial in the
Criminal Court, held at Pottsvillp, Pa, this
week. but tho defendant yesterday made up
plctton Tor cOetinuaDco. and tho Girl brosmo
Respondent. Shortly after tho court opened
this morning Alice ran before tho bar, calling
for Moran, saying she Ind taken an ourco OF
lauIanum. and that she was dying. She bo.
came unconscious in the court room, and now
lies 10 precsrious condition. Every .ifJrt is |
being made to save her life, Int there il vory
| title room for hope.