Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-08
AE M'S OF TEE UsIr.
The Independent GasIiqht Ccmpary ui

The Independent GasIpht Compapy uf Bal
tinore has been incorporated.
Three we'll defined cisos Of SD allp5x were re
ported in Chicago yesterday.
The Sharpe orevasse 10 the Mississippi leyce
has been closed, and the water Cd tie over
f5wed plantations is ruuIiog IF rspid'y.
Jackson & Morse, ersu exporters Of Boston
city tailed yesterday. The iail1Go is believed
to be Gu, 10 wheat specu'ations 10 Chicago.
Liabilities abou! $4,000.
Water Registrar T. G. Cox who clned *
Water Registrar Ciaua 10 Washington on Tues
day, WIS fined $50 Ia the Police Court ycs:cr-
day but took a. appeal.
Canada. during the next two years, will spend
$50, 1000, 900 on tho Cauads Pacific Railway.
and after that IS 600 geo sbDusly. Tho total
cost is estimated OF SEQ. 900 00O
Whitaker, The colored cadet at Yves! Pnint.
denies that be hazed himself. and las asked ior
court OF ifqliry, Which vii b. c,uveoed 10
morrow.
The Pcs.mas Geuerll yesterday sued an
order declaring the 'Bostcn Spoon Company,
OF Boston, Msts., 4 fraudulent concern, ard
torbiddiDg tho pcstmas.crs u deliver mems y
orders or 1cgistcrcd letters addressed to i.
At Chicago yesterday he Babctck Ma1ufac.
turllg Company mads q voluntary ass!gumcDl
10 favor CT David Qlirg for The hcncG; Of THEN
creditors. Liabilities $"l5.5ll. Assets $50.
$50.
Tho Directors ard large holders Of st and
second mortgage bonds of,hc S Ina, Rome and
Dalto" railroad haze decided, at o meeting r
New York, 10 purchfs, ell oassrs of the secur
tiles CT the road.
All the hotels apd beer saloons OF Borden
town, n. j., were tightly closed yesterday fol-
an iod:Gaite period. ia consequence OF the Com
mon Council refusing to grant euY liconaGs
The churttr election will lke llac. next Mon
dag.
A coareA GIRL ouIp twelve years If oge, wa:
arrested 10 New York TUESDAY for having az
| tempted to poison her employers hy pat ;ns
Paris green Ia ihr teapot ard when G:hcd why
she had done so. said il WIS Just for he fun o.
| lha ttlof, rs she had no motive fer murder.
The absEe7 CT G@o1se II. WilIiam7 trustee
of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Cetai Ctmpaoy
! under tho mortgage of lS4S. was fled in tht
United States Circuit Court at Baltiplore. yes
! terdsy, ny his ccuosc', to the application Ct D.
| *. Stewart Ter n temporary receiver ttr Tx
cIoal.
40 appeal to menhcrs Of too ProIcstaB!
| Episcopal Church Throughout. tho o2urirg f.:
! he sum CT $3.50. eco 10 eGdow The Genera
The o'cgica! Seminary ia Nos7 Yclk has beei
issued. ii is proposed to cGd2i7 tho otiic, O.
Dean, ADD four prc!essprshiGs IA tic SUN g
$50 900 each.
The lul 10 The pig iron market for tho paa
few days is hevi5g It's effect &C the lion maui
| featuring Interests 10 tie vciD'y Of rittsbufg
and there is somo tsik amons manufacturer
OF olo:iog down their establishments rather
than to contiruN operations. piicg Up stt OK il
! their houses while wsi'iug for orders.
The executive c)mmi,tco O! the Stci.ty q
The Army Of The P0tomtc has decided 10 chansc
the date of the nErua! ricct;ng, ard i. will ht
| held OF Burliostno. VI. Jugo lG. Secretary
E7arts has been iayi:td to dalscr tho address
but has not yet rc,,ptei. Jo;quia Miller hrs
accepted nc invi'a!icn t, deliver pctn.
A ioltune teller called 90 . supersiiicus oil
negro woman in s.. joseph, Mo, nrd ttf.Itt
10 tell Ter something Tor twenty-five cents
mare for half dollar, nrd al! she could wist
TO kDoHn icr dollar. ihe woman Dough
| twenty-five cents worth OF Information, and i
wss to the etleo! that she h1 had been poisoned
BY secret enemy. This s. terrified her Tbs
sim linI