Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-02
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Tho schedule for the EeW through railroad
route batwceu Baltimore and New York wen
into effect y Jsterday.
The rtc,ips of hogs st Chicago during No
yeuber were | 10, 900 head larger number
titan Were ever receive d. in one moth st any
market.
Gold is louad 10 thirty SIX counties Of Georgia
silver in three copper in thirteen, iron 10 forty
three, diamonds 10 twenty six, and WhIskey II
all of them.
Lizzie Germeten, little girl five years o
age, Wss burned to death yesterday, IN Baltl
more, while playing with fire in stove IN lei
parents house.
10 The cities north Of US there is dGoideG
Strengthening in real estate Interests. ReG
property looks mora desirable for Investment
than ct any time since the panic of 1873.
Three Catholic churches of Toronto have
commenced The business of conducting savings
banks. They arc open On Saturday evening!
only, and tho amount Ga deposi. does not exceed
$4,000.
Tho French and American CAIN commits
sion have fixed Deoember 22i irst. as the day
for their first meeting. after noIioo to the re
spec:ivs govermeos,' 10 rursulrco OF The
treaty.
John T. Crawford, of Cincinnati. who died Q
fortnight ago. left by bis will bis entire estate
worth about 100000, for home for aVed c'l-
ored men, TO be built on tract of l .Sl2 acres
at College Hill. near that city.
Tho Secretary of the Interior has issued 90
order providing for an increase of 100 pupils IL
tho number of Indian youths now educated 81
the Forest Grove (Otegon) Iudustrisl School,
and for 40 or so additional OF the Hampton,
Va, school.
Tho PHILADELPHIA Esqairer (Rep) says: ln
tho retirement from the national Senate OF MIR.
WaIIac, not only Pennsylvania but the country
will suffer oss. Mr. Wasco is gentleman
OF very great ability. of prolonged legislative
experierc, and of uuquesionablo integrity.
j. W. johnson, young conductor on the
GreenVille Road. was knocked from his trsln Oh
Thanksgiving Day while passing ulder bridge
pear Newberry. s. o., ard instantly killed.
His head was severed a1d eV;Iy bono 10 his
body crushed.
Tho Secretary of the Treasury yesterday au'
thorizod the purohas, 10 New York Of So, 00O,.
600 OF tho G5 of 1880 at 1925 and the sub treas.
urer bought $l23, 900 at 1929 and $l33. 900 at
1929 The public proposals to sell amounted
to only 500. 900 at l02 ST.
Bret Harto has told of tie spelling bee at
Angels which terminated SO d!sastrously that
only one man vas LIFT 10 tell the story, and
his poem has fcund an Illustration in New
York. Whcro on Sunday one ooorcd man
stabbed another fatally fer taunting him with
being spelled doTn on the word "Massschu.
sctts."
johnson Hsgocd nod John d. Kennedy,
Governor snd Lieutenant General elect of South
Carolins. were inausuratod at Columbia Tues
day with impressive ceremonies. judges Bond
AID Bryan, of the United States Cour!, we're
among those present. Gov. Hoguod. 10 his
inaugural address, dWclt at length upon the ma
terial progress Of tho State,
The New York Herald mentions the great
number of English people who have reached
Ct s le Garden as notable feature OF the emf
grafton statistics of $780, Germany and Ireland
head tho list, as usual, and Sweden follows. but
tho English cmiprants number moro than those
from Austria. Hungary, Russia FfaDco and
Italy combined
Assistant Postmaster General T. j. Brady has
purchased from A. NJ. Capp aud others con-
trolling interest in the Washington National Re-
publican and will assume control within short
time. |. 10 understood that General Biady's
interest will BIO Represented during his oontiou-
noe in his present official position By MIR. Hal.
lett KiIbcuroo. of Washington.
David 8. Mauoh attempted to murder his
wifs at Washington. Iadiaua, and left her. as
he supposed, desd. She lay at The pcint of
death for weeks, bat recovered, though shcckt
ingly dis6gured by the wounds Inflicted With on
axe. He was mover arrested, ard tho vile has
gone to join him, s,scg that she could not Iisc
away from him.
Tho ceusus s:asstc1 OF mat ufao,urcs in Phil
Bdelpbia Illustrate how much that class Of 10
dusrics contributes to the wealth and popula-
Iatiou of O city. by The returns recently made
it is shown that the payments for wages and
material for tho year aggregated $2G5 500 600,
nnd the products 1928 100000. making $751;.
500 600 profits, or nearly 81 per cent. on tho
capital Of SlSG 500 600 invested.
VIM. Beach returned to his home ia Pumas,
California, after years work 10 the nioes, to
fined that his wife had fallen in love with an
other man duriog bis absence. She confessed
Der tsul', aud he procured q divorce. which,
however, Was kept secret, and she lived 10 The
house Sd as not 10 BIO separated from her chill
dren. She was grati6ed for the onccssion, but
sorrow drove her crazy, and she bad 10 be re.
moved to an insane asylum.
All tho mail trains due at Nav York yester-
lay morLiog wore detained from Que to three
hours By the snow storm of Tuesday night. The
nsils from Now England failed to oonuec. with
he Soutern fss. mail. The snow was three
pobes deep at B]stop, six ircies at Concord,
u. H., and like depths throughout other parts
If New Eogland and Nav York, drifting badly
o msng places. |; was accompanied by beats
NJ northeast wind.
The electoral colleges in the various States
net yesterday with the exception of Georgia. |
" reason Of a dlfferenc, between the State and |
be United States laws on the sui sct) and css! |
heir respective votes for President and Vice |
President of the United States. aEd appointed |
messengers to take the certificates to Washing. |
on. The totals arc /: Fer Garfield and Arthur. |
ia; Hancock aud EogIish (iGcIudng Georeas |
voea), 155.
A Washington lady who had been married |
H. .ctcd to tie certificate she received because
t was 10 writing aud not printed. She wrote
eIter to the clergyman who had performed the
sremoDy, declaring that she would not consider
,nrcalf rid nd ypanld yomoio al bnp,o