Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-17
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The Iows legislature has adopted conStitu'
tio1al Amendment prohibiting the manufacture,
keeping or sale az beverage OF all Intoxicating
liquors, including, ale, bser and wine.
The Committee Oh Privileges and Elections
Of the Senate has decided by strict party
vote. to report 10 favor of unseatiog Kellogg
and giving his seat 10 the Senate to Judge
Spofford, the contestant.
A dangerous $40 counterfeit treasury note
has appeared at Chicago. 1t is Ct the series oil
1875, letter T.. and is printed on imitation fibre
paper. Tho shading under the words United
States is darker than 10 the genuine.
The New York, Lake Erie' and Western
Railroad Company have begun suit at New
2S9, with interest from July S, 1879. claimed
to have been received by Mol!enry for tho USE
Of plaintiffs.
The Philadelphia College Of phsruac3, al
liz commencement is5. evening". turoed out Ii
young men as capable CT making good apoihe
carries. The uicd;c.l oorgcs CT that city have
this spring graduated Gil young lnen as dcCtors
dentists and pharmacists.
The confession Of Sidney J.. Pratt, in which
lie claims TO heVc robbed the Heading Mass
Savings Bsok Of $l3D,CO0. for part OF which
cmb( ~ 'omcEt his father has been convicted. is
regarded ~ The offers Of The bank as absurd.
They claim that tbs c9ide!c, at the father
trial showed BIN gu:y Of the ep,he2Zcm. NJ
OF $50, coo.
Ga THURSDAY last Sister Borsoia, Mis-;
Dent. Ct Charles county, Ma, died 2; The Ton
vert 81 The Ei;i':.'ig.', ia Frederick Ci,y, Nd.
sftor Iiag@ripR ilncs3 ii the Ssh year Of bel
age u c. asrd ven! Lhcre iytm GoorHG:oWn
ID. g., AID w. orG ol the founders Of the IN
7itull0n. iicr !Grcrai tock place on tfida,
evening last.
No further light has been lbroan On the
strange deaths of MIR. and Mrs. John Reilly il
Washington on Sunday light last. 1ho coro
ncr yesterday applied 10 the District commits
sioneIs Tor gu order upon tho District chcmis.
10 make chemical anal1si Of the contents o
the stCmlCfS CT Mr.. aud Mrs. Reilly. Tht
report Of tho chemist will 20 before tho coro
| ncr's jury.
Major Reno has refused to accept tho option
| given him by the President Of resigning iu orde
| which cashicrcd him, upon the ground that j
the verdict against him. Tho President, do
| SIiuiuE w luouHF duu iullRhtC tuo sculoupe
as urged by Maj>r Rnno's friends. hos final!
dismissed Reno from tho service.
Before tho canal investigating committee n
Annapolis, Nd, yesterday, IL. Z. Winship ani
j. @. Waters, Of Georgetown, Colonel i. V
White, OF Loesburg, Va. andJ .R. Maus, Il ock
| vile, were witnesses. MIR. Maus, supcrinton
dent of construction on the canal before tht
| elcc ioo primaries in Montgomery, testified tina
all tho extra hands had been discharged before
The Peter primaries came off.
Secretary Thompson says that tho UuitCi
States slip Constellation, selected 10 convoy
provisions to Ireland, is low lying at tho Nov
York navy yard. and will be ready to take hol
departure whoGcvtr her cargo is complete
Contributions are not r. Strlctcd to any particu
lar article. Representative Levi Z. Morton, o
New York, and tho Now York Herald hav
offered Zach to furnish ono quarter Of the cargo
| provided other parties will mako up tho bal
| aBoc,
Ga Monday tho great sale commenced of tht
col'c,lion of art OH, cots belonging to PriDc
Demld0f, and arranged in tho Palace OF Sal
Donate. near Florence. This collection en-.
| braces sono of tho fncst and most celebrated
paintings and statuary in tho world After thu
collections arc disposed of tho palaoo will als
be sold. Tho first days tac brought pictur,
buyers from every part Of Europe and Amorot
and tho Emperor Of Russia. Baron Rothschld
MIR. Vanderbilt, and the curatorj of tho erea
museums bid against one another The price
! ranged from about $500. to 81 1000. $1,000
50 600 and S. 600 per picture.