Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-15
VIRGINIA NEWS,

VIRGINIA NEWS.
Snow fell 10 Petersburg. yesterday fog The
Grst time this GessoD.
Nsjor 8. 81. Yoast, ef the Valley Vir4i5ian,
is spoken of for Tie position cf Postmaster
Gspcral in the Cabinet Of the incoming adnin
istrstl0n.
M,ior Charles B:cAl,7. lesdiog writer GO tho
editorial staff of the New Oilesus D.mccr.',
died 10 that city last Thuraday. He VS. ns-
live of Virginia and q gentleman Of high literary
attachments.
The vote of this State 90 tho el;cioo Ter Pres
ideat was 2ll 1888. of which the regular demo-
GRATIS electoral titk It received 96 Gao. rend nser
ticket, 81 2S4. and republican .ickct, So S54.
Dsmocstic nj ,rity over republican tickcs, r.
SOC; tVsr reaoluster ticket. 65, 356.
How ENGLAND IS FED.-Is Is net SLATE !
whether Christmas plunpudd'u:s mako ~
appearance among tho ezSibits 6. Islioc:cr !;
but it is we'll klown tbs! there are io Is, U1te!
States. especia:Iy 10 PENNSYLVANIA aud NV
Jersey, plenty of plampu dCgs for ezpor;s,ioD
TO the EaAl5h n,rksf, We are growing every
7ear more AID moro depeudcLt upoa tho
Americans for cys'et5. anj Thlio our o%n
"rarivas' coa;Inus to b. eXlrGVSglu!!y dear,
SD Mr.. Fr.tk B1cSland is u'.sbe 20 bold out
apY hopes of their booming lsss casiIy yci
awhile. dspots for tie sale Ufthe chsaprr-bpt
not sufficiently cheaD-Ameii,ao 5ivasFcs ale
rapidly iIcrtssIog in tho Ee'ropos. AID &
vast proportion e what ara known as
'c9ckiug" oysters ero OF .rans.tIantlj Ok
iractllp. Out markets are e ;oGed VITA
~
only have the Italian Goraor zda sDd
e. nembert IarGelv tuGcrsedsd oar aocssraI
IN 90, Cheddcr. DounIs GloIc :s;or and North
Wiitshirc, but tie sifo.l dairy farmers Ct New
York snd New jersey havJ Of late d.v1lcd
themselves With i'm euss eEerSYtJ tho !a5!icS
tion CT forgery CT Continental E1roueao cheescs,
COMPRISING not oniy thosa W. haVs rentiooed.
but Gruyere, or Brie, Ntufchatel. AID Tha,
vas formerly thought tho ioinitabe Parmesaas
Throughput the carly spring and summer tbs
year wo ate French aud Algerian fruits AID
vegetables almost exc usiVsIy. The quisils at
our grand balQlets cons from ttalg, sad the
South of Ftauca; and French farmers wives
thrlushou! PicGIdy, Normandy aud the Isle Of
Frslce ars 6usly employ ed jest now 10 fatteus
ing goose, turkeys aDd olpoIa TO. English
Christmas market.
As for tho Dutch. they keep up lair fight
with tho Americans ia on; ki:c1e10 10 the way
Of oaees;; but our oWn cheesas are goios rapid
ly to ths wall. Oar red herriogs, on the other
hand, con!inu3 to be wall spoken of. bat thtra
is no great demand fer Yarmouth bloaters out
of Eoglsn6; and even st homo tao kiDpered
herring has to wage farce var to hold it's own
against smoked salmon from Holland sud the
Cuff of Bothria. dIlsd scrats from the North
Sea. picked anchcvies lrcm Sicily, dried cod
sounds from Newfoundland. picked tunDv from
the Mediterranean. AID caviar from the Volgs.
"Royal hams" from Chicago arc pi!ilessly
shou6eri1g ou7 nativc Yorks; and the prinest
of cur breakfast bacon comes no more exclusive.
" from Wiltshire. Macy Intelligent French
msu have, for O lous tims past, been making
hugo fortunes BY supplying us With eggs AID
cbickept; and, aud as for the meat We est. We
know ros whether it comes from our own
provinces, from Holland. from SCOTLAND, from
Nebraska or from Texas.-Loadon Telegraph
Loot.
AUCKLAND. Va, Nov. l2.-Buckland L,dgf,
No. 1913. 1. o. G. T., have elected and INSTALL
ed the following cfiurs fer the ensuing quar-
ter: J. B. Huoton. W. G. T.; Mrs. J. F.
Gias:csck. W. V. T.; W. W. Sanders. W. s.;
bliss Grac, Hsreferd. W. F. g.; Mrs. NJ. l..
ThcrabsrrE, ". T.; J. F. ThornberrE, ". c.;
T. II. Sanders, ". NJ; J. W. Aliis,p, W. l.
G.; j. 8. Wsre. w. o. G.: Mits Lilly Thorn
berry. R. HIS; a. NJ. Huutop, L, Fl, s.;
Harry Sbuuate, D. M,; j. F. ThornbeIry
elec:ed delegate 10 the Grsod Lodge, ard ".
W. Sanders Ledge Deputy.
Oar lodge at the present is Increasing 10
lumber, and soon We hope to double our
sl1eDeth that ". may press onward Ti,h re;
newed 7igor towsrd the mark cf cur high csll
iug and drive King Alcohol from cur land. We
say shrink not from duty. but wolk without
csasinP, ard in due season We shall reap the
frai'C Of cu1 labor If We faint not. Yes. We Who
have so solennly obligated ourselves to do. oil
10 our power to raiss fali.n humanity end to
save others from falling. if We do not exert
every irfastc, for sood We fail 10 fulfil orr
nobl, vows.
The Good Tepplari at this pIsca IT. gaioi5g
inf1 noe, and by the hslp Of God Va expect to
unfur the SLOW whi.e baeIer cf .fenperaIce
and give it to the breeze. I. l..