Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-10
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Tho annnsl meeting of the stockholders ct
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad will be be 10
Winchester 90 he fits, Wednesday in May.
A hro occurred On Sunday morning last CD
tie suburbs of Manassas 10 house occupied
by Mr.. Andrew Spinle. All the furniture and
clothlog were ssved, but the building was burnt
to to the grcuad.
Mr.. Newton Keene, an old aud highly re.
spected ctlzoD of lIoudouu county, died at his
reside pce Gear Guiiford 90 Thursday morning
last. For mary years he filed tbs position OF
magistrate.
Tbreo peGisertiary oonviots while working
with gang st Cbimborsz) Park. Richmond,
yesterday, mode their escape. All were white
meo-John Bortop, Of Albemarle; 9. w.
Wright alias Il. w. T. johnson, OF Caroline,
and q. I. Carroll, of Scott county.
TIE Rev. John JASPER delivered discours,
10 tie Mount Ion Baptist Church 10 Rich.
mood, Ihpr5ay evening", based upon his Gale.
bfated declaration that the Sun do move"
| Among bis cudicDce were nunbsr OF northern
tXcutslops's who had arrived 10 the city over
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway aud who had
expressed desire to listen to his arguments.
A mee'iog Of the board of directors Of the
ltichnold ard Alaghsny Railroad Co. at Rich.
mcnd yesterday cltced Francis q. French, Of
| New York. president, vcs q. Nj. BarthoIom ew,
resigned. The conveyance Of the rights, prop
erty aud itarchi5ss OF the Buchanan aud Gilt
ton Forge Railway was completed, and tho
| mortgage securing the issus Of bonds CT tie
Klchmold and Allegheny Railroad Co. was
PLACID ca record.
MOUNT VERNoN.-Whilo every American
has heard of Mount Vernon, probably not enc
10 hundred knows Whence it derived the name.
Tho unfortunate Duke of Monmuoth had q pri.
vatc secretary named Vernon, prudent. sensi.
bio man OF business, who, after tho Dcks's
death, found favor 10 Influential quarters, and
u0der William III. became Secretary OF State.
lie left SOD, Edward, born 1854. who, greatly
against bis fathers wishes, entered tho navy,
and serVipg with eally disliLc!ioD, lose to the
rank OF Admiral. 10 1922 he was leiuroad to
the tious, OF Commons. aud haviog IN July,
1879. declared there that Porto B.lo might BIO
reduced Tith six sail of the line, AID that ho
would stake his lite srd reputation on The sue,
cess OF the Expedition, he was sent eff with q
sqladroo to DO it. succeeded, and gave bis men
SlO.UOO. which had just arrived to pay The
Spanish irJops. Oa raturting houc, he re-,
el7ed the thar Ks Ct both Houses, and freedom
OF Tho CRY OF l.oudou. From thst day, how
| ever, hli STAR declined. 40 expedition to
Carthegsna, made tw3 years later, siynally
isi!ed. Smo!ittt at that tue Naval SURGEON.
| atco%nsul;G the feat, and has tuld the story of
ltlu Frederick RaDdom," Shere he compares
Vcruou and General Wentworth, who COM
nanded the auxiliary laud fulc,, TO Gao lar aud
PumpeY. The oue." no says, "wouli not
brock su2cIi,r while The other was inpatient.
ol 40 cqlal: 50 that between the rr.d, of ono
and tue !nSoIe,c, Of another the enterprise
misc .rlcd." it Was Ia the land ioroa OF
C.rthcpeaa that L,srtbce Washington,
Georges elder bloihCr by fourteen yssra, had
served, AID appsrcn!ly lie ts:esmed Vernon,
~ 10 %.vo bis namo 10 bis homo % tho
IPt'on:e, md prccn,od G nidshipmau's al
poiatulcnt Tor George, but his molhers's !u-
ttrnos'!l0u ultims:cly pr,vouod tho
hoy's ava,!ics hir,aeIf Of it, aIbei, she had at
hrat consented. Vcrpnn's popularity wss so
great that his uolucky * pedi1icu DOCS not s,em
10 taVe affected il, aud he wes actually elected
to Ps!!Iauleot for tbreo places at otc, on his
returr. Probably, his known hostility to the
GnVernment had much to DO With this. 10
l.l3 he was detailed 10 Ws!ch tho North Sea,
10 view OF movement Of Tho Pretcudet's ad
hcrcc y. 1ho ncXt Year serious sq1abbic
sroee between hial aud tho Governmeut, re,
suiiiog 10 his producing two pamphlets. which
~ tX'Speratcd the authorities that BY the
klGe 9 express command he WAS struck off tho
'i't OF hdnlira's. flc died 1857, at bis seat 10
sun Tx, and notwithstanding his disgrace, a
handsome monument to bin was creceted 10
Westminster Abbey. 1t was Vernon who
brought into use tho custom of miziog water
With the ralloo OF rnn, which got the name OF
GroE trou lis habit lf weafcg q sr3prau
waistcna', md houoo his nickname OF cod
droG. Altogether. the man who Invented
gtog ls buried 10 Westminster Abbey, COM
msmora.ed by Smollett. and gave a name to
Washloatou'S home, must be regarded Is no
Ordinary ptrJop.-N. y Times.
RETURNING Fashions -Glancing at the
fashion books Of fifty and even seventy years
ago 1t ls curious to note how 10 many points NO
arc rctutting to tho modes then ia voprc.
Nothing but sbcrt dresses wcre to bo seen half
century ago; the skirts were just long enough
to slew the shoes and boots and were trimmed
With sato relsaux and bias folds. The
fashionable colors wore Christmas holly
Creep, ecatlct, pick. claretc, blue, giraffe
yeiIo~, ponceeu, camers hair brown, Indian
red, camelopard yellow. mocassa brown, apricot
Give, peau de serpent, burrago blue, Esyp.isn
saoo, Indian red and violet shot with bottle
ereeo-ior shot silks were coming 10 then, as
they are with US now The January 1928 was
particularly damp and cold. and Xix aud satin
pessss were the rage; but, like short Processes
dresses, reaching to the hem. with a lace cape
over tho shoulders. These pel:sses wero also
worn ~ the evening. cut low in the neck, and
showed robiugs of Wbitc satia ia front,
Sns"ls AID scsrf shaws were coming 10 also
and leather trimmings found special favor,
adopted with full evening dress, made Of
satin aod gerz,, with blonde lappets and
pumes OF oslrI lob or msrabou! feathers or floral
Wfcstts. birds If paradise bairg arranged
inside and GU. They we're pltc,d far back on
the head. 1t to b. hoped tha, VIC shall not
r:adopt apylhirg so startling as La. Of para
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