Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-29
NEWS OF The DA !,

Il is cs:isaSed that S647. 600 will DO ueedec
rfr tho public schools of Baltimore for 1881.
The rooms of tha Illinois Club Chicago
vera damaged By era yesterday t. the eyteu
Of SIT 900.
Judge Bond has crdcrec the SparlantuEe
aud Ashevills railroad to be soid en- tho frs
Monday in April next.
A grocer of Boston lef, $40. to DO annually
expended 10 ciriDg for bis dog, nnd that lucky
cur DOW eats siroln steak three times day,
at sleeps 90 spring. bed.
A national convention Of delegates from The
branches which form tho Irish Land lo3usrs
I4,agus of tho Uoited States will he held 10
B1fslo On January 18th and l3 b, 1881.
The two buadred and fitieth anniversary Of
the settlement of Cambridge, Mass, was cs!e.
bratcd yesterday Among tho prominent men
present was the venerable poet LoDgislow.
The grocery store of Bronder t. Waltball, 10
Petersburg. was buried 90 Mvnday morpiog.
Mr.. Bfonder was asleep 10 the rear OF the store,
and was only ataased ty the persons who en-
tered the bulldog 90 discovering the fire.
George Scott of Sussex county, D,l., after
d,iukog to excess on Christmas day. became
involved 10 q1,lel. and. while 10 the act OF
pulling of his ccat for fight. fell dead 90 the
spot. Ho vas qai!e young man.
A special congressional ell otion 10 tho third
New Hampshire district. TO fill the vacancy
caus d by the death of Hon. Evarta W. FAIR,
was held yesterday. Ossisn Rly, (Rsp., was
elected over Hsslsy, tDsm,, by 4 600 maj Jrity.
George Boddicks, letter osrrier in New
York for Eye years. vas arrested yesterday fer
stealing money ls,tera. Boddckc never dis
turbed any letters containing money on bis own
route, hut oIeverly msDagtd TO steal them FROM
the sorting table of his fellow oarri.rs. thus
avoiding suspicion FER time.
The Philud. lptia Record states the subsorip-
tons to tho ucd of 500. 0C0 to be raised By
Philsdel phisrs for Gen. Grant are ailin, and tie
transmission of The check aweiis the word from
the ex,Presidcnt that be is ready to receive it.
The Record further says this is entirely q
private STAIR. and has nothing to do with the
Rising of Tie fund started BY the New Yolk
Tines.
The Whitaker olse was the Principal topic
under consideration at the Crbilet meeting
yesterday. No definite conclusion WAS reached.
The impression of cabinet officers on this sub.
jsct is that tie intimalion TO the effect that
Whitaker will be given another ohaDoa at
West Point will prove erroneous. lis thought
the case will be foalIy disposed Of 10 the course
cf few days. '
The cslebratian Of The Centennial Ct tho bat
lie of Cowpeps. with the unveiling Of the mon.
umeot to Daniel Morgan, at Spartsusburg. S.
e., is postponed from Japusry II to later day.
not set determined on. The pricoipal Offices Of
tho postponemens is TO give opportunity for
the 90 operation of New Hampshire. Connect.
cut, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania ard
Delaware. whose Legislatures meet next month,
The preliminary hearing iu the case of Ex-
Governor Scott, of South Caroline, charged
with the murder OF ". g. Drury, drug clerk.
IF Napoleon, Ohio. was COMMENCED Monday.
Scott's Appearance vas full of SORROW and de.
eotiop. He sat most of the time with bis !
Show resting on bis k0ee ard bis hand on bis |
forehead. OCCASIONALLY usiog handkerchief to |
'emoys the moisture from bus eyes. He pleaded |
,ot guilty TO the charge Of. murder iu the first
legree. =: